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Posted 27 Mar 2025

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National Council for Vocational Education and Training(NCEVT)

NCVET has officially recognized the National Institute of Social Defence (NISD) as an Awarding Body (Dual Category).

  • Now, NISD can award, assess and certify the learners. 
  • NISD, an autonomous body under the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, is the nodal training and research institute for social defence.

About NCVET

  • Genesis: Established on 2018, the NCVET is the regulatory body for the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector.
  • Ministry: Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE),
  • Key Functions:
    • Recognition and regulation of Awarding Bodies (ABs), Assessment Agencies (AAs), and Skill-related Information Providers.
    • Approval of qualifications based on the National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF).
  • Tags :
  • Social Defence
  • NCVET
  • National Institute of Social Defence (NISD)

Euclid telescope

Euclid telescope has captured high-resolution images of 26 million galaxies. 

About Euclid Telescope (2023)

  • Name After: Euclid of Alexandria, an ancient Greek mathematician known for his contributions to geometry.
  • Space Agency: Euclid is a fully European mission, built and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), with contributions from NASA.
  • Size: 1.2 m diameter
  • Objectives:
    • Euclid will study the Universe's evolution over the past 10 billion years, revealing how it expanded and formed structures, and providing insights into dark energy, dark matter, and gravity.
    • It will create a 3D map by observing billions of galaxies up to 10 billion light-years away.
  • Orbit: Positioned 1.5 million km from Earth at the stable Lagrange Point 2 (L2).
  • Tags :
  • European Space Agency (ESA)
  • Euclid Telescope

GSAT-18 Communication Satellite

An image showing radio-frequency bands and thier respective application

Public Accounts Committee raised concerns over avoidable costs, as six transponders on the GSAT-18 satellite will remain unused until 2027.

About GSAT-18

  • Launch: 2016, aboard Ariane-5 VA-231 from French Guiana.
    Orbit: Placed in Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO), later moved to Geostationary Orbit.
  • Transponders: 48 in total across three frequency bands:
    • Normal C-band
    • Upper Extended C-band
    • Ku-band
  • Tags :
  • GSAT-18
  • Ariane-5
  • Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit
  • Geostationary Orbit

Doctrine of ‘Eminent Domain’

Supreme Court in (DAMB v. Bhagwan Devi, 2025) ruled that land acquired for public use under eminent domain cannot be reversed by third-party claims or private agreements.

  • Under doctrine of ‘eminent Domain’, the government can acquire private land for public use with just compensation.

Case Background

  • 1963: Land acquired for Delhi Agricultural Marketing Board (DAMB) to establish a grain market.
  • 1986: Compensation awarded to Bhagwan Deviunder Land Acquisition Act 1894. 
    • Later she claimed part of the land and made a private agreement with DAMB to get some of it back.
    • The SC, quashed the agreement

NOTE: Land Acquisition Act 1894 is replaced by The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (RFCTLARR Act 2013) 

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  • Land Acquisition

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Indiahas developed its first indigenous 1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine 

  • It will be installed in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi.
  • It is developed through a partnership of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity), Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), etc. 
  • Implementing agency: Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research (SAMEER), Mumbai.

About MRI

  • It is a non-invasive medical imaging test used to visualize soft tissues.
  • They use large magnets and radio waves. No ionizing radiation is produced during an MRI exam, unlike X-rays.
  • Images produced by an MRI scan can show organs, bones, muscles and blood vessels.
  • Tags :
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

YuWaah

The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) YuWaah have signed a Statement of Intent (SOI) to empower rural women and youth across India.

About (UNICEF) YuWaah, 2019

  • It is a platform where youth-centric action is co-created, especially facilitated by young Indians from diverse backgrounds.
  • Objective: Building skills and creating socio-economic and change-making opportunities for young people, with a special focus on women and marginalized groups.
    • It will unlock the potential of India's 350 million young people.
  • It fosters Public-Private-Youth Partnerships to drive innovative solutions, creating pathways for learning to earning transition and youth-led climate action.
  • Tags :
  • UNICEF
  • YuWaah

Abel Prize

Japanese mathematician Masaki Kashiwara (78) won the Abel Prize, often called the "Nobel of Mathematics."

  •  He was honored for his work in algebraic analysis, representation theory, D-modules, and crystal bases.

About Abel Prize

  • Annual award for outstanding mathematicians.
  • Named after mathematicians Niels Henrik Abel (1802–29).
    • Abel demonstrated the impossibility of solving the general quintic equation in radicals. 
    • He was also an innovator in the field of elliptic functions (Abelian functions).
  • Established in 2002 by the Norwegian Government.
  • Managed by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
  • First winner: Jean-Pierre Serre (2003).
  • Prize: 7.5 million kroner (~$720,000) and a glass plaque.

NOTE: International Mathematical Union, with UNESCO's support, declared 2000 as World Mathematical Year.

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  • Abel Prize
  • Nobel of Mathematics

T-800 Carbon Fibre

Public Accounts Committee reported on the premature closure of the T-800 carbon fibre project. 

  • Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre signed an MoU with NAL (chosen for its T-300 fibre expertise) in 2006 for an import substitute,
    • But delays led to its closure in 2019

T-800 Carbon Fibre

  • T-800 carbon fibre is crucial for launch vehicles, spacecraft tanks, and Gaganyaan
    • Carbon fibre (graphite fibre), is made of thin carbon strands (5-10 microns thick). 
      • It is lightweight yet very strong with high tensile strength.
  • Need for Indigenization: Due to dual-use potential and geopolitical risks, local production is crucial. 
  • Major suppliers: Toray (Japan), Formosa (Taiwan), Hyosung (Korea), and Hexcel (USA).
  • Tags :
  • Carbon Fibre
  • T-800
  • Graphite Fibre
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