General Knowledge Refresher

General Knowledge Refresher

General Knowledge Refresher Published this article page no  129 ELECTRICITY CAPACITY FROM NONFOSSIL FUEL India has achieved the ambitious target of 40% of installed electricity capacity from non-fossil fuel sources. According to Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, total installed non-fossil fuel-based capacity stands at 156.83 Giga Watts and the total installed electricity capacity is 390 Giga Watts. Government has further announced at CoP 26 in Glasgow a target of achieving 500 GW of installed electricity capacity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) PWM (2018-2024) programme aims to almost triple its PWM to 100 cities in India by 2024. o UNDP launched this project, in partnership with Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Private Limited, Hindustan Unilever Limited among others, for building on existing systems to reduce the impact of plastic waste on the environment in India. o It promotes collection, segregation and recycling of all kinds of plastics to move towards a circular economy. o So far, 83,000 metric tonne of plastic waste has been collected. o The project has reached out to 5500 SafaiSathis, in an effort to institutionalize workers from the informal sector. o “Utthaan”, a social protection programme was launched to help 9000 safaisathsi. o However, the programme suffered a setback after the COVID-19 pandemic led to widespread increase in waste, including medical plastic waste. The UNDP is also working with NITI Aayog and have jointly developed a handbook model for local municipalities as well as the private sector. o The handbook provides a comprehensive overview of PWM by representing and discussing components of the entire plastic waste value chain General Knowledge Refresher buy.

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world focus magazine subscription Published this article page no  113 More about news Polavaram irrigation project is to be build on Godavari River. The areas which are already submerged and will be submerged by next year due to the project are scheduled areas, with predominant tribal population. About Development Induced Displacement (DID) It is characterized by the permanent relocation of all households within a geographic area as a result of the construction of infrastructure projects. Categories: DID may be divided into two categories (direct and indirect): o Direct displacement refers to those cases, where due to the initiation and construction of developmental projects there is a direct displacement of people. o Indirect displacement occurs when the people are forced to leave the area due to the functioning of those developmental projects. This is because the functioning of the projects consumes the natural and environmental resources in the surrounding and deprives their traditional means of livelihood. Global Status: o Direct displacement: Assessments sponsored by the World Bank have estimated that every year since 1990, roughly 10 million people worldwide have been displaced involuntarily by infrastructural development projects. Dams for irrigation and hydropower are a major cause of such forced displacement. 57o Indirect displacement: According to World Bank though large dams constitute only 26.6 per cent of the total WB funded projects causing displacement, the resulting displacement makes up 62.8 per cent of the total number of people displaced world focus magazine subscription buy. 

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competition wizard magazine  Published this article page no   150 The HNLC which demands a sovereign Khasi homeland in Meghalaya is a breakaway faction of the Hynniewtrep Achik Liberation Council (HALC) the first militant tribal outfit of the state formed in the mid1980s.  149Hynniewtrep refers to the Khasi and Jaintia communities and Achik to the Garo community. The HNLC is seen as representative of Khasi identity and pride and most of the top leadership is based out of Bangladesh. 5. Safforn Bowl Project North East Centre for Technology Application and Reach (NECTAR) under Saffron Bowl project has identified few locations in Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya for saffron cultivation.Saffron production has long been restricted to a limited geographical area in the Union territory of Jammu & Kashmir.Pampore region in India commonly known as Saffron bowl of Kashmir is the main contributor to saffron production followed by Budgam Srinagar and Kishtiwar districts.Saffron has traditionally been associated with the famous Kashmiri cuisine.Its its medicinal values were considered as part of the rich cultural heritage of Kashmir.As saffron growing was confined to very specific areas in Kashmir its production remained limited.Though the National Mission on Saffron focused on several measures to improve its farming the measures were still limited to the specified areas of Kashmir. 6. River Cities Alliance The River Cities Alliance (RCA) has been launched with the objective to provide the member cities with a platform to discuss and exchange information on aspects that are vital for sustainable management of urban rivers sharing best practices and supporting innovation.The alliance has been launched initially with 30 cities including Dehradun Rishikesh Haridwar Srinagar Varanasi Kanpur Prayagraj etc.The Alliance is open to all river cities of India. Any river city can join the Alliance at any time. 7. Punaura Dham As per the request received from the State Government of Bihar Ministry of Tourism has included Punaura Dham in the Ramayana circuit of Swadesh Darshan Scheme. LThe destination of Punaura Dham has been recently included under PRASHAD Scheme of the Ministry of Tourism.Punaura Dham considered to be birthplace of Goddess Sita is spread over around 10 acres of land in Punaura village about 5km west of Sitamarhi town.The shrine compound has a Ram Janki temple a pond called Sita Kund and a hall.  150 8. Sentinel on the qui vive Sentinel on the qui vive is usually translated as watchful guardian. Qui vive means watchful or alert competition wizard magazine buy.

