ODISHA
Odisha among states with more than 20% positivity rate
The active cases in Odisha breached the one-lakh mark on Thursday, for the first time, after 10,649 people more tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. Altogether 13 states and UTs in the country now have more than one lakh active cases, with Odisha being on the 13th spot (1,00,313 cases).
The number of new infections has grown by 2.1% in the state, on an average, in the last one week, which is more than the national average of 1.7%. The state has added more than one lakh new infections in the last 10 days.
The Union health ministry said Odisha is among the 24 states with a positivity rate of above 20%. It is also among the states still showing a rising trend in infections, the others being Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Punajb, West Bengal, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry and Manipur. With rising infections, the number of patients needing critical care has also gone up sharply. Currently, 2,433 patients are in ICU, including 570 on ventilator support.
INTERNATIONAL
Cosmic Rose Image by NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shared an image of “Cosmic Rose”. Cosmic Rose is an image captured via the Hubble Space Telescope of NASA. The photo featured interacting galaxies Arp 273.
The Galaxy harassment is an interaction between a low-luminosity galaxy and a brighter one. It is commonly frequent in prosperous galaxy clusters such as Coma and Virgo.
Galactic Cannibalism: It is a process the place a giant galaxy interacts with a partner through tidal gravitational interactions. The galactic tide is defined as pressure skilled by objects subjected to the gravitational area of a galaxy.
Galaxy Collision: These are frequent at some point of galaxy evolution. In these interactions, two galaxies will collide and will no longer have ample momentum to proceed travelling after the collision.
Galaxy Mergers: A galaxy merger occurs when two or greater galaxies collide with every other. They are the most violent kind of galaxy interactions. Galaxy mergers are enormously essential as they are the necessary measure of Galaxy evolution.
International Dance Day is on 29th April
Dance Day is determined on 29 April worldwide. It is a wake-up name for the governments, politicians and establishments which has now not but regarded the importance of dance.
It is also recognised as World Dance Day. The day promotes art and culture, raises cognizance amongst the public involving the “art of dance”. It additionally spread schooling about quite a few varieties of dance and its fee in its artwork form.
Basically, this day encourages participation and training in dance via a number events and gala’s held all over the world. Dance is each an artwork shape and a approach of conversation in cultures around the world and is practised through millions of people.
NATIONAL
Testing of Python 5 Air to Air Missile
The Defense Research and Development Organization recently conducted a series of missile tests. It includes Derby missiles and Python missiles. These missiles were tested in Goa, and the hit rate reached 100%.
After DRDO announced the move, Python 5 air-to-air missiles have been successfully added to the light fighter Tejas.
Python 5 is the fifth-generation Python missile. It is an air-to-air missile manufactured by the Israeli weapons manufacturer Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.
The Israeli government began to manufacture missiles under the name “Shafir”. Later, when it started exporting missiles, it chose the Western name “Python” or “Derby”.
Python-5 is the most capable air-to-air missile in Israel’s inventory. It is beyond the line-of-sight missile. Beyond line-of-sight missiles are missiles that can operate within a range of more than 37 kilometers. It has advanced star finder, including photoelectric and image infrared homing.
The Python 5 is capable to scan for the goal place for the opposed aircraft and then locks on for terminal chase. It was first used in the 2006 Lebanon war. It destroyed two Iran made UAVs. Speed of the missile is Mach 4. It weighs eleven kilograms.
Agriculture Infrastructure Fund Crosses Rs. 8,000 Crores Mark
The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare these days introduced that the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund crossed the Rs 8,000 crore mark. The Ministry has acquired 8,665 functions so far. The worth of these purposes has amounted to Rs 8 216 crores. Out of this, Rs 4 0 crores have been sanctioned via the Ministry so far.
The states that received the most assistance thru the fund are Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, and Rajasthan.
The largest share of the sanctioned software was contributed by the following sectors: Primary Agricultural Societies: 58%. Agri-Entrepreneurs: 24%. Individual Farmers: 13%.
In 2020, the Indian government established the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund to inject credit into agriculture and its allied activities.
It was once launched as a part of Atma Nirbhar Bharat. The vital goal of the fund is to make the farmers self-reliant.
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