Daily Zeitgeist

30/09/2022

The JALDOOT application was jointly developed by union ministries of Panchayat and Rural Development.
This app can be used by Gram Rojgar Sahyak to measure the water level in a well twice a year before and after monsoon.
It enables the systematic collection of data on ground water levels and storing them in central digital database for analysis.
This data can be used for the implementation of Gram Panchayat Development Plan and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
Using this app, water levels of 2 to 3 wells in a village will be captured.
The water levels in open wells will be measured twice a year – from May 1 to 31 as pre-monsoon water level and again from October 1 to 31 as post-monsoon level.

2:- The cases heard by these benches are the challenge to 10 per cent quota for economically weaker sections of the society, the scuffle between Maharashtra Chief Minister Shinde’s faction and the Uddhav Thckeray camp over who was the “real” Shiv Sena Party and the challenge to the All India Bar Examination post enrollment for lawyers.

This initiative aims to bring the judiciary close to the citizens living across India, especially the important hearings having constitutional significance.

The initiative was result of the meeting of the Supreme Court Judges on September 20.

In the future, the apex court would use a dedicated platform for livestreaming the hearings.

3. :- Winners of Ayushman Utkrishtata Puraskar 2022

Top Performing State/UT: Andhra Pradesh

Top Performing District: Andhra Pradesh’s Parvathipuram Manyam

Top Performing Government Facility: District Hospital Dharwad in Karnataka

Best Performing States: Kerala, Meghalaya, Gujarat, Manipur, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh

Best Performing UTs: Chandigarh and Jammu & Kashmir

Top government integrator with highest number of health records linked to ABHA: National Informatics Centre

Best private integrator with the highest number of health records linked to ABHA: Eka Care

30/09/2022

India climbed up six positions to 40th position among 132 nations in the Global Innovation Index 2022 on account of improvement in different parameters, as per a report released by Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

2:- Senior advocate R Venkataramani has been appointed as the new Attorney General for India for a period of three years

3:-CBI.......Operation Garuda’ against illicit drug trafficking network.
This global operation was initiated in coordination with Interpol and Narcotics Control Bureau, to combat smuggling of illicit drugs and psychotropic substances, with focus on Indian Ocean region. CBI registered 127 new cases, arrested 175 people and seized huge quantities of narcotic drugs during this special operation.

21/09/2022

21/09/2022

World’s First Cloned Arctic Wolf

Scientists in China have successfully cloned wild Arctic Wolf for the first time
Lassa fever in Nigeria

Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic fever caused by Lassa virus, which belongs the family Arenaviridae. It was first discovered in Nigeria in 1969. Humans get infected with this pathogen after being exposed to contaminated food or household items contaminated with urine or faeces of the infected Mastomys rats. This virus is found among the rodent population in several parts of West Africa. It is endemic in African countries such as Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone, Togo and Nigeria. About 80 per cent of people who are infected with Lassa fever are asymptomatic. 1 in 5 cases are severe, with the pathogen infecting several organs like liver, spleen and kidney. The early stage of this infection can be treated using the antiviral drug ribavirin.

Symptoms

Mild symptoms include slight fever, fatigue, weakness and headache. Serious symptoms include bleeding, difficulty in breathing, vomiting, pain in chest, back and abdomen, swelling of face and shock. Death occurs two weeks after the onset of symptoms. It mainly occurs because of multiple organ failure.
Indian Government to set up panel to study status of SC converts to Islam and Christianity

Published: September 19, 2022
The Central Government will constitute a national commission to study the social, economic and educational status of members of Scheduled Castes or Dalits who have converted to religions other than Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism.

Contents

Key facts

Ranganath Misra Commission

Key facts

This proposed commission is significant as several petitions are currently pending before the Supreme Court seeking SC reservation benefits for Dalits who have converted to Christianity or Islam.

The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 under Article 341 states that no individual belonging to religion other than Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism can be recognized as a member of the Scheduled Caste.

The original order classified SC members belonging to only Hinduism. It was later amended in 1956 to include Sikhs and in 1990 to include Buddhists.

