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Daily News
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29th - 30 th July 2021
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Table of Contents
1. Environment ...........................................................................................................1
1.1.SLDE & Calculator for GHG emission (PIB).....................................................................1
2. Science & Technology ..........................................................................................2
2.1.Khagolshala Asteroid Search Campaign 2021 ..............................................................2
3. Geography ...............................................................................................................4
3.1.Gold ore reserves in India (DTE) .........................................................................................4
4. Economy ..................................................................................................................5
4.1.Raja Mircha (Financial express) .........................................................................................5
4.2.Changes to deposit insurance laws(IE) .............................................................................5
4.3.High scal borrowings won’t crowd out private sector: CEA (The Hindu) ..............7
5. Polity .........................................................................................................................8
5.1.Academic credit bank ...........................................................................................................8
5.2.Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill, 2021 ...........8
5.3.All India Quota-NEET (The Hindu) ....................................................................................12
6. History......................................................................................................................15
6.1.Jaipur’s Amagarh Fort dispute (IE) ....................................................................................15
7. International Relation .........................................................................................16
7.1.Armenia to seek Russian military deployment (The Hindu) .......................................16
Current affairs Worksheet (29th - 30th July 2021) ..............................................................17
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1. Environment
1.1.SLDE & Calculator for GHG emission (PIB)
• With an aim to further improve ease of doing business, Centre launches the "Secured Logistics
Document Exchange" along with a Calculator for Green House Gas Emissions
Secured Logistics Document Exchange
• The platform has been developed and executed with banks (ICICI, Axis Bank, State Bank of India
and HDFC Bank) and stakeholders including freight forwarders, exporters, importers and vessel
operators
• It is a solution to replace the present manual process of generation, exchange and compliance of
logistics documents with a digitized, secure and seamless document exchange system.
• It will enable generation, storage and interchange of logistics-related documents digitally using
Aadhaar and blockchain based technology.
• It will also provide a complete audit trail of document transfer, faster execution of transactions,
lower cost of shipping and overall carbon footprint, easy veri cation of authenticity of documents,
lowered risk of fraud, etc.
GreenHouse Gas Emission Calculator
• The GHG Calculator is an ef cient, user-friendly tool and provides for calculating and comparing
GHG emissions across different modes
• It allows for commodity-wise comparison of GHG emissions and total cost of transportation,
including their environmental cost, between movement by road and rail.
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2. Science & Technology
2.1.Khagolshala Asteroid Search Campaign 2021
• Recently Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya students detect asteroids under the Khagolshala Asteroid
Search Campaign 2021
• Eight asteroids detected by sixteen students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, under the
Khagolshala Asteroid Search Campaign 2021 were conferred the “Provisional Status” by the
International Astronomical Search Collaboration
• Khagolshala Asteroid Search Campaign 2021
• The campaign is an initiative of the Of ce of Principal Scienti c Adviser, Government of India,and
SPACE Foundation.
• It is the India chapter of an international student research program that has got students involved in
the search for asteroids.
• High-quality astronomical data sets are distributed to students for analysis and identi cation of
asteroids.
• Students analyze the data using software which then leads to potential discoveries.
• These observations feed into the Near-Earth Object (NEO) data being compiled by NASA and the Jet
Propulsion Lab (JPL).
• Khagolshala Asteroid Search Campaign 2021
• The campaign is an initiative of the Of ce of Principal Scienti c Adviser, Government of India,and
SPACE Foundation.
• It is the India chapter of an international student research program that has got students involved in
the search for asteroids.
• High-quality astronomical data sets are distributed to students for analysis and identi cation of
asteroids.
• Students analyze the data using software which then leads to potential discoveries.
• These observations feed into the Near-Earth Object (NEO) data being compiled by NASA and the Jet
Propulsion Lab (JPL).
• Space India has established Khagolshala Astronomy and Space Education Labs (ASELs) across 20
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas to date.
• Space India is working with a vision to get the younger generation in the country engrossed in
astronomy and space sciences; application, exploration, innovation, and research in these areas.
• The team at Space India works by engaging students through experimentation, observation, and
analysis of the universe.
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• Students get access to the real-time data from the ‘PANSTARRS’ (The Panoramic Survey Telescope
and Rapid Response System Telescope), located in Hawaii.
SPACE Foundation
• Established in 2001, to popularize science and inculcate scienti c temperament among the masses
especially students in India.
• SPACE is working to create citizen scientists through various programs on science and astronomy
education, and innovation in India.
• These programs have the larger goal of fostering scienti c temperament in society, especially among
the youth.
