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Daily Current Affairs 21 July 2021
BBNL invites global bids for Rs 19,041 cr BharatNet broadband project
Bharat Broadband Network Limited recently invited global tender for the Development of BharatNet through Public Private Partnership model in 9 separate packages across 16 states.
Under this project, the government will provide a maximum Grant of 19 thousand 41 Crore rupees as Viability Gap Funding.
The Project will cover an estimated three lakh 61 thousand Villages across Kerala, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.
The scope of BharatNet has now been enhanced to connect all the Inhabited Villages of the country to around six lakh 43 thousand.
Eid-ul-Azha 2021
Eid al-Adha is being celebrated all over the world. It is one of the most important days in the Islamic calendar.
Eid al-Adha falls on the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah as per the Islamic lunar calendar.
On this day, people visit their family and friends and celebrate the festival with gifts, greetings, hugs and spreading love.
It is believed that on the day of the Sacrificial Feast, no one should be left hungry.
One of the main trials of Abraham’s life was to face the command of God by sacrificing his beloved son Isaac.
UP Govt starts trial run of electric buses in Lucknow
Pradesh Government has started the trial run of electric buses in state capital Lucknow. Very soon the buses will be running in 14 cities of the state.
The prototype type trial of buses started today in state capital Lucknow during which four buses will ply for around 180 km daily. After the success of the trial 700 buses will start running in 14 cities.
These AC luxury AC buses have comfortable seats and many security features also which includes GPS tracking system cctv. Panic button and automatic doors.
These buses will have normal fare like any other bus and it can run for 120 km in 45 minutes after one time charging.
600 buses will run in cities like Lucknow, Kanpur, Agra, prayagraj, Varanasi, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Jhansi, Aligarh, Moradabad and Bareilly with the help of Central Government funding while state government will fund for the buses in Mathura Vrindavan Gorakhpur and Shahjahanpur.
Boosting Production of Pulses under the National Food Security Mission
The seed minikits of pulses are distributed to the farmers of major pulse growing States under the National Food Security Mission (NFSM).
The district wise allocation and distribution of seed minikits is managed by the respective State Governments.
The Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) is implemented by the States under the National Food Security Mission (NFSM).
The States transfer the benefit to the targeted beneficiaries through DBT by using Aadhar enabled system. Many states viz., Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra etc have reported Aadhaar enabled distribution of seed minikits.
The production and productivity of pulses under seed minikits programme is primarily monitored by State Government field functionaries and State Food Security Mission Executive Committee (SFSM-EC) headed by Chief Secretary/Agriculture Production Commissioner.
Government making efforts to enhance the production of nano urea
Government is encouraging the production of Nano fertilizers in the country. Nano Urea (Liquid) is a source of nitrogen which is a major essential nutrient required for proper growth and development of a plant.
IFFCO has developed nanotechnology based Nano Urea (Liquid) fertilizer that aims to address the imbalanced and excessive use of conventional Urea.
It further aims to improve crop productively, soil health and nutritional quality of the produce.
Nitrogen is a key constituent of amino acids, enzymes, genetic materials, photosynthetic pigments and energy transfer compounds in a plant.
Meeting of the BRICS Contact Group on Economic and Trade issues
India has chaired the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa) meeting on Contact Group on Economic and Trade issues for the year 2021.
The Contact Group on Economic and Trade Issues (CGETI) is responsible for economic and trade matters. The Department of Commerce is the national coordinator for the BRