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Human Development Report
- Released by the UNDP
- It unveils HDI measuring average achievement in three basic dimensions:
1.human development,
2. Life expectancy,
3. Education and
Per capita income.
Key points of Report:
- India’s HDI value for 2019 is 0.645
- India is at 131th position of 189 countries on the HDI
- Norway Ireland and Switzerland topped the index.
- It includes a new experimental index that takes into account countries’ CO2 emissions and
material footprint.
Human Development Report
- Released by the UNDP
- It unveils HDI measuring average achievement in three basic dimensions:
1.human development,
2. Life expectancy,
3. Education and
Per capita income.
Key points of Report:
- India’s HDI value for 2019 is 0.645
- India is at 131th position of 189 countries on the HDI
- Norway Ireland and Switzerland topped the index.
- It includes a new experimental index that takes into account countries’ CO2 emissions and
material footprint.
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Regulatory Sandbox (RS)
- A regulatory sandbox is a framework set up by a financial sector regulator to allow small scale, live testing of innovations by private firms in a controlled environment under the regulator’s supervision.
Key points:
1. RBI relaxed eligibility norms for applicants under its RS initiative.
2. Allowed partnership firms and limited liability partnerships to participate in the RS.
3. Reduced the net worth requirement from ₹25 lakh to ₹10 lakh.
4. Announced “cross-border payments “for 2nd cohort
5. MSME lending will be the theme for the third cohort.
Regulatory Sandbox (RS)
- A regulatory sandbox is a framework set up by a financial sector regulator to allow small scale, live testing of innovations by private firms in a controlled environment under the regulator’s supervision.
Key points:
1. RBI relaxed eligibility norms for applicants under its RS initiative.
2. Allowed partnership firms and limited liability partnerships to participate in the RS.
3. Reduced the net worth requirement from ₹25 lakh to ₹10 lakh.
4. Announced “cross-border payments “for 2nd cohort
5. MSME lending will be the theme for the third cohort.
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CMS 01
- It is a communications satellite
- launched into geostationary transfer orbit by ISRO’s PSLV-C50
- Function:
1. It will provide C-band communications for the Indian mainland and the Andaman-Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands for at least seven years.
2. Will replace and enhance the services of GSAT-12.
CMS 01
- It is a communications satellite
- launched into geostationary transfer orbit by ISRO’s PSLV-C50
- Function:
1. It will provide C-band communications for the Indian mainland and the Andaman-Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands for at least seven years.
2. Will replace and enhance the services of GSAT-12.
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Mucormycosis
In News: Recently Covid-19 has triggered Mucormycosis or black fungus in some patients.
Mucormycosis is a serious but rare fungal infection caused by a group of molds called mucormycetes.
Symptoms:
1. Face numbness
2. One-side nose obstruction
3. swelling in the eye or cheeks
4. Black dry crusts in the nose.
Effects: Loss of eyesight, nose or jaw, and 50% mortality in cases where it affects the brain.
Vulnerable: people who have health problems.
Mucormycosis
In News: Recently Covid-19 has triggered Mucormycosis or black fungus in some patients.
Mucormycosis is a serious but rare fungal infection caused by a group of molds called mucormycetes.
Symptoms:
1. Face numbness
2. One-side nose obstruction
3. swelling in the eye or cheeks
4. Black dry crusts in the nose.
Effects: Loss of eyesight, nose or jaw, and 50% mortality in cases where it affects the brain.
Vulnerable: people who have health problems.
#MainsFodder #PT2021
The National Family Health Survey Report-5
Released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Key features of report:
1. Gender-based violence across most Indian states declined in the past 5 years.
2. It analysed domestic violence under 3 categories:
- Married women between 18 and 49 years
- Physical violence during pregnancy.
- Young women aged between 18 and 29 years against sexual violence.
The National Family Health Survey Report-5
Released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Key features of report:
1. Gender-based violence across most Indian states declined in the past 5 years.
2. It analysed domestic violence under 3 categories:
- Married women between 18 and 49 years
- Physical violence during pregnancy.
- Young women aged between 18 and 29 years against sexual violence.
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Golden Peacock Environment Management Award
- Instituted by the Institute of Directors, India in 1991.
- These annual awards are given at the national and global level.
- Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) received this award for 2020.
- It acknowledges organizations with significant achievements in the field of Environment Management.
- Public, private, non-profit, government, business, manufacturing and service sector are eligible to apply.
Golden Peacock Environment Management Award
- Instituted by the Institute of Directors, India in 1991.
- These annual awards are given at the national and global level.
- Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) received this award for 2020.
- It acknowledges organizations with significant achievements in the field of Environment Management.
- Public, private, non-profit, government, business, manufacturing and service sector are eligible to apply.
