Indian Footwear Sizing System

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NATIONAL NEWS

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched several infrastructure projects in Kerala on 19^th February, 2021.
One of the important projects is the 2,000-MW Pugalur-Thrissur high voltage direct current (HVDC) power transmission corridor.
The Pugalur-Thrissur line is Kerala’s first HVDC inter-connection with the national grid and the country’s first system to use the voltage source converter technology.
Also, he launched the following projects via video conferencing:
- 50-MW solar park in Kasaragod
- 75-mld (million litres a day) water treatment plant at Aruvikkara, Thiruvananthapuram
- Two Smart City Mission initiatives 1) the 37-km Smart Road project, 2) the Integrated Command and Control Centre at the City Corporation at an estimated cost of ₹427crore.

The CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute has launched a pan India foot scan survey to collect data of foot size.
The move has launched to prevent confusing from international foot standards like – American (US), French (EU), Mondopoint (Japanese), English (UK).
The data collected will be used to define the Indian Footwear Size Standards.
The project will be supported by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal trade.
India is the 2^nd largest producer of footwear in the world after China.

The helicopter launched Nag Anti-Tank guided missile named “Helina” and the Air Force variant “Dhruvastra” were tested successfully in the deserts of Rajasthan.
The missile systems were developed by DRDO.

Government of Uttar Pradesh has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with IKEA on Friday (February 19, 2021).
The MoU allows IKEA to invest a sum of ₹5500 crore in UP in the next five years.
IKEA is to set up its largest outlet in India in Noida.
IKEA is a Swedish multinational conglomerate that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture, kitchen appliances and home accessories, among other useful goods and occasionally home services.
IKEA has its headquarters in Netherlands, established in the year 1983.

Ankita Raina, partnering Russia’s Kamilla Rakhimova, captured her maiden WTA 250 doubles title, in the final of the Phillip Island Trophy tennis tournament held in Melbourne, Australia on Friday (19.02.2021).
They won by beating Anna Blinkova and Anastasia Potapova of Russia.
Ankita Raina is the first woman from India to win the WTA championship after Sania Mirza.

The Government of India has appointed Harish Chauhan as the Director of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes.
The Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and the members of NCST will be appointed by the President of India for a tenure of three years.
The Chairperson holds the rank of Union Cabinet Minister.
The Headquarters of NCST is located in New Delhi.
NCST is a constitutional body established in 2004.

The Veteran Music Director Isaac Thomas Kottukapally passed away at the age of 72 on 18^th February, 2021.
He was born in 1948.
He has won the National Award the background score of the Malayalam movie Adaminte Makan Abu released in 2010.
He has also worked in several movies in Kannada, Punjabi and Hindi.

Nine-year-old Hayan Abdulla made 172 dishes in just one hour in Kozhikode
This Class 3 student of Sherwood Hall Senior Secondary School in Chennai cooked 172 dishes at Feroke, Kozhikode, recently, setting a new record gaining entry to both India Book of Records and Asia Book of Records.

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