XpoSat Mission: It is built by ISRO along with Raman Research Institute. XPoSat (X-ray Polarimeter Satellite) is India’s first dedicated polarimetry mission to study various dynamics of bright astronomical X-ray sources in extreme conditions. The spacecraft will carry two scientific payloads in a Low Earth Orbit.
The primary payloads: (a) POLIX (Polarimeter Instrument in X-rays): Measure the polarimetry parameters (degree and angle of polarization) in medium X-ray energy range of 8-30 keV photons of astronomical origin.
(b) XSPECT (X-ray Spectroscopy and Timing): Gives spectroscopic information in the energy range of 0.8-15 keV.
National e-Vidhan Application: National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) is one of the 44 Mission Mode Projects (MMPs) under the “Digital India Programme” of Government of India.Aim: to make the functioning of all the State Legislatures paperless by transforming them into ‘Digital House’.It is a device neutral and member centric application created to equip them to handle diverse House Business smartly by putting entire information regarding member contact details, rules of procedure, notices, bills, starred/unstarred questions and answers, committee reports etc. in their hand held devices/ tablets.
Till now, 21 State legislatures have signed Memorandum of Understanding for implementation of the NeVA and the project has been sanctioned for 17 Legislatures.
Among them, 9 Legislatures have already become fully digital and are Live on NeVA platform.Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
FIPIC Summit: The third forum for India-Pacific islands co-operation (FIPIC Summit), which was held at Port Moresby was jointly hosted with Papua New Guinea.Prime minister of India co- chaired the summit with PM of Papua New Guinea.FIPIC is a multinational grouping for cooperation between India and 14 Pacific Islands nations.It include 14 islands named- Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.All Head of state/head of government of the above countries met in Suva, Fiji in November 2014 for the first time where the annual summit was conceptualised.A major part of India’s engagement with these countries is through development assistance under South-South Cooperation, mainly in capacity building (training, scholarships, grant-in-aid and loan assistance) and community development projects.
In 2015, FIPIC Trade Office at Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) to promote Trade & Investment opportunities between India & Pacific Island Countries.
Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group (ECSWG): The meeting is a critical step in fostering the efforts of the G20 countries towards a sustainable and resilient future.Ocean 20 Dialogue aimed at promoting a sustainable and climate-resilient Blue Economy.The Ocean 20 platform, launched during the Indonesia Presidency Dialogue is aimed to advance ideation and action for ocean solutions.It aims to facilitate sustainability in the maritime domain, ocean governance, building capacities to facilitate sustainable ocean practices and equitable distribution of benefits from traditional and new blue economy sectors.
