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Nov 8, 2021 - Week 47

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WHO approves Covaxin for emergency use after

push from Modi government

Bharat First

Nov 4, disregarding court

verdicts and state

restrictions on the use of

firecrackers, reports

indicate that people

celebrated Diwali with far

more firecrackers than

earlier. Last year India lit

firecrackers worth an

estimated $3 billion

whereas this year,

despite restrictions, the

total expenditure reached

$6 billion.

In 2016 an IIT Kanpur

report on air pollution

and greenhouse gases in

Delhi had revealed that

crackers on Diwali don't

fall even in the top 15

sources of pollution.

Kapil Mishra, BJP leader

tweeted about the

unprecedented scale on

which firecrackers were

lit in Delhi and people’s

sentiment, saying even

people who had given up

lighting crackers earlier,

lit them this year just to

protest diktats that

needlessly single out

Hindu festivals for

interference.

At – NRIHerald

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This ancient celebration

that commemorates the

return of the victorious

Lord Ram after

vanquishing the wicked

Ravan, centres on the

triumph of good over

evil and the victory of

light over darkness. It is

about bringing peace

and joy, and removing all

doubt and negativity,

illuminating our inner

selves and our outer

world with clarity and

positivity.

As many as 50,000 diyas

were lit at the site of the

Ram temple.

Image ArkansasOnline,

ExpressAndStar, InsideEdition, HT

To reduce an annual

foreign exchange outgo

of about ₹ 33,000 crores

on imported specialty

steel used in the

defense, automobile,

railways, power and

telecommunication

sectors, the central

government had in July

approved a ₹ 6,322 crore

PLI (production linked

incentive) scheme. It

aimed to boost

production in India,

attract an investment of

about ₹40,000 crore and

generate an additional

5.25 lakh job

opportunities.

Oct 31, the Steel

Research & Technology

Mission of India (SRTMI),

said some Russian

companies like NLM and

Severstal had evinced

interest in setting up

plants in India. They are

exploring setting up of

plants in Karnataka and

Maharashtra presently.

The SRTMI is a

collaborative research

platform formed by the

steel ministry and

domestic steel players.

At: OpIndia, Twitter

and laid the foundation

stone of various projects

worth Rs 661 crore.

Colourful lights and laser

show were organized as

part of the Deepotsav.

Hundreds of volunteers

lit earthen lamps at Ram

Ki Pauri providing a

stunning spectacle on

the eve of the festival.

The event entered

Guinness World Records

for the ‘largest display of

oil lamps’ during the

Deepotsav in Ayodhya.

As part of the Diwali

celebrations last year the

city had lit 606,569 oil

lamps.

Chhat Puja – Nov 10, 2021 - images courtesy Wikipedia

Attempt to kill

Iraq PM with

drones fails

NRIs Darshan Dhaliwal and Amrik

Singh denied entry into India for

farm protest support and funding

Specialty Steel

incentives attract

Russian companies

Oct 26, Referring to a

purported affidavit of a

witness Prabhakar Sail,

that has not been filed

before any court but

widely circulated in the

media, the NCB told the

Mumbai High Court that

actor Shahrukh Khan’s

manager Pooja Dadlani

attempted to inluence

Nov 7, Iraqi prime

minister (PM), Mustafa

al-Kadhimi was targeted

by an explosive laden

drone at his residence,

in the highly fortified

Green Zone. The

assassination attempt

failed and the PM later

appeared on TV looking

calm as he condemned

the attack. The

explosion damaged the

PM’s residence and was

followed by gunfire in

the area.

No group has claimed

responsibility, though it

is suspected that pro-

Iran Shia militia camped

outside the Green Zone,

for nearly a month now,

after losing the

parliamentary elections,

were behind the attack.

On Friday, one protestor

was killed in a face off

with the forces in the

Green Zone.

More at: TheGuardian

Nov 7, a Pentagon

report states that China

has built a 100 home

village about 4.5 km

inside Indian territory at

Arunachal Pradesh’s

border in the Upper

Subansiri district along

the Tsari Chu river in

2020. China had

reportedly maintained a

few small military

outposts in this area for

over a decade.

India and China have a

varied perception of the

LAC which causes

friction at the border.

