09.04.2019

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Battle of Kohima Service Voter Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana Prelims Bits Know the person Question of the day

BATTLE OF KOHIMA Nagaland observed the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Kohima.

It is considered one of the fiercest battles of World War II.

It was fought by Ordnance personnel of 221 Advance Ordnance Depot (AOD) on the night of 6/7 April 1944 against Japanese forces. Japanese forces had planned a three pronged offensive to capture Imphal and the surrounding areas.

In their attempt to extend their line of communication to Imphal, the 33rd Japanese Division cut in behind the 17th Indian Division at Tiddim (Mynmar) and establishing themselves firmly on the main Kohima – Manipur highway, started advancing towards Kangla Tongbi. However, combatant role of AOD personnel shook the enemy and forced the Japanese to withdraw.

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SERVICE VOTER • The soldiers of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) were the first to

cast their vote for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Arunachal Pradesh as Service Voters.

• Service voter belonging to defence and paramilitary forces have the option of either voting through postal ballot or through a proxy voter duly appointed by him/her.

• There are roughly 30 lakh service voters including defence and paramilitary forces who (in many cases with families at family stations) will cast their votes through service voter facility.

PRADHAN MANTRI UJJWALA YOJANA

• According to a recent survey, most rural households with LPG (liquiefied petroleum gas) connections still use chulhas with firewood or dung cakes, to the detriment of rural health.

• About 85% of Ujjwala beneficiaries in four States still use earthen stoves- rural Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.

• The resultant indoor air pollution can lead to infant deaths and harm child development, as well as contribute to heart and lung disease among adults, especially the women, cooking on these chulhas.

Almost 70% of households do not spend anything on solid fuels, meaning that the relative cost of an LPG cylinder refill, even if subsidised, is far higher.

Women are more likely to make dung cakes, and while men are more likely to cut wood, women are often the ones collecting and carrying it.

The study argues that these women, who do the unpaid labour needed for “free” solid fuels, are not typically economic decision-makers in the household, hindering a shift to LPG usage.

PRELIMS BITS

The Guwahati Railway Station has become the first ever railway station in the Indian Railways to get an`green ISO certification from the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for “providing passenger amenities in a clean and green environment.”

Pali Scholar Dr Gyanaditya Shakya honoured with Presidential Award of Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman 2019.

Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Sammandistinction is conferred on persons in recognition of their substantial contribution in the field of Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic, Pali, Prakrit, Classical Odiya, Classical Kannada, Classical Telugu and Classical Malayalam.

KNOW THE PERSON

1907-1931

• Bhagat Singh was one of the most prominent Indian revolutionary leaders of the Indian freedom movement.

• A socialist born into a family of Sikhs in Punjab, Bhagat Singh’s family were involved revolutionary deeds against the British government.

• He was motivated by the revolutionary movements of Europe about which he had read as a teenager. He was also drawn to Marxist and anarchist ideologies.

• Bhagat Singh founded the Naujawan Bharat Sabha in March 1926 taking inspiration from Giuseppe Mazzini’s Young Italy Movement.

He also joined the Hindustan Republican Association which had great revolutionaries like Chandrashekhar Azad, Ashfaqullah Khan and Ram Prasad Bismil as its members.

He was involved in the fatal shooting of British police officer John Saunders and in the bombing of the Central Legislative Assembly in New Delhi along with his associates.

For his activities, he was executed by hanging by the government on 23 March 1931 in the Lahore Jail. He remains an iconic inspirational figure for Indians even today.

QUESTION OF THE DAY

Which of the following district has become the world’s first district with 5G coverage ?

A. Shanghai

B. New York

C. Paris

D. London