The proposed commission would have 3 to 4 members with its chairman being a Union Cabinet Minister.

It will be involved in the comprehensive analysis of the changes in status and situation of Dalits who have converted to Christianity or Islam.

It will also study the impact of adding more members into the current SC list.

It will not include members of STs and OBCs who have converted to Islam and Christianity.

This is because the STs receive benefit regardless of their religion and several Christian and Muslim communities are already benefited by being part of the central and states’ lists of OBCs.

SCs are currently given 15 per cent reservation for direct recruitment in central government jobs.

Ranganath Misra Commission

The National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities headed by the former Chief Justice of India Justice Ranganath Misra was set up in 2004 to recommend ways to ensure welfare of socially and economically backward sections among linguistic and religious minorities in India. This commission recommended the complete delinking of SC status from religion and make it religion-neutral like STs. This recommendation was not adopted as it did not have sufficient backing from field studies.
UAE to launch its first lunar rover in November

September 19, 2022
The UAE is expected to launch the Rashid rover in November this year aboard a Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket. ContentsKey factsAbout HAKUTO-R lander Key facts The United Arab Emirates will launch its first lunar rover named Rashid from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida in November 2022

19/09/2022

International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer is also known as World Ozone Day.

It is observed to raise awareness about the importance and need of the ozone layer.

The theme for 2022 is ‘Global Cooperation Protecting Life on Earth’.

This theme recognizes the impact of Montreal Protocol and highlights the importance of collaboration, partnership and development of global cooperation to address challenges posed by the climate change and protect life on earth for the future.

Varanasi nominated as the first SCO Tourism and Cultural Capital

During the 22nd Meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of State held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, The temple city of Varanasi was nominated as the first-ever SCO Tourism and Cultural Capital during the recently held SCO Summit.

India Discrimination Report 2022

India is among the most important countries when it comes to the global economic growth and structural transformation story.

But, asymmetries still abound in the country’s labour market.

The non-profit Oxfam India recently released the India Discrimination Report, 2022

Key highlights

Labour force participation rate (LFPR) of women in India is just 25 per cent in 2021 – lesser than the figure of 42.7 per cent in 2004-05 and the lowest among the BRICS countries.

Gender discrimination is the main reason behind the 98 per cent employment gap between males and females in India.

Lack of education and work experience are contributing to the lesser wage for women.

The average earning of a man is about 2.5 times that of a woman.

The report concluded that, while there is a decline in discrimination within the Indian labour market over a decade, there still remains high gender inequality.

There is a high probability that women’s employment in decent jobs have no bearing on their endowments.

Women’s educational qualifications have little impact on their employment status.

Due to this, gender discrimination in labour market is almost total in India.

In 2019-20, 60 per cent of all men aging 15 and above have regular salaried and self-employed jobs. During the same period, only 19 per cent of women in that age group had jobs.

The report also found that a large number of qualified women are unwilling to join the workforce because of “family responsibilities” and the need to conform to social norms.

Apart from gender-based salary gaps, the report also found differences in income among castes.

The mean income of regular employed persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes in urban regions was Rs.15,312. This is lesser than Rs.20,346 earned by those belonging to the General Category.

This means that general category’s earnings is 33 per cent higher than SC/ST communities.

Sova virus in India

Sova virus is capable of stealthily encrypting an android phone for ransom.

It can add false overlays to a range of apps and mimic over 200 banking and payment applications to con the android users.

The latest version can hide itself within fake android applications that show up with the logo of a few famous apps like Chrome, Amazon, NFT platform etc., to deceive users into installing them.

This malware is distributed through smishing (phishing via SMS) attacks like most Android banking Trojans.

It is also capable of intercepting actions that seek to uninstall the malware from setting or pressing the icon.

It is a major threat to privacy and security of sensitive customer data and can cause large-scale financial frauds and cyberattacks.