China has in the past

arrogated the entire

Arunachal Pradesh to

itself. Additional deputy

commissioner DJ Borah

described the village as

several big houses that

looked like an

installation for military

use. The central

government is keeping

an eye on

developments.

At: NewsBytesApp

Chinese village in

Indian territory -

Pentagon report

panch witnesses and

derail the Cordelia drug

bust investigation. It said

Aryan Khan’s bail should

be rejected on that

ground alone.

But the court has

decided to grant the

actor’s son bail after 3

weeks in jail.

At: OpIndia, Twitter

Nov 3, Ayodhya lit up to

celebrate the

homecoming of Lord

Ram on Diwali on an

unprecedented scale.

The festival of lights saw

the Uttar Pradesh (UP)

government create a

world record once more

by lighting over nine

lakh diyas in Ayodhya

along the Saryu River.

Apart from this, over

three lakh diyas were lit

separately at different

places in the Hindu holy

city.

The event was graced by

the CM Yogi Adityanath,

who also inaugurated

Nov 5, Prime minister

(PM) Modi unveiled Shri

Adi Shankaracharya’s

renovated samadhi shrine

at Kedarnath and a newly

built 12 foot tall statue of

the master in seated

posture. Retaining walls,

Tirth Purohit houses and a

bridge on the river

Mandakini have also been

built at a cost of about

₹130 crore. In 2013, the

Kedarnath flooding had

wreaked great damage on

the shrine. The PM added

that he felt blessed that

he could serve the place

which nurtured him earlier

in his life.

Additional projects worth

over ₹ 180 crore are

planned at Kedarnath. The

PM remarked that there

was a time when

spirituality and religion

were getting stereotyped

as outdated practices, but

today, our cultural

heritage and centres of

faith are being viewed

with well deserved pride.

At: image – TelanganaToday`, Swarajya

Nov 3, the Defence

Research and

Development

Organisation (DRDO) in

collaboration with

Indian Air Force (IAF)

carried out joint flight

tests of indigenously-

developed smart anti-

airfield weapons at

Rajasthan, Jaisalmer’s

Chandan ranges.

Launched from an

aircraft both tests hit

their intended target

with high accuracy. The

two different

configurations used

satellite navigation and

electro optical sensors

ie infra-red image

seeking technology

which enhances its

precision strike

capability. It is designed

for a maximum range of

100 kms. The advanced

guidance and navigation

algorithms and software

performed as per the

mission requirements.

All mission objectives

were met.

At: Republic, PIB

Image - Wikipedia

DRDO and IAF

test smart anti-

airfield weapon

The approval for the

made-in-India vaccine

was much awaited,

especially by students,

medical tourists,

business travelers and

people, who have

international travel

plans.

The approval to Covaxin

came after a long wait.

It submitted its

expression-of-interest

in April, a pre-

submission meeting

was held in May-June

2021 and the company

submitted all the

necessary documents

required for the EUL in

July. Bharat Biotech’s

Covaxin, which was

found to have 78%

efficacy against Covid-

19 of any severity.

Recently at the G-20

Summit in Rome, PM

Narendra Modi said

India will be able to

produce over 5 billion

vaccine doses next

year to help the world

fight the pandemic.

WHO has so far

approved Covid-19

vaccines of Pfizer-

BioNTech,

AstraZeneca-SK

Bio/Serum Institute of

India, Johnson &

Johnson-Janssen,

Moderna, and

Sinopharm for

emergency use.

At: FirstPost, EconomicTimes,

Nov 3, the World Health

Organisation (WHO) has

granted an emergency

use listing (EUL) to the

Indian Covaxin,

developed by Bharat

Biotech. WHO’s

Technical Advisory

Group (TAG), an

independent advisory

committee

recommended EUL

status for the Covaxin.

