24-02-23 Daily-Odisha-OPSC Current Affairs

In a move to protect the Environment, the has decided to scrap its vehicles which have completed 15 years to its initial registration.

Commerce and Transport, Principal Secretary Usha Padhee has written a letter to all senior officials to scrap all Government vehicles of more than 15 years of old in Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility (RVSF) Centers.

As per the amended Central Motor Vehicle Rules, the certificate of registration in respect of a motor vehicle owned by the State Government, ULBs, State PSUs, corporations established, owned or controlled by the State Government, would expire after the lapse of fifteen years from the date of initial registration of the vehicle.

Further, the certificate of registration of Government vehicles, if already renewed, such certificate should be treated as cancelled on completion of 15 years from the date of initial registration of the vehicle Padhee stated in her letter.

In order to facilitate scrapping of old vehicles, the Odisha Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility) Policy, 2022 has been notified by the Transport Department.

Under the policy guidelines, it has also been mandated that all Government vehicles under different Government Departments, PSUs, organisations, autonomous councils and ULBs above 15 years of age are to be mandatorily scrapped through a Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility (RVSF).

UNICEF India made an official announcement of the appointment of the National award-winning film star Ayushmann Khurrana as a National Ambassador. The actor collaborates with UNICEF in order to support ensuring the rights of each and every child to survive, thrive, and be protected. His role is also to encourage their voice and agency in necessary decisions that are related to them.

Ayushmann assumed the position of UNICEF India’s Celebrity Advocate in September 2020. At that time, his role was to advocate against violence committed against children and the agenda of broader child rights. He has actively engaged while working on the cause at the root level.

The Union Minister of State for Science & Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh declares that the first nuclear power plant will be constructed in the Northern part of the country. This will be initiated in the Gorakhpur village in the Fatehabad district in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh.

Minister Jitendra Singh stated that the installation of a Nuclear Energy plant in Northern India will be undertaken due to prioritising the increase in the nuclear capacity of India. It is one of the innovative decisions that has been taken in the past eight years.

North India’s first Nuclear Plant is coming up in Haryana in the town of Gorakhpur, which is about 150 km north of the national capital of New Delhi.

In a significant boost to tourism and other economic activities in the region, the Cabinet has approved the construction of 4.1-km-long Shinku La Tunnel at an estimated cost of Rs 1,681 crore to provide all-weather connectivity in Ladakh.

The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) will construct the world’s highest tunnel at 16,580 feet.

The Seattle City Council added caste to the citys anti-discrimination laws, becoming the first U.S. city to specifically ban caste discrimination.

Calls to outlaw discrimination based on caste, a division of people based on birth or descent, have grown louder among South Asian diaspora communities in the United States. But the movement is getting pushback from some Hindu Americans who argue that such legislation maligns a specific community.

The UK surpassed India as the sixth-largest country by , as the domestic market grappled with a crash in stock prices of Adani Group and a weak rupee thats prompting foreign investors to turn net sellers.

This is the first time in nine months that the UK took the spot of sixth-largest market by value and India is at the seventh spot, a Bloomberg report said. Compared to India, a weak pound sterling is helping UK companies boost their exports and that, in turn, is leading to a surge in their stock prices, it said.
At close of trading on Tuesday, the UK had a market cap of $3.11 trillion, about $5 billion ahead of Indias, Bloomberg data showed. The table is topped by US with a market cap of almost $44 trillion, with China at the second spot with $11.1 trillion.