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2021-05-04 05:30:06
India Energy Dashboards
The India Energy Dashboards Version 2.0 was launched by NITI Aayog.
About India Energy Dashboards:
◆ India Energy Dashboards (IED) is an endeavour to provide single-window access to the energy data for the country.
◆ Energy data published/provided by Central Electricity Authority, Coal Controller’s Organisation, and Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas is compiled in the Dashboards.
◆ NITI Aayog had launched the Version 1.0 in 2017.
The features of version 2.0 are:
◆ Provides time series data from FY 2005-06 until FY 2019-20.
◆ Enables easy downloading of data into convenient spreadsheet formats in a cleaner, more intuitive way.
◆ Provides data at sub-yearly frequencies as well.
◆ API linked data from Saubhagya, UJALA, PRAAPTI, and Vidyut PRAVAH has been incorporated in the portal.
◆ A ‘Feedback and Suggestions’ forum for the engagement of energy data user community has been incorporated.
◆ There is a semi-automated workflow/issue-tracking system for managing periodic updates to the IED.
◆ The portal is public, free of cost, and doesn’t require login credentials to access the data.
Background:
◆ Reliable, robust and validated data are critical for informed planning, policy development and investment decision.
◆ Energy projections are key as the country moves ahead to build a sustainable tomorrow.
◆ India has five energy ministries and multiple energy-consuming sectoral ministries.
◆ India can no longer afford to operate in a siloed energy data paradigm and it is in this context that the NITI Aayog has come up with the dashboard.#GS3
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2021-05-03 17:37:02
Leaders’ Summit on Climate 2021
Prime Minister addressed the Leaders’ Summit on Climate 2021.
About the Leaders’ Summit on Climate 2021:
◆ US President Joe Biden hosted a virtual meeting of world leaders titled ‘Leaders’ Summit on Climate’ on the occasion of Earth Day (22nd April).
◆ It is a two-day conference and is touted by some as a precursor to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) that will take place later this year in Glasglow.
◆ The summit is supposed to “galvanise efforts by the major economies to tackle the climate crisis” and “underscore the urgency – and the economic benefits – of stronger climate action.”
◆ The conference is streamed live and available for the public to witness.
Objectives of the summit:
◆ Get the world’s major economies to reduce emission in this decade while also getting the public and private sector involvement.
◆ Show how climate action can have economic and social benefits. Build new businesses and industries.
◆ Using the technology available to adapt to climate change but also reduce emissions. Use nature-based solutions to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
◆ Protect lives and livelihoods by finding ways to adapt to climate change.
◆ The US is also seeking to “reconvene the US-led Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate” that was started by former President Barack Obama in 2009.
◆ Biden had invited 40 leaders for the summit including PM Modi of India.
◆ China, Russia, Japan, the UK are attending, among others.#GS3
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2021-05-03 10:43:47
Challenges launched by the Housing & Urban Affairs Ministry
The Ministry launched the EatSmart Cities Challenge and Transport 4 All Challenge.
EatSmart Cities Challenge:
◆ The EatSmart Cities Challenge is envisioned as a competition among cities to recognize their efforts in adopting and scaling up various initiatives under Eat Right India.
◆ This unique challenge, in partnership with Smart Cities Mission will create an environment of right food practices and habits, strengthen the food safety and regulatory environment, build awareness among the consumers and urge them to make better food choices in India’s major cities and can set an example for other cities to follow.
◆ The challenge is open to all Smart Cities, capital cities of States/UTs, and cities with a population of more than 5 lakh.
◆ At the end of first phase of the challenge, 11 cities will be selected for deeper engagement for an extended period to implement their vision.
Transport 4 All (T4All) Challenge:
◆ Transport 4 All challenge has been launched in collaboration with Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP).
◆ The Challenge aims to bring together cities, citizen groups, and start-ups to develop solutions that improve public transport to better serve the needs of all citizens.
◆ The first edition of the Challenge focuses on digital innovation.
◆ Cities and start-ups will receive guidance to develop and test various solutions, learn from them, and scale them to build people’s trust in public transport and enhance their mobility.
◆ The solutions will make public transport—formal as well as informal— safe, convenient, and affordable for all.
