The Weimar Triangle
- Foreign Ministers of Germany, Poland, and France have met recently to revive the Weimar Triangle.
- Weimar Triangle is a regional group created in 1991, to develop a shared vision for Europe and forge closer ties between these three countries’ societies.
- The Triangle was initially the key forum for supporting German-Polish reconciliation after World War II.
- The group takes its name from the city of Weimar, Germany, where the initial meeting took place.
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Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry (APAAR)
- About 25 crore APAAR IDs have been created by Ministry of Education.
- About APAAR
- Introduced in alignment with National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and National Credit and Qualifications Framework (NCrF).
- This is part of ‘One nation, One Student ID’ initiative.
- It aims to provide unified academic experience for students by assigning a unique and permanent 12-digit ID to every student, consolidating their academic achievements in one place.
- It reduces fraud and duplicate educational certificates by providing a single, trusted reference for educational institutions.
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PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana
- Centre launched PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana, a rooftop solar scheme for free electricity.
- About Scheme
- Aim: To light up 1 crore households by providing up to 300 units of free electricity every month.
- Removes cost burden: Provides subsidies directly to people’s bank accounts as well as heavily concessional bank loans.
- Enhanced convenience: All stakeholders will be integrated into a National Online Portal.
- Awareness Generation: Urban Local Bodies and Panchayats shall be incentivised to promote rooftop solar systems in their jurisdictions.
- Other benefits: More income, reduced power bills and employment generation.
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Maglev (Magnetic levitation)
- In a significant breakthrough, China's maglev train surpassed its previous record of 623 km/h.
- Maglev is a system in which the vehicle runs levitated from the guideway (corresponding to the rail tracks of conventional railways).
- In Maglev, superconducting magnets suspend the train above a U-shaped concrete guideway.
- Like ordinary magnets, these magnets repel one another when matching poles face each other.
- Advantages
- Produce no emissions as they lack engine.
- No friction between wheels and rail enables higher speeds
- Any two trains travelling the same route cannot catch up and crash into one another.
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