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10 SEPTEMBER 2021 DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS | UPSC CDS CAPF AFCAT NDA SSB

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10 SEPTEMBER 2021 DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS | UPSC CDS CAPF AFCAT NDA SSB
1. LUXURY CRUISE SERVICE
In a first of its kind, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC), a public sector enterprise under the Ministry of Railway, has joined hands with Cordelia Cruises, a private company, to provide luxury cruise services in India from September 18, 2021.

About:

  • IRCTC has joined its hands and signed the agreement with Cordelia Cruises being operated by Waterways Leisure Tourism Pvt. Ltd for promotion and marketing of the first indigenous luxury Cruise in India

  • The cruise will sail from Mumbai and visit Goa, Kerala, and Lakshadweep island.

  • The IRCTC-Cordelia cruise will sail through Lakshadweep Island, Goa, Diu, Kochi, and Chennai.

  • The cruise departs from the ports of Mumbai and Kochi and passengers have the opportunity to choose their destination of choice- Mumbai-Goa, Mumbai to Diu, Mumbai, and Kochi to Lakshadweep, or Mumbai to Kochi. IRCTC has also started bookings for the travel.
Source : All India Radio

2. DUGONG CONSERVATION RESERVE
India’s first Dugong conservation reserve will be built in Tamil Nadu for the conservation of Dugong, a marine animal that has been enlisted vulnerable to extinction on a global scale by the World Conservation Union (IUCN).

About:

  • The reserve will spread over an area of 500 km in Palk Bay on the southeast coast of Tamil Nadu. Palk Bay is a semi-enclosed shallow water body with a water depth maximum of 13 meters.

  • Located between India and Sri Lanka along the Tamil Nadu coast, the dugong is a flagship species in the region.

  • Dugong or the sea cow is the State animal of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. This endangered marine species survive on seagrass and other aquatic vegetation found in the area.

  • It is the only herbivorous mammal that is strictly marine and is the only extant species in the family Dugongidae.

  • Dugongs are usually about three-meter long and weigh about 400 kg. Dugongs have an expanded head and trunk-like upper lip. Elephants are considered to be their closest relatives. However, unlike dolphins and other cetaceans, sea cows have two nostrils and no dorsal fin.

  • Distributed in shallow tropical waters in the Indo-Pacific region, in India, they are found in the Gulf of Kutch, Gulf of Mannar, Palk Bay, and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Source : All India Radio

3. BATALA
Batala, a town in Gurdaspur district of Majha in Punjab, has become the bone of contention among warring Congress leaders in the region. The government is considering declaring Batala as the 24th district of Punjab.

What is the historical importance of Batala?

  • Batala is considered an important city of Punjab thanks to its historical, religious, social and literary heritage.

  • Batala was the oldest city of Punjab after Bathinda which was founded in 1465 and also the eighth-largest city in the state in terms of population.

  • According to legend, Guru Nanak Dev, the first Guru of Sikhs, was married to Mata Sulakhni in this city in 1487. Gurdwara Dera Sahib and Gurdwara Kandh Sahib are adorned in his memory.

  • Guru Hargobind, the sixth Guru, also came to Batala to marry his son Baba Gurditta and in his memory Gurdwara Sat Kartaria is established in the middle of the city.

  • Batala was an important city of the Sikh empire after Lahore and Amritsar during the rule of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
Source : Indian Express

4. WORLD'S NORTHERNMOST ISLAND
A team of Arctic researchers from Denmark say they accidentally discovered what they believe is the world’s northernmost island located off Greenland’s coast.

About:

  • The scientists from the University of Copenhagen initially thought they had arrived at Oodaaq, an island discovered by a Danish survey team in 1978, to collect samples during an expedition that was conducted in July.

  • They instead wound up on an undiscovered island further north.

  • “Island hunters” are known as adventurers whose hobby it is to search for unknown islands.

  • The yet-to-be-named island is 780 meters (about 850 yards) north of Oodaaq, an island off Cape Morris Jesup, the northernmost point of Greenland and one of the most northerly points of land on Earth.

  • The tiny island, apparently discovered as a result of shifting pack ice, is about 30 by 60 meters (about 100 by 200 feet) in size and rises to about three to four meters (10 to 13 feet) above sea level, the university said.

  • The research team reportedly doesn’t consider the discovery to be a result of climate change and has allegedly proposed naming the island Qeqertaq Avannarleq, which means “the northernmost island” in Greenlandic.
Source : Indian Express

5. U.S.-INDIA STRATEGIC CLEAN ENERGY PARTNERSHIP (SCEP)
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri co-chaired a virtual Ministerial meeting with U.S. Secretary of Energy Ms. Jennifer Granholm to launch the revamped U.S.-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (SCEP).

About:

  • The SCEP is launched in accordance with U.S.-India Climate and Clean Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden at the Leaders Summit on Climate held in April this year.

  • The SCEP organizes inter-governmental engagement across five pillars of cooperation: (1) Power and Energy Efficiency; (2); Responsible Oil and Gas; (3) Renewable Energy; (4) Sustainable Growth and (5) Emerging Fuels.

  • A new India-US Task Force on Biofuels was also announced to build on the scope of work on cooperation in biofuels sector.

  • The two sides also announced rechristening of Gas Task Force to India-US Low Emissions Gas Task Force, which would continue to forge collaboration between U.S. and Indian companies on innovative projects to support India’s vision of gas-based economy.

  • Both sides have initiated institutionalization of India Energy Modeling Forum with the constitution of Six Task Forces for carrying out research and modeling in different areas.

