Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain (JSA: CTR) 2024 Campaign
- Ministry of Jal Shakti Launched 5th edition of the annual JSA: CTR 2024 Campaign.
- About JSA: CTR 2024
- Background: It was first launched in 2019 as a “Jan Andolan” and since 2021, it has become an annual feature covering all blocks of all districts across country.
- Aim: To initiate and accelerate water conservation at the grassroots level through citizen participation.
- Launched under: National Water Mission (NWM).
- NWM is one of the eight National Missions under National Action Plan on Climate Change.
- 2024 Theme: Nari Shakti se Jal Shakti
- Focused interventions: Water conservation and rainwater harvesting, geo-tagging & making inventory of all water bodies, etc.
- Tags :
- Jan Andolan
- JSA: CTR 2024
- Catch the Rain
- Jal Shakti Abhiyan
Tartrazine, Carmoisine, Sunset Yellow and Rhodamine-B
- Karnataka has banned the use of artificial colours In gobi manchurian and Cotton Candy.
- About Colour Chemicals
- Tartrazine and Sunset Yellow can cause cause allergic or pseudo-allergic reaction
- Carmoisine can cause skin rashes and respiratory allergies
- Rhodamine B is a chemical colouring agent used in textile dyeing and the paper industry and is considered carcinogenic in nature.
- Tags :
- Colour Chemicals
- Tartrazine
- Sunset Yellow
- artificial colours
- Cotton Candy
Textile Reinforced Concrete Prototyping Technology (TRCPT)
- Agreement for transfer of technology for TRCPT between CSIR and L&T Construction.
- About TRCPT
- It is a non-conventional construction material consisting of fine grained cementitious binder and non-metallic textile reinforcement.
- It is a precast technology and can help in economical mass production of TRC products.
- Completely avoids the conventional way of concrete construction, which makes use of moulds ,
- Less fabrication cost with increased production rate
- It is corrosion-free.
- It has a minimum life of 50 years.
- Uses: street furniture, canopy structure partition walls, noise barriers, etc.
- Tags :
- TRCPT
- Textile Reinforced Concrete Prototyping Technology
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Index Providers Regulations, 2024
- Through the 2024 regulation, SEBI has mandated registration of index providers managing “significant indices” based on securities listed in India.
- ‘Index Provider’ means a person who controls the creation, operation and administration of a Benchmark or an Index
- This will foster transparency in the governance index in the securities market.
- About Index
- An index measures the price performance of a basket of securities using a standardized metric and methodology.
- Indexes in financial markets are often used as benchmarks to evaluate an investment's performance against.
- Nifty 50 and the Nifty PSU Bank, etc. are some important indexes in Indian markets.
- Tags :
- SEBI
- SEBI Index
Yaounde Declaration
- Ministers of Health from African countries signed the Yaounde Declaration to end malaria deaths.
- Signed at the Yaoundé conference co-hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO) & Cameroon.
- 11 African nations, which account for the majority of global malaria infections and fatalities, signed it.
- It includes the commitment to allocate 15 percent of annual budgets for the health sector.
- It's aligned with the “High burden to high impact” WHO approach, founded on 4 pillars:
- The political will to reduce malaria deaths;
- Strategic information to drive impact;
- Better guidance, policies, and strategies;
- Coordinated national malaria response.