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IUCN Updated Red List
- News: IUCN has updated its Red List of Threatened Species.
1. Threatened with extinction: Ganga, Amazon, Indus, Irrawaddy species of freshwater dolphins.
2. ‘Endangered: Tucuxi species of freshwater dolphins is moving
3. Endemic:
3 Central American frog species.
3 Macadamia species of protea family
9 Asian oak species.
4. Near Threatened: The European bison
IUCN Updated Red List
- News: IUCN has updated its Red List of Threatened Species.
1. Threatened with extinction: Ganga, Amazon, Indus, Irrawaddy species of freshwater dolphins.
2. ‘Endangered: Tucuxi species of freshwater dolphins is moving
3. Endemic:
3 Central American frog species.
3 Macadamia species of protea family
9 Asian oak species.
4. Near Threatened: The European bison
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Young Champions of the Earth 2020
- News: An Indian entrepreneur is among the seven winners of UN Environment Programme’s.
- Launched by UNEP
- Started since 2017
- Aim: To spot global change-makers (18-30 yr) and support their ideas to save the environment.
- 7 finalist from Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, West Asia and two from Asia and the Pacific.
Young Champions of the Earth 2020
- News: An Indian entrepreneur is among the seven winners of UN Environment Programme’s.
- Launched by UNEP
- Started since 2017
- Aim: To spot global change-makers (18-30 yr) and support their ideas to save the environment.
- 7 finalist from Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, West Asia and two from Asia and the Pacific.
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Chang’e 5 Lunar Mission
In News: Lunar mission of China returned with 2Kg of the fresh rock samples from the moon.
Merits of the mission:
1. These lunar samples were retrieved from Oceanus Procellarum, or Ocean of Storms.
2. Ocean of Storms was believed to have been volcanic in ancient times.
3. Mons Rumker is younger than the sampling areas of the U.S. and the Soviet missions.
4. Help to understand the moon's volcanic activity and evolution.
Chang’e 5 Lunar Mission
In News: Lunar mission of China returned with 2Kg of the fresh rock samples from the moon.
Merits of the mission:
1. These lunar samples were retrieved from Oceanus Procellarum, or Ocean of Storms.
2. Ocean of Storms was believed to have been volcanic in ancient times.
3. Mons Rumker is younger than the sampling areas of the U.S. and the Soviet missions.
4. Help to understand the moon's volcanic activity and evolution.
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Human Freedom Index 2020
- Released by the Cato Institute in the US and Fraser Institute in Canada.
- It consists of 76 indicators -personal, civic and economic freedom.
Key features:
- India is placed at 111 out of 162 countries.
- India ranked 110 in terms of personal freedom and 105 on economic freedom
- India’s Overall score of 6.43 out of 10.
- New Zealand topped in the index, followed by Switzerland and Hong Kong.
Human Freedom Index 2020
- Released by the Cato Institute in the US and Fraser Institute in Canada.
- It consists of 76 indicators -personal, civic and economic freedom.
Key features:
- India is placed at 111 out of 162 countries.
- India ranked 110 in terms of personal freedom and 105 on economic freedom
- India’s Overall score of 6.43 out of 10.
- New Zealand topped in the index, followed by Switzerland and Hong Kong.
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Jharkhand’s Cyber-crime prevention scheme
Aim: To protect women and children from growing cybercrimes.
The scheme has 5 components
1. Online cyber crime registration
2. Forensic search
3. Capacity building
4. Awareness creation
5. Research and development units.
Functions:
1. It helps make a robust system & modernise the police to tackle growing cybercrime.
2. Students will be trained for community policing.
3. Awareness campaigns like one day workshop, essay and elocution competition etc. will be conducted.
Jharkhand’s Cyber-crime prevention scheme
Aim: To protect women and children from growing cybercrimes.
The scheme has 5 components
1. Online cyber crime registration
2. Forensic search
3. Capacity building
4. Awareness creation
5. Research and development units.
Functions:
1. It helps make a robust system & modernise the police to tackle growing cybercrime.
2. Students will be trained for community policing.
3. Awareness campaigns like one day workshop, essay and elocution competition etc. will be conducted.
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Himalayan trillium
- Scientific Name: Trillium govanianum
- Himalayan herb is often called Nagchatri in local areas.
- Location: Temperate and sub-alpine zones of the Himalayas.
In India: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Sikkim, and Uttarakhand.
- IUCN has placed it in “Endangered” category.
- Concern: Its population is expected to decline by at least 50% between 2010 and 2079.
