CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -As per industry sources, as many as seven new internet exchange nodes will be launched in Uttar Pradesh. These nodes will be located at Meerut, Agra, Kanpur, Lucknow, Prayagraj, Varanasi and Gorakhpur.

Detailed explanation-2: -Union Minister of State for Electronics, Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar will launch seven new Internet exchange nodes in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. In a statement, the Ministry of Electronics & IT said, “These nodes will be located at Meerut, Agra, Kanpur, Lucknow, Prayagraj, Varanasi & Gorakhpur.”

Detailed explanation-3: -An Internet exchange point (IXP) is a physical location through which Internet infrastructure companies such as Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and CDNs connect with each other. These locations exist on the “edge” of different networks, and allow network providers to share transit outside their own network.

Detailed explanation-4: -Forty-two (42) Internet Exchanges of National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) have been installed and operational as on date.

Detailed explanation-5: -Energy trading platform Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) became the country’s first carbon-neutral power exchange, using market based tradable instruments to offset its carbon emissions, the company said on December 14 in a press release.