17 sept. 2022

Kedarnath temple to get a ‘golden’ makeover

A Mumbai based businessman will fund the facelift of Kedarnath temple’s sanctum sanctorum which will now be gold-plated.  Currently the sanctum sanctorum of one of the famous Char Dham temple is covered with 230 kilograms of silver.

About kedarnath temple

• Kedarnath Temple it is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva.
• The temple is located on the Garhwal Himalayan range near the Mandakini river, in the state of Uttarakhand, India.
• Due to extreme weather conditions, the temple is open to the general public only between the months of April (Akshaya Tritiya) and November (Kartik Purnima, the autumn full moon).
• During the winters, the vigraha (deity) of the temple is carried down to Ukhimath to be worshipped for the next six months.
• Kedarnath is seen as a homogenous form of Shiva, the ‘Lord of Kedarkhand’, the historical name of the region

About Chardham

Kedarnath is one of the chardham pilgrimage of india. Other three are Badrinath, Gangotri And Yamunotri

Shortage of teachers in Eklavya model school

• Only 4000 teachers have been appointed out of the 11340 teachers needed for 378 eklavya schools.

About Eklavya Model Residential Schools

• The Central Government has approved the proposal of setting up of Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs) under Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
• As per the budget 2018-19, every block with more than 50% Schedule Tribe (ST) population and at least 20,000 tribal persons, will have an Eklavya Model Residential School by the year 2022.
• These are being set up by grants provided under Article 275(1)of the Constitution.
• There will be an autonomous societyunder the ministry of tribal affairs — similar to Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti — to run the EMRSs.
• The objective of EMRS is to provide quality middle and high level education to Scheduled Tribe (ST)students in remote areas, not only to enable them to avail of reservation in high and professional educational courses and as jobs in government and public and private sectors but also to have access to the best opportunities in education at par with the non ST population.

Mysuru zoo rated second best in CZA evaluation

• The century-old Mysuru zoo has been rated ‘very good’ by the Central Zoo Authority (CZA), which conducted the Management Effectiveness Evaluation of Zoos in India 2022.
• Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Chennai has secured a score of 83 marks and was graded ‘very good’ by the CZA

About Arignar Anna Zoological Park

Arignar Anna Zoological Park, also known as the Vandalur Zoo, is a zoological garden located in Vandalur, is in the southwestern part of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, about 31 kilometres from the Chennai Central and 15 kilometres from Chennai Airport. Established in 1855, it is the first public zoo in India.

About Mysuru Zoo

• Mysore Zoo (Now Mysuru Zoo)[4] (officially the Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens) is a 157-acre (64 ha) zoo located near the palace in Mysore, India.
• It is one of the oldest and most popular zoos in India, and is home to a wide range of species (168). Mysore Zoo is one of the city’s most popular attractions

PM Modi participated in SCO Summit 2022 at Samarkand, Uzbekistan

• Iran joins SCO– Recently, the eight SCO member states gave their consent for upgrading Iran’s status from an observer to a full member. Iran had applied to join the organization as a full member in 2008. It is an observer member for over 15 years.

About Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)

• SCO is a permanent intergovernmental international organization.
• It’s a Eurasian political, economic and military organizationaiming to maintain peace, security and stability in the region.
• It was created in 2001.
• The SCO Charter was signed in 2002, and entered into force in 2003.

Members countries of SCO

There are 9 Member States:

1. China
2. India
3. Kazakhstan
4. Kyrgyzstan
5. Russia
6. Pakistan
7. Tajikistan
8. Uzbekistan
9. Iran

There are 3 Observer States interested in acceding to full membership:

1. Afghanistan
2. Belarus
3. Mongolia

There are 6 Dialogue Partners:

1. Armenia
2. Azerbaijan
3. Cambodia
4. Nepal
5. Sri Lanka
6. Turkey

Gautam Adani become second richest person in world with $154 bilion net worth

• Report release by Forbes
• Gautam Adani surpassed Jeff Bezos and Bernard Arnault to grab the second spot with a net worth $154.7 billion

Latest List of Top 10 Richest People in the World 2022

1. Elon Musk ($273.5 billion).
2. Gautam Adani ($154.7 billion).
3. Bernard Arnault ($153.8 billion).
4. Jeff Bezos ($146.9 billion).
5. Bill Gates ($104.6 billion).
6. Larry Ellison ($96.8 billion).
7. Warren Buffett ($95.9 billion).
8. Mukesh Ambani ($91.4 billion).
9. Larry Page ($88.8 billion).
10. Sergey Brin ($85.2 billion).

8 African Cheetah released at Kuno National Park

• PM Modi Releases 8 Cheetahs Into MP’s Kuno National Park On His 72nd Birthday
• The cheetahs– 5 females and 3 males– have been brought from Africa’s Namibia as part of ‘Project Cheetah’ and the government’s efforts to revitalise and diversify the country’s wildlife and habitat.

About Kuno National Park

• Kuno National Park is a national park in Madhya Pradesh, India, established in 1981 as a wildlife sanctuary with an initial area of 344.686 km2 (133.084 sq mi) in the Sheopur and Morena districts.
• In 2018, it was given the status of a national park. It is part of the Khathiar-Gir dry deciduous forests ecoregion
• KunoPalpur Wildlife Sanctuary is underway to become India’s second home for the Asiatic lion.
• It is to prevent decline, and possible extinction, in a single habitat due to natural disasters, epidemics, decline in prey or retaliatory killings.
• Kuno’s habitats have been fine-tuned for these new entrants with abundant populations of herbivores like nilgai, chital, sambhar and chinkara, who are the lions’ natural prey.
• Geographically, Kuno also features the same kind of semi-arid vegetation in Gir, as it is under the same biogeographic zone. This should make the transition more seamless for the lions.
• The introduction of lions at Kuno is happening 29 years after it was first proposed.

Roger Federer retired from competitive tennis 

• He won 20 Grand slam crowns in his entire career.
• Roger Federer (born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player.
• He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 five times.
• He has won 103 ATP singles titles, the second most of all time, including 20 Grand Slam singles titles, a record eight men’s singles Wimbledon titles, an Open Era record-tying five men’s singles US Open titles, and a record six year-end championships

Grand slam crown

• Six Australia open – 2004,2006,2007,2010,2017,2018
• Eight Wimblendon – 2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2009,2012,2017
• Five US Open- 2004,2005,2006,2007,2008
• One French Open – 2009