DAILY GK: 25 NOV
1.
1ST SDG URBAN INDEX 2021-22;
SHIMLA TOPS
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NITI (National Institution for Transforming
India) Aayog launched the first SDG
(Sustainable Development Goal) Urban Index & Dashboard 2021-22.
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It was launched by Dr Rajiv
Kumar, Vice Chairperson, NITI Aayog
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It is a SDG progress monitoring tool at the
ULB (Urban Local Body) level.
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According to the index, 55 out of 56 urban
areas assessed under SDG 2 (Zero hunger) have 25% anaemia prevalence among
women aged 15-49 years.
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Shimla
topped the first Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) index while
Coimbatore and Chandigarh secured the second and the third spot respectively.
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Meerut and Dhanbad stand at the bottom of the
list.
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The SDG Urban Index and Dashboard rank 56
urban areas 77 SDG indicators across 46 targets of the SDG framework.
2.
2021 GLOBAL NUTRITION
REPORT:
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According to the (GNR, 2021) 2021 Global
Nutrition Report: The state of global nutrition, India is making no progress or
worsening to meet the targets on Anaemia & Childhood wasting.
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The 2021 report
indicates that India is off course in meeting the other 7 global nutrition
targets.
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The
report has stated that no country in the world is ‘on course’ to achieve the
target for obesity.
3.
WORLD BANK SIGNS $250
MILLION LOAN FOR SCHOOLS OF ANDHRA PRADESH
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The Government of India, the Government of Andhra
Pradesh, and
the World
Bank signed a loan agreement worth $250
million, for a project aimed at improving education quality
for nearly 50 lakh students in the state
of Andhra Pradesh.
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The loan amount will be used
for Andhra Pradesh’s newly launched Learning Transformation Project (LTP), that
targets to improve the standard of Students & Teachers by implementing new
pedagogy for Schools & Anganwadi.
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The Project will transform Andhra Pradesh government
schools into vibrant institutions .
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World Bank President
– David R. Malpass (13th President),Headquarters – Washington
DC .
4.
ADB FUNDS $300 MILLION TO
IMPROVE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE IN INDIA
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The Government of India and
Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a $300 million loan
pact to improve primary health care in urban areas.
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The
project will benefit over 256 million across 13 states,
including 51 million people from slum areas.
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ADB President
– Masatsugu Asakawa,Headquarters – Manila,
Philippines,Member – 68 Countries.
5.
WORLD’S MOST SYSTEMICALLY
IMPORTANT BANK
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JPMorgan Chase topped
the 2021
List of Global Systemically Important Banks (G-SIBs) and
has been named the world’s most systemically important bank for the 3rd time.
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The number of banks identified as G-SIBs is
30.
6.
NASA LAUNCHES WORLD’S 1ST
PLANETARY DEFENSE MISSION ‘DART’ ON SPACEX ROCKET
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The National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) launched the world’s first planetary defense mission, the
Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) to intentionally smash a spacecraft
into an asteroid Didymos at 15,000 miles per hour.
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A Falcon
9 SpaceX rocket has carried the DART spacecraft from Vandenberg Space Force
Base in California, United States.
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NASA’s
Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) will be the first-ever space mission to
demonstrate asteroid deflection by kinetic impactor
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Goal of mission is To
slightly alter the trajectory of Dimorphos, a ‘moonlet’
around 525 feet (160 metres, or two Statues of Liberty) wide that circles a
much larger asteroid called Didymos (2,500
feet in diameter). The Didymos-Dimorphos pair orbit the Sun together.
