Himachal Pradesh Affairs
Plea to bring Himachal’s small dams under Safety Act
Small Dams in the state should also be brought under the ambit of the Dams Safety Act, 2021, and the future construction should be carried out as per the procedure laid under the Act.
The idea was mooted during a meeting organised by Disaster Management cell on the preparedness for the impending monsoon season. It was chaired by Principal Secretary, Revenue, Onkar Chand Sharma.
Sharma also stressed on the need to accumulate and disseminate real-time information regarding the rise or drop in the water level of water bodies and dams, Earthquakes, cloudbursts, lightning and other natural disasters for timely action.
Sharma also laid Stress on the use of modern-day technologies, especially SACHET app developed by the . The application provides weather-related alerts on time and issues dos and donts in a particular state of emergency at a particular place and time.
National and International Affairs
Mesolithic Rock Paintings Unearthed in Andhra Pradesh
Recently, a former archaeologist ofArchaeological Survey of India (ASI)has discovered aMesolithic periodrock painting depicting a person tilling a piece of land in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh.
It was found while surveying thelowerRiver KrishnaValleyto ascertain the architectural features of shrines.
Hamari Bhasha, Hamari Virasat on 75th International Archives Day
Minister of State for Culture, Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi inaugurated the exhibition Hamari Bhasha, Hamari Virasat under the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to celebrate 75th International Archives Day at , New Delhi.
On the occasion of 75th International Archives Day, National Archives of India has made available the Gilgit Manuscripts written between the 5 -6 centuries CE, which is the oldest surviving manuscript collection in India.
It contains documents written on pieces of inner layer of the bark of birch trees which were found in Kashmir region and contain both canonical and non-canonical Jain and Buddhist works that throw Light on the evolution of many religious-philosophical literature.
UN Accepts India’s Memorial Wall Plan
The United Nations General Assembly has adopted by consensus a draft resolution piloted by India to establish a memorial wall in the UN headquarters here to honour fallen peacekeepers.
India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj introduced the draft resolution titled Memorial wall for fallen United Nations peacekeepers’ on Wednesday in the UN General Assembly Hall and it was adopted by consensus.
It welcomed the initiative of member states to establish at a suitable and prominent place at United Nations Headquarters in New York a memorial wall to honour the memory of fallen peacekeepers, giving due consideration to the modalities involved, including the recording of the names of those who have made the supreme sacrifice.”
India is currently the 3rd largest contributor of uniformed personnel to UN Peacekeeping with more than 6,000 military and Police personnel deployed to Abyei, the Central African Republic, Cyprus, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lebanon, the Middle East and Western Sahara.