‘LOST GOLDEN CITY’

 Egypt announced the discovery of one of the most important finds since the  

unearthing of King Tutankhamun’s tomb almost 100 years ago in 1922. A 3000-

year-old “lost golden city” from the era of 18th-dynasty king Amenhotep III,  

who ruled ancient Egypt from 1391 to 1353 B.C., was found in the southern  

province of Luxor.

 The ancient city is located on the west bank of the Nile river.

 An inscription found there “says that this city was called: ‘The dazzling  

Aten.'”

 TROOP WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN

 "US troops, as well as forces deployed by our NATO (North Atlantic Treaty  

Organization) Allies and operational partners, will be out of Afghanistan before  

we mark the 20th anniversary of that heinous attack on September 11 (2001),''  

said Biden during a televised address to the nation from the White House.

 Soon after, Biden went to the Arlington National Cemetery to pay homage to the  

American soldiers who died in the Afghanistan war, which began in 2001 after  

Al Qaeda terrorists based in Afghanistan attacked the World Trade Centre in  

New York.

 The US and the Taliban signed a landmark deal in Doha on February 29, 2020 to  

bring lasting peace in war-torn Afghanistan and allow US troops to return home  

from America’s longest war.

 Under the US-Taliban pact signed in Doha, the US agreed to withdraw all its  

soldiers from Afghanistan in 14 months. Since the US-led invasion that ousted  

the Taliban after the September 11, 2001 attacks, America has spent more than  

USD 1 trillion in fighting and rebuilding in Afghanistan.

 About 2,400 US soldiers have been killed, along with tens of thousands of EATSMART CITIES CHALLENGE

 Shri Hardeep S Puri, MoS (I/C), Housing and Urban Affairs launched the  

EatSmart Cities Challenge and Transport 4 All Challenge an online event on  

15thapril.

 The EatSmart Cities Challenge aims to motivate Smart Cities to develop a plan  

that supports a healthy, safe and sustainable food environment supported by  

institutional, physical, social, and economic infrastructure along with the  

application of ‘smart’ solutions to combat food related issues.

 The launch event of EatSmart Cities Challenge today was organized in  

association with Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) under the  

aegis of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

 Shri Arun Singhal, CEO, FSSAI

 The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs launched the Transport 4 All  

challenge in collaboration with ITDP. The Challenge aims to bring together  

cities, citizen groups, and start-ups to develop solutions that improve public  

transport to better serve the needs of all citizens.

 All the Smart Cities Mission cities, capitals of states and union territories  

(UTs), and all cities with a population of over 5 lakhs—are eligible for the  

Challenge

 The Transport4All through Digital Innovation Challenge comprises three stages:

 Stage I PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION: Cities, with the support of NGOs,  

identify key recurring problems that citizens and public transport operators face

 Stage II SOLUTION GENERATION: Start-ups develop prototypes of  

solutions to improve public transport with inputs from cities and NGOs

 Stage III PILOT TESTING: Cities engage start-ups for large-scale pilots and  

refine the solutions based on citizen feedback.

 DEENDAYAL UPADHYAYA GRAMEEN KAUSHALYA YOJANA  

(DDU-GKY)

 Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) revamped the placement linked skill  

development program under National Rural Livelihood Mission as Deen Dayal  

Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) on the 25th September,