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Discussion
1-April-2019
GI Tags for Indian Coffee
• The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade,
Why In
under Ministry of Commerce and Industry has recently awarded
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Geographical Indication (GI) to five varieties of Indian coffee.
The temple columns are made of black basalt and are carved
as mythical animals or female dancers or musicians, and are
the masterpieces of Kakatiya art, notable for their delicate
carving, sensuous postures and elongated bodies and heads.
SVEEP
• In a first of its kind initiative, 120 Community Radios attended SVEEP
Why In
Workshop of the Election Commission of India (ECI) so as to make
News them contribute their Best for Voter Education & Awareness.
Slovakia
Location: Slovakia is a landlocked
country in Central Europe. It is bordered
by Poland, Ukraine, Hungary, Austria,
and the Czech Republic to the northwest.
Jerzego Sunillimaye spider is only the second species under the genus
Jerzego from India.
This is the first species under the genus whose taxonomic details,
mating behaviour, and egg development have been documented.
SALT PAN
• In Mumbai, a group of enthusiasts participated in a salt pan
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walk at Wadala organised by the Asiatic Society of Mumbai
to commemorate the Wadala satyagraha.
They are Natural salt pans or salt flats are flat expanses
of ground covered with salt and other minerals.
• Ecological significance: Salt pans play a significant role in the ecology of the
neighbouring areas. Salt pans have different species of birds and insects
thriving on them. They have an enormous water-holding capacity that helps
in flood control.
Fakim Wildlife Sanctuary
Generally, organic reactions are carried out using organic solvents, which
makes it expensive and also generates toxic waste. So in a departure from
current practice, the team has used water as solvent to make it
environment-friendly.
Also, a green oxidant (70% aqueous tert-butyl hydroperoxide or TBHP) is
used for converting toluene into benzoic acid.
ERODE TURMERIC
• They will provide the Indian defence forces with the capability to
perform anti-surface and antisubmarine warfare missions along
with the ability to perform secondary missions including vertical
replenishment, search and rescue and communications relay.
Danda Nata festival
Coral bleaching: The corals off Lord Howe Island — some 600 km
offshore from Sydney — were affected by elevated temperatures this
summer, despite escaping severe bleaching that damaged the Great
Barrier Reef in 2016 and 2017.
CORALS OFF LORD HOWE ISLAND
Solution: d)
INDIA-AFRICA INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL
DEVELOPMENT (IAIARD)
INDIA-AFRICA INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL
DEVELOPMENT (IAIARD)
• India has signed an agreement with a development
Why In
News bank, for setting up India-Africa Institute of
Agriculture and Rural Development (IAIARD).
Funding: The entire expenditure on faculty from India, the travel, logistics
and training course expenses for students from other African countries will
be borne by the Government of India for an initial period of three years.
Why In • India and the US have set up the first ever secure
News communication link between the naval headquarters.
Besides the UN, it is supported by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition,
the Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program and Sustainable Energy for All
(SEforALL).
It includes government officials from Chile, Rwanda, Denmark as well as
leaders from civil society, research and academia.
Solidarity Human Chain
• Ministry of Health and Family Welfare along with World
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Health Organization (WHO) formed a Solidarity Human
Chain as part of the World Health Day celebrations.
From its inception at the First Health Assembly in 1948 and since taking
effect in 1950, the celebration has aimed to create awareness of a specific
health theme to highlight a priority area of concern for the WHO.
Over the past 50 years this has brought to light important health issues
such as mental health, maternal and child care, and climate change.
STATE OF GLOBAL AIR REPORT 2019
• According to the State of Global Air Report 2019, over
Why In
News 1.2 million deaths In India in 2017 were from all air
pollution.
Overall long-term exposure to outdoor and indoor air pollution contributed to nearly
5 million deaths across the world from stroke, diabetes, heart attack, lung cancer,
and chronic lung disease in 2017.
China and India together were responsible for over half of the total global
attributable deaths, with each country facing over 1.2 million deaths from all air
pollution in 2017.
