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India on cusp of becoming 4th nation on Moon: Minister Jitendra Singh

June 13, 2024 by rawan239

With Isro’s most powerful rocket LVM-3 carrying the Chandrayaan-3 module on its tip standing tall on the launchpad inSriharikotaand the lunarcraft raring to begin itsMoonjourney next Friday, India is on the cusp of “becoming the fourth country after the US,Russiaand China to land on the Moon”, space ministerJitendra Singhsaid.

“After a quantum rise in our space expertise, India can no longer wait to be left behind in its march to the Moon,” he said.

After landing on Moon, the space minister said, the Chandrayaan-3 rover with six wheels will come out of the lander and is expected to work for 14 days on the lunar surface. “With the support of multiple cameras on the rover, we will be able to receive images,” Singh said.

The space minister said the primary objectives of the Chandrayaan-3 mission are threefold: to demonstrate safe and soft-landing on the lunar surface; to demonstrate rover roving on the Moon; and to conduct in-situ scientific experiments.

Singh said based on the current trajectory of Growth, India’s

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space sector could be a $1 trillion economy in the coming years. Currently, the space economy in India is very small accounting for about 2.1% of the global space economy in 2020 amounting to $9.6 billion, which is 0.4$ of the GDP of the country.

Up to US to create conditions for anti-drugs coop

June 13, 2024 by rawan239

China on Friday insisted it is up to the US to create necessary conditions for anti-drugs cooperation, following complaints from Washington that Beijing has ignored its calls for a crackdown on precursor chemicals for

the highly addictive painkiller fentanyl.

China takes an active part in international anti-narcotic cooperation and firmly opposes smears and unilateral sanctions on other countries under the pretext of the fight against drugs, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a daily briefing.

China was also deeply angered by a decision late last month by the U.S. Department to file criminal charges against four Chinese companies and eight individuals for allegedly trafficking the chemicals used to make fentanyl in the United States and Mexico.

The indictments represented the first prosecutions to charge China-based chemical companies and Chinese nationals with illegally selling the chemicals used to make the drug, which has been blamed for a deadly overdose crisis.

The Chinese Embassy condemned the charges, accusing the U.S. government of seeking to shift the blame for its domestic drug problem.

China has also complained over sanctions leveled against the Ministry of Public Securitys Institution of Forensic Science over a lack of action on combating the production and sale of fentanyl precursor chemicals, and says U.S. claims of a pipeline of such substances from China to Mexico and into the US is a fallacy.

Scotland wants to decriminalise drugs

June 13, 2024 by rawan239

The Scottish government has proposed decriminalising possession of all drugs for personal use to tackle one of Europes highest overdose death rates.

The suggestion was almost instantly blocked by the Conservative UK government in London, which said it had no plans to soften drug laws.

The Scottish government has often taken more liberal positions on social issues than the Conservative administration in London. Last year a law passed by the Scottish parliament that would make it easier for people to officially change gender was blocked by Sunak’s government.

The governing SNP uses such disagreements to bolster its argument that Scotland would be better off leaving the United Kingdom and becoming an independent country.

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Environment Ministry proposes more fines, less imprisonment for violations

June 13, 2024 by rawan239

The Environment Ministry proposes to soften the provisions of the Environment Protection Act (EPA) by replacing a clause that provides for imprisoning violators with one that only requires them to pay a fine. This, however, doesnt apply to violations that cause grave injury or loss of life. The proposed fines, in lieu of imprisonment, are also 5-500 times greater than those currently levied.

The Act currently says that violators will be punishable with imprisonment up to five years or with

a fine up to 1 lakh, or with both. Were violations to continue, an additional fine of up to 5,000 for every day during which such failure or contravention continues after the conviction would be levied. Theres also a provision for jail terms to extend to seven years.

Panel suggests increasing tenure of Parliamentary committees

June 13, 2024 by rawan239

There should be a dedicated hour during the Rajya Sabha proceedings to discuss the import and implications of the reports finalised by Parliamentary , a panel headed by former General Secretary and advisor P. P. K. Ramacharyulu has recommended.

The panel was instituted by Chairman Venkaiah Naidu in January this year. The extensive report, that studied the working of the Rajya Sabha secretariat and other procedural issues, has made 130 recommendations.

This is the first ever comprehensive study of the Rajya Sabha secretariat. The study has suggested streamlining of the secretarial work, including disposing of 75% of the issues by lower and middle level in a ten-layer hierarchy that exists in the secretariat at present. The Rajya Sabha secretariat, that in 1952 had started out with 200 officers and staff, has 1,700 personnel at present.

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Bonn Global Biodiversity Conclave 2022

June 13, 2024 by rawan239

During the conclave Assessment on the Sustainable Use of Wild Species report will be published at the 9^thconference of Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).

9^thconference of IPBES is scheduled to held on July 8, 2022.

Report will be made on the basis of earlier IPBES assessment reports.

New report will incorporate the details on diverse uses of wild species and practices that are connected with them, these practices include, Gathering, Logging, Fishing, observing and Terrestrial animal harvesting (shearing and hunting).

