Dr. B R AMBEDKAR IAS ACADEMY

2021-05-17 08:23:24 West Bank: The West Bank is sandwiched between Israel and Jordan. One of its major cities is Ramallah, the de facto administrative capital of Palestine. Israel took control of it in the 1967 war and has over the years established settlements there.

Gaza: The Gaza Strip located between Israel and Egypt. Israel occupied the strip after 1967, but relinquished control of Gaza City and day-to-day administration in most of the territory during the Oslo peace process. In 2005, Israel unilaterally removed Jewish settlements from the territory, though it continues to control international access to it. Open / Comment

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2021-05-16 07:03:03 Buddha's speeches were written after his death which were compiled by his disciples. These compilations were known as Tipitaka that are three baskets to hold different types of texts. Sutta Pitaka, Abhidhamma Pitaka and Vinaya Pitaka are the three pitakas. Among them Vinaya Pitaka dealt with rules and regulations for those who joined sangha or monastic order. They were written in Pali language.
#Tripitaka Open / Comment

2021-05-16 06:16:04 The Ezulwini Consensus is a position on international relations and reform of the United Nations, agreed by the African Union. It calls for a more representative and democratic Security council, in which Africa, like all other world regions, is represented. Open / Comment

2021-05-16 06:15:04 The Ezulwini consensus was based on the idea of regional representation, while the current UN system focused on representation of countries on the basis of their individual merit.
The Ezulwini consensus was an inflexible negotiating position that was doomed to fail at the onset.https://idsa.in/event/UnderstandingAfricasPositionontheUNSecurityCouncilReform Open / Comment

2021-05-16 06:12:03 The World Medical Association (WMA) has developed the Declaration of Helsinki as a statement of ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects, including research on identifiable human material and data. Open / Comment

2021-05-16 06:06:03 Scheme: Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA)
Key Facts about the scheme : 1. The national programme will provide special free antenatal care to about 3 crore pregnant women across the country in order to detect and prevent high risk pregnancies.
2. The nationwide programme will provide fixed day assured, comprehensive and quality antenatal care to pregnant women on the 9th of every month.
3. Pregnant women can now avail of a special antenatal check-up in their second or third trimesters at Government health facilities provided by gynecology specialists/ physicians with support from private sector doctors to supplement the efforts of the Government sector.
4. These services including ultrasound, blood and urine tests will be provided in addition to the routine antenatal check-ups at the identified health facility/outreach in both rural and urban areas.
Broad Objective : It is aimed at reducing maternal and infant mortality rates through safe pregnancies and safe deliveries
Nodal Ministry and institutions : Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Open / Comment

2021-05-16 06:01:03 E20 means blending of 20% of Ethanol with gasoline. Currently the permissible level of blending is 10% of Ethanol in India. In 2019 in spite of the permissible level India reached only 5.6 % of blending.

Ethanol is a common by-product that comes from agricultural feedstock like corn, hemp, potato, etc. It can be used as a bio-fuel in Flexi-fuel vehicles. Ethanol is greener than gasoline because the corn and crop plantations absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as they grow. While the fuel still releases CO2 when you burn it, the net increase is comparatively lower.

Benefits of E20
It reduces vehicular emission.

It reduces oil import bill and therefore saves foreign exchange boosting energy security of the country.

It reduces emissions of Hydrocarbons and carbon dioxide.
#E20 Open / Comment

2021-05-16 05:30:21 Sustainable Development of Little Andaman Island Vision Document:
The ‘Sustainable Development of Little Andaman Island - Vision Document’, is the NITI Aayog’s proposal to leverage the strategic location and natural features of the island. This, the vision says, will be done by building a new greenfield
coastal city there, that will be developed as a free trade zone and will compete with Singapore and Hong Kong. Open / Comment

2021-05-16 05:20:32 Abraham Accord:

The Abraham Accords are a joint statement between Israel, the United
Arab Emirates, and the United States, reached on August 13, 2020. Subsequently the term was used to refer collectively to agreements between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (the Israel–United Arab Emirates normalization agreement) and Bahrain, respectively (the Bahrain–Israel normalization agreement).

Significance of the Accord:
The agreement shows how the Arab countries are gradually decoupling themselves from the Palestine question. Full diplomatic ties will be established between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain which will have a positive

impact on the entire region.
A stable west Asian region will be in Indian interests as India is a major buyer of oil from the region and there is a large Indian diaspora in west Asia. Open / Comment