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‘Vax’ selected as Oxford English Dictionary’s 2021 Word of the Year
‘Vax’ selected as Oxford English Dictionary’s 2021 Word of the Year
- ‘Vax’ has been chosen as the word of the year by the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in 2021.
- Vax derived from the Latin word vacca, which means cow.
- Vax is used as a short form for vaccine and means a substance put into a person’s body to prevent them from getting a disease.
- Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, words related to vaccines saw surge in 2021, including terms like double-vaxxed, unvaxxed and anti-vaxxer.
Sports ministry upgrades three new facilities in Lucknow, Delhi and Chennai as KISCE
Sports ministry upgrades three new facilities in Lucknow, Delhi and Chennai as KISCE
- The Ministry of Sports has upgraded three existing sports facilities across the country as the Khelo India Sports Centres of Excellence (KISCE).
- The three new centres are :
- Guru Gobind Singh Sports College, Lucknow
- Chhatrasal Stadium, Delhi
- Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai
- Now the total number of KISCEs in India has increased to 27 spread across 26 States and Union Territories.
PM Modi addresses 2021 G20 Rome Summit
2021 G20 Summit Concludes with Adoption of Rome Declaration
- The 2021 G20 (Group of Twenty) Summit was held in Rome, Italy on October 30 and 31, 2021.
- It was the 16th meeting of G20 group. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
- Moto – People, Planet, and Prosperity
- Agenda – climate change, economic recovery, the pandemic and the global minimum corporate tax rate.
- The summit concluded with the adoption of the Rome Declaration by G20 Leaders.
- The final document committed the G20 members nation leaders to the following:
- providing $100 billion every year from now until 2025 to counter climate change.
- to end international financing for all new coal plants by the end of 2021,
- take action to limit global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
- strengthen the WHO on Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) for Covid-19 vaccines.
- Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi led the Indian delegation at the Summit.
- The Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal was India’s G20 sherpa or personal representative of the head of government.
World Vegan Day: 01 November
World Vegan Day: 01 November
- World Vegan Day is held every year on November 1.
- The day was first celebrated in the year 1994 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of UK-based The Vegan Society and the coining of the terms “vegan” and “veganism”.
- Purpose: to spread benefits of veganism for humans, non-human animals, and the natural environment.
Chennai-Mysore-Chennai Shatabdi Express gets IMS certification
Chennai-Mysore-Chennai Shatabdi Express gets IMS certification
- The Chennai-Mysore-Chennai Shatabdi Express has become the first train of Southern Railway to receive Integrated Management Systems (IMS) certification.
- It got the certificate for world-class maintenance of the train, environment -friendly resources and convenient and safe travel of the passengers.
- It is also the first Shatabdi train and the only second mail/express train of Indian Railways to receive this prestigious certification.
- The IMS certificate provided are ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018.
- The first train of Indian Railways to be IMS certified is Habibganj-Hazrat Nizamuddin-Habibganj Bhopal Express.
