Indias second Very Low Frequency radar station

♦ The Indian Navy to set up India’s second Very Low Frequency (VLF) radar station Telangana.  For this, the State government has transferred 1,174 hectares of forest land under the Damagudem Reserve Forest near Pudur village in Vikarabad district to the Indian Navy. The VLF station used by the Navy to communicate with ships and submarines.

♦ INS Kattabomman Radar Station at Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu was the first of its kind and has been serving the navy since 1990. 
 

Ramlalla idol in the sanctum sanctorum at the temple in Ayodhya

♦ Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the Ramlalla idol in the sanctum sanctorum at the temple in Ayodhya on 22 January 2024. The height of the idol is 51 inches. This was crafted by sculptor Arun Yogiraj from Mysuru. The chief architect of Ayodhya Ram temple is Chandrakant Sompura. 

♦ The Ram Mandir has been constructed in the traditional Nagara style. Its length (east-west) is 380 feet; width 250 feet and height 161 feet. It is supported by a total of 392 pillars and has 44 doors.
 

Ambedkar statue is the largest in the world

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy unveiled a 125-foot tall statue of Dr. B R Ambedkar at Swaraj Maidan in Vijayawada on 19 January 2024. The statue is termed as "Statue of Social Justice". The second-tallest statue of Ambedkar is situated in Telangana. It stands 175 feet tall.

♦ The project incurred a total cost of ₹404.35 crore and is spread over 18.81 acres of land. The statue has been built with 400 million tonne of steel and 120 million tonne of bronze.

♦ The project was started on December 21, 2021, and the statue was completed in February 2023. 

IIT Madras

♦ IIT Madras has joined hands with Altair to launch an eMobility Simulation Lab. The new lab will be set up in the Department of Engineering Design of IIT Madras with the financial support of Altair, a global that solutions in simulation, high-performance computing (HPC), and Artificial Intelligence (AI). 

♦ The lab will host Altair’s modeling and simulation tools, thereby supporting the academic activities that IIT Madras will carry out in the other eMobility labs for Batteries, Charging, Power Electronics, Motors and Controllers, and Vehicle Engineering, among other related areas.
 

5th Edition of the Meghalaya Game

The president of India, Droupadi Murmu inaugurated  the 5th Edition of the Meghalaya Game in Tura, Meghalaya on 15th January 2024. 

♦ The fifth edition of the Meghalaya Games will be held till 20 in Tura. 
 

International kite festival Patang Utsav

Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena inaugurated the first international kite festival 'Patang Utsav' at Baansera, Delhi on January 13. 

♦ Baansera is city's first bamboo theme park at Sarai Kale Khan on the bank of river Yamuna.

♦ The two-day festival is being organised by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), and will see over 30 professional kitists from Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Punjab, Lakshadweep and* Gujarat exhibiting thier art.