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UPSC Current Affairs December 2019 in English www.gradeup.co 1 www.gradeup.co Daily Current Affairs for UPSC IAS Preparation 02.12.2019 terrain, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief etc. 1. Operation ‘Clean Art’ to crackdown on Topic- GS Paper 3 –Defence illegal trade in mongoose hair Source- PIB • Operation Clean Art was recently 3. 20th Edition of Hornbill Festival th counted to crackdown on the • The 20 Edition of Hornbill Festival smuggling of mongoose hair in the was held in Nagaland. country. Related Information • Operation Clean Art was conceived by Hornbill Festival Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) • The festival is named after the bird with the singular aim of ensuring that “Indian hornbill”, which is also the the mongoose hair brush trade should state bird of Nagaland. be closed down across the country. • The festival organised by Nagaland • The hairs brushes of mongoose have Government is an annual tourism been used mainly by painters. promotional event. Related Information • The objective of the festival to Mongoose encourage inter-tribal interaction and • There are six species of mongoose to promote the cultural heritage of found in India are Indian grey Nagaland. mongoose, small Indian mongoose, Great Indian Hornbill ruddy mongoose, crab-eating • The great hornbill is also known as the mongoose, stripe-necked mongoose great Indian hornbill or great pied and brown mongoose. hornbill, is one of the larger members • All mongoose species found in India of the hornbill family. are protected under Schedule II (Part • It is predominantly fruit-eating, but is II) of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) an opportunist and preys on small Act, 1972, which prohibits all trade of mammals, reptiles and birds. animals listed in it. • IUCN status: Vulnerable (uplisted • Its IUCN Status is the least concern. from Near Threatened in 2018). Topic- GS Paper 3 –Environment • It is also listed in Appendix I of CITES. Source- Hindustan Times Topic- GS Paper 1 –Art and Culture 2. Exercise Surya Kiran – XIV Source- AIR • Exercise Surya Kiran – XIV is a 4. Loktak Inland Waterways project in Joint military between India and Nepal Manipur will be conducted at Salijhandi, • Shipping Ministry has recently given Rupendehi district of Nepal. approval for the development of Related Information Loktak Inland Waterways About the Exercise improvement project in Manipur. • It is an annual event which is • It is a central sector scheme. conducted alternatively in Nepal and Related Information India. Loktak lake • The aim of this exercise is to conduct • The Loktak Lake is the largest a Battalion level combined training freshwater lake in Northeast located between the Indian Army and Nepal at Moirang in Manipur. Army. • It is famous for the phumdis floating • It will help to increase interoperability over it. in jungle warfare and counter- • Phumdis are a series of floating terrorism operations in mountainous islands, exclusive to the Loktak Lake in Manipur. 2 www.gradeup.co • Keibul Lamjao National Park is the Topic- GS Paper 2 –Governance only floating national park in the world Source- Indian Express located in this region. 6. Promotion of e-agriculture • The park is the last natural refuge of • Union Minister of Agriculture and the endangered Sangai and also a Farmers Welfare informed Rajya state animal of Manipur. Sabha about the various initiatives for • It has been designated as a wetland promotion of technology in the of international importance under the agriculture sector. Ramsar Convention in 1990. These are • It is also listed under the Montreux a. Indian Council of Agricultural Record in 1993, "a record of Ramsar Research (ICAR) has established a sites where changes in ecological network of 715 Krishi Vigyan Kendras character have occurred, are (KVKs) in the country mandated with occurring or are likely to occur. Technology Assessment and Topic- GS Paper 3 –Environment Demonstration for its Application and Source- PIB Capacity Development (TADA–CD). 5. Global Migration Report 2020 KVKs organize demonstrations, • UN-affiliated International training programs and skill Organization for Migration (IOM) development programs for the benefit released the Global Migration Report of farmers and farm women, rural 2020. youth and in-service extension Highlights of the report personnel. • Of the 272 million international b. Agro-advisories are given to the migrants worldwide (3.5% of the farmers through various service global population), India accounts for providers and the mKisan portal. the highest share with 17.5 million mKisan portal is a platform which Indians living outside the country. provides web-based mobile advisory • India is followed by Mexico (11.8 to farmers with the technological million) and China (10.7 million). backstopping from Research • The report also revealed that roughly Institutes and Agricultural Universities two-thirds of international migrants supporting farmers. are labour migrants. c. Sub Mission on Agricultural • International remittances in 2018 Mechanization (SMAM) provides a (2020 report) reached $689 billion in suitable platform for converging all which India is the