13.10.22 Daily [Telangana] TSPSC Current Affairs

Though India is one of the top three countries in terms of green buildings with a total footprint of 8.3 billion square feet,Telanganalags behind with a footprint of only 356 million sq ft,Indian Green Building Council(IGBC) Hyderabad chapter chairmanC ShekarReddy said.

He said the sops being provided by these states range from additional floor area ratio free of charge for projects above a certain rating, subsidies, reimbursements, reduction in permit fees and impact fees.

, on the other hand, offers only a 10% rebate on property tax which is not enough, he said. The GBC is to be held on the theme ‘Advancing Net Zero Buildings & Built-Environment‘ and will comprise a conference and an expo.

Continuing with its stepped-up acquisition of different kinds of drones, theArmyhas now launched a hunt for 1,000 surveillance quadcopters for infantry battalions deployed along the borders with China andPakistan.

The request for proposal (RFP) said the 1,000 copters with accessories, including cameras and thermal sensors, will be procured under the emergency fast-track procedure in the ‘Buy (Indian) Category’ for urgent operational requirements.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), which has multiple big science projects in its pipeline, will only be able to launch its third mission toMoon, Chandrayaan-3, in June or July next year, while it is more confident of launching its maiden mission to studySun, Aditya-L1, in the first quarter of next calendar year.

Chandrayaan-3, on the other hand, will be Isros second attempt at landing payload on the lunar surface after the failure of Chandrayaan-2.

Aditya-L1, the first observatory-class space-based solar mission from India, will be placed in a halo orbit around the first Lagrange point (L1) of the Sun-Earth system. A satellite around the L1 point has the major advantage of continuously viewing the Sun without occultation/eclipses.

According to Isro, this position provides a greater advantage of observing solar activities continuously. Aditya-L1 carries seven payloads to observe the photosphere, chromosphere, and the outermost layers of the Sun (the corona) using electromagnetic and particle detectors.

The Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) organized a National Conference on Skill development in Non- Traditional Livelihood (NTL) for Girls Betiyan Bane Kushal. The conference held on 11th October 2022, was organised to mark the International Day of the Girl Child. It emphasizes the need for skill development of the girl child in non-traditional methods of livelihood.

The Betiyan Bane Kushal scheme focuses on the skill development of girl child with a special focus on non-traditional methods for livelihoods. The scheme will provide various skill development opportunities and EMPLOYMENT opportunities to girls and will improve their participation in the workforce of our country.

Prime MinisterNarendra Modiand UN secretary generalAntonio Guterreson Thursday launched Mission LiFE, a global initiative by India to combat <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change and make it a people’s movement across the world. Modi said at a time when the world is being sought to be divided into rival and antagonistic blocks, the mission can be a unifying bond as he highlighted the need for all countries to come together to address the “emergency” of climate change.Mission LiFEaims to change people’s collective approach towards sustainability.

Mission LiFE aims at a three-pronged strategy for changing people’s collective approach towards sustainability. First, by nudging individuals to practise simple yet effective Environment-friendly actions in their daily live; second, by enabling industries and markets to respond swiftly to the changing demand; and to influence governments and Industrial Policy to support both sustainable production and consumption.

The Indian and US militaries carried out a three-day joint humanitarian assistance exercise in Visakhapatnam in line with the growing strategic cooperation between the two countries.

The first exercise, also based out of Visakhapatnam, took place over the course of nine days in November 2019 and featured more than 500 US Marines and sailors and approximately 1,200 Indian sailors, soldiers, and airmen.

Tiger Triumph marked the third time in 2022 that the Indian and US militaries have worked together in Visakhapatnam.