24-03-23 Daily-Himachal Pradesh-HPPSC Current Affairs

To improve drinking water and sanitation Services in five towns of Himachal Pradesh, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) ofRs 817.12-crore projecthas been signed by the with French development agencyAgence Francaise de Development(AFD).

The objective of the project is to develop better sewerage facilities in five towns Manali, Bilaspur, Palampur, Nahan and Karsog and to improve drinking water supply in Manali and Palampur towns.

The MoU was signed in the presence of chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and deputy chief minister Mukesh Agnihotri by the secretary (Jal Shakti Vibhag) Amitabh Awasthi on behalf of the state government and AFD country director Bruno Bosle on behalf of AFD.
Sukhu said that under the project, Rs 612 crore would be provided by AFD, whereas the state government would provide Rs 204.85 crore.

He said that out of Rs 425.85 crore in the first phase, Rs 340 crore would be financed by AFD and in the second phase AFD would provide Rs 272 crore out of a total project cost of Rs 371 crore.

Recognising the Women driving the governmentsSwachhtamission across cities and to make them free from garbage, the Centre has identified nearly 70,000 suchwomen influencerswho are engaged in door-to-door collection, segregation and management of municipal waste. Most of them are part of women-led (SGHs).

The housing ministry said on Wednesday that out of the 9,000 SHGs, nearly 4,000 are working in the solid Waste Management sector and efforts are being made to extend assistance to such groups so that their members have better income and also take up more work. According to the ministry, four lakh women are directly engaged in sanitation and waste management as an enterprise in urban India.

GSAT 7B, an advanced Communication satellite will be launched by 2026 for the Indian Army that will aid them in their complex missions.

The Ministry of DEFENCE collaborated with NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) for a project worth Rs 3,000 crore to support and increase Armys overall capabilities.

The satellite will be indigenously built by ISRO with its unique security features. This will strengthen the army personnel in India by providing high-level communication facilities to troops deployed in various fields.

ISROs big rocket LVM3 took off early morning today i.e. March 26, 2023 (Sunday). The launch was initiated at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The LaunchVehicle Mark-III (LVM3)placed a total of 36 satellites.

Moreover, these spacecraft align with India-2 Mission owned by UK-based OneWeb Group. The production has integrated 36 satellites that were successfully executed by the space station into orbit. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is the fast-growing and Indias leading Space Technology centre that carries out multiple missions.

Indias first quantum computing-based telecom Network link has been made operational between Sanchar Bhawan and National Informatics Centre office in New Delhi. Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced prize of Rs 10 lakh for ethical hackers who can break the encryption of the system and also launched a hackathon challenge for anyone who can break the system developed by C-DoT, with a reward of Rs 10 lakh per break

A quantum computing-based telecom network uses the principles of quantum physics to transmit information, providing a more secure method than traditional networks. Quantum Communication relies on quantum mechanics properties, making it hard to intercept or hack the communication

The SCO meeting of top security officials on Wednesday sawNSAAjit Doval emphasising on the need for connectivity initiatives to be consultative and transparent, while also underlining the need to identify and implement sanctions against global terrorist entities.
With both China and Pakistan participating, albeit virtually, Doval recalled that the SCO Charter called upon member-states to have mutual respect for , territorial Integrity of states and inviolability of state borders, and to not seek any unilateral military superiority in adjacent areas.

India holds the presidency of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation this year and will host the summit in July.