Table of Content
- 1. Custodial death
- 2. Green and Social Bond Impact Report 2023
- 3. World Energy Transitions Outlook Brief
- 4. Food Waste Index Report 2024
- 5. UNESCO Endorsed Addition of 18 new Geoparks
- 6. EAM visited Malaysia
- 7.Also in News
- 7.1 Core Sector
- 7.2 International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) - South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC)
- 7.3 Tiger Triumph 2024
- 7.4 Gyps vulture (Indian Vulture)
- 7.5 Initiative for Prevention of crimes against Peacekeepers
- 7.6 White Rabbit Collaboration
- 7.7 Kalam-250
- 7.8 Coronavirus Network (CoViNet)
- 7.9 Personality in news
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Posted 29 Mar 2024
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Core Sector
- Combined ICI increased by 6.7% (provisional) in February 2024 as compared to the Index of February 2023.
- The ICI measures the combined and individual performance of production of eight core industries.
- Eight core industries are Fertilizers, Cement, Natural Gas, Crude Oil, Coal, Electricity, Steel, and Petroleum Refinery Products.
- They comprise 40.27% of the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP).
- ICI is released by the Office of the Economic Adviser, Ministry of Commerce & Industry.
- Eight core industries are Fertilizers, Cement, Natural Gas, Crude Oil, Coal, Electricity, Steel, and Petroleum Refinery Products.
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- Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI)
- Office of the Economic Adviser
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) - South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC)
- ISARC will develop rice varieties with low methane emissions and enhance productivity of premium quality nutritious rice.
- To achieve this, ISARC is promoting adoption of best agronomic and management practices like Dry Seeded Rice and Alternate Wet and Drying.
- About ISARC
- Established in 2018 through MoU between India’s Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and IRRI.
- Located at Varanasi, Utter Pradesh.
- Dedicated to strengthening rice-based agri-food system in South Asia region by developing climate-resilient, bio-fortified rice varieties for farmers and consumers.
- About IRRI (HQ: Philippines)
- Dedicated to reducing poverty and hunger through rice science; etc.
- Tags :
- IRRI
- IRRI - South Asia Regional Centre
Tiger Triumph 2024
- Harbour Phase of the exercise Tiger Triumph is being conducted at Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh.
- Tiger Triumph is a Bilateral Tri-Service Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Amphibious Exercise between India and the US.
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- Tiger Triumph 2024
- Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR)
Gyps vulture (Indian Vulture)
- Moyar valley located in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve is the only region with largest nesting colony of Gyps vultures in wild.
- About Gyps Indicus
- Characteristics
- Possess whitish feathers on a dark head and neck, and a pale collar.
- Colonial nesters and often seen in flocks.
- Population is declining.
- Habitat
- Habitat Specialization: Open Grassland.
- Found in Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan.
- Protection Status
- IUCN: Critically Endangered
- Wildlife Protection Act, 1972: Schedule I
- Conservation Measures
- Banning of Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like diclofenac, Ketoprofen for veterinary use.
- Vulture Action Plan 2020-25.
- Characteristics
- Tags :
- Gyps vulture
- Indian Vulture
Initiative for Prevention of crimes against Peacekeepers
- India-led Group of Friends (GOF) launched a new database designed to record crimes against Peacekeepers & monitor progress in holding perpetrators accountable.
- The GOF was launched by India in 2022 to promote accountability for crimes against the Blue Helmets during its presidency of the UN Security Council
- UN peacekeeping forces are employed to maintain or re-establish peace in an area of armed conflict. However, they sometimes face violence in deployed regions.
- These forces are also referred to as Blue Helmets as they are equipped in blue-coloured helmets.
- They won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1988.
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- Peacekeepers
- Blue Helmets
- UN peacekeeping forces
White Rabbit Collaboration
- CERN has launched the White Rabbit Collaboration (WRC) to foster the uptake of White Rabbit technology by Industry.
- The Collaboration aims to provide dedicated support and training, facilitate R&D projects in the technology.
- WR technology
- It was developed at CERN to provide sub-nanosecond accuracy and picosecond precision of synchronisation for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) accelerator chain.
- LHC is the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator
- It was first used in 2012 and in 2020, it was included in the worldwide industry standard known as Precision Time Protocol (PTP).
- It was developed at CERN to provide sub-nanosecond accuracy and picosecond precision of synchronisation for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) accelerator chain.
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- CERN
- White Rabbit Collaboration
- White Rabbit technology
Kalam-250
- Skyroot Aerospace has successfully test-fired Stage-2 of Vikram-1 space launch vehicle, called Kalam-250.
- Stage-2 is significant because it propels satellites from dense atmosphere of Earth to deep vacuum of outer space.
- Vikram-1 is three-stage, solid-fuel based rocket.
- About Kalam-250
- It is a high-strength carbon composite rocket motor, which uses solid fuel and high-performance Ethylene-Propylene-Diene terpolymers (EPDM) Thermal Protection System.
- Solid propellant in Kalam-250 was processed by Solar Industries at Nagpur facility.
- Earlier, Skyroot had tested Kalam-100, third stage of Vikram-1, which was test-fired successfully in 2021.
- Tags :
- Kalam-250
- Vikram-1
Personality in news
Tama Dora
- About Tam Dora
- He was born in Koya Community.
- Contributions
- Under his leadership, tribal people of Malkangiri especially ‘Koya tribe´ rose in revolt against unjust and oppressive policies of Raja of Koraput and British.
- He defeated British Police of Malkangiri.
- Colonel Macqoid of Hyderabad contingent marched with 100 men to protect but failed by severe attack of Koya Army.
- Values: Leadership, Courage, Empathy, etc.
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- Tama Dora
- Koya tribe
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