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In a boost to the government’s semiconductor mission, Anil Agarwal led Vedanta Group and electronic manufacturing giant Foxconn of Taiwan signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with the Gujarat Government on 13 September 2022 to set up a FAB manufacturing unit in the state. The manufacturing unit which will include display and semiconductor facilities will be set up near Ahmedabad.

The agreement was signed in the presence of Union Minister for Railways, Communication, Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw.

A fab (fabrication facility) is short for fabrication plant where raw silicon wafers are processed and turned into integrated circuits.

Joint Venture partners

The manufacturing giant Foxconn will be the technical partner in the Joint venture while the  oil-to-metals conglomerate Vedanta is financing the project, as it looks to diversify into chip manufacturing.

The total investment in the manufacturing unit will be Rs 1, 54,000 crore to set up the facility in Gujarat which is expected to create one lakh job opportunities.

Vedanta limited 

It is a multinational company headquartered in Mumbai, India. 

It is in the business of Zinc-Lead-Silver, Iron ore, Steel, Copper, Aluminium, Power, Oil and Gas. 

The Chairman of Vedanta group: Anil Aggarwal

The Telangana government on 3 September 2022 announced that September 17 will be celebrated as the Telangana National Integration Day. Celebrations will be conducted officially across the state for three days from September 16 to 18.

Telangana Liberation Day is observed on 17 September to mark the popular rebellion against the ruler of Hyderabad, Nizam after Independence . It subsequently  led to the Police action by India, code named ‘operation polo in 1948 and the Hyderabad princely state was merged with India .

Telangana is considered to be the successor state of Hyderabad princely state.

Telangana 

It was the 29th state(now there are 28 states in India) to be formed on 2nd June 2014. It was separated from Andhra Pradesh . 

The Telangana region was part of the Hyderabad state from Sept 17th 1948 to Nov 1st 1956, until it was merged with Andhra state to form the Andhra Pradesh state.

Capital : Hyderabad 

District :33

Governor : Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan

four icons of the  State:

• The State Bird - Palapitta (Indian Roller or Blue Jay).

• The State Animal - Jinka (Deer).

• The State Tree - Jammi Chettu (Prosopis Cineraria).

• The State Flower - Tangedu (Tanner’s Cassia).

Delhi Police on 30 August 2022 decided to make forensic investigation mandatory in all crimes where punishment provided is of more than six years.

The decision was taken after the Union Home Minister Amit Shah directed the Delhi police to increase the conviction rate higher on 30 August 2022.

Delhi police has become the first State or Union territory’s police in the country to do so.

Forensic science is the application of scientific methods in the investigation and collection of evidence in criminal or civil matters.

According to the Delhi Police “Delhi Police has already integrated the criminal justice system (ICJS) with forensic science investigation and have also collaborated with National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU), Gandhinagar, Gujarat  to train and guide investigating officers to make watertight cases against accused persons”.

Indian Penal Code 1860 (IPC)

The Indian Penal Code is a criminal code which covers all the aspects of criminal law in India. It is applicable all over India.

It was passed in 1860 and was made applicable from 1 January 1862. 

It defines the crime and provides punishment for the crime committed.

It is divided in 23 Chapters and 511 sub sections 

Delhi Police

National Capital region Territory of Delhi is a Union Territory with a legislative Assembly, with a Chief Minister.

However the Delhi Police comes under the jurisdiction of the Union Government.

Delhi Police Commissioner: Sanjay Arora 

On 31 August 2022, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal started the country's first virtual school in the state. Students from all over the country can apply for admission in this school.

• This school is for class 9th to 12th, but applications have been invited for admission in class 9th under the academic session 2022-23.

• In this, skill based training will be given along with preparation for NEET, JEE. Delhi Model Virtual School will be affiliated to Delhi Board of School Education.

Public utility schemes launched in Delhi in recent years :

• Happiness Classes

• Patriotic Course

• many special schools

• sports university

• Skill University

• Army Preparatory School

• Residential school etc. is the main for children begging at traffic lights.

Students in the age group of 13 to 18 years will be benefitted :

• Any student of 13 to 18 years from across the country who has completed class VIII from a recognized school can apply by visiting the website www.dmvs.ac.in.

• There will also be a school for begging children:

• There are plans to build a residential school to bring children who beg at traffic lights into the mainstream.

• In this context, the Armed Forces Preparatory School has also been started recently.

Arrangement of Digital Library :

• Online assessment of students will be done in the virtual school. It will have a huge digital library.

