TITBITS:
1. The Centre renamed Port Blair, the capital of Andaman
and Nicobar Islands, as Sri Vijaya Puram. Making the announcement, Union Home
Minister Amit Shah said the decision was taken as part of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi's vision to "rid the country of all symbols of
slavery".
2.External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that
about 75 per cent of the "disengagement problems" with China have
been sorted out, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said that the troops have
disengaged at four places in Eastern Ladakh, including Galwan Valley.
3.In a pathbreaking technological progress in the
field of Al, a group of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
has developed an analogous computing platform within a molecular film that can
mimic human brain-like functioning.
4.Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions from India's
transport sector could be reduced up to 71 per cent by 2050 if high-ambition
strategies are adopted on three key parameters viz. electrification, improving
fuel economy standards, and switching to cleaner modes of transport and
mobility said a new study by World Resources Institute (WRI) India.
5.The WHO said it has granted its first authorisation
for the use of a vaccine against mpox in adults, calling it an important step
toward fighting the disease in Africa and beyond.
6.The three-member Commission of Inquiry (CoI)
notified by the Ministry of Home Affairs to probe the Manipur ethnic violence
has been asked to submit its report to the Union government as soon as
possible, but not later than November 20.