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One Liners 05-11-2025
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History, Art and Culture
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Guru Nanak Jayanti
Celebration of the 556th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev.
- It also known as Gurupurab or Prakash Utsav.
- Celebrated annually on – Kartik Purnima, Gurupurab usually falls in the months of October-November.
- It is one of the most sacred festivals in Sikhism, with devotees across India and abroad celebrating the day with fervour.
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Guru Nanak Dev
- He was 1st among the 10 gurus and the founder of the Sikh religion.
- Born in – Talwandi, Punjab (now in Pakistan's Nankana Sahib),
- He was deeply spiritual from a young age and at 30, experienced a divine revelation, leading him to preach a message of universal love, equality, and devotion to one God.
- He emphasised rejecting caste distinctions, encouraged truth, honest labour and selfless service.
- Teachings recorded in – Guru Granth Sahib, laid the foundation for Sikhism.
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Social Issues
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2nd edition of “District Collectors’ Peyjal Samvad”
- Organized by – Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), Ministry of Jal Shakti.
- Objectives – To empower district leadership to strengthen local governance, ensure source sustainability.
- To enhance accountability in rural water service delivery under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM).
- 1st Edition’s Momentum – To strengthen district and panchayat-level water governance.
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District Collectors’ Peyjal Samvad series,
- It serves as a national knowledge-sharing and peer-learning platform for District Collectors and field functionaries implementing Jal Jeevan Mission.
- Initiated by – Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS).
- Objective – To enables exchange of practical insights, promotes cross-learning, and builds momentum toward achieving long-term water security and service delivery sustainability across rural India.
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3 Guinness World Records
- Achieved under – “Swasth Nari, Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan” (SNSPA) campaign.
- Nodal ministry – Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
- Records achieved –
- Register for a health care platform in 1 month – 3.21 Crore.
- Sign up for a breast cancer screening online in 1 week – 9.94 lakh.
- Sign up for vital signs screening online in 1 week (at state level) – 1.25 lakh.
- Significance – It combines government systems, digital health innovation, and community participation—to build a “Healthy Woman, Empowered Family, and Viksit Bharat”.
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Swasth Nari, Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan
- It is a nationwide health initiative inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India.
- Nodal ministry – Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
- Conjunction with – Poshan Maah.
- Participated by – More than 20 ministries.
- Key outcomes include –
- 1.78 crore hypertension screenings,
- 1.73 crore diabetes screenings,
- 69.5 lakh oral cancer screenings,
- 62.6 lakh Antenatal Care check-ups,
- 1.43 crore vaccine doses and 1.51 crore anaemia tests.
- Objectives – To focuses on improving the health and nutrition of women, adolescent girls, and children.
- To strengthen early detection, ensuring access to essential health services, and empowering families to adopt healthier lifestyles for a stronger and healthier India.
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Polity & Governance
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Legal Metrology (Government Approved Test Centre) Rules, 2013
- Nodal ministry – Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.
- Aim – To strengthen consumer protection, promote ease of doing business.
- Inclusion of new categories – Such as flow meters, breath analysers, multi-dimensional measuring instruments, and speed guns.
- Coverage – 18 categories of weighing and measuring instruments, including water meters, energy meters, gas meters, moisture meters, flow meters, sphygmomanometers, and non-automatic weighing instruments.
- Significance – It aligned with the recommendations of the International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML).
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Economy
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Chintan Shivir
- Convened by – The Department of Land Resources (DoLR), Ministry of Rural development.
- Aim – To bring together States and Union Territories for a collaborative discussion on the modernization of Revenue Court Processes and Glossary of Revenue Terms.
- Focus on 4 key themes -
- Modernizing Revenue Court Case Management Systems (RCCMS).
- Unified 'Glossary of Revenue Terms'.
- Standardisation of Records of Rights (RoR) with Cadastral Maps.
- Transliteration & Translation Issues.
- To know more click here.
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Security
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Young Leaders Forum – Veer Yuva
- It is a pre-event to the 3rd edition of the Chanakya Defence Dialogue (CDD) 2025.
- Organised by – Indian Army, with Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS).
- Conducted in – Hybrid mode, it was relayed live to Army training institutions, IITs, universities and professional nodes nationwide, ensuring participation of young minds across the country.
- Aim – To empowering youth for India’s national security and development”.
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Chanakya Defence Dialogue (CDD) 2025
- CDD – It is Indian Army’s flagship annual seminar.
- Theme – “Reform to Transform: Sashakt, Surakshit aur Viksit Bharat.”
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Miscellaneous
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Maritime Human Capital Session
- Organised as part of – The Global Maritime Innovation Summit (GMIS) track.
- Held in – India Maritime Week (IMW) 2025 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre.
- Theme – “Navigating the Future: Building a Modern Maritime Workforce”.
- Aim – To develop a modern, skilled, and globally competitive maritime workforce aligned with the nation’s rapid growth in shipping, ports, and logistics.
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