{"id":13894,"date":"2021-02-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/uncategorized\/18-02-2021\/facts-in-news-74\/"},"modified":"2021-02-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T00:00:00","slug":"facts-in-news-74","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/18-02-2021\/facts-in-news-74","title":{"rendered":"Facts in News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bilimora-Waghai Train<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • It is a 63-km<\/strong> narrow gauge<\/strong> train connecting Bilimora in Navsari<\/strong> district with Waghai in Dang <\/strong>district in Gujarat.<\/li>\n
  • It was started by rulers of the Gaekwad dynasty<\/strong> of the princely state of Baroda in 1913<\/strong>.\n
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    • The Gaekwad jurisdiction was spread across parts of Saurashtra, Mehsana in north Gujarat, and Bilimora in South Gujarat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • The British laid railway tracks<\/strong> and it was operated by Gaekwad Baroda State Railway<\/strong> (GBSR) owned by Sayajirao Gaekwad III<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    • After Independence the Western Railway took charge of the train<\/strong> from GBSR.<\/li>\n
    • In 1994<\/strong>, the original steam engine<\/strong> was put on display at Churchgate Heritage Gallery<\/strong> in Mumbai.<\/li>\n
    • The Indian Railways had proposed to preserve its route as \u201cindustrial heritage<\/strong>\u201d in 2018<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
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      • Transportation<\/strong> of sag timber<\/strong> from deep forest areas.<\/li>\n
      • Used by the tribals for going to study, work<\/strong> & to sell their agriculture produce <\/strong>as interior villages had no road connectivity<\/strong> to towns.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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World Radio Day (WRD)<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • It is celebrated on 13th February<\/strong>, every year.<\/li>\n
  • It was proclaimed in 2011 <\/strong>by the Member States of UNESCO<\/strong> and adopted by the UN General Assembly<\/strong> in 2012 <\/strong>as an International Day.\n
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    • 2021 marks the 10th anniversary of the proclamation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • 2021 Theme:<\/strong> \u201cNew World, New Radio\u201d which is divided into three main sub-themes<\/strong>.\n
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      • EVOLUTION:<\/strong> The world changes, radio evolves.\n
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        • Refers to the resilience of the radio, to its sustainability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
        • INNOVATION:<\/strong> The world changes, radio adapts and innovates.\n
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          • Radio has had to adapt to new technologies to remain the go-to medium of mobility, accessible everywhere and to everyone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
          • CONNECTION:<\/strong> The world changes, radio connects.\n
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            • Highlights radio\u2019s services to society, natural disasters, socio-economic crises, epidemics, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Chardham Pariyojana<\/h3>\n

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  • Ministry of Road Transport & Highways <\/strong>launched this project to improve connectivity for Char-Dham <\/strong>namely Kedarnath, Badrinath, Yamunotri & Gangotri <\/strong>in Uttarakhand<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  • The length of\u00a0 889 km is to be covered under the project.<\/li>\n
  • This project is being implemented in the Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) <\/strong>mode of contract.<\/li>\n
  • This project is being implemented by three different executing agencies of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, namely, Uttarakhand State PWD, Border Road Organization(BRO) and National Highway & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL).<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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Coelacanth Species<\/h3>\n

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  • Coelacanths<\/strong> are elusive, deep-sea<\/strong> creatures<\/strong>, living in depths up to 2,300 feet below the surface<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • It is believed to be 66 million years old<\/strong> belonging to the Cretaceous era<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • It has been regarded as a ‘living fossil.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • They first evolved 400 million years ago.<\/strong>\n
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    • It had long been believed to be extinct, but in 1938, a living coelacanth was found off South Africa<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Scientific name<\/strong>: Latimeria chalumnae<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • Distribution:<\/strong> Comoros, Indonesia, South Africa (ex)<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • Protection Status:<\/strong>\n
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      • IUCN Status:<\/strong> Critically Endangered<\/strong><\/li>\n
      • Sulawesi Coelacanth<\/strong> is listed as \u2018Vulnerable\u2019<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • CITES Status<\/strong>: Appendix I<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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Visva-Bharati<\/h3>\n

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  • It was founded by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore<\/strong> in 1921 at Santiniketan, Bolpur in West Bengal\u2019s Birbhum district.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • It is also the oldest Central University in the country <\/strong>and an Institution of National Importance by an Act of Parliament in 1951.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • It brings a synergy between the country <\/strong>and the rest of the world therefore it is called Visva-Bharati<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  • \u00a0It consists of two campuses<\/strong> one at Shantiniketan <\/strong>and the other at Sriniketan<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  • Sriniketan focuses on agriculture, adult education, village, cottage industries and handicrafts<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Rabindranath Tagore<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • He was born on 7 May 1861 to Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi<\/strong> in Kolkata (Calcutta).<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • He is popularly known as \u2018Gurudev<\/strong>\u2019.<\/li>\n
    • He was primarily known as a writer, poet, playwright, philosopher and aesthetician, music composer, choreographer, a painter<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      • Contributions made-<\/strong> He released his first collection of poems under the pen name \u2018Bhanusimha\u2019<\/strong> at 16 years of age.<\/strong><\/li>\n
      • He wrote the National Anthems of India and Bangladesh.<\/strong><\/li>\n
      • He wrote the song Banglar Mati Banglar Jol (Soil of Bengal, Water of Bengal)<\/strong> to unite the Bengali population after the Bengal partition in 1905.<\/strong><\/li>\n
      • He also wrote the famed \u2018Amar Sonar Bangla <\/strong>which helped ignite a feeling of nationalism amongst people.<\/strong><\/li>\n
      • He started the Rakhi Utsav<\/strong> where people from Hindu and Muslim <\/strong>communities tied colourful threads on each other\u2019s wrists.<\/li>\n
      • He rejected violence from the British<\/strong> as well and renounced the knighthood<\/strong> that had been given to him by Lord Hardinge in 1915<\/strong> in protest of the violent Amritsar massacre<\/strong> in which the British killed unarmed Indian citizens.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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        • Awards\u2013 <\/strong>In 1913, he became the first Indian to receive a Nobel Prize<\/strong> in Literature for his novel \u2018Geetanjali\u2019.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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