{"id":15138,"date":"2021-05-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/uncategorized\/10-05-2021\/facts-in-news-147\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T18:04:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T12:34:43","slug":"facts-in-news-147","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/10-05-2021\/facts-in-news-147","title":{"rendered":"Facts in News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Facts in News<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Foam Path<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • It is an aviation safety practice of <\/span><\/span><\/span>spreading a layer of fire suppression foam on an airport runway<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> prior to an emergency landing.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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    • Following a crash-landing, liquids leaking from the aircraft, which are not yet burning, start evaporating, thereby resulting in forming an air-vapour mixture that is flammable or even highly explosive.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • In such cases, extinguishing foam is <\/span><\/span><\/span>used preventively and the liquid is covered with a foam carpet as a vapour barrier<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> to suppress sparking and burning of any aircraft metals due to friction with the runway surface.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • Although originally it was thought that foam paths would prevent fires, the<\/span><\/span><\/span> practice is now discouraged<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • The <\/span><\/span><\/span>International Civil Aviation Organization<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> (ICAO) <\/span><\/span><\/span>does not recommend<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> it stating that its effectiveness is <\/span><\/span><\/span>not fully substantiated by the real evidence<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> of operational incident studies.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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      • ICAO is a<\/span><\/span><\/span> specialized agency<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> of the United Nations.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • It is <\/span><\/span><\/span>funded and directed by 193 national governments <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span><\/span>India is a member<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>) to support their diplomacy and cooperation in air transport as signatory states to the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Chicago Convention (1944)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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        • The <\/span><\/span><\/span>Convention on International Civil Aviation, drafted in 1944<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> by 54 nations established the <\/span><\/span><\/span>core principles permitting international transport by air<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> and led to the creation of ICAO.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
        • It is <\/span><\/span><\/span>not an international aviation regulator<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u2018ID-Art\u2019 App<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • It uses <\/span><\/span><\/span>cutting-edge image recognition software<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> to help <\/span><\/span><\/span>identify the stolen cultural property<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span><\/span>reduce illicit trafficking<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, and <\/span><\/span><\/span>increase the chances of recovering<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> stolen items.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • It<\/span><\/span><\/span> enables users to<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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    • Get mobile access to the INTERPOL database of stolen works of art.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • Create an inventory of private art collections.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • Report cultural sites potentially at risk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Using international standards known as <\/span><\/span><\/span>Object ID<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, museums and private collectors can <\/span><\/span><\/span>capture images and record features of their works<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> which can be provided to the law in the event of a theft.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • It enables <\/span><\/span><\/span>recording of the geographical location<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> and the resulting \u2018<\/span><\/span><\/span>site cards<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u2019 can then be used as evidence or basis for reconstruction if ever the site is looted or destroyed.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • It has been <\/span><\/span><\/span>launched by INTERPOL<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> (<\/span><\/span><\/span>International Criminal Police Organization<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>).<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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      • It is an<\/span><\/span><\/span> intergovernmental organization<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> with <\/span><\/span><\/span>194 member<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> countries (<\/span><\/span><\/span>India is a member<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • It helps police to work together and provides a range of expertise and services to member countries.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • It connects all countries via a <\/span><\/span><\/span>communications system called I-24\/7<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, allowing members to access the databases and services in real-time, from both central and remote locations.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        (Image Courtesy: <\/span><\/span><\/span>INTERPOL<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span>)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Dahla Dam<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Also known as <\/span><\/span><\/span>Arghandab Dam<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> is located in the Shah Wali Kot district of <\/span><\/span><\/span>Kandahar<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> Province in Afghanistan.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • It was constructed in 1952 by the USA on the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Arghandab River.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • It provides irrigation to farmers via a network of canals as well as drinking water for the provincial capital.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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Rabindranath Tagore<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • He was born on 7 May 1861 to <\/span><\/span><\/span>Debendranath Tagore<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> and Sarada Devi in Kolkata (Calcutta).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • He is popularly known as <\/span><\/span><\/span>\u2018Gurudev\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • He was primarily known as a writer, poet, playwright, philosopher and aesthetician, music composer, choreographer, a painter.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • He was influenced by the classical poetry of <\/span><\/span><\/span>Kalidasa<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> and started writing his own classical poems.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Writings<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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    • He released his first collection of poems under the pen name <\/span><\/span><\/span>\u2018Bhanusimha\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> at 16 years of age.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • He published several books of poetry in the 1880s and completed Manasi (1890), a collection that marks the maturing of his genius.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      • He wrote the National Anthems of <\/span><\/span><\/span>India and Bangladesh<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • He wrote the song Banglar Mati Banglar Jol (Soil of Bengal, Water of Bengal) to unite the Bengali population after the Bengal partition in 1905.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • He also wrote the famed <\/span><\/span><\/span>\u2018Amar Sonar<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> Bangla which helped ignite a feeling of nationalism amongst people.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Role in the freedom struggle<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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        • He started the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Rakhi Utsav<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> where people from Hindu and Muslim communities tied colourful threads on each other\u2019s wrists.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
        • He denounced British imperialism, yet he did not fully support or agree with Gandhi in the Non-cooperation Movement.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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          • He viewed British rule as a symptom of the overall \u201csickness\u201d of the social \u201cdisease\u201d of the public.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
          • He renounced the knighthood that had been given to him by Lord Hardinge in 1915 in protest of the violent Amritsar massacre in which the British killed unarmed Indian citizens<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Awards<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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            • In 1913, he became the first Indian to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature for his novel \u2018Geetanjali<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Rupsi Airport<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

