Guru Ravidas Jayanti and Punjab Elections

 

 The Guru Ravidas Jayanti is celebrated on Magh Poornima that is on the new moon day of the Magh Month. It celebrated all over India.

 

 

About Ravidas

Ravidas was a social reformer and a spiritual man. He is a popular mainly for this work against castism. Ravidas was a contemporary saint to Saint Kabir. It is believed that Ravidas was a Brahmin in his previous birth. He was attracted to a woman while he was dying and wished her to be his mother. Thus, in his next birth he was born the very same woman. He is a 15th Century Poet.

During Ravidas Jayanti, People take dip in the holy rivers. They then remember the great miracles and events that happened in his life.

He contributed largely to the Bhakti Movement. He played a significant role in eradicating caste system. His works were highly commendable. A group of people even today follow Ravidassa Religion. 

Why Punjab Elections Postponement ? 

The Election Commission of India Recently postponed the assembly elections in the state of Punjab due to Ravi Das Jayanti. The Decision was made after the request made by few political parties. According to the new schedule, the elections are to be held in Feb 20. The last date for filling nominations is Feb 1. Date of Scrutiny of nominations is Feb 2. Counting date is March 10.

This year in 2022 the Ravidas Jayanti Falls on Feb 16, Between Feb 10 and Feb 16, his followers travel from Punjab to Varanasi. With this a large number of Voters will leave the state and might probably miss the polls that were to be held on Feb 14. 

 

Delhi's First DTC Electric Bus

 

The Delhi Chief Minister Shri Arvind Kejriwal flagged off the first electric bus of the Delhi Transport Corp. The E-Buses are to run on 27 km long Route. These buses were manufactured by the JBM Auto Ltd. They are fully air conditioned and Low Floor Buses.

These buses were acquired under the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and electric Vehicles in India, that is FAME-II. The first fleet of 300 buses is ready. First a few electric buses are to run from Pragati Maidan to IP Depot. It is a 27- km long route. It will cover places like ITO, Safdarjung and Ashram on its way. This is a prototype. This is being flagged off to check how long the batteries in the bus last. it will also check for technical problems. After this test run, the rest of the buses in the fleet will be added. 

The Delhi Govt. has planned to release fifty more electric buses by Feb 2022. The target is to add fifty electric buses per month. In the Pipeline set earlier, the Delhi Government will launch 2,300 electric buses. Of these, 1,300 are to be procured by the DTC. The Rest of the thousand is to operate under the cluster scheme. The Delhi Government is to install charging stations in the bus Depots. The Charging Stations are to be built in phased manner.

There are 6,793 buses in Delhi, Of this 3, 760 are run by the Delhi Transport Corporation and 3,033 are run by the DIMTS. DIMTS is Delhi Integrated Multi- Modal Transit System.

The Delhi Govt. Decided to run electric buses in the region in 2018. In future The Kejriwal Govt. has decided to convert all the govt. run buses into electric buses.

First on site evidence of water on Moon

Chang'e 5 Lunar Lander of China has found first ever on site evidence of water on the Surface of Moon.

The Chang'e 5 Spacecraft:- 

The Fifth Lunar Exploration Mission of Chinese Lunar Exploration Program. it has been named after the Chinese moon goddess Chang'e. The Spacecraft was launched on November 23, 2020 from Hainan Island. it collected around 1,731 gram of lunar samples and also returned to the Earth on Dec 16, 2020.

• Study was Published in the peer reviewed journal Science Advances on January 8, 2022.
• It revealed that the lunar soil at the landing site comprises of less than 120 grams water per ton or 120 parts per million (ppm) water.
• It further reveals that a light, vesicular rock carries 180 ppm water.
• These are much drier as compared to that of Earth.
• Presence of water on Moon had been confirmed by remote observation earlier. However, lander has detected signs of water in rocks and soil.

Water was detected on the spot for the first time, by a device on board the lunar lander. The device measured the spectral reflectance of regolith and soil. The Spacecraft collected the samples, which are a mixture of granules. it was collected from both on the surface and beneath.