In India, air pollution is the third-highest cause of death among all health risks.
The South Asian region — Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan — led the world as
the most polluted, with over 1.5 million air-pollution related deaths.
Global Report on Food Crises 2019
• Correct Answer : C
Eutrophicaton
Caenorhabdits elegans
Soluton: b)
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Discussion
10-April-2019
NIRF INDIA RANKINGS – 2019
NIRF INDIA RANKINGS – 2019
• President Ramnath Kovind released the National
Why In
News Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF India Rankings
2019).
Solution: d)
ATAL RANKING OF INSTITUTIONS ON INNOVATION ACHIEVEMENTS
(b) Yellow
(c) Amber
(d) Red
Yellow weather warning
Red colour
Amber colour
Green colour
Yellow colour
taken. No weather likelihood of actions to be
advisory is situation as it extremely bad taken by
issued in such may weather. different
cases. deteriorate. agencies.
Yellow is the
least dangerous
of the weather
warnings.
Bamboo rice
• The gates of Chandaka-Dampara Wildlife Sanctuary in
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Cuttack district (Odisha) have been opened for forest
dwellers to come and collect the Bamboo rice.
• Bamboo rice has a striking resemblance to paddy rice and tastes more
like wheat.
• The difference lies in its texture when cooked, which is mostly moist
and sticky.
• It is believed that bamboo rice has a low glycemic index compared to
other varieties of rice, which is considered to be a healthier option for
diabetics.
• The rice has low or no fat and is rich in vitamin B.
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Discussion
11-April-2019
Even Horizon Telescope
• The Event Horizon Telescope is an internatonal
Why In
News collaboraton aiming to capture the frst image of a
black hole by creatng a virtual Earth-sized telescope.
Sagitarius A
Cost of Remitance
The Press Council of India was frst set up in the year 1966
by the Parliament on the recommendatons of the First
Press Commission.
Structure:
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mibile napp.
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fonalize the strnategy naod questioonaire fir the Ceosus
2021.
Ti serve this purpise dnatna user’s ciofereoce, the frst
firmnal ioternactio if the ceosus irgnaoiznatio with
vnariius stnakehilders wnas held io Delhi.
Questioonaire fir Ceosus 2021
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& Knashmir naod soiw biuod narenas if Himnachnal Prnadesh &
Uttnarnakhnaod while fir the rest if ciuotry the refereoce dnate is 1st
Mnarch 2021.
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First Trnaioiog Squnadrio
• Iodinao ships thnat pnartcipnated io First Trnaioiog
Why Io
News Squnadrio (1TS) held io Seychelles iocludes the
filliwiog
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pluoderiog if tribnal rights by the stnate naod uoiio giveromeots.
The cult clnaims thnat the tribnals were giveo rights iver rivers, firest
lnaod naod firest priduce by Queeo Victirina.
Cliud Hioeypits
Cliud Hioeypits
• Accirdiog ti na repirt by Siphis (nao IT security cimpnaoy)
Why Io
"Expised: Cyber nattnacks io Cliud Hioeypits", iver fve milliio
News
nattnacks were nattempted io the glibnal oetwirk if hioeypits.
Whnat is na Hioeypit?
A hioeypit is na system desigoed ti mimic likely tnargets
if cyber-nattnackers, si thnat security resenarchers cnao
mioitir cybercrimional behnaviiur.
Instituted in 1991.
Significance
• The fossils have an unexpected mix of both ancient and more advanced traits of
hominin (the group consisting of modern humans, extinct human species and all
our immediate ancestors).
• The teeth's small sizes and relatively simple shapes point to a more modern
species. Foot bone resembles those of the ancient australopithecines.
• The discovery also adds to a growing body of evidence that human evolution is
not as linear as was once thought.
BLUE (ROBOTICS)
• Scientists have developed Blue, a robot that uses
Why In
News artificial intelligence (AI) to master intricate human
tasks.
