🎥 https://youtu.be/ocdFuuAaApE?si=7Bw-WPcqjYvzWtv8

📰 India, U.S. in agreement on strategic issues: Rajnath.

• Mr. Austin welcomed India’s decision to become a full member of the Combined Maritime Forces, a multilateral construct headquartered in Bahrain.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-us-in-increasing-agreement-on-strategic-issues-including-countering-chinas-aggression-rajnath/article67521531.ece

📰 Tamil Nadu tops in number of accidents on National Highways:

• Tamil Nadu recorded the highest number of road accidents on its network of National Highways in 2022 with 64,105 accidents.

• The State saw 17,884 fatalities due to road accidents, according to Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) statistics.

• The State retained its top position in 2022 for the fifth consecutive year.

• Tamil Nadu stood second when it came to number of fatalities due to road accidents with 17,884 deaths amounting to 10.6% of the total lives lost. Uttar Pradesh with 22,595 deaths topped this dreary chart when it came to casualties.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tn-tops-in-number-of-accidents-on-national-highways/article67517733.ece

💉 Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP):

• The Universal Immunisation Programme is one of the largest vaccination projects in the world aimed at protecting children and pregnant mothers from preventable diseases.

• The Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) was launched in 1985.

• Launched as Expanded programme on Immunization in 1978 and it was renamed as Universal Immunization programme in 1985 when it was expanded beyond urban areas.

• Under UIP, immunization is being provided free of cost against 12 vaccine preventable diseases: Nationally against 11 diseases Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Polio, Measles, Rubella, severe form of Childhood Tuberculosis, Rotavirus diarrhea, Hepatitis B, Meningitis & Pneumonia caused by Hemophilus Influenza type B and Pneumococcal Pneumonia and sub-nationally against 1 disease - Japanese Encephalitis (JE vaccine is provided only in endemic districts).

🎥 https://youtu.be/7WcCeymKCq4?si=0ehcMMyKsJH6yMLh

📰 PM Modi to launch PM-PVTG Mission, Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra on Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/pm-modi-to-launch-pm-pvtg-mission-viksit-bharat-sankalp-yatra-on-janjatiya-gaurav-diwas/article67529602.ece

📰 Navies of India and Bangladesh conduct joint exercise:

• The 4th edition of bilateral exercises between the Indian and Bangladesh navies, Bongosagar-23, and the 5th edition of Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) by the two navies were conducted in the northern Bay of Bengal from November 7 to 9.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/navies-of-india-and-bangladesh-conduct-joint-exercise/article67520882.ece

🗞 Unheeded advice: On the conduct of Governors.

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/unheeded-advice-the-hindu-editorial-on-the-conduct-of-governors/article67563057.ece

🗞 Haryana’s private sector domicile reservation law and why it has been quashed by the High Court | Explained:
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/haryanas-private-sector-domicile-reservation-law-and-why-it-has-been-quashed-by-the-high-court-explained/article67559282.ece

■ Bills replacing Colonial era laws:

• Indian Penal Code, 1860 - Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita 2023.

• Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita 2023.

• Indian Evidence Act, 1872 - Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Act 2023.

The Badaga community of the Nilgiris celebrate their annual Hethai Habba to pay obeisance to their presiding deity Hethai.

🐜 Odisha's Red Ant chutney gets GI Tag:

• Odisha's Red Ant chutney (Kai Chutney) is renowned in the region for its medicinal and nutritional properties.

• Red weaver ants, scientifically known as Oecophylla smaragdina, are notable for their extremely painful sting, capable of causing blisters on the skin.

• These ants are commonly found in the forests of Mayurbhanj, including the Similipal forests, which constitute Asia's second-largest biosphere.

■ The Gulf of Aden:

• The Gulf of Aden lies within the territories of 3 different nations.

• The Gulf of Aden is majorly shared between 3 neighbouring nations- Djibouti to the East, Somalia to the South, and Yemen to the North.

🗞 PM Modi announces solar roof-top scheme for one crore households:

• The Union government will launch ‘Pradhanmantri Suryodaya Yojana’ with the target of installing rooftop solar on one crore houses.

• This will not only reduce the electricity bill of the poor and middle class, but will also make India self-reliant in the field of energy.

• As of July 31, 2023, only 2.2 GW (1 GW is 1,000 MW) worth of rooftop installations were reportedly installed in Indian homes, according to information presented to the Lok Sabha.

• To put that in perspective, the government, since 2010, has been claiming to install 100 GW by 2022 — 60 GW from utility project (mega concentrated solar parks) and 40 GW from rooftop solar.

• So far, about 56 GW has been installed in the utilities (July 2023) and 12 GW in rooftops.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/pm-modi-promises-one-crore-rooftop-solar-households/article67766221.ece