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3. Geography
3.1.Gold ore reserves in India (DTE)
• India has 501.83 million tonnes of gold ore reserves as of April 1, 2015, according to National Mineral
Inventory data.
• Out of these, 17.22 million tonnes were placed under reserves category and the rest under remaining
resources category.
State wise reserves of gold ores data
• Bihar (44%) > Rajasthan (25%) > Krt (21%) > WB=AnP (3%) > Jh (2%)
• The remaining 2 per cent reserves are in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra and
Tamil Nadu
Others
• The Geological Survey of India (GSI) is actively engaged in geological mapping, followed by mineral
exploration and surveys, of various mineral commodities with an aim to identify potential mineral
rich zones and establish resources.
• Every year, according to approved annual Field Season Program, GSI takes up mineral exploration
projects in various parts of the country for augmenting mineral resources.
• The Government of India recently amended the Minerals Evidence of Mineral Contents Rules to allow
auction of composite licence at G4 level for deep-seated minerals, including gold.
The exploration for any mineral deposit involves four stages
• Reconnaissance survey (G4), preliminary exploration (G3), general exploration (G2) and detailed
exploration (G1)
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4. Economy
4.1.Raja Mircha (Financial express)
• Nagaland’s speciality ‘Raja Mircha’ which is also called king
chilli owing to its extreme spiciness was for the rst time
exported to London recently
• Raja Mircha /king chilli / Bhoot Jolokia / Ghost pepper
• A small consignment of Raja Mircha from Nagaland was
exported to the capital of Britain via Guwahati on an
aeroplane
• King Chilli which is considered the world’s hottest on the
basis of Scoville Heat Units (SHUs) has already been
certi ed as Geographically Indications(GI) tagged to
the state of Nagaland
SCOVILLE SCALE
• The scale is used to measure the amount of capsaicin
-the chemical compound found in peppers that gives
them their piquant heat- in peppers.
• Capsaicin is what’s responsible for making your
tongue burn, body sweat and ears ache after eating a
pepper. Most capsaicin is found in the ribs and seeds
of a pepper
Scoville heat units
• It is simply a measurement of the number of times
capsaicin needs to be diluted by sugar-water.
• The number of Scoville Heat Units (SHU) in a pepper
or even hot sauce indicates the amount of capsaicin
present.
• The higher the Scoville rating, the hotter the pepper.
So, of course, a low rating indicates little or no heat.
4.2. Changes to deposit insurance laws(IE)
• The Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared changes to the deposit insurance laws to provide funds up
to Rs 5 lakh to an account holder within 90 days in the event of a bank coming under the moratorium
imposed by the RBI
Changes
• Earlier, depositors end up waiting for 8-10 years before they are able to access their deposits in a
distressed bank only after its complete liquidation
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• Now depositors will be provided funds up to Rs 5 lakh within 90 days in the event of a bank coming
under the moratorium imposed by the RBI.
• It covers all commercial banks and even branches of foreign banks operating in India will come under
the purview of this amendment and this will be applicable to banks which are at present under
moratorium.
• The proposed law is prospective and not retrospective.But it will cover banks already under
moratorium and those that could come under moratorium.
• It permits raising the deposit insurance premium by 20% immediately, and maximum by 50%
What is deposit insurance?
• Currently, in an unlikely event of a bank failing in India, a depositor has a claim to a maximum of Rs 5
lakh per account as insurance cover.
• The cover of Rs 5 lakh per depositor is provided by the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee
Corporation (DICGC), which is a fully owned subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of India.
• Depositors having more than Rs 5 lakh in their account have no legal recourse to recover funds in
case a bank collapses.
Who pays for this insurance?
• Deposits in public and private sector banks, local area banks, small nance banks, regional rural
banks, cooperative banks, Indian branches of foreign banks and payments banks are all insured by the
DICGC.
• The premium for this insurance is paid by banks to the DICGC, and not be passed on to depositors. B
• Banks currently pay a minimum of 10 paise on every Rs 100 worth deposits to the DICGC as
premium for the insurance cover, which is now being raised to a minimum of 12 paise
• Within the rst 45
days of the bank
being put under
moratorium, the
DICGC would collect
all information
relating to deposit
accounts. In the next
45 days, it will review
the information and
repay depositors
closer to the 90th
day.
• L a s t y e a r, t h e
government raised
the insurance amount
to Rs 5 lakh from Rs
1 lakh.