Significance:
Each checklist submitted during the GBBC helps researchers at the
Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society learn
more about how birds are distributed across the country and how they
are affected by changes in habitat and weather.
It was first awarded by former Russian Tsar ‘Peter the Great’ in 1698 and
subsequently discontinued. In 1998, former President Boris Yeltsin
reinstated the honor by a presidential decree.
Previous recipients include Chinese President Xi Jinping, and presidents
of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
and author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
SPRING HARVEST FESTIVALS IN INDIA
• President Ram Nath Kovind greeted the nation on Vaisakhi, Vishu,
Why In Rongali Bihu, Naba Barsha, Vaisakhadi and Puthandu Pirappu. These
News harvest festivals, which celebrate the birth of a new year, are a
celebration of the hard work and efforts of farmers.
• Assam celebrates Bihu thrice in a year but Rongali Bihu is the biggest and
most popular.
• Rongali or the Bohag (spring) Bihu starts on the last day of the Assamese
calendar month of Chot, which normally falls on April 13 or 14 annually.
• On the occasion, youngsters visit their elders and seek blessings.
‘Bihuwan’ (the traditional Assamese towel known as Gamocha) is
exchanged as a mark of respect.
SPRING HARVEST FESTIVALS IN INDIA
Poila Boishakh: Bengal
• Poila Boishakh also known as Pahela Baishakh or Bangla Nababarsha is the first
day of Bengali Calendar.
• It is celebrated on 14 April as a national holiday in Bangladesh, and on 14 or 15
April in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and part of Assam by people of
Bengali heritage.
• Shubho Nabobarsho (Happy New Year) is how Bengalis usher in the New Year.
Prayers are said to Goddess Lakshmi (for wealth) and Lord Ganesha (for
wellbeing).
Bikhoti: Uttrakhand
Jurshital: Bihar
• In the Mithal region of Bihar and Nepal, the new year is celebrated as
Jurshital.
• It is traditional to use lotus leaves to serve sattu to the family members.
Vishu: Kerala
• Vishu in Kerala marks the completion of the spring equinox. But unlike Onam,
the other harvest festival, Vishu is a quieter affair, with Lord Vishnu in his
Krishna avatar, the presiding deity of the festivities.
• Malayalis observe the ritual of ‘Vishukanni’, in which seasonal fruits,
vegetables, yellow flowers, rice, gold, clothes, coins and holy texts are
arranged on a platter in front of the deity and is the first sight of people when
they wake up.
Three-Person Baby
• A team of Greek and Spanish doctors has produced a baby
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(in Greece) using genetic material from two women and a
man.
This tech helps to spot and classify the animals by using their heat
signatures.
This innovative technology could potentially be used to understand and
monitor population numbers of Orangutans or other endangered primate
species.
Bornean orangutan
• A primate species
• Native to the island of Borneo
• Reason for decline : Deforestation, hunting and slow breeding
• IUCN status : Critically endangered
Borneo Map
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16-April-2019
OIL EATING BACTERIA
• Scientists have discovered a unique oil eating bacteria in the
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Mariana Trench, a finding that may pave way for sustainable
ways to clean up oils spills.
Features: The aircraft has two fuselages and six Boeing 747
engines.
• Solution: d)
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17-April-2019
Leucistic Squirrel
• They follow an arc-like trajectory and are launched from the land or sea.
• They usually carry a nuclear warhead and are very heavy.
• They rely on Earth’s gravity to fly down once launched.
• They have much larger range.
Cruise missiles
• They can also be launched from air and fly within Earth’s atmosphere.
• They have their own engines and wings to strike the target.
• They can be supersonic or sub-sonic and are highly accurate.
• They usually carry conventional warheads although some cruise missiles
can also be equipped with nuclear warheads.
Question
Consider the following about recently tested Nirbhay Missile.
1. It is a surface-to-surface supersonic cruise missile.
2. It is nuclear-capable.
3. It has the ability to move horizontally like an aircraft.
4. It can be launched even from underwater vessels.
Select the correct answer using the codes below.