16/09/2022

16/09/2022

1:- Shoonya CampaignShoonya is an awareness campaign to reduce air pollution by promoting the use of electric vehicles (EVs) for ride-hailing and deliveries
NITI Aayog held a forum to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Shoonya, India’s zero pollution e-mobility campaign. During the event, the National Programme on Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Energy Storage report was also launched

2:-.NCERT’s guidelines for early identification of mental health problems in students

3:- Armenia and Azerbaijan clash at Lachin corridor

4:- Breakfast Scheme launched in Tamil Nadu

for students of Classes 1 to 8 in government schools. In 1995, the Central government introduced the National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education, to help the effectiveness of primary education by improving the nutritional status of children. And in April 2001, a Supreme Court order mandated the scheme to be introduced in every State and UT. Today, the scheme is known as PM Poshan Shakti Nariman. Providing meals to children at school has many advantagesThe Global Hunger Index of 2021 said India’s food situation is seriousMalnutrition in India has worsened, especially since the COVID-19 outbreak when children could not attend schoolLearning gaps have widened because of the pandemic. Bringing down malnutrition and improving learning outcomes is an urgent task and the Breakfast Scheme is a step in this direction.

16/09/2022

The 2022 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup is the 7th edition of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup.

It is scheduled to be held from October 11 to 30, 2022.

The tournament would be held in three venues – Bhubaneshwar, Navi Mumbai and Goa
Hughes-ISRO satellite internet servicejointly launched India’s first high-throughput satellite (HTS) broadband service.

The newly launched HTS broadband service aims to provide high-speed broadband in regions that are inaccessible for terrestrial network This service would provide satellite internet to remote parts of India by using ISRO’s GSAT-11 and GSAT-29 satellites.

sUP builds highest number of Amrit Sarovars

Uttar Pradesh has constructed largest number of lakes under the Indian Government’s ambitious Mission Amrit Sarovar
for the second time.Within Uttar Pradesh, Lakhimpur Kheri was the top performer with the construction of 256 Amrit SarovarsThe other top performers under this mission are Madhya Pradesh (1,668 lakes), Jammu and Kashmir (1,458 lakes), Rajasthan (898 lakes) and Tamil Nadu (818 lakes).

Advocate Mukul Rohatgi reappointed as Attorney General for Indiafor the second time.

Naga Mircha Festival

The first-ever Naga Mircha (King Chilli) Festival 2022 was organized in the village hall of Seiyhama village in Kohima district.

The event was sponsored by the Nagaland Horticulture Department.Inclusion of tribes from 5 states in ST category

Published: September 15, 2022

tribes from Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Uttar Pradesh in the ST category.

It has included 12 communities to the ST list.

2022 SCO Summit

will be organized in Uzbekistan from September 15 to 16, 2022.in Samarkand – a city in Uzbekistan on the ancient trade route of Silk Road that connects China with the Mediterranean sea.....

13/09/2022

Gayaji Dam: India’s longest rubber dam on Falgu river

September 12, 2022



Recently, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated the country’s largest rubber dam and a steel bridge over the Falgu river near Vishnupad temple in Bihar. CM Nitish Kumar had laid its foundation stone on 22 September 2020. ContentsKey FactsFalgu River Key Facts The Gayaji Dam has been constructed by Rubina Company of Austria
collaboration with Nagarjuna Construction Company of Hyderabad on the advice of experts from IIT Roorkee.

Apart from the rubber dam, the banks along the Falgu River have also been developed and a steel bridge has been built for pilgrims to visit Sita Kund.

The rubber dam is made of 17 mm thick rubber. This dam is 400 meters wide and 3 meters high. After the construction of the dam, its water will be stored for about two and a half kilometers.
Falgu River.........
Falgu River originates in the Palamu district of Jharkhand. This river passes through the holy city of Gaya in Bihar and has significance in Hindu and Buddhist religions. The length of the Falgu river in Bihar is about 135 km. This river starts near Gaya at the confluence of Lilajan River and Mohana River and finally joins Punpun River.