◆ All the Smart Cities Mission cities, capitals of states and union territories (UTs), and all cities with a population of over 5 lakhs are eligible for the Challenge.
Three stages of the challenge:
◆ Stage I PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION: Cities, with the support of NGOs, identify key recurring problems that citizens and public transport operators face.
◆ Stage II SOLUTION GENERATION: Start-ups develop prototypes of solutions to improve public transport with inputs from cities and NGOs.
◆ Stage III PILOT TESTING: Cities engage start-ups for large-scale pilots and refine the solutions based on citizen feedback#GS3
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2021-05-03 08:23:01
NCSC Grievance Management Portal
NCSC Launches “Online Grievance Management Portal” for Persons from Scheduled Castes.
The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) aims to streamline the grievance redressal specially of the Scheduled Caste population through this portal.
It would make it easier for them to register complaints from any part of the country.
The portal will facilitate an end-to-end e-filing of complaints and grievances and their tracking.
It is also intended to make the hearing process work on similar lines as e-courts.
This portal is linked to the Commission’s website and one can file one’s complaint upon registering on it.
The facility to upload documents and audio/video files is also available.
This would supplement the physical submission of complaints and grievances.
The portal was designed in collaboration with the Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geoinformatics (BISAG-N), a Centre of Excellence under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India#GS3
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2021-05-02 15:02:40
National Panchayati Raj Day
12th National Panchayati Raj Day on 24th April, 2021.
About National Panchayati Raj Day:
◆ The Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act came into effect on 24 April 1993 marking the formalisation of the Panchayati Raj system in India.
◆ Hence, the day is commemorated as the National Panchayati Raj Day annually in the country.
◆ The National Panchayat Awards in various categories are given on this day.#GS2
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2021-05-02 09:31:40
World Malaria Day
25th April is observed every year as World Malaria Day.
About World Malaria Day:
◆ The first ‘World Malaria Day’ was observed on 25 April, 2008 led by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and many governments all over the world.
◆ The theme for the 2021 World Malaria Day is ‘Reaching the zero malaria target’.
◆ The ‘Africa Malaria Day’ used to be observed on 25 April from 2011. The World Malaria Day evolved from this observance in order to emphasise the global health impact of this dreaded disease.
About Malaria:
◆ Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite.
What causes malaria?
◆ It is typically transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito. Infected mosquitoes carry the Plasmodium parasite. When this mosquito bites a human, the parasite is released into the bloodstream.
◆ Once the parasites are inside the body, they travel to the liver, where they mature. After several days, the mature parasites enter the bloodstream and begin to infect red blood cells.
◆ Within 48 to 72 hours, the parasites inside the red blood cells multiply, causing the infected cells to burst open.
◆ The parasites continue to infect red blood cells, resulting in symptoms that occur in cycles that last two to three days at a time.
◆ Malaria is typically found in tropical and subtropical climates where the parasites can live. It is most prevalent in Africa, followed by Asia and Latin America. It also affects people in the Middle East and Europe albeit to a much smaller degree.
Symptoms:
◆ Symptoms include shaking chills, high fever, profuse sweating, headache, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, anaemia, muscle pain, convulsions, etc.
◆ Malaria can cause a number of life-threatening complications such as swelling of the brain’s blood vessels, organ failure, low blood sugar.
Treatment:
◆ A vaccine for malaria has not yet been formulated.
◆ But, it can be cured with prescription medicines, depending upon the case.
◆ In India, the National Malaria Control Programmes conducts programs and takes measured to eradicate this disease from India where it is a serious public health issue. Nearly 95% of the population resides in areas endemic to malaria.
◆ Unfortunately, most areas in India are prone to malaria except areas that are at a high altitude of 2000-2500 m.#GS3
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2021-05-01 16:31:34
Virafin
Virafin gets emergency nod.
DBT-BIRAC supported ‘Virafin’ from Zydus Cadila gets emergency nod for treating moderate COVID-19 infections in adults.
The restricted emergency use approval was given by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI).
Virafin is a pegylated interferon alpha-2b(PegIFN), which when subcutaneously injected to the patient in the early stages of infection, resulted in their faster recovery.