Recently, the Rupsi airport <\/span><\/span><\/span>near Dubri, Assam<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, which lay defunct since 1984, has re-operational for commercial flights under the subsidised <\/span><\/span><\/span>UDAAN scheme<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Historical Background<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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  • The airport was built for <\/span><\/span><\/span>warplanes in 1939<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • It was <\/span><\/span><\/span>one of South Asia\u2019s largest airports<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> with a 1.8 km runway used by Allied aircraft for supplying arms, manpower and ammunition to forces in Burma and China during World War II.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • The <\/span><\/span><\/span>US Air Force<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> had used it in the <\/span><\/span><\/span>China-Burma-India theatre<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • The airport lost its importance after <\/span><\/span><\/span>India- Pakistan partition in 1947<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • After the India- Pakistan war in 1965, the river port was closed and the railway service was also suspended in the region since 1988.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • The East-West Corridor connecting the northeast with India\u2019s \u201cmainland\u201d through Kokrajhar district to the east also reduced the dependence on the old highway via <\/span><\/span><\/span>Gauripur (Dhubri).<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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    • Dhubri used to be the <\/span><\/span><\/span>gateway to northeast India during the British era<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>. It was a strategic river port (the Brahmaputra flows by Dhubri town) and an important stop on the pre-1947 railway line (via present-day Bangladesh).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Significance<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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      • Rupsi is vital not only for <\/span><\/span><\/span>western Assam<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, but also for western Meghalaya, Cooch Behar, and Alipurduar districts of West Bengal and south-western Bhutan, besides fuelling small-scale industries.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • The Kolkata-Guwahati-Rupsi flight under the subsidized <\/span><\/span><\/span>UDAAN scheme<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> will enhance the regional connectivity<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Birth Anniversary of Maharana Pratap<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Maharana Pratap hailed from the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Sisodiya clan of Rajputs<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> in <\/span><\/span><\/span>Kumbhalgarh, Rajasthan<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • He was the <\/span><\/span><\/span>13<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>th<\/sup><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> King of Mewar<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> and was the <\/span><\/span><\/span>eldest son<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> of Maharaja <\/span><\/span><\/span>Udai Singh II.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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    • Maharana Udai Singh II was the founder of the <\/span><\/span><\/span>present Udaipur city<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> and ruled the kingdom of Mewar, with his capital at <\/span><\/span><\/span>Chittor<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Other facts:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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      • According to the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Julian calendar<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, the great Mewar king Maharana Pratap was born on May 9th, 1540 but as per the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Proleptic Gregorian calendar<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, he was born on May 19<\/span><\/span><\/span>th<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span>, 1540.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • Maharana Pratap Jayanti is celebrated according to the Hindu calendar.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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        • According to the Hindu calendar, the birthdate of Maharana Pratap falls on T<\/span><\/span><\/span>ritiya, Jyeshtha, Shukla Paksha, 1597 Vikram Samvat<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Battle of Haldighati<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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          • It was fought in the year 1576 between <\/span><\/span><\/span>Maharana Pratap and <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>Mughal forces led by<\/span><\/span><\/span> Raja Man Singh of Amber <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>(general of the Mughal emperor Akbar).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
          • Maharana Pratap bravely fought the war but eventually lost it.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
          • According to some mythological texts, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Chetak<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> who was Maharana Pratap\u2019s loyal horse, also gave up his life when Maharana Pratap was leaving the battlefield.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

The DCGI has given its permission for the emergency use of anti-COVID-19 therapeutic application of the drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

About 2-DG Drug<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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  • Developed by:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), a lab of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), in collaboration with <\/span><\/span><\/span>Dr Reddy\u2019s Laboratories (DRL), Hyderabad<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • It is a generic molecule and analog of glucose, it can be easily produced and made available in plenty in the country.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Utility<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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    • This drug can be used as an <\/span><\/span><\/span>adjunct therapy<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> in <\/span><\/span><\/span>moderate to severe COVID-19 cases<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • It accumulates in the <\/span><\/span><\/span>virus-infected cells<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> and prevents virus growth by stopping <\/span><\/span><\/span>viral synthesis<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> and <\/span><\/span><\/span>energy production<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • It will help in the faster recovery of hospitalized patients and reduces supplemental oxygen dependence.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      About Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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      • DCGI comes under the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Ministry of Health and Family Welfare<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> and the apex department of the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Central Drugs Standard Control Organization<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> of the Government of India.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • Functions:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0 Approval of licences of specified categories of drugs.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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        • Sets standards for the manufacturing, sales, import, and distribution of drugs in India.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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