• The student will be able to access all the contents of the digital library 24 hours a day.

IMPORTANT FACTS -

• The schooling platform has been created by the world renowned organisation Google and School Net India. Teachers have been specially prepared to teach in virtual classes.

• The students passing out from the virtual school will be eligible for admission to the undergraduate courses. Marksheet and certificate of DBSE will be at par with other boards.

• There will be no fees for this school.

• The number of students in the first batch will depend on their registration.

• Classes will be conducted through SchoolNet and the school platform developed by Google.

• The online platform includes an attendance tracking system for attendance.

• There will be a merit based assessment of the students. This will reduce the chance of copying.

• The examinations will be held in two sessions. The examination will be held in physical form at the prescribed venue. For the exam, students will have to come to Delhi, where they will have to take a Computer Based Test (CBT).

• The teachers have been selected from Delhi government schools through a rigorous screening process.

• A secure school platform has been developed in which students and teachers will be given login IT and passwords to access the classroom. With this, there will be no worry about cyber crime.

• English, Hindi, Maths, Science, Social Science, and Computer Science subjects can be taken for class 9th.

• Online live classes, tutorials and counselling sessions will be available for the student.

• Online practicals will be conducted through an online school platform.

• The medium of instruction will be both English and Hindi.

The three-day (27-29 August 2022) Wular festival being organised by Jammu and Kashmir tourism department in collaboration with army and district administration Bandipora saw participation of youngsters with much fervour. 

The festival aimed at creating environmental awareness, promoting water sports and tourism in the area and empowering women as well as the local fishing communities by providing a platform to showcase their talents.

Makers of food items and clothes products from different districts of Jammu and Kashmir came to participate in the festival.

Wular Lake :

• Wular Lake is the 2nd largest fresh-water lake of Asia, situated on the foothills of Haramuk Mountain.
• Asia's largest freshwater lake is Baikal Lake in Siberia, Russia.
• Wular Lake is spread over a total area of 200 square km covering almost 24 km in length while its breadth is 10 km. 
• The lake lies between the towns of Sopur and Bandippore, in Sangrama, near Baramulla Road.
• Main source of water for Wular Lake is River Jhelum.
•  This lake also has a small island in its centre called the ‘Zaina Lank’.
• This island was constructed by King Zainul-Abi-Din. 
• Wular Lake is also said to be a remnant of Satisar Lake that existed in ancient times. 

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot inaugurated the Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympic Games at the state-level function organised at Pal Panchayat of Luni block in Jodhpur district on 29 August 2022.

The games are being organized in more than 11,000 panchayats of the state.

About 2 lakh 25 thousand teams are participating in these games, in which about 30 lakh players are showing talent. 

The state government claims that the Rural Olympics is one of the biggest sporting events in the world.

Under the Rural Olympics, 6 sports-Kabaddi, Shooting Ball, Volleyball, Hockey, Kho-Kho and Tennis Ball Cricket are being played. 

These games are first being organized at the Gram panchayat level after that there will be competitions at block, district and state level.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid foundation stones for the EV battery unit at Hansalpur and Maruti Suzuki’s upcoming manufacturing plant in Kharkhoda, Haryana on 28 August 2022.He laid the foundation virtually at an event at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

The ceremony was held to mark 40 years of Maruti Suzuki in India. The Chairman of the Suzuki motors (Japan), T .Suzuki was also present on the occasion.

Suzuki to set up one of the largest passenger vehicles factory in the world    

• The passenger vehicle manufacturing facility at Kharkhoda, Haryana will have the capacity to manufacture 10 lakh vehicles per year.
• This would make the unit one of the largest passenger vehicle manufacturing facilities at a single location in the world.
•  The first phase of the project will be set up with an investment of over Rs 11,000 crore.

EV Battery Unit 

• Maruti Suzuki will also set up an Electric Vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing plant of the company at Hansalpur in Gujarat.
• The facility at Hansalpur will be set up with an investment of around Rs 7,300 crore. 
• It would manufacture advanced chemistry cell batteries for electric vehicles.

New R&D Center in India 

T. Suzuki announced that Suzuki Motor Company, Japan will set up a new company called Suzuki R&D Center India to help strengthen the R&D competitiveness and capabilities in new fields of technology not just for India but also for the global market.

Maruti Suzuki India Limited.