The approval came after

prime minister (PM)

Narendra Modi pushed

for Covaxin approval at

G20 with WHO director-

general Dr Tedros

Ghebreyesus. EUL

allows new products to

be used during public

health emergencies

Ayodhya sets a world record lighting over 9 lac diyas on

Diwali in a grand celebration of Lord Ram’s homecoming

PM Modi unveils Adi

Shankaracharya’s

statue at Kedarnath

Oct 30, the authorities

at the Indira Gandhi

International airport in

Delhi denied entry and

deported NRI Darshan

Singh Dhaliwal back to

the US on the

intervening night of

October 23-24 as

punishment for

financing the farmers

agitation at Delhi

borders. Brother of

former SAD cabinet

minister Surjit Singh

Rakhra, Dhaliwal is

one of the largest

gasoline retailers in the

US. By the year 2004,

he owned over 1,000

gas stations in 11

states and had annual

sales of ₹ 9,000 crore,

which was then five

times the size of

Punjab’s yearly budget.

The ministry of

external affairs has

cancelled the long-term

visas of about 12 PIOs

(persons of Indian

origin) and OCIs

(overseas citizen of

India) cardholders who

have been directly or

indirectly trying to

create chaos in the

country by propagating

false propaganda

against the nation.

As part of the

crackdown against

those individuals

endorsing violence in

the name of supporting

‘farmer’ protests,

besides Dhaliwal, a

Spain based

businessman Amrik

Singh was flown back

on his arrival at Delhi

airport on October 21.

Positive action by the

Centre has come in for

praise on social media.

At: OpIndia

NCB tells HC Shahrukh’s manager

Dadlani tried to influence witness

People reject court

diktats on Diwali

crackers with a bang

IGI Airport Terminal 3

Earthen lamps sparkle on the banks of the Saryu River during Diwali celebrations in Ayodhya.

Credit: PTI Photo

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electrolysis facilities to

be set up closer to

demand centres.

Second, reducing prices

of green hydrogen.

India is estimated to

consume 11.7 million

tons of carbon-

intensive industrial

grey hydrogen by 2030,

primarily in the refinery

and fertilizer sector,

twofold of the 5.6 MTs

today. India must

ensure that a large

proportion of the

upcoming new

hydrogen capacity

should be green in

addition to mandating a

fraction of existing

capacities to go green.

Long distance transport

sector can also provide

additional demand in

the form of hydrogen-

derived ethanol or

hydrogen fuel cells.

India is targeting 5

million tons of zero-

carbon hydrogen

production by 2030

serving both existing

and new applications.

This should radically

bring down the price of

hydrogen from the

present $4 per kg to $1

by 2030.

Third, preparing

sunrise sectors like

green steel for green

hydrogen is critical for

creating vibrant clean

export capabilities in

India. This is one of the

few countries whose

steel demand is

growing rapidly, it is

set to triple its steel

production by 2030.

This is an excellent

opportunity for the

Indian steel industry to

create the world’s

largest green steel

capacity. It is estimated

that with government

support and ambitious

private initiatives,

around 15 MTs of high-

margin export-oriented

green steel capacity

can be created in India

by 2030.

Fourth, manufacturing

and innovation

capabilities are critical

to achieve true

Atmanirbharta in the

green hydrogen

industry. To address

the low supply of

electrolysers in the

world, India is building

capacities for the

production of 20 GW of

long-lasting

electrolysers in the

coming decade. As a

nascent field, R&D

investments become

critical to the success of

the Indian electrolyser

industry, where the

roles of venture capital

and academia-industry

partnerships are

imperative.

Fifth, decarbonisation is

a global agenda and

India can also enable

the net-zero ambitions

of our East Asian allies.

Scaled-up green

ammonia synthesis in

the Indian coast can be

a historical opportunity

to export energy. A

well-designed alliance

with Korea, Singapore,

Taiwan and Japan will

enable win-win

partnerships.

With proactive

collaboration between

innovators,

entrepreneurs and

government, green

hydrogen has the

potential to drastically

reduce CO2 emissions,

fight climate change,

and put India on a path

towards net-zero

energy imports. It will

also help India export

high-value green

products making it one

of the first major

economies to

industrialize without

the need to

‘carbonise’.

As highlighted by IPCC

the world must

achieve net zero by

2050. This

should be done on the

principle of common

but differentiated

responsibilities

ensuring climate

justice. Developed

countries must

advance their net zero

years and commit to

short-term goals

rather than constantly

shifting the goal post

at the cost of the

developing world.