Causes for decline:
1. Overexploitation.
2. Slow to reach reproductive maturity.
3. Poor capacity for seed dispersal.
4. Due to its high medicinal quality, it is vulnerable to trading.
Importance:
1. It can cure diseases like dysentery, wounds, skin boils etc.
2. It can be also used as an anti-cancer and anti-aging agent.
Himalayan trillium
- Scientific Name: Trillium govanianum
- Himalayan herb is often called Nagchatri in local areas.
- Location: Temperate and sub-alpine zones of the Himalayas.
In India: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Sikkim, and Uttarakhand.
- IUCN has placed it in “Endangered” category.
- Concern: Its population is expected to decline by at least 50% between 2010 and 2079.
Causes for decline:
1. Overexploitation.
2. Slow to reach reproductive maturity.
3. Poor capacity for seed dispersal.
4. Due to its high medicinal quality, it is vulnerable to trading.
Importance:
1. It can cure diseases like dysentery, wounds, skin boils etc.
2. It can be also used as an anti-cancer and anti-aging agent.
#MainsFodder #PT2021
Khelo India Youth Games 2021
- Gatka, Kalaripayattu Thang-Ta, Mallakhamba - in Khelo India Youth Games 2021.
- Gatka-
1. Punjab
2. traditional fighting style of. the Nihang Sikh warriors
3. used both as self-defense and a sport.
- Kalaripayattu- Kerala.
- Thang-Ta- Manipur marital art.
- Mallakhamba-Maharashtra and MP
- Host State-Haryana
- The inaugural edition- New Delhi (2018).
- 2 broad categories - Under 17 and Under 21 Categories.
Khelo India Youth Games 2021
- Gatka, Kalaripayattu Thang-Ta, Mallakhamba - in Khelo India Youth Games 2021.
- Gatka-
1. Punjab
2. traditional fighting style of. the Nihang Sikh warriors
3. used both as self-defense and a sport.
- Kalaripayattu- Kerala.
- Thang-Ta- Manipur marital art.
- Mallakhamba-Maharashtra and MP
- Host State-Haryana
- The inaugural edition- New Delhi (2018).
- 2 broad categories - Under 17 and Under 21 Categories.
#MainsFodder #PT2021
Great Conjunction/Christmas Star
- News: Dec 21 is a great conjunction event
- Jupiter and Saturn will be close in the night sky after nearly 400 years.
- This happen in winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and summer solstice in the Southern Hemisphere.
- A conjunction is the name given to any event where planets or asteroids appear to be very close together.
- Astronomers use the word “great” because of the planets’ sizes.
Great Conjunction/Christmas Star
- News: Dec 21 is a great conjunction event
- Jupiter and Saturn will be close in the night sky after nearly 400 years.
- This happen in winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and summer solstice in the Southern Hemisphere.
- A conjunction is the name given to any event where planets or asteroids appear to be very close together.
- Astronomers use the word “great” because of the planets’ sizes.
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R cluster
- Reliance Industries Ltd and British Petroleum have announced the start of gas production from the R cluster.
- R Cluster- The deepest off-shore gas field in Asia
peak production of about 10% of India’s current natural gas output.
- It is one of the three fields in the Krishna Godavari Basin (KGD6).
- This field comprises a subsea production system
Significance:
1. To boost domestic production of natural gas
2. To increase the share of natural gas in India’s energy basket from 6.2% now to 15% by 2030.
R cluster
- Reliance Industries Ltd and British Petroleum have announced the start of gas production from the R cluster.
- R Cluster- The deepest off-shore gas field in Asia
peak production of about 10% of India’s current natural gas output.
- It is one of the three fields in the Krishna Godavari Basin (KGD6).
- This field comprises a subsea production system
Significance:
1. To boost domestic production of natural gas
2. To increase the share of natural gas in India’s energy basket from 6.2% now to 15% by 2030.
Intensive Mentorship Program(IMP2020)
Mini Mocks - Day 05 ( GS 02)
Time: 1 Hour
Q 1 Legally, the delegated authority belongs to the principal, but in practice, its exercise is allowed to the subordinate or agent. In this context examine the issues associated with delegated legislation. (150 Words)
Q 2 What do you understand by the term ‘constitutionalism’? Discuss its role in sustaining a large democracy like India. (150 Words)
Q 3 Discuss the Judicial reforms needed in Indian Judiciary. (150 Words)
Q 4 India showcased poor performance in the recently released World Press Freedom Index (WPFI). Analyse the issues associated with freedom of press in India and Suggest some measures to improve India’s ranking. (250 Words)
Q 5 ‘Too little cash, too much politics, leaves WHO fighting for life.’ Discuss the statement in the light of US’ withdrawal and its possible implications. (250 Words)
Q 6 ‘The time has come for India and ASEAN to build a strong contemporary relationship, one involving global and strategic partnership that will have a great significance for Asia and the world as a whole.’ Comment (250 Words)
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