• Prior to that, the DICGC had revised the deposit insurance cover to Rs 1 lakh on May 1, 1993 —
raising it from Rs 30,000, which had been the cover from 1980 onward.
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4.3.High scal borrowings won’t crowd out private sector: CEA
(The Hindu)
• Concerns about high government borrowings crowding out the private sector’s fund-raising efforts
were misplaced and not based on evidence, Chief Economic Advisor
• On the contrary, the government’s increased capital spending would impart a ‘crowding-in effect’
spurring more investment, reacting to comments made by a member of the Securities and Exchange
Board of India (SEBI).
Argument by SEBI members
• The bond markets had an important role in supporting the economy’s rebound at a time when banks
were ‘overburdened from the overhang of non-performing assets’.
• Good part of the bond market gets crowded out by the government issuances of close to about
₹14-15 lakh crore
Argument by Chief Economic Advisor
• There is now evidence that savings are pro-cyclical with growth.
• When you have a pool that is growing and the government takes a rupee out today for capital
expenditure, and thereby push growth and increase savings, the pro-cyclical behaviour of savings
kicks in.
• So this is the crowding-in effect of infrastructure, especially government- led, capital spending
Procyclic growth
• Procyclic refers to a condition of a positive correlation between the value of a good, a service, or an
economic indicator and the overall state of the economy.
• In other words, the value of the good, service, or indicator tends to move in the same direction as the
economy, growing when the economy grows and declining when the economy declines.
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5. Polity
5.1.Academic credit bank
• PM to roll out academic credit bank
Academic Bank of Credit
• It referred to as ABC is a virtual storehouse that will keep records of academic credits secured by a
student.
• It is drafted on the lines of the National Academic Depository
• All institutions in the top 100 of the National Institutional Ranking Framework as well as those who
have achieved an A grade under the National Assessment and Accreditation Council will be allowed
to participate in the credit transfer system.
How ABC works
• Students will have to open an Academic Bank Account and every account holder would be provided
with a unique id and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).
• The academic accounts of students will have credits awarded by higher education Institutes to
students for the courses they are pursuing.
• Perform tasks including credit veri cation, credit accumulation, credit transfer/redemption of
students, and promotion of the ABC among the stakeholders
• ABC will not accept any credit course document directly from the students, and its institutes that will
make the deposits in students’ accounts.
• The courses will also include online and distance mode courses offered through National Schemes like
SWAYAM, NPTEL, V-Lab etc.
• The validity of these academic credits earned by students will be up to seven years
5.2.Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment
Bill, 2021
• Parliament has passed the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill, 2021.
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Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA)
• is a statutory body of Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of India.
• It functions as the nodal body for adoption of Indian children and is mandated to monitor and
regulate in-country and inter-country adoptions.
• CARA is designated as the Central Authority to deal with inter- country adoptions in accordance
with the provisions of the Hague Convention on Inter-country Adoption, 1993, rati ed by
Government of India in 2003.
• CARA primarily deals with adoption of orphan, abandoned and surrendered children through its
associated /recognised adoption agencies.
Juvenile Justice Board
• is an institutional body constituted under Section 4 of the JJ Act, 2015.
• According to the division of powers, the subject of administration of criminal justice has been
included in the State List of the Indian Constitution.
• Therefore, one or more than one Juvenile Justice Board(s) are established by the State Government
for each district
5.3.All India Quota-NEET (The Hindu)
• The Union Health Ministry has announced 27% reservation for the OBCs (Other Backward Classes)
and 10% quota for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in the all-India quota (AIQ) scheme for
undergraduate and postgraduate medical and dental courses from 2021-22.
What is NEET?
• The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) is the entrance examination for entry to all
undergraduate (NEET-UG) and postgraduate (NEET-PG) medical and dental courses in the country.
• Until 2016, the All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) was the national- level entrance examination for
medical colleges, while state governments used to hold separate entrance tests for seats that were
not contested at an all-India level.
• NEET was held for the rst time in 2003, but discontinued the following year.
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• On April 13, 2016, the Supreme Court upheld the newly inserted section 10-D of the Indian Medical
Council Act, which provides for a uniform entrance examination to all medical educational
institutions at undergraduate level and postgraduate level in Hindi, English and various other
languages.
• Since then, NEET has been the uniform entrance test for medical courses across the country. It was
conducted by the CBSE initially, and has been conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) since
2018
All India Quota
• Although the same examination is held
across the country, a chunk of the seats in
state medical/dental colleges is reserved for
students domiciled in their respective states.
• The remaining seats —15% in UG and 50% in
PG — are surrendered by the states to the All
India Quota.