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Drishti current affairs today

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Drishti current affairs today Published this article page no  07 Independent development partnership agency The proposed new entity should o address better delivery monitoring and evaluation mechanisms o should engage with new actors especially from civil society and the private sector o provide handholding to select performing Indian social enterprises to operate in other countries as well. o facilitate development partnerships between India and other countries. o support partner countries in combating natural disasters (Nepal) political and humanitarian crises (Maldives Afghanistan) and in building social infrastructure (Kenya Madagascar).Indias Development Cooperation Act 2022 Indias upcoming Development Cooperation Act should reflect that a focused approach towards addressing global crisis is in its national interest.  Restructure development finance apparatus It is high time India restructures its development finance apparatus for deeper and effective engagement and to address the rapidly evolving newer competitive development financing landscape.Learn from its own programmes Indias own development experience is evolving with programmes like the JAM trinity Ayushman Bharat and other initiatives like Gati Shakti — the learnings from which should be absorbed in the portfolio to be shared with fellow developing countries Drishti current affairs today buy.

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Drishti ias books  Published this article page no  30 United Kingdom has developed the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation and the Office for AI. Status of India in this regard  National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence NITI Aayog has identified five areas where AI can be useful. It has noted the lack of regulation around AI as a major weakness for India.  Center of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence (CoE in AI) by National Informatics Centre (NIC) which is a platform for innovative new solutions in AI space a gateway to test and develop solutions for projects undertaken by NIC at central and state level.  Superintelligence A sufficiently intelligent AI system can redesign itself or can create a better successor system and so on leading to intelligence explosion. It is crucial to ensure this superintelligence will be good to human kind and that will depend upon its technological capabilities and ethicality. Challenges in regulating Artificial Intelligence  Excessive Regulation Since the AI is still in its preliminary stages some critics believe that excessively strict regulation is neither necessary nor desirable. o Such a trend might discourage the needed research in the development of this field.  Lack of consensus among the countries over the mechanisms and tactics in regulation of AI.  Conflict of Interests There are doubts over how regulators will use AI which will provide greater certainty for regulated entities Drishti ias books buy. 

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civil services chronicle

civil services chronicle  

civil services chronicle Published this article page no 21  Time limit within which the Presiding Officer has to decide on antidefection cases The law does not specify a timeperiod for the Presiding Officer to decide on a disqualification plea. Court has expressed concerns and had ruled that the High Court can direct Speakers to rule on disqualification petitions if they do not do this within reasonable time. Antidefection law affecting the ability of legislators to make decisions Often the law has restricted a legislator from voting in line with his conscience judgement and interests of his electorate. Political parties issue a direction to MPs on how to vote on most issues irrespective of the nature of the issue. Several experts have suggested that the law should be valid only for those votes that determine the stability of the government (passage of the annual budget or noconfidence motions). SCS VERDICTS ON CURBING RESTRICTIONS Why in news? Recently Supreme Court has delivered verdict on a bunch of petitions challenging the restrictions imposed on internet services and movement of people in Jammu and Kashmir. Background  Since the revocation of Article 370 on 5 th August 2019 many parts of Jammu and Kashmir have been under lockdown with no internet and restrictions on movement.  The Central government justified the restrictions based on the ground of states volatile history threat of an uprising law and order national security and possible misuse of internet for propagation of terror activities and incitement of general public civil services chronicle buy.

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knowledge questions magazine

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knowledge questions magazine Published this article page no  08 NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY  Theme in 2020 Women in science.  The Government of India designated 28 February as National Science Day (NSD) in 1986 and themebased science communication activities are carried out all over the country.  It is celebrated every year on 28th February to commemorate the discovery of the Raman Effect by Sir C.V. Raman for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1930.  Nodal Agency National Council for Science & Technology Communication (NCSTC) Department of Science and Technology (DST) acts as a nodal agency to support catalyze and coordinate celebration of the National Science Day throughout the country in scientific institutions research laboratories and autonomous scientific institutions associated with the Department of Science and Technology. NATIONAL DEWORMING DAY  Recently tenth round of National Deworming Day (NDD) was conducted by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. About NDD  NDD was launched in 2015 to make every child in the country worm free.  According to World Health Organization 241 million children between the ages of 1 and 14 years are at risk of parasitic intestinal worms in India also known as SoilTransmitted Helminths (STH).  As part of this campaign children and adolescents aged 119 years are being administered Albendazole (400 mg) across government governmentaided schools anganwadis private schools and other educational institutions.  First round of NDD is conducted on February 10 each year. Biannual round of deworming is recommended in the States where prevalence of STH infection is more than 20%.  Soiltransmitted helminths refer to the intestinal worms infecting humans that are transmitted through contaminated soil (Helminth means parasitic worm).  Soiltransmitted helminth infection is found mainly in areas with warm and moist climates where sanitation and hygiene are poor including in temperate zones during warmer months knowledge questions magazine buy.

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