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Monthly Current Compendium – JULY 2020 Prelims Perspicuous Pointers Prelims Factoids Cogx 2020 Page 1 Page 2 Join the Dots -Monthly Current Compendium – JULY 2020 Prelims Perspicuous Pointers Prelims Factoids CogX 2020 Relevance IN – Prelims (about CogX 2020) What’s the NEWS AI enabled MyGov Corona Helpdesk bagged two awards under categories (1) “Best Innovation for Covid-19 – Society” and (2) “People’s Choice Covid-19 Overall Winner”, at the recently held CogX 2020, which is a prestigious Global Leadership Summit and Festival of AI & Emerging Technology held annually in London. The awards were won by Technical Partner of Mygov, JioHaptik Technologies Limited. Know! about MyGov and MyGov Corona Helpdesk MyGov is the world’s largest citizen engagement platform, which facilitates two-ways communication between the Government and Citizen and facilitates participatory governance in India, the world’s largest democracy. In the fight against Covid-19, MyGov, JioHaptik Technologies Limited and WhatsApp team collaborated to develop AI enabled MyGov Corona Helpdesk in the record time of 5 days MyGov Corona Helpdesk demonstrated the true Public, Private and Public Partnership (PPPP), wherein, Citizen centric services were provided by MyGov, the state-of-the-art technological solution including infrastructure were designed, developed, and deployed by JioHaptik Technologies Limited, and ideas given by public were factored-in on daily basis to improve the services and solution. Page 3 Know! about CogX CogX is one of the world's largest events on AI, held annually in London with over 15,000 participants in attendance from the highest levels of business, government, industry, and research. The Cogx Awards are given out to the best-of-the-best in AI and emerging technologies across the world. Prelims Factoids Ramagundam project Relevance IN – Prelims (about Ramagundam project + about New Investment Policy 2012) What’s the NEWS Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilisers held a meeting with Ramagundam Fertilizers and Chemicals limited (RFCL) to review the progress of construction works of the project . Know! about the project RFCL is upcoming gas based urea unit of 12.7 Lakh MT per annum capacity at Ramagundam, Telengana. It is a Joint Venture Company (JVC) promoted by National Fertilizers Limited (NFL), Engineers India Limited (EIL) and Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited (FCIL). The foundation stone of the project was laid by Prime Minister on August 7, 2016. Once completed, RFCL project will reduce India’s dependency on imported urea, save foreign exchange and create jobs. Government of India had announced New Investment Policy (NIP), 2012 to facilitate fresh investment in urea sector and to make India self-sufficient in the urea sector. Under NIP, 2012, Govt of India is reviving the 5 closed fertilizer plants. The Five Public Sector Units under revival are:- Ramagundam Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited (RFCL) Talcher Fertilizers Limited (TFL) Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Limited (Gorakhpur, Barauni and Sindri) Page 4 Prelims Factoids NADA app Relevance IN – Prelims (about NADA app + about NADA) What’s the NEWS Sports Minister unveiled National Anti-Doping Agency’s first mobile app to provide information about prohibited substances and their inadvertent use Know! all about the app The app aims to create a bridge between athletes and the NADA by providing easily accessible information on various aspects of sport, and most importantly about prohibited substances and their inadvertent use which may affect the career of athletes. With this app, athletes can check for themselves the list of prohibited substances and don’t have to depend on anyone else for assistance The app also has exhaustive information about whether a specific commonly-prescribed medicine contains any substance that is prohibited by NADA, therefore helping athletes and coaches to decide which medicines athletes can consume in case they are unwell. To ensure a smoother, quicker process of dope test for athletes, the app allows doping control officer to record their availability to conduct a test through this app Know! about NADA The National Anti Doping Agency [NADA] was established by the Government of India, with the objective of acting as the independent Anti-Doping Organization for India having a vision of dope free sports. It is responsible for promoting, coordinating, and monitoring the doping control program in sports in all its forms in India. NADA deals with adopting and implementing anti-doping rules and policies which conform with the World Anti-Doping Agency, cooperates with other anti-doping organisations and promotes anti-doping research and education. NADA is formed by the Union Government under the societies Registration Act. NADA includes scientists and representatives from the Indian Olympic Association (IOA). Page 5 Prelims Factoids G4 swine flu Relevance IN – Prelims (about G4 swine flu) What’s the NEWS The scientists identified the virus through surveillance of influenza viruses in