Daily News Discussion (DND)

2nd June 2021

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Table of Contents

1. Science & Technology ...... 1 1.1.Controlling NCD- key to fght Covid ...... 1 1.2.world’s frst nano liquid urea ...... 3 2. Geography ...... 7 2.1.IMD increases monsoon rain outlook to 101% ...... 7 3. Economy ...... 8 3.1.Horticulture Cluster Development Programme (CDP) ...... 8 4. Polity ...... 9 4.1.Disaster Management Act, 2005 ...... 9 4.2.NCPCR tracks data on orphans ...... 9 4.3.Legal issues involved in bringing Mehul Choksi back ...... 10 Current affairs Worksheet ( 2nd June 2021) ...... 12

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1.1.Controlling NCD- key to fght Covid • A study led by the Defeat NCD team shows a relation between Noncommunicable disease and COVID.

Highlights • Every 10 per cent decline in the underlying NCD mortality rate (an indicator that society is becoming healthier) leads to 20 per cent decline in Covid fatality rates, after factoring in variables like d e m o g ra p h i c s a n d p u b l i c h e a l t h expenditure • Many studies have shown that over 70 per cent of mortalities associated with Covid are due to underlying n o n c o m m u n i c a b l e diseases (NCD) like d i a b e t e s , cardiovascular ailments and cancer • Average Covid patient in faces 50 per c e n t l e s s r i s k o f mortality compared to the global average. • India’s Covid case fatality at 1.16 per cent is nearly half of the global average of 2.17 per cent. • India’s NCD mortality rate at 558 per 1,00,000 population is signifcantly less than its neighbours and, correspondingly, the Covid case fatality rate in India is signifcantly better.

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1.2.world’s frst nano liquid urea • Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) on Monday launched the Nano Urea Liquid • Indigenously developed at Nano Biotechnology Research Centre, Kalol, Gujrat

Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (1967) • cooperative societies which is wholly owned by Indian Cooperatives. • To enable Indian farmers to prosper through timely supply of reliable, high quality agricultural inputs and services in an environmentally sustainable manner

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Full year Current Affairs Revision through MCQs Science & technology -Day 3 1. Consider the following statements

1. High frequencies can travel at faster speeds but can go only short distances.

2. Recently china launched low frequency 6G satellite.

Select the correct answer code:

A. 1 only

B. 2 only

C. Both 1 and 2

D. None of the above

2. Consider the following statements

1. Plants take carbon dioxide as well as oxygen for their growth.

2. Single celled animal can live without oxygen whereas multicellular can not.

Select the correct answer code:

A. 1 only

B. 2 only

C. Both 1 and 2

D. None of the above

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1. CRISPR Cas 9

2. TALEN

3. Meganucleases

4. SHANEL

Select the correct answer code:

A. 1 and 2 only

B. 1,2 and 3 only

C. 1, 3 and 4 only

D. All of the above

4. Which among the following is/are true in context to achievements in latest technologies:

1. Living robots from frog cells

2. Reconstruction of broken optic nerve

3. Yarn from human skin cell

Select the correct answer code:

A. 1 and 2 only

B. 1 and 3 only

C. 2 and 3 only

D. All of the above

5. Consider the following matches :

1. Hope Mission Mars

2. Bepi colombo Mercury

3. Hayabusa Asteroid

Select the correct answer code:

A. 1 and 2 only

B. 1 only

C. 2 and 3 only

D. All of the above

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2.1.IMD increases monsoon rain outlook to 101% • The LPA refers to the average all-India monsoon rainfall of 88 cm, which is a 50- year mean. Long period average (LPA) • IMD maintains an independent LPA for every homogenous region of the country. They range from 71.6 cm to 143.83 cm. • The region-wise LPA fgures are: ✓83 cm for East and Northeast India

✓55 cm for Central India

✓61 cm for South Peninsular India

✓50 for Northwest India • It puts the average of all-India fgure to 88.75 cm. IMD maintains fve rainfall distribution categories on an all-India scale. These are: • Normal or Near Normal ✓When per cent departure of actual rainfall is +/-10% of LPA, that is, between 96-104% of LPA. • Below normal ✓When departure of actual rainfall is less than 10% of LPA, that is 90-96% of LPA Above normal

✓When actual rainfall is 104-110% of LPA • Defcient ✓When departure of actual rainfall is less than 90% of LPA • Excess ✓When departure of actual rainfall is more

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3.1.Horticulture Cluster Development Programme (CDP) • Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfaree Shri Narendra Singh Tomar virtually launched the Horticulture Cluster Development Programme (CDP) in order to promote the export of horticultural produce

Cluster Development Programme Objective • Develop horticulture clusters (regional/geographical concentration of targeted horticulture crops.) • Address issues like pre-production, production, post- harvest management, logistics, marketing and branding. • Geographical specialisation & market led development Implementation • By the National Horticulture Board (NHB) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare. • Pilot phase- in 12 horticulture clusters • Clusters will be implemented through Cluster Development Agencies (CDAs) which are appointed on the recommendations of the respective State/ UT Government.

Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) • Centrally Sponsored Scheme for the holistic growth of the horticulture sector covering fruits, vegetables, root & tuber crops, mushrooms, spices, fowers, aromatic plants, coconut, cashew, cocoa and bamboo • Also provides technical advice and administrative support to State Governments/ State Horticulture Missions (SHMs) for the Saffron Mission and other horticulture related activities Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY)/NMSA.

Horticulture Sector (India) • 12% of the world’s production of fruits and vegetables in India • Second-largest producer of horticulture crops globally • Area under Horticulture- 20% of area under food-grain • Top states in fruit production-Andhra Pradesh, • Top states in vegetable production- West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh

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DM act 2005 • The DM Act, 2005, came into existence after the 2004 tsunami. It was invoked for the frst time in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic

Section 51 of the Act • Anyone refusing to comply with orders is liable for punishment with imprisonment up to one year, or fne, or both. In case this refusal leads to death of people, the person liable shall be punished with imprisonment up to two years • Section 51 of the Act has two important caveats. “Under the Act, the action on the part of the person has to be ‘without reasonable cause’ and ‘failure of an offcer to perform the duty without due permission or lawful excuse

4.2.NCPCR tracks data on orphans • Bal Swaraj, an online tracking portal of a national child rights body, shows details of nearly 10,000 children in the country in immediate need of care and protection

Key highlights • 9,346 children have either lost a parent or been abandoned during pandemic • Of this, children who have lost either parent are 7,464, those orphaned and abandoned are 1,742 and 140 respectively. • The portal shows that children aged between eight and 13 form the highest age bracket who are in dire need of help. There are 3,711 of them. • These children ran a high risk of being pushed into traffcking and fesh trade • There are a number of children who have become orphans due to the demise of either the breadwinner of the family or of both their parents www.sleepyclasses.com Available on App Store 9 Call 6280133177 and Play Store T.me/SleepyClasses Statewise data on the total number of children orphaned, abandoned or having lost a parent since March 2020 • West Bengal authorities have provided the details of only one child • Delhi has listed only fve children on the NCPCR portal as of May 29. • Uttar Pradesh have listed 2,110 children • lists 159 children, Kerala 952, Bihar 1,327, Maharashtra 796, Karnataka 36, Andhra 116, Haryana 776, Jammu and Kashmir 375 and Gujarat 434, among other States as of May 29

National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) • Statutory body established in 2007 under an act of Parliament, the Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (CPCR) Act, 2005. • Assess and review the safeguards that are provided for child rights protection in India under existing laws and also suggest measures for implementing them effectively

Composition • Chairperson (Eminent person) & 6 members (At least 2 women)

4.3.Legal issues involved in bringing Mehul Choksi back • Fugitive jeweller Mehul Choksi, key accused in the Rs-13,000-crore PNB loan fraud case, was recently arrested in by authorities there after he was found to have illegally entered the country from Antigua, where he had been staying since 2018 • India has now sent a team of eight offcials, including from the CBI and the Ministry of External Affairs, to secure Choksi’s deportation to India.

Choksi’s legal team • has asserted that contrary to claims made by Antiguan authorities, the jeweller did not fee Antigua but was abducted by laying a honey trap • Choksi acquired Antiguan citizenship in 2017, just over a month before he fed India in January 2018, and has even surrendered his Indian passport.

What is India’s case then? • Sources in Indian agencies pursuing Choksi say he may have surrendered his passport, but India has not accepted this and a certifcate of surrender of passport has not been issued. • More importantly, they say Interpol has issued a Red Notice against Choksi for fnancial crimes committed in India, and this would be argued in court. India has already sent all relevant case papers to Dominica.

What does the law say? • Section 9 of the Indian Citizenship Act, 1955, any Indian citizen who acquires foreign citizenship ceases to be an Indian citizen • The only exception when this law does not apply is when the two concerned countries are at war with each other

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Passports Act 1967 • Mandatory for all Indian passport holders to surrender their passports to the nearest Indian Mission/ Post immediately after acquisition of foreign nationality. • Misuse of Indian passports constitutes an offence under Section 12(1A) of the Passports Act 1967

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