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2, 3 and 4 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) 2 and 4 only
Question
Solution: b)
Uighur Muslims
• China is using a secret system of advanced facial recognition technology
Why In to track and control the Uighurs Muslims. It is the first known example
News of a government intentionally using artificial intelligence for racial
profiling, which has drawn wide international condemnation.
What’s the The tension and recent violence between the Uighurs
issue? and China is mainly caused by economic and cultural
factors.
Participants: The event witnessed the presence of more than 200 delegates
from around 30 countries.
Background: RCAP 2019 is the 4th in the series of Resilient Cities Asia Pacific
Congresses, the first three being held in Bangkok, Thailand (2015), Melaka,
Malaysia (2016) and Vietnam (2017).
DART Mission
DART Mission
Why In • SpaceX Wins NASA's DART Mission, To Launch
News Planetary Defense Test Satellite
Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is NASA’s first
mission to demonstrate kinetic impactor technique
which will strike the asteroid to shift its orbit to defend
against a potential future asteroid impact.
The target for DART is an asteroid that will have a
distant approach to Earth in October 2022, and then
again in 2024.
The asteroid is called Didymos, an asteroid binary
system that consists of two bodies: Didymos A, and
Didymos B.
DART Mission
It has also been identified as one of the species for the recovery
programme under the Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats of the
Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.
Project Great Indian Bustard — state of Rajasthan — identifying and
fencing off bustard breeding grounds in existing protected areas as well as
provide secure breeding enclosures in areas outside protected areas.
Protected areas: Desert National Park Sanctuary — Rajasthan, Rollapadu
Wildlife Sanctuary – Andhra Pradesh and Karera Wildlife Sanctuary–
Madhya Pradesh.
Question
• Solution: c)
HOME EXPO INDIA 2019
• The 8thedition of HOME EXPO INDIA 2019 has been
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organized by the Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts in
Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
Cassini–Huygens Mission
Commonly called Cassini was a collaboration
between NASA, the European Space Agency and the
Italian Space Agency.
The mission objective was to send a probe to study
the planet Saturn and its system, including its rings
and natural satellites.
Cassini-Huygens has been described by NASA's
Planetary Science Division Director as a "mission of
firsts".
The mission was ended in 2017 after it was de-
orbited to burn up in Saturn's upper atmosphere.
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India and the U.S had signed the White Shipping Agreement (WSA) as it
establishes an information network protocol that allows the navies of both
countries to exchange information about ships in their oceanic territories.
This will also help in the identification of those vessels which can be
illegal as this provides us with the prior information about the
destination of the vessel, the route which has been planned for it, etc.
The Navy’s Information Management and Analysis Centre (IMAC) at
Gurgaon would be the nodal centre for WSA.
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21-April-2019
World Press Freedom Index 2019
South Asia in general features poorly on the index, with Pakistan dropping three
places to 142, and Bangladesh dropping four places to 150.
Norway is ranked first in the 2019 Index for the third year running while Finland
(up two places) has taken second place from the Netherlands (down one at 4th).
At the bottom of the Index, both Vietnam (176th) and China (177th) have fallen
one place and Turkmenistan (down two at 180th) is now last, replacing North
Korea (up one at 179th).
World Press Freedom Index 2019
Why In • The Asian Tea Alliance (ATA), a union of fie tea-growing and
News consuming countries, was launched in Guizhou in China.
Domains coiered: The ICP explores the issue of cancer preparedness through
three broad domains: 1) policy and planning; 2) care deliiery; and 3) health
systems and goiernance.
Four essentals of cancer preparedness: Iniestment (appropriate spending
and resources), roadmap (efectie planning), foundaton (functoning health
systems) and intelligence (aiailability and quality of cancer-related data).
Swiss Challenge Method
• Central Bank of India has recently put up its two non-
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performing assets (NPAs) worth Rs 251 crore for sale through
the Swiss challenge method.