  • Building on the success of the first phase, the two sides agreed to expand the scope of the work to include smart grid and grid storage as part of the second phase of the Partnership to Advance Clean Energy (PACE)-R initiative anchored on the Indian side by the Department of Science & Technology.
Source : PIB

6. MAIN BHI DIGITAL 3.0
Ministry of Housing and urban Affairs (MoHUA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) launched the pilot drive 'Main Bhi Digital 3.0' - A special Campaign for Digital Onboarding and Training for street vendors under PM SVANidhi scheme across 223 cities in the country.

About:

  • The BharatPe, Mswipe, PhonePe, Paytm, Aceware are participating in this drive to issue UPI IDs, QR code and provide digital training.

  • Digital Payment Aggregators will handhold the street vendors to bring about enhanced adoption of digital transactions and behaviour change.

  • To promote digital transactions instruction has been issued to the Lending Institutions (LIs) to handover a durable QR Code and train the beneficiaries for conducting digital receipt and payment transactions within a week of disbursement.

  • PM Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) was launched on June 1, 2020 as a Central Sector Scheme. The scheme facilitates affordable working capital loan of up to ₹10,000 with an interest subsidy @7% on regular repayment.
Source : PIB

7. MEDIUM RANGE SURFACE TO AIR MISSILE (MRSAM) SYSTEM
In a significant boost to India’s defence capabilities, the first deliverable Firing Unit (FU) of Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM) System was handed over to Indian Air Force (IAF) in the presence of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh at Air Force Station, Jaisalmer in Rajasthan on September 09, 2021.

About:

  • The MRSAM (IAF) is an advanced network centric combat Air Defence System developed jointly by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) in collaboration with the Indian industry comprising of private and public sectors including MSMEs.

  • The MRSAM system provides point and area air defence for ground assets against a wide range of threats including fighter aircraft, UAVs, helicopters, guided and unguided munitions, sub-sonic & supersonic cruise missiles etc.

  • It is capable of engaging multiple targets at ranges up to 70 kms in severe saturation scenarios.

  • The missile is powered by indigenously developed rocket motor and control system for achieving high manoeuvrability during the terminal phase.

  • The firing unit comprises of Missiles, Combat Management System (CMS), Mobile Launcher Systems (MLS), Advanced Long Range Radar, Mobile Power System (MPS), Radar Power System (RPS), Reloader Vehicle (RV) and Field Service Vehicle (FSV).
Source : PIB

8. INDIA RANKINGS 2021
Union Education Minister released the India Rankings 2021 instituted by the National Institutional Ranking Framework.

Key Highlights of India Rankings 2021:

  • Indian Institute of Technology Madras retains 1st Position in Overall Category as well as in Engineering for the third consecutive year.

  • Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru tops the University as well as Research Institution category introduced for the first time in India Rankings 2021.

  • IIM Ahmedabad tops in Management subject and All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi occupies the top slot in Medical for the fourth consecutive year.

  • Jamia Hamdard tops the list in Pharmacy subject for the third consecutive year.

  • Miranda College retains 1st position amongst colleges for the fifth consecutive year.

  • IIT Roorkee takes the top slot for the first time in Architecture subject displacing IIT Kharagpur.

  • National Law School of India University, Bangalore retains its first position for in Law for the fourth consecutive years.

  • Colleges in Delhi dominate ranking of colleges with five colleges out of first 10 colleges from Delhi.

  • Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal, secure 1st position in “Dental” category.
Source : PIB

9. HIMALAYAN DAY 2021
The National Mission for Clean Ganga organised Himalayan Diwas in association with Naula Foundation. This year’s theme is ‘Contribution of Himalayas and our responsibilities’.

About:

  • Himalaya Diwas is celebrated every year on 9th September in the state of Uttarakhand.

  • It is celebrated with the aim to conserve Himalayan ecosystem and region. Himalaya plays an important role to save and sustain nature and protect the country from adverse weather conditions. The Himalayan range is also responsible for rain besides being a rich repository of floral and faunal biodiversity.

  • Himalayan Day was first observed in Uttarakhand in 2010 as an initiative of a group of noted environmentalists including Sunderlal Bahuguna, Anil Prakash Joshi and Radha Behen. It was officially declared as Himalaya Day in 2015 by the then Chief Minister.
Source : PIB

10. SWACHH SURVEKSHAN GRAMEEN 2021
The Minister of Jal Shakti Ministry presided over the e-launch of Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2021 under Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) Phase -II at an event organized by Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS).

About:

  • The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS) will undertake Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2021 countrywide to support acceleration of ODF Plus interventions and increase momentum for improving ODF Sustainability as well as Solid and Liquid Waste Management (SLWM) activities across the villages in the country.

  • DDWS had commissioned Swachh Survekshan Grameen (SSG)on two occasions earlier in 2018 and 2019.

  • As part of Swachh Survekshan Grameen 17,475 villages in 698 Districts across India will be covered. 87,250 public places namely schools, anganwadis, public health centres, haat/bazaars/religious places in these 17,475 villages will be visited for survey.

  • In line with the Swachh Bharat Mission phase II program, SSG 2021 would focus on assessing ODF Sustainability & Implementation of ODF Plus in the villages.

  • Many new elements have been added in the SSG 2021. These elements include - Assessment of Solid, Liquid, Plastic Waste & faecal Sludge Management Arrangements, Awareness on Menstrual Hygiene and Management & Disposal Arrangements for Menstrual Waste.

The weightage to different elements of the SSG 2021 are as below:

  • Direct Observation of sanitation in villages including HHs/public places -30%

  • Citizen’s Feedback including feedback from common citizens, key influencers at the village level and from citizens online using a mobile App -35%

  • Service Level Progress on sanitation related parameters -35%
Source : PIB
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