22-06-23 Daily-Odisha-OPSC Current Affairs

The Geological Survey of India (GSI) recently declaredBrahmani Natural Archin Hemgir forest range of Sundargarh district as a National Geo Heritage site believed to be belonging to the Jurassic period.
After the bill is passed in Parliament, it will be one of the biggest Natural Arches of the country to have the geo heritage tag.

The arch is on top of Chengapahad in Chengapahad reserve forest on the way to Kanika from Hemgir, nearBrahmanivillage and 2.5 km from Kamalgra village. It is present within ferruginous sandstone of Upper Kamthi Formation, which is supposed to have taken place in lower to middle Jurassic age. The development of Arch morphology probably took place after 66 million years.

According to geologists, the oval-shaped arch is 30 metres long at the base and 12 metres in height. The alcove is 7 metres high and 15 metres wide.

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.

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.

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.