Immune
Protein Wound DNA
system
synthesis healing synthesis
functon
Zinc defciency rising in Indians’
Mineral defciency
Zinc is found in animal products like oysters, red meat, and poultry.
Bodies involved: The GDN campaign is being driven by One Earth, an initiative
of the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation that aims to gather support from
international institutions, governments, and citizens of planet Earth to
support ambitious conservation goals.
Timeline: In 2017, an international team of scientists proposed the Global
Deal for Nature. Now, in a paper published in the journal Science Advances,
the scientists have laid out a set of specific targets and milestones under GDN.
Highlights of the GDN
Governments should adopt the GDN as a companion pact alongside the Paris Climate
Agreement approved by nearly 200 countries in 2015.
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
African Nation, Malawi will be undertaking large scale pilot tests for
this world’s most advanced experimental malaria vaccine in a bid to
prevent the disease.
AJIT
• Indian Institute of Technology at Bombay has indigenously-
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produced microprocessor named AJIT, which will cost around
100 Indian Rupees.
About SOFIA
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is an aircraft
with reflecting telescope, flying into the stratosphere at 38,000-45,000
feet.
SOFIA is put above Earth’s infrared-blocking atmosphere, allowing
astronomers to study the solar system and beyond in ways that are not
possible with ground-based telescopes.
The observatory’s mobility allows researchers to observe from almost
anywhere in the world and enables studies of transient events that often
take place over oceans where there are no telescopes.
Zinc deficiency rising in Indians’
• In a new study titled ‘Inadequate zinc intake in India: past,
Why In
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present and future’ by the Harvard found that rising carbon
dioxide levels can accelerate zinc deficiency in crops.
Immune
Protein Wound DNA
system
synthesis healing synthesis
function
Zinc deficiency rising in Indians’
Mineral deficiency
Answer : D
IEPF AUTHORITY
• In a major success towards Investor Protection, the IEPF Authority has
Why In been able to enforce The Peerless General Finance and Investment
News Company Limited to transfer depositor’s money worth about Rs 1514
Crore to IEPF.
The report is a joint product of the Inter-agency Task Force on Financing for
Development, which is comprised of more than 60 United Nations
Agencies and international organizations.
The Task Force was mandated by the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and is
coordinated by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social
Affairs.
FINANCING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT (FSDR) 2019
Highlights of
the report
Distribution
Peatlands occur in almost every country on Earth,
currently covering 3% of the global land surface.
In 2017, the world’s largest tropical peatland was
discovered beneath the forests of the Congo Basin in 2017.
Importance of PEATLANDS
They are critical for preserving global biodiversity, provide safe drinking water,
minimise flood risk and help address climate change.
Peatlands are the largest natural terrestrial carbon store; the area covered by near
natural peatland worldwide (>3 million km2) sequesters 0.37 gigatonnes of carbon
dioxide (CO2) a year – storing more carbon than all other vegetation types in the
world combined.
They are best known for their unique mass nesting called
Arribada, where thousands of females come together on the
same beach to lay eggs.
Solution: d)
RBI divest its share in NABARD
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has divested its entire stake in Nabard and
Why In National Housing Bank (NHB). The move is part of ending the cross-holding
News in regulatory institutions and follows the recommendation of the second
Narasimham committee.
Solution: d)
Magic milk: fighting infections with a clue from the echidna
28-4-2019………
1>Two workers engaged in ‘manual scavenging’
die
• Two persons were asphyxiated in a contaminated
well here on Saturday. Gafoor Pasha, 40, and Aftab
Pasha, 38, died when they descended into the well
behind a tea stall at K.G. Halli.
• The police have booked three persons under the
Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers
and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, and on the charge
of culpable homicide.
Key points of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual
Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act 2013:...
• 1>Prohibition of Insanitary and Employment or engagement as Manual Scavengers
It will be an offence to: Construct or maintain an insanitary latrine.
• Engage or employ a person to work as the Manual Scavenger..
• 2>penalty for violation>Offenses under the act are non-bailable.
