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The ropeway will cover a distance of 1.8 km, and bring down the travelling time. It will also help in promoting tourism and will make commuting easier.

The Sixth Schedule of the Constitution deals with the administration of the tribal areas in the four northeastern states of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram as per Article 244. It empowers Parliament to establish an autonomous State comprising certain tribal areas of Assam and for local Legislature or Council of Ministers or both can create. It provides the power of the enactment of autonomous district councils (ADCs) to protect the rights of tribal populations.

The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in Sports and Games is the highest sporting honour of the Republic of India. The award is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. This award is being conferred for the spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson over a period of four years. As of 2020, the award comprises a medallion, a certificate, and a cash prize of ₹25 lakh.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI)projected India’s growth at minus (-) 4.5% for 2020-21. It will be (-) 3.7% in the single hit scenario and (-) 7.3% in the double hit scenario in FY2020-21. On the global front, the growth is projected at (-) 6.0% in the single hit scenario and (-) 7.6% in the double hit scenario in FY20-21.

Indian Mountaineer Anita Kundu has been chosen for the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2019 in the ‘land adventure category’. She is the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest from both the Indian and the Chinese sides.

India’s Neelakanta Bhanu Prakash has won the ‘World’s Fastest Human Calculator’ title. He has won the first-ever gold for India in Mental Calculation World Championship at Mind Sports Olympiad (MSO) held in London recently.

Export Preparedness Index (EPI) aims to identify the challenges and opportunities; improve the effectiveness of government policies; and promote a facilitative regulatory framework. Gujarat, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu occupied the top three ranks in the Export Preparedness Index (EPI) 2020.

Among the landlocked states, Rajasthan has performed the best, followed by Telangana and Haryana. Among the Himalayan states, Uttarakhand topped the chart, followed by Tripura and Himachal Pradesh. Across Union Territories, Delhi has performed the best, followed by Goa and Chandigarh.

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju attended a meeting of Sports Ministers of the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). During this meeting he announced that BRICS Games 2021 will be held during the same time and at the same venues as of Khelo India Games 2021.

Noor Inayat Khan is the first woman of Indian-origin to be honoured with a memorial Blue Plaque for her service in the Special Operations Executive during World War 2. She was the first female radio operator be sent into Nazi-occupied France and is also remembered as Britain’s first Muslim war heroine.

The Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad has recently launched US9 respiratory mask which is highly durable and adheres to the highest safety standards for operating in hazardous environments.