• The AIQ scheme was introduced in 1986
under the directions of the Supreme Court
to provide for domicile-free, merit-based
opportunities to students from any state to
study in a good medical college in any other
state.
• In deemed/central universities, ESIC, and
Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC),
100% seats are reserved under the AIQ.
Reservation policy
• Until 2007, no reservation was implemented within the All India Quota for medical admission.
• On January 31, 2007, in Abhay Nath v University of Delhi and Others, the Supreme Court directed
that reservation of 15% for Scheduled Castes and 7.5% for Scheduled Tribes be introduced in the
AIQ.
• The same year, the government passed the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in
Admission) Act, 2007 providing for 27% reservation to OBC students in central government
institutions.
• While state government medical and dental colleges provide reservation to OBCs in seats outside
the All India Quota, this bene t was so far not extended to seats allocated under the AIQ in these
state colleges.
• The 10% EWS quota under the Constitution (One Hundred And Third Amendment) Act, 2019, too,
has been implemented in central educational Institutions, but not in the NEET AIQ for state
institutions.
• Now Reservation for the OBC and EWS categories within the AIQ will be offered in medical colleges
from the current academic year. This would bene t nearly 1,500 OBC students in MBBS and 2,500
OBC students in postgraduate courses, and around 550 and 1,000 EWS students respectively,
according to a statement issued by the Health Ministry.
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National Testing Agency (NTA)
• Established as a Society registered under the Indian Societies Registration Act, 1860.
• It is an autonomous and self-sustained testing organization to conduct entrance examinations for
admission/fellowship in higher educational institutions.
• Responsible for conducting competitive entrance exams like NEET, JEE, CTET, GATE, GPAT, GMAT,
CAT, UGC NET, etc.
• Chaired by an eminent educationist appointed by the Ministry of education
• It also launched a ‘mobile app’ and Test Practice Centres (TPC’s) through which students can practice
or take mock tests on their own computers or smartphones.
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6. History
6.1.Jaipur’s Amagarh Fort dispute (IE)
• A fort in Jaipur is at the centre of a con ict between the tribal Meena community and local Hindu
groups. Both sides have led police cases and are running social media campaigns to assemble at the
fort and show their strength.
Dispute
• Members of the Meena community say the Amagarh Fort was built by a Meena ruler predating
Rajput rule in Jaipur, and has been their holy site for centuries
• The people from the community used to worship Amba Mata and other deities in the fort.
• In June, following reports of idols being vandalised and hoisting of a saffron ag at the fort, Meena
community members accused Hindu groups of trying to appropriate tribal symbols into the Hindutva
fold, and of changing the name of Amba Mata to Ambika Bhawani.
• On July 21, the saffron ag was brought down, Hindu groups have accused Meena community
members of tearing the ag
• Meena leaders have said that the Hindu groups had agreed to take down the ag after discussions,
and that it got accidentally torn while members of Hindu groups were bringing it down.
Amba Mata and Ambika Bhawani
• Amba Mata is different from Ambika Bhawani. Like other tribal groups, Meenas too worship
ancestors.
• Amba Mata was such an ancestor, a living person and not a god. Amba Mata is not related to Ambika
Bhawani or Durga.
• An effort is being made by Hindu organisations to appropriate Amba Mata as Ambika Bhawani.
History of the fort
• According to historian , the present form of the Amagarh Fort was given in the 18th century by
Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, founder of Jaipur.
• It has always been believed that there was some construction at the place before Jai Singh II built
the fort
• Prior to Rajput rule by the Kachhwaha dynasty, Jaipur and its nearby regions were ruled by Meenas,
who had political control,
• Dr Heera Meena, former assistant professor in Delhi University and a scholar in tribal culture, said
the fort was built by a Meena Sardar from the Nadla gotra, now known as Badgoti Meenas.
• Sardars from the Meena community ruled large parts of Rajasthan till around 1100 AD
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7. International Relation
7.1.Armenia to seek Russian military deployment (The Hindu)
• Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said recently he would request the deployment of Russian
border guards along his country’s frontier with Azerbaijan to prevent further escalation after new
clashes.
Recent clashes
• Last year Armenia and Azerbaijan fought a six-week war over the breakaway region of Nagorno-
Karabakh.
• Recently three Armenian soldiers were killed in fresh border clashes with Azerbaijani forces
Nagorno-Karabakh
• The region has 95% of the population as ethnically Armenian and is controlled by them but itis
internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan.
• Armenia is Christian majority, while Azerbaijan is Muslim majority country.
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