COP26 in Glasgow is

the perfect context to

tell ourselves that we

can become a major

player in climate

mitigation – via green

hydrogen.

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The world is

mandating and

demanding green

products with

mechanisms such as

the European Union

carbon tariff. Green

hydrogen is a stellar

opportunity not only

to reduce our emission

and energy imports,

but also to build scale

and export capabilities

in high-value green

products such as green

steel, green ammonia

and high-tech

components.

On green hydrogen,

India needs a five-

pronged strategy.

First, enabling policies

to reduce green

hydrogen costs. Power

costs including

generation and

transmission

contribute to more

than 70% of green

hydrogen cost. As it is

cheaper to transport

electricity than

hydrogen, initiatives

such as transmission

and distribution

waivers, surcharge

waivers and low

taxes/duties will help

reduce green

hydrogen costs by

enabling the

According to the

Sânkhya philosophy,

nature is composed of

three forces called, in

Sanskrit, Sattva, Rajas,

and Tamas. These as

manifested in the

physical world are what

we may call equilibrium,

activity and inertness.

Tamas is typified as

darkness or inactivity;

Rajas is activity,

expressed as attraction

or repulsion; and Sattva

is the equilibrium of the

two.

In every man there are

these three forces.

Sometimes Tamas

prevails. We become

lazy, we cannot move,

we are inactive, bound

down by certain ideas

or by mere dullness. At

other times activity

prevails, and at still

other times that calm

balancing of both.

Again, in different men,

one of these forces is

generally predominant.

The characteristic of

one man is inactivity,

dullness and laziness;

that of another, activity,

power, manifestation of

energy; and in still

another we find the

sweetness, calmness,

and gentleness, which

are due to the balancing

of both action and

inaction. So in all

creation — in animals,

plants, and men — we

find the more or less

typical manifestation of

all these different

forces.

Karma-Yoga has

specially to deal with

these three factors. By

teaching what they are

and how to employ

them, it helps us to do

our work better. Human

society is a graded

organization. We all

know about morality,

and we all know about

duty, but at the same

time we find that in

different countries the

significance of morality

varies greatly. What is

regarded as moral in

one country may in

another be considered

perfectly immoral.

Swami Vivekananda

Karma Yoga

a series of extracts

Swami Vivekananda Image courtesy Newsgram.com;

gas and coal. Sectors

that utilize solid and

liquid fuels cannot be

due to technical

factors. This is where

hydrogen has a critical

role to play. Hydrogen

will help India and the

world to decarbonize

‘hard to abate’ sectors

such as steel, copper,

fertilizer, cement, oil

refining and long

distance transport.

Green hydrogen is

produced using

electrolysis of water

with zero-carbon

electric power. The

steep reduction in solar

and wind power prices

in India makes green

hydrogen an ideal

production route.

Green hydrogen will

leverage India’s most

abundant solar and

wind resources and will

fast-track the country

towards zero-energy

imports. In addition,

India has rich land

resources, a large

coastline and world

class clean energy

project execution

capabilities to become

a global hub for green

hydrogen and derived

products.

Source –Times of India

Author – Amitabh Kant,

NITI Ayog CEO

Image – Recharge,

TechnologyCatalogue

India, despite being a

fast-growing nation with

an enormous energy

appetite, believes that

the end-of-century

global warming goal of

2°C is not enough and

we must target 1.5°C to

avoid climate disasters.

As the second most

vulnerable country to

climate change, India is

now leading the climate

war with a clean

molecule as

ammunition: green

hydrogen.

India presently imports

$160 billion worth of

fossil fuel energy and is

likely to double it in the

next 15 years. COP26 in

Glasgow presents India

with an opportunity to

present its

decarbonisation strategy

based on renewable

energy, storage and

green hydrogen to the

world.

Electricity contributes

only a fraction to the

overall energy basket.

Almost 80%

requirements are met

by fossil fuels like oil,

India’s clean molecule bet: At COP26, we should showcase green hydrogen as our

best weapon in climate war

India is now

leading the climate

war with a clean

molecule: green

hydrogen. India

presently imports

$160 billion worth

of fossil fuel energy

and is likely to

double it in the

next 15 years.