For the development of Virafin, Zydus appreciated the support provided by DBT-BIRAC COVID 19 Research Consortium through NBM, for conducting the Phase II human clinical trial studies.
The studies confirmed the safety, tolerability and efficacy of Virafin.
The studies also reported that Virafin reduces viral load and aids in managing the disease in a better way, such as reduction in the need for supplemental oxygen, thereby reducing the respiratory tension caused due to low oxygen levels.
Phase III clinical trial studies reported that a larger proportion of patients when administered subcutaneously with Virafin turned out to be RT-PCR negative by day 7, apart from faster recovery as compared to other antiviral agents.#GS3
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2021-05-01 11:47:01
ALH Mk III:
◆ Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Mk III is an indigenously-built multirole helicopter with Shakti engine manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
◆ The Mk III version of the ALH has an all-glass cockpit with HAL’s Integrated Architecture Display System (IADS) and will be used for search and rescue special operations and coastal surveillance.
◆ The customized Mk-III is powered by “Shakti” (Safran Ardiden 1H1) engines
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2021-05-01 08:34:15
Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS)
CLAWS is an independent think tank on strategic studies and land warfare in the Indian context.
It is located in New Delhi.
The mandate of CLAWS covers national security issues, conventional military operations and sub-conventional warfare.
CLAWS disseminates the products of its research to its members, members of the armed forces, decision makers, members of the strategic community and interested civilians.
It also seeks to contribute to developing a pro-active strategic culture for India.
The objective of the organization is to convey policy recommendations based on interactions, consensus and research projects to policymakers and experts.
It is affiliated with the Indian Army.
CLAWS organises seminars and conferences, round-table discussions, workshops and guest lectures and undertakes research projects on national security related issues, especially those pertaining to land warfare.
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2021-04-30 09:41:10
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
34th Foundation Day of C-DAC.
On the occasion of 34th foundation day, three novel innovative technologies – Cyber Security Operation Centre (CSoC) as a service and C-DAC’s indigenous High-Performance Computing software solutions – Parallel Development Environment (ParaDE) and Automatic Parallelizing Compiler (CAPC) were launched by C-DAC.
Another App based system called MANAS, Mental health And Normalcy Augmentation System is also being earmarked separately by the Principal Scientific Advisor to Govt. of India.
◆ MANAS is a comprehensive, scalable, national digital wellbeing platform to augment mental well-being of Indian citizens and aimed to ‘reach the unreached’ through Digital India initiatives.
About C-DAC:
◆ C-DAC is the premier R&D organization of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) for carrying out R&D in IT, Electronics and associated areas.
◆ The setting up of C-DAC in 1988 itself was to build supercomputers in the context of the denial of import of supercomputers by the USA.
◆ Since then, C-DAC has been undertaking building of multiple generations of supercomputers starting from PARAM with 1 GF in 1988.
◆ Today, C-DAC is working towards strengthening national technological capabilities in the context of global developments in the field and responding to changes in the market need in selected foundation areas.
Its products and services cover the following domains:
◆ High Performance, Grid and Cloud Computing (HGCC)
◆ Multilingual Computing & Heritage Computing
◆ Professional Electronics, VLSI & Embedded Systems
◆ Software Technologies including FOSS
◆ Cybersecurity
◆ Health Informatics
◆ Education and Training
Services: (Most Important)
◆ e-Hastakshar: On-Line Digital Signing Service
◆ e-Pramaan: A National
◆ e-Authentication Service
◆ Mobile Seva: Citizen Services on Mobile Phones
◆ Cyber Forensic Analysis, Training and Laboratory Development
◆ e-Raktkosh: National Portal for Blood Bank Management System
◆ e-Aushadhi: National Drugs and Vaccine Distributed Management System
◆ Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing (VAPT): Security Audit/Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing
◆ Data Centre Services
◆ Process Automation for Competitive Examinations (PACE)
◆ OBjective Responses Image based Capture (OBRIC): web-based system for processing of objective type tests conducted using specially designed answer sheets.
With a corporate office in Pune, C-DAC has centres in several Indian cities.was in News-- Click here (t.me/UPSC_PIB_NEWS/4031)
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