1) With plans to provide a major boost to the COVID-19 vaccination drive in India, the central government launched the Har Ghar Dastak programme, which will focus on door-to-door vaccination services for the citizens in a mega immunization drive.
2) Olympic bronze-winning Indian men's hockey team captain Manpreet Singh was added to the list of Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna awardees, taking the total number of this year's winners to an unparalleled 12, with the ceremony scheduled for November 13 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
3) The Oxford English Dictionary has chosen the word “vax” as its 2021 word of the year.
➨The word was rarely used until this year and has become attached as an adjective or presented as a verb in many different words now used every day.
4) In a significant step towards harnessing and promoting solar energy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his UK counterpart Boris Johnson launched a transnational grid initiative — One Sun One World One Grid (OSOWOG) — on the sidelines of the UN climate conference (COP26).
5) Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, inaugurated the first Internet Exchange in the state of Uttarakhand.
▪️Uttarakhand CM :- Pushkar Singh Dhami
Governor :- Gurmit Singh
👉Asan Conservation Reserve
👉Country's first moss garden
👉Country's first Pollinator Park
👉Integrated Model Agriculture Village Scheme
👉Rajaji Tiger Reserve 🐅
👉Jim Corbett National Park
6) Senior diplomat Pawan Kapoor was on Monday appointed as India's ambassador to Russia, considered a high-profile posting due to the strategic nature of ties between the two countries.
➨ Kapoor, a 1990-batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service, is presently Ambassador of India to the United Arab Emirates.
7) Facebook Inc announced that it is shutting down its facial recognition system, which automatically identifies users in photos and videos, citing growing societal concerns about the use of such technology.
8) Haryana Chief Minister launched Haryana Engineering Works portal https://works.haryana.gov.in.
➨ The portal has been launched with the objective to provide Ease of Doing business facility to the contractors willing to work with four primary engineering departments of the state government.
▪️Haryana
➨Governor :- Bandaru Dattatraya
➨CM - Manohar Lal Khattar
➨Haryana Government has decided to develop Pipli in Kurukshetra as a world-class tourist hub.
9) Home Minister Amit Shah has launched the Ayushman Bharat CAPF Healthcare scheme on a national level. It was rolled out on a pilot basis earlier in January 2021 in Guwahati, Assam.
▪️Assam
➨Dibru Saikhowa National Park
➨Kaziranga National Park
➨Nameri National Park
➨Manas National Park
10) Union Minister Shri Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the simultaneous launching of five vesselsat Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL).
➨The vessels were launched by five senior most women employees of CSL.
11) In a move that is certain to cause further disruption to the Afghanistan economy that is already on the brink of collapse, the Taliban has announced a complete ban on the use of foreign currency in the country and warned of action for violating the order.
12) In yet another shot in the arm of J&K sports performance, the J&K team for deaf clinched 1st position in World Deaf Judo Championship held at Paris Versailles, France. Rakshanda Mehak who is part of the Indian team for the deaf clinched the bronze medal by defeating the South Korean team in the semifinal.
13) Rajasthan government has made it mandatory for unemployed youths in the state to undergo a four-hour internship every day for three months to avail an allowance under the ‘Mukhyamantri Yuva Sambal Yojana 2021’ from next year.
▪️ Rajasthan:-
CM - Ashok Gehlot
Governor - Kalraj Mishra
➭Amber Palace
➭Hawa Mahal
➭Ranthambore National Park
➭City Palace
➭Keoladeo Ghana National Park
➭Sariska National Park.
➭ Kumbhalgarh Fort
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