7th Edition of the India Mobile Congress (IMC) held in New Delhi
7th Edition of India Mobile Congress (IMC 2023), Asia’s largest
telecom, media, and technology forum, was held at Bharat
Mandapam in New Delhi, Delhi, from 27th to 29th October
2023.
The theme of the IMC 2023 was ‘Global Digital Innovation’.
The congress was virtually inaugurated by Prime Minister(PM)
Narendra Modi on 27th October 2023.
Aim: To strengthen India’s position as a developer, manufacturer,
and exporter of key cutting-edge technologies.
Key Points:
- During IMC 2023 PM Modi awarded 100 ‘5G Use Case Labs’
to educational institutions across India.
- Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (Reliance Jio) launched India’s
first satellite-based gigabit broadband service “JioSpaceFiber”
during IMC 2023
- At India Mobile Congress 2023, HFCL Limited unveiled a
suite of next-gen connectivity products and solutions, including 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) Customer
Premise Equipment (CPE), IP MPLS Routers, 2 Gbps Unlicensed Band Radio, and the 1728-high fiber
count IBR Optical Fiber Cable.
Gujarat CM unveils Crest of Indian Navy warship ‘Surat’
Bhupendra Patel, the Chief Minister (CM) of Gujarat, unveiled the crest of the Indian Naval Ship(INS)
Surat, indigenous under-construction, guided missile destroyer
of Project 15B, at the ceremony conducted under the aegis of
Western Naval Command by Gujarat Naval Area, in Surat,
Gujarat.
This is the 1st capital warship to be named after the city of
Gujarat and this is also the first time that unveiling of the crest
of a warship is held in the city, it has been named after.
Key Points:
- The famous lighthouse at Hazira (Surat) is located at the
southern entrance of the Gulf of Khambhat. The lighthouse of
Hazira, built in 1836, was one of the first lighthouses in India.
- Asiatic lion, the state animal of Gujarat, symbolises the
ship’s majesty and strength.
- Wavy sea depicting the Indian navy’s commitment to maritime security and national defence.
Krishi 24/7: Govt launches India’s 1st AI
solution for Agricultural News Monitoring
Manoj Ahuja, Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW) launched Krishi 24/7,
India’s first AI (Artificial Intelligence)-powered solution
for automated agricultural news monitoring and analysis.
Key Points:
- This real-time monitoring system assists the Ministry of Agriculture in staying updated on relevant events, allowing them to create alerts and take prompt action in
the agricultural ecosystem.
- It scans and translates articles in multiple languages, extracting crucial information like headline, crop
details, event type, date, location, severity, summary, and source link
- This tool will aid in protecting farmers’ interests and promote sustainable agricultural growth through
improved decision-making
EAC Conducts its Annual Exercise Poorvi Akash
- Shillong-headquartered Eastern Air Command (EAC) of the Indian Air Force (IAF) conducted its annual
Command level exercise called Exercise Poorvi Akash from 30 October to 5 November 2023 to check
its combat preparedness.
- The exercise was held in the northeastern
region.
- The day and night exercise comprised the
application of Air Power in all its roles.
- The exercise also comprises joint
operations with the Eastern Command
(EC) of the Indian Army(IA).
- The indigenously developed Light
Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas, Light
Combat Helicopter (LCH) Prachand also
participated in the exercise.
- IAF Garuds participated in special
missions along with the Special Forces
(SF) of the Indian Airforce.
- All major fleets of IAF participated in the exercise along with special mission aircraft.
India among top countries with high income, wealth inequality: UNDP Report
- The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released its “2024 Asia-Pacific Human
Development Report: Making Our Future: New
Directions for Human Development in Asia and the
Pacific” stating India among the top countries with
high income and highest wealth inequality, despite
rapid economic growth.
- Income Growth: Between 2000 and 2022, India’s
per capita income increased from USD 442 to USD
2,389
- Poverty Reduction: From 2004 to 2019, poverty
rates (based on USD 2.15 per day) dropped from
40% to 10%.
About United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP):
Administrator– Achim Steiner
Headquarters– New York, United States of America
NASA Launched A Sounding Rocket As Part Of Its INFUSE Mission
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has launched a two-stage Black
Brant 9 sounding rocket as part of Integral Field Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Experiment
(INFUSE) mission from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, United States of
America (USA).The mission aims to study the Cygnus Loop, a 20,000-year-old supernova remnant located 2,600 light-years
away from Earth.
Key Points:
- The Cygnus Loop (also known as the Veil Nebula) is a supernova remnant, the detritus of the explosive
death of a massive star about ten to 20,000 years ago
- This massive star was about 20 times the size of the sun.
- The study of Cygnus Loop gives insight about the formation of galaxies
- It can be found just above the constellation Cygnus(means swan in Latin).
J&K Police Becomes 1st in India to Use GPS Tracker Anklets for Terror-Accused on
Bail
- The officials of the State Investigation Agency
(SIA) of Jammu and Kashmir(J&K) introduced
Global Positioning System (GPS) tracker anklets
to monitor the terror-accused people out on bail.
- With this, J&K Police became the first police
department in India to make use of GPS tracker
anklets.
- The tracker is a wearable device affixed around the
ankle to track the movement of accused persons.
- The device is already in use in the countries like
United States of America (USA), the United
Kingdom(UK), South Africa, Australia and New
Zealand.