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Swachh Survekshan 2023: Indore Remains King, Surat Joins the Crown, and India Cleans Up!!
Cleanliness game on! Surat & Indore share top spot in Swachh Survekshan Awards 2023! From 25th to 1st, Indore’s journey inspires! India tidying up, small wins, big goals!!
Key Points:
- Cleanest Cities: Surat & Indore share the top spot, Navi Mumbai ranks 3rd. Indore retains its title for the 7th year!
- Ranking System: Citizen feedback, field assessments, and data analysis determine the winners.
- Indore’s Success Story: Targeted waste management, public awareness, and ODF initiatives propelled its rise from 25th to 1st in just 5 years.
- State Winners: Maharashtra tops the list, followed by MP and Chhattisgarh.
- Cleanest Small city: Sasvad clinches the title, Lonavala and Patan come in 2nd and 3rd.
- Other Awards: Varanasi & Prayagraj win ‘Cleanest Ganga Town,’ Chandigarh recognized as safest for sanitation workers.
- West Bengal: Needs Improvement: Municipalities rank last across all zones.
- Challenges Ahead: Scaling success across all cities, big and small, while maintaining momentum remains crucial.
Indian Army Embraces Tech: 2024 Declared Year of Technology Absorption
Indian Army goes high-tech! 2024 is all about tech absorption for better operations, stronger cyber defense, and a modern force. Drones join, animals move out!!
Key Points:
- Goal: Modernize the Army by leveraging tech for better operations, logistics, and cyber defense.
- Highlights:
- Project SAMBHAV: Secure mobile communication with instant 5G connectivity.
- 4G infrastructure for 355 Army posts, improved forward airfields and storage.
- Restructured artillery, electronic warfare, and transport units.
- Drones replacing animals in transport units.
- Employment initiatives for retiring soldiers and veterans.
- Benefits:
- Modernized, operationally ready force.
- Increased tech self-reliance (indigenization).
- Enhanced cyber security and preparedness.
- Improved human resource management.
- Background: Follows “Year of Transformation” in 2023 focusing on reorientation, new recruits (Agniveers), and tech integration.
India’s XPoSat Captures Supernova Remnant: First Glimpse of a New Era in X-ray Studies
India’s space tech shines! XPoSat captures amazing image of supernova remnant! New era in X-ray studies begins! Pulsars, black holes, secrets of the universe await!!
Key Points:
- India’s XPoSat space telescope successfully captures its first images of the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant.
- XPoSat is India’s first dedicated satellite for studying polarized and spectroscopic emissions in cosmic X-ray sources.
- POLIX and XSPECT instruments onboard XPoSat provide novel polarization and spectroscopic analyses of bright cosmic X-ray sources.
- First light achievement with Cassiopeia A shows promise for studying exotic remnants, pulsars, black holes, and more.
- XPoSat’s observations can unveil mechanisms behind gamma-ray bursts and shed light on stellar evolution cycles.
