Prelims Facts: November 22, 2018

Innovation Cell for 

Recently, the Union Human Resource Development Ministry launched the 'Institute of Innovation Council-IIC' program under the Innovation Cell.

    • The Ministry has established a 'Innovative Cell' in AICTE, which aims at systematically encouraging the culture of innovation in higher education institutions across the country.
    • It is an important step in institutionalizing innovation in the country and developing a scientific nature.
    • The objective of establishing the Network of the Foundation's Innovation Council (IIC) is to encourage, motivate and develop young students by displaying their amazing fantasies and work methods in the early years.
    • It is worth noting that more than 1000 higher educational institutions have already formed IIC in their premises and have nominated them for the IIC network organized by the Ministry's Innovative Cell.

Without Moving Parts ( Plane Flying with No Moving Parts)

In a revolutionary transformation, the engineers of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology-MIT have prepared and replanted the prototype of the aircraft with no moving parts.
    • Battery of propeller or turbine, aircraft is powered by electro-hydro-dynamic induction (thrust) or so-called 'Ionic Air', which was first identified in the 1960s.
    • When the stream passes between two electrodes, then it creates wind in the middle of the two electrodes. If enough voltage is used then the resulting 'ionic air' can work to advance the aircraft without the help of the motor or fuel and thus can provide energy to a small plane.
    • Earlier, BAE Systems and Manchester University had successfully completed the first phase of flight tests with MAGMA, a small unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), to control the aircraft during the flight. Used to move flaps, eliminates the need for moving parts.
    • It is notable that since the first flight of the world's first aircraft manufactured by Wright Brothers a century ago, the aircraft is usually blown up with the help of moving parts such as propellers, turbine blades and wings and powered by fossil fuel combustion or battery packs. Are there.
    • President Ramnath Covind's visit to Australia to strengthen bilateral relations; This is the first state visit of any President of India to Australia
    • Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale did Bhutan tour to strengthen mutual relations; India gives highest priority to friendship and co-ordination with Bhutan
    • The tribal people living on the North Sentinel Island in Andaman killed the American citizen; Restrictions on any external person's entry into the island; Protected areas come in the island and the tribals living there
    • On the occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti, the Central Government approves the 3 kilometer long Kartarpur corridor on the International Border; Pakistan will also be requested to do the same
    • Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the Manipur Sangy Festival in Imphal; Every year from 21st to 30th November it is organized; The state animal of Manipur is Sanggai Deer
    • Andhra Pradesh Government launches 'Bhudhar' under the Bhusewa project; Each plot and agricultural land will be issued for 11-digit unique ID
    • Governor Satyapal Malik conducts the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly; In June, the PDP and the BJP government were not dissolved after the fall of the Assembly
    • Odisha legislative assembly passed 33 percent reservation for women in state assemblies and parliament
    • NASA chose the 3.6 billion year old Jezero Crater for its unmanned Mars 2000 Rover mission.
    • 12th World Congress on Mountain Medicine in Kathmandu; Mountain Medical in the Heart of Himalayas is a 4 day Congress theme
    • Indian Embassy in Nepal and Indian Industry Confederation (CII) organized ConMac 2018 exhibition based on construction equipment and technology in Bhaktapur near Kathmandu
    • South Korean com-jong-Yang became the new president of Interpol, defeating Russian candidate; In the case of corruption, China's Meng Hong was arrested in custody in China before the Interpol chairman
    • Milie Bobby Brown, 14, who worked in the Netflix series 'Stranger Things', will become UNICEF's youngest ever brand ambassador till now; Work on Child Rights Issues
    • An international team of scientists searched the footprint of the world's smallest dinosaur; Only a centimeter long footprint found in South Korea about 110 million years old
    • American-Indian student Shruti Palaniappan was elected president of Undergraduate Council of Harvard University in the US
    • Google is going to release the Neighbly App worldwide; Users can find information from around this crowd-sourcing app.
    • The Directorate General of Foreign Trade, which came under the Ministry of Commerce, gave the Town of Export Excellence tag to the city's carrier Bhadohi; 36 cities have already met this tag
    • Former India opener Wasim Jaffer was the first player to score more than 11 thousand runs in the Ranji Trophy; The Ranji Trophy has the highest number of 37 centuries and 81 fifties.

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