UPSC Prelims Facts – 27 January 2024

UPSC Prelims Facts

Launch of Project Veer Gatha 3.0

  • Launched By – Ministry of Defence in collaboration with Ministry of Education
  • Project under – Gallantry Awards Portal (GAP) 
  • Aim – To disseminate the details of acts of bravery of the Gallantry Awardees 
  • Order of precedence – Param Vir Chakra, Ashoka Chakra, Mahavir Chakra, Kirti Chakra, Vir Chakra, Shaurya Chakra.

Sarathi App was released recently

  • Program under – Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) DAY-NRLM
  • Ministry – Ministry of Rural Development
  • Aim – To address the needs of the most vulnerable and ensure efficient implementation of developmental programs for rural development.

1st batch of ‘Vaibhav’ fellows announced recently.

  • Implemented by – Department of Science and Technology (DST)
  • Aim – to attract Indian-origin scientists based abroad for short-term collaboration.
  • The project – Fellows will work in collaboration with Indian Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) and universities up to 2 months per year for max of 3 years.

ISRO confirms magnetometer on Aditya L1 deployed

  • Purpose – To measure the strength and direction of magnetic fields
  • First created by – Carl Friedrich Gauss.
  • 2 types of magnetometers – Vector Magnetometers and Scalar Magnetometers
  • Vector magnetometers – Measure the vector components of a magnetic field.
  • Scalar magnetometers – Measure the magnitude of the vector magnetic field.

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