• It was set up in 1981 as a joint venture between the Government of India and Suzuki motors Japan.
• Initially the Government of India was the majority stakeholder but now Suzuki motors is the largest shareholder of the company.
• It is responsible for bringing revolution in the passenger vehicle segment in India.
• India is a major market and production center of Suzuki motors Japan. It produced 60 % of its global vehicles in India.
• It is the largest export of passenger vehicles from India and it exported around 2.4 lakh vehicles last year.

Chairman of Maruti Suzuki India ltd: RC Bhargava

Headquarter: New Delhi

The government of India owned Public sector Bank, Union Bank of India has opened its first specialised start up branch at Koramangala, Bengaluru, and Karnataka on 30 August 2022.

Koramangala along with neighbouring HSR Layout and Indira Nagar is the Startup hub of Bengaluru city.

Earlier, State Bank of India launched India's first dedicated branch for the startups called ‘SBI Startup Hub’ branch on 16 August 2022.

Union Bank of India 

• It is a public sector Bank owned by the Government of India.
• It was set up on 19 November in 1919 in Bombay (now Mumbai).
• It was nationalized by the Government of India in 1969.
• Andhra Bank and Corporation bank was merged with Union Bank on 1 April 2020.
• The bank has 3 overseas branches  at Hong Kong, Dubai (UAE) & Sydney (Australia) and one  representative office in Abu Dhabi (UAE).
• Headquarters : Mumbai, Maharashtra 
• MD and CEO: A. Manimekhalai
• Tagline of the Bank : Good people to Bank with 

Important for Exam 

National Startup Day is observed in India on 16 January.

The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB). Jammu and Kashmir has introduced RFID-enabled yatra access cards. These Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Cards are meant to replace the paper yatra slips and would help in real-time crowd management.

The total length of the pilgrimage from the base camp at Katra to the shrine is 13 Km.

 RFID equipped RFID cards systems have been started at 29 locations and various antennas and readers have been installed.

Why it has been introduced 

Better Crowd Management 

The Mata Vaishno Devi shrine which is located on Trikuta hills in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir is an earthquake and landslide prone area. 

According to Anshul Garg, the CEO of the Shrine board, the RFID will help in real time monitoring of the pilgrims and it will also help the board to observe Supreme Court orders permitting a maximum 50,000 pilgrims on peak days. 

According to estimates around 1 crore people visit Vaishno Devi per year.

Security issue 

Since the Vaishno Devi shrine is located in Jammu and Kashmir where security is always of prime concern. These access cards will also help the security establishment track and regulate the inflow of pilgrims better.

The shrine board CEO also said that the RFID cards would also help when people go missing on the route and families are looking for them.

On the second day of his two day (27-28 August) Gujarat visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Smriti Van Memorial and Veer Bal Smarak in Bhuj on 28 August 2022. 

He said that the Smriti Van Memorial in Bhuj and Veer Bal Smarak at Anjar are the symbols of shared pain of Kutch, Gujarat and the entire country.

He said that these memorials are being dedicated with a heavy heart in the remembrance of the lives lost in the devastating earthquake.

 Bhuj Earthquake Memorial 

The State of Gujarat was struck by a massive earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale on 26 January 2001.

It caused massive destruction and an estimated 13,000 people lost their lives in the earthquake. It is the most devastating earthquake recorded in India.

Smriti Van memorial 

• The Smriti Van Earthquake Museum, Bhuj was conceived as a tribute to the resilience of the people of Bhuj and as a memorial to the victims of the earthquake. 
• It is spread on approximately 470 acres and is divided into seven blocks based on seven themes: rebirth, rediscover, restore, rebuild, rethink, relive, and renew.
• The names of the victims of the earthquakes are engraved on the memorial.

Veer Bal Smarak 

• He also inaugurated Veer Bal Smarak in Anjar city in Kutch district.
• On the fateful day 185 school children and about 20 teachers were crushed to death in the school building debris due to the earthquake on 26 January 2001.
• The Veer Bal Smarak is dedicated to those children and the teachers.
• The names of the school children and teachers are engraved in the memorial.

The Prime Minister laid foundation for projects worth approx. Rs 4400 crore

• The Prime Minister inaugurated and laid the foundation for projects worth approximately Rs 4400 crore in Bhuj. 
• The Prime Minister also dedicated the Sardar Sarovar Project’s Kutch Branch Canal. 
• The Canal’s total length is roughly 357 km. The canal would aid in the provision of irrigation facilities in Kutch as well as drinking water in all 948 villages and 10 towns in the district.