It will investigate, what sustainable use implies and how it is associated to United Nations-mandated Sustainable Development Goals.

Buses and trucks will be required to comply with fuel consumption norms from April 2023 that applied only to passenger vehicles so far, according to a draft notification issued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.

The Ministry has proposed to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules so that the Constant Fuel Consumption Standards (CFCS) include medium and heavy-duty motor vehicles of various categories either manufactured in India or imported to the country. These rules so far applied only to passenger vehicles with up to nine seats.

Shortened daily regimen for tuberculosis treatment which enables better drug compliance and gives the patients better chance at completing treatment is the aim of a study that the Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT), Chennai, is all set to undertake.

NIRTs multi-centric study

to be carried out in Nagpur, Lucknow, Vellor and Delhi will evaluate the efficacy of a four-month daily regimen for TB treatment using Moxifloxacin, a drug used to prevent the disease as compared with the existing six-month course.

Under the National TB Elimination Program (NTEP), the anti-TB drugs are offered as fixed-dose combinations (FDC) and a pilot study for this has been completed.

UDISE+ 2019-20 Report – Education Report

June 13, 2024 by rawan239

The report on the United Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2019-20 for School Education in India has been released by the Union Education Minister.

Highlights:

When comparing 2019-20 to 2018-19, the Gross Enrollment Ratio at all levels of schooling increased.

For students in Classes 1-8, the GER is 98 percent. The GER for secondary and senior secondary students was 78 percent and 51 percent, respectively.

The pupil-teacher ratio (PTR) has also improved across the board in all levels of schooling.
Girls’ enrollment increased at all levels of schooling in 2019-20 compared to 2018-19. The pre-primary level saw the greatest increase.

The Gender Parity Index (GPI) at both the Secondary and Higher Secondary levels improved between 2012-13 and 2019-20.

About UDISE:

UDISE is one of the largest school education management information

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The Ministry of Education established UDISE in 2012-13 by combining DISE for elementary education and SEMIS for secondary education.

Purpose: It aids in the measurement of educational parameters from classes 1 to 12 in government and private schools throughout India.

UDISE+ is an enhanced version of UDISE. It was created in 2018-19 to speed up data entry, reduce errors, improve data quality, and simplify data verification.

The data for the reference year 2019-20 are covered in this publication.

Purchasing Managers Index PMI

June 13, 2024 by rawan239

The survey-based service ‘s June PMI showed that it shrank to 41.2 for the second time in a row

About PMI:

It is a survey-based metric that asks respondents about changes in their perception of key business variables compared to the previous month.

Calculate the manufacturing and service industries separately, and then construct a comprehensive index.

The PMI is a number ranging from 0 to 100.

A PMI reading above 50 indicates expansion when compared to the previous month.

A PMI of less than 50 indicates a contraction, and

A reading of 50 indicates that there has been no change.

If the previous month’s PMI is higher than the current month’s PMI (as in the example above), it indicates that the economy is contracting.

The PMI is usually released at the beginning of each month. As a result, it is regarded as a reliable leading indicator of economic activity.

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Five Portals on the AYUSH Sector Launched

June 13, 2024 by rawan239

The Union Minister of Ayush launched five important portals and issued four publications.

Highlights:

Ayurveda Dataset on Clinical Trial Registry of India (CTRI): The CTRI is a primary Clinical Trials Registry under the WHO’s International Clinical Trials Registry Platform. The creation of an Ayurveda Dataset in CTRI makes it easier to use Ayurvedic terminologies to record clinical studies based on Ayurvedic interventions. This will increase the global visibility of Ayurveda-based clinical trials.

CCRAS-RMIS: Research Management Information System is a one-stop solution for Ayurveda-based research and development. The portal provides free reference material, research tools, and clinical and scientific advice. It was created in collaboration with the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) and the Indian Council of Medical Research (Icmr).

E-Medha (electronic Medical Heritage Accession) Portal: NIC’s e-granthalaya platform provides online public access to a catalogue of

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AMAR (Ayush Manuscripts Advanced Repository) Portal: It has digitised information on rare and difficult-to-find manuscripts and catalogues of Ayurveda, , Unani, Siddha, and Sowa Rigpa in libraries or individual collections in India or otherparts in the world

SHAI (Showcase of Ayurveda Historical Imprints) Portal: It displays inscriptions, archaeobotanical data, sculptures, philological sources, and advanced archaeo-genetic research.

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International Financial Services Centres Authority IFSCA

June 13, 2024 by rawan239

Establish and operate the International Trade Financial Service Platform (ITFS) to provide a framework for trade financial Services in the International Financial Service Center.

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The IFSCA has issued a framework for establishing and operating an International Trade Finance Services Platform in order to provide Trade Finance Services at International Financial Services Centres.

This framework will allow importers and exporters to use different types of trade financing facilities under competitive conditions to conduct international trade transactions through the dedicated electronic platform ITFS.

This will assist them in converting their trade receivables into liquid funds and obtaining short-term funding.

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