pigs that they carried out from 2011 to 2018 in ten provinces of China. Know! more about it In a new research, scientists from China – which has the largest population of pigs in the world – have identified a “recently emerged” strain of influenza virus that is infecting Chinese pigs and that has the potential of triggering a pandemic. Named G4, the swine flu strain has genes similar to those in the virus that caused the 2009 flu pandemic. The scientists identified the virus through surveillance of influenza viruses in pigs that they carried out from 2011 to 2018 in ten provinces of China. Prelims Factoids Hul Divas celebrations off for Covid Relevance in – Prelims (about Hul Diwas and about Santhal rebellion) What’s the NEWS The entire state of Jharkhand observed Hul Divas sans the usual festivities because of the prevailing pandemic situation worldwide Know! about Hul Divas The people observed Hul Divas in a simple manner as people paid tributes to the revolutionaries Sidho-Kanhu, Chand-Bhairav and Phulo-Jhano who blew the bugle of Santal revolution against the British Rulers to free their land of the Raj and take back their ‘Jal-Jungle-Zameen’ which was rightfully theirs and handed down through generations by their forefathers. Hul Divas is observed annually on June 30 in memory of tribals — Sidho and Kanhu Murmu — who led the Santhal hul (rebellion) on June 30, 1855, at Bhognadih in Sahebganj district. People, mostly Santhals from Jharkhand and neighbouring states, gather there in large number to celebrate what they think was the first people’s action against the British Know! about the Santhal rebellion The Santhal rebellion commonly known as Santhal Hool, was a rebellion in present-day Jharkhand, in eastern India against both the British colonial authority and zamindari system by the Santhal people. It started on June 30, 1855 and on November 10, 1855 martial law was proclaimed which lasted until January 3, 1856 when martial law was suspended and the movement was brutally ended by troops loyal to the British. The rebellion was led by the four Murmu Brothers - Sidhu, Kanhu, Chand and Bhairav. Page 6 Prelims Factoids Elyments Relevance IN – Prelims (factual takeaways of Elyments) What’s the NEWS India’s Vice President Venkaiah Naidu launched the Elyments app – which claims to be India’s first official social media super app. The app has been built by over a thousand IT professionals who are also volunteers of the Art of Living, which is helmed by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. Know! all about Elyments In the social media world, the app will be competing with the likes of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram. The app which is available in eight languages already has over 100,000 downloads on the Google Play Store. Its official statement on the play store says that through the app users can “connect and converse with friends, share updates, network with like-minded people, discover interests, make seamless voice and video calls, and much more.” The app also says that it has given importance to privacy and all the servers are hosted within India. It is aimed at giving a new boost, a quantum jump to the economic potential of the country by strengthening infrastructure, using modern technologies, enriching human resources, and creating robust supply chains Prelims Factoids Sindhu Darshan puja Page 7 Relevance IN – Prelims (Sindhu Darshan festival + about Nimu -map based questions) What’s the NEWS The Prime Minister Narendra Modi performed Sindhu Darshan puja at Nimu, the forward brigade place in Ladakh. Know! about the festival The Sindhu Darshan festival is celebrated along the banks of the river Sindhu in the UT every year on the full moon day. Celebrated over three days, this festival aims at projecting Indus (or Sindhu) as a symbol of India's unity, peaceful coexistence and communal harmony and is also a symbolic salute to brave soldiers of the country. The Sindhu Darshan Festival is a celebration of River Sindhu, also known as the Indus Valley Civilisation. The main reason behind the celebration of Sindhu Darshan Festival is to endorse the Indus River (Sindhu River) as an icon of the communal harmony and unity of India. Know! about Nimu Nimu or Nimmu is a small village situated some 45 kms from Leh in the South East part of Ladakh. It is a popular tourist attraction as one can see the picturesque confluence of River Indus and Zanskar. Also, Nimu is known as the starting point of the famed All India Rafting Expedition that takes place on River Indus. Prelims Factoids Winter diesel Relevance IN – Prelims (about Winter Diesel + about DGQA) What’s the NEWS State-run Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC) launched a special winter-grade diesel that remains unfrozen up to minus 33 degree Celsius. The fuel would help provide year-round access to snow-capped border regions, and is part of India’s efforts to speed up strategic road connectivity. This new fuel will help Indian security forces to stock up on crucial supplies and ammunition that gets cut off due to bad weather in winters.
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