International Events
·
Iran
drops India from Chabahar rail project
§ Iran
had decided to proceed with the Chabahar port rail project by itself citing
funding delays from India
§ The
development comes in the backdrop of Iran finalising a 25-year strategic
partnership deal with China worth $400 billion
§ Iran had decided to proceed with the construction of a rail
line from Chabahar port to Zahedan, along the border with Afghanistan
§ India
and Iran had signed an agreement to construct the rail line four years ago.
Chabahar, which is located 72 kilometres west of Pakistan’s Gwadar port
Source: Indian Express
National Events
· Rs 107 Crore for Haldia Dock
Haldia Port
§ Union Minister of State (I/C) for Shipping Shri Mansukh
Mandaviya has approved Rs. 107 Crore for augmentation of firefighting
facilities on 5 jetties of Haldia Dock Complex, Kolkata Port.
§ The modern firefighting facility will enable the Haldia Dock
Complex in the safe handling of the movement of petrochemical products.
Source:
PIB
·
Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala, has
developed a Post COVID Coach to fight COVID 19
Source:
PIB
·
The
language of the Tangams
§
Arunachal
Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu released a book titled Tangams: An
Ethnolinguistic Study of the Critically Endangered Group of Arunachal Pradesh.
Who are the Tangams?
§ The
Tangams are a little-known community within the larger Adi tribe of Arunachal
Pradesh and reside in the hamlet of Kugging in Upper Siang district’s Paindem
circle
§ For
long, the only account of the Tangams could be found in bureaucrat Tarun Kumar
Bhattacharjee’s book, Tangams (1975) where the community’s population was
pegged at 2,000 spread across 25 villages.
§ As per
the UNESCO World Atlas of Endangered Languages (2009), Tangam — an oral
language that belongs to the Tani group is marked ‘critically endangered’.
What about other languages in Arunachal
Pradesh?
§ The
languages of Arunachal Pradesh have been classified under the Sino-Tibetan
language family, and more specifically under the Tibeto-Burman and Tai group of
languages, such as Lolo-Burmish, Bodhic, Sal, Tani, Mishmi, Hruissh and Tai.
§ According
to the UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger (2009) more than 26
languages of Arunachal Pradesh have been identified as endangered
Source:
The
Indian Express
Economy
·
US
remains India's top trading partner in 2019-20
§ In
2019-20 bilateral trade between India and US is $88.75 billion as against
$87.96billion in 2018-19
Source: Times
of India
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