• 3>Seeks to rehabilitate manual scavengers, and
• provide for their alternative employment
• Manual Scavengers will be issued Photo Identity card Government will provide
initial cash aid Children of the Manual Scavengers will be provided schol...
• 4>The District Magistrate and the local authority shall be the implementing
authorities.
• District level committees will be headed by District Magistrate...
State level committees will be headed by Chief Minister...
Question for mains……
• TRUE OR FALSE???
Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights
Act, 2001
• The PPV&FR Act, 2001 was enacted to grant intellectual property rights to
plant breeders, researchers and farmers who have developed any new or
extant plant varieties.
• 1>The rights granted under this Act are exclusive right to produce, sell,
market, distribute, import and export the variety.
• Tendulakar committee
• Rangrajan committee
• Justice lodha committee
• Socio economic caste census
Chicory
• is a somewhat
woody, perennial herbaceous plant
• The roots are used as an additive,
especially in
the Mediterranean region (where
the plant is native). As a coffee
additive, it is also mixed in Indian
filter coffee
• Currently, coffee powders sold in
the country have 49% chicory. The
FSSAI’s proposal to bring down
chicory content in coffee to 30% is
pending clearance.
labour reforms IN Qatar
• Qatar has introduced a series of labour reforms since its selection
as the 2022 World Cup host, with the event setting in motion a huge
construction programme employing foreign workers.
• 1>In September 2018, Qatar approved legislation to scrap the
“kafala”, or sponsorship, system which required that foreign
workers obtain permission from their employers to leave the
country.
• 2>Qatar has also introduced a monthly minimum wage of 750 riyals
($206) and agreed to work closely with the ILO, which now has an
office in the capital.
• 3>Qatar is set to abolish its controversial exit visa system for all
foreign workers by the end of 2019.
Kafala system……….
• Kafala system (Sponsorship system) is the name of system which
regulates the status of migrant workers in Arab countries.
• The system used to monitor migrant labourers, working primarily in
the construction and domestic sectors.
• in Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi
Arabia, and the UAE
• The system requires all unskilled labourers to have an in-country
sponsor usually their employer who is responsible for their visa and
legal status.
• The migrant workers’ visas are tied to the employers so that they
cannot change jobs without the consent of their employers.
WHY KAFALA SYSTEM IS BAD.
• In October 2014, Human Rights Watch estimated that there were
146,000 female migrant domestic workers in the UAE whose visa
was sponsored by employers in the UAE.
• In an interview with 99 female domestic workers, HRW listed
abuses claimed by their interviewees: most had their passports
confiscated by their employers; in many cases, wages were not fully
paid, overtime (up to 21 hours per day) was required, or food, living
conditions or medical treatment was insufficient.
• 24 had been physically or sexually abused
• The media have likened employment conditions
under kafala to “modern-day slavery.”
SAFE CITY PROJECT………..
• 1>Safe City projects in eight selected metropolitan cities, namely,
Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad,
Ahmedabad and Lucknow with a view to provide safety to women
in public places at a total cost of Rs. 2919.55 crore.
• 2>The cost of the projects is shared between the Central
Government and the concerned States in 60:40 ratiO.
• 3>major components of the Safe City project include
• Setting up Women Help Desks in all Police Stations with
Counsellors.
• Implementing Safety measures in buses, including Cameras.
• Improving Street Lighting in identified Hot Spot areas
1>Safe city programme is under which ministry.
• Bacteria
• Virus
• Protozoa
• aschelminthes
malarial symptoms or attacks occur WHEN??
• Selection procedure:
– The Prize honours grassroots environmental heroes from the world’s six inhabited
continental regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands & Island Nations, North America,
and South & Central America.
Context> Ministry of Defence has awarded Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited
(GRSE) contract worth Rs. 6,000 crore to build eight Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water
Crafts (ASWSWCs) for Indian Navy.
• Function>1>coastal water
surveillance
• 2>anti submarine warfare
• 3>search and rescue
operations
• Under make in india initiative
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd (GRSE)