leading recipient of activities for inclusive growth of remittances around $78.6 million. agricultural mechanization by • The top destinations for international providing a ‘single window’ approach migrants are the USA followed by for implementation with a special Germany, Saudi Arabia, the Russian focus on small & marginal farmers. Federation and the UK. d. Government is also implementing • The top migration corridors for National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) Indians are the United Arab Emirates, scheme for transparent price the US and Saudi Arabia. discovery for remunerative prices for • The highest number of migrants the farmers for their produce through entering India comes from a competitive online bidding system. Bangladesh. e. Under Marketing Research & • Oceania is the region with the highest Information Network (MRIN) Scheme, proportion of international migrants support is provided to the States and the UAE is the country with the towards setting up and maintaining highest proportion of international connectivity with Agmarknet portal migrants. for collection and dissemination of 3 www.gradeup.co market information on arrivals and • Vaccines for Japanese encephalitis prices of agri-commodities. and Hemophilus influenzal are also Topic- GS Paper 3 –Agriculture being provided in selected areas. Source- PIB • The IMI 2.0 aims to achieve targets of 7. UNDP launches Accelerator Lab in full immunization coverage in 272 India to work on tackling pollution districts spread over 27 States. • The United Nations Development • The IMI 2.0 will be carried out between Programme launched Accelerator Lab December 2019 and March 2020. in India to work on tackling pollution. Topic- GS Paper 2 –Health Issues Related Information Source- AIR UNDP Accelerator lab 9. India becomes the first country to • It is an innovative initiative by the make entire Haj process digital UNDP, Qatar Government and the • India has become the first country to Federal Republic of Germany to find make the entire process for pilgrims 21st-century solutions to today's going on Haj completely digital. complex new challenges. • An online application, e-visa, Haj • These labs seek to identify grassroots mobile app, 'e-MASIHA' health solutions together with local actors facility, "e-luggage pre-tagging" and validate their potential to providing all information in India itself accelerate development. regarding accommodation and Accelerator Lab in India transportation in Mecca and Madina • The UNDP is partnered with the Indian will be provided to 2 lakh Indian government’s Atal Innovation Mission Muslims going for Haj in 2020. to achieve its objectives • E-MASIHA (E-Medical Assistance • It will seek to address some of the System for Indian Pilgrims Abroad), most pressing issues facing India, an online system to create and such as air pollution, sustainable maintain the complete health water management and client- database of Indian pilgrims along with resilient livelihoods through doctors' preions, medical treatment innovation. as well as medicine disbursal, has • The vision is also to make faster been developed to deal with any progress in meeting the ambitious emergency in Mecca and Madina. Sustainable Development Goals Topic- GS Paper 2 –E-governance (SDGs) of the United Nations (UN) by Source- AIR 2030. 10. Lok Sabha takes up all 20 starred Topic- GS Paper 3 –Environment questions Source- Economics Times • According to Lok Sabha officials, this is the 8. Intensified Mission Indradhanush 2.0 first time since 1972 that all the 20 starred • Centre launched the Intensified questions were taken up during the Question Hour in Lok Sabha. Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 2.0 across the country on 2nd Dec 2019. Related Information • The government's flagship scheme is Types of Questions asked in Question aimed at immunizing children under Hour (not mentioned in the Rules of the age of 2 years and pregnant Procedure) women against eight vaccine- Starred Questions: preventable diseases. • Starred Question is one to which a • The IMI covers vaccines for member desires an oral answer from diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, the Minister in the House and is poliomyelitis, tuberculosis, measles, required to be distinguished by meningitis and Hepatitis B. him/her with an asterisk. 4 www.gradeup.co • The answer to such a question may be with Iran after the US sanction followed by supplementary questions under the Joint by members. Comprehensive Plan of Action. Unstarred Questions o It will allow trade between the • An Unstarred Question is one to which EU and Iran without relying on written answer is desired by the direct financial transactions. member and is deemed to be laid on o INSTEX has been registered in the Table of the House by Minister. France and will be run by • Thus it is not called for oral answer in German Commerzbank the House and no supplementary manager Per Fischer. question can be asked thereon. o It is based in Paris and About Zero Hour functions as a clearinghouse • It is the time immediately following allowing Iran to continue to the Question Hour has come to be sell oil and import other known as Zero Hour.
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