The Department of Science & Technology (DST) has undertaken to set up India’s first-ever ‘Night Sky Sanctuary’ in Ladakh which will be completed within next three months.
The Dark Sky Reserve will be located at Hanle, Ladakh as a part of Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary. It will boost Astro-tourism in India. An MoU was signed among the UT administration, Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Leh and the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA).The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) under the Ministry of Electronics and IT, in collaboration with the Cyber ​​Security Agency of Singapore, successfully designed and conducted a cyber security exercise “Synergy” for 13 countries.
Key Points

The theme of the exercise was “Building a Strong Network to Combat Ransomware Attacks”.

It was conducted on its own simulation platform related to the exercise in which each state participated as a National Crisis Management Team consisting of various government agencies.

The specific objective of the exercise was to assess and exchange various strategies and methodologies among member-states to build a strong network against ransomware and extortion-intensive cyber attacks.

This exercise scenario was derived from real-life cyber incidents, in which a single incident of domestic (with limited impact) ransomware turns into a global cybersecurity crisis.

It succeeded in meeting the objectives and provided insights on better coordination and cooperation among CRI member states to strengthen the network and deal effectively with ransomware attacks.

Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)

CERT-In is nodal agency for information technology (cyber) security under aegis of Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Electronics and IT. It was established in 2004. Its mandate is to protect Indian cyberspace and software infrastructure against destructive and hacking activities. It also responds to computer security incidents, report on vulnerabilities and promote effective IT security practices throughout country. It also issue guidelines, vulnerability notes, advisories and whitepapers regarding to information security practices, prevention.

24/08/2022

Uttarakhand: Observatory to monitor space activity

India’s first commercial space observatory will be set up in the Garhwal division of Uttarakhand. Digantara, a startup started in the field of space, will build this laboratory

2:- Google Doodle: Indian physicist Anna Mani
On 23 August, Google dedicated a doodle to Anna Mani, India’s first female physics scientist. She was a physicist as well as a meteorologist. She has a special contribution related to research in the field of meteorology and energy.
She is popularly known as the Weather Woman of India

3:- Aravind’s ground gecko: New bent-toed gecko species
A group of researchers has recently discovered a new species of bent-toed gecko from the Agasthyamalai hills in the Western Ghats.

4:- PFAS.........RAIN WATER NO MORE POTABLE_~~~
PFAS can lead to many health related problems like cancer, infertility and slow growth of children.manufactured chemicals that are ingredients in various everyday products
Often we have been hearing that rain water is the purest. But according to research from the University of Stockholm, published recently in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, rainwater is no longer potable. The synthetic element PFAS was found in rain water in most parts of the earth

24/08/2022

Rajouri: First product of District Rajouri listed on Amazon

Initiative aims to provide market linkage to artisans: DC

RAJOURI, AUGUST 20: In continuation to its efforts to support the local artisans and to provide them gainful market linkage, the District Administration Rajouri has taken a unique initiative of listing the handicraft products of District Rajouri on Amazon, e-market place.

The products were launched on Amazon by the District Development Commissioner Rajouri, Vikas Kundal in presence of ADC Sunderbani, Vinod Kumar Behnal, ADC Nowshera Kartar Singh; AD Planning, Mohd Rafi. A group of artisans were also present during the launching ceremony.

The DDC said that the District Administration is committed to providing the best platform to the artisans of the district where they can sell their products in an easy manner and this is the first move in this direction and such steps would continue in near future also.

"We are committed to provide best market linkages to our artisans," said DC Rajouri.

It is pertinent to mention here that a number of steps have been taken to facilitate the artisans like opening of Rural Haat at Muradhpur was also a step towards this.

Chikri Woodcraft has been practiced for over a century and Thana Mandi region in Rajouri District is the major center of this woodcraft.

Wood from the chikri tree is used in the making of a number of articles. This particular wood is light honey in color and contains no grains.

One of the famous objects made with the chikri wood is the double-sided comb having extremely fine teeth. This variety of comb exhibits a delicate ‘jali’ (mesh) work.

Cooperative department Rajour and Handicrafts played a major role in imparting necessary training to the artisans and market exposures.The cooperative societies are being revived while the CMS Rajouri is entrusted with the responsibility to promote these products online e- market place like Amazon and GeM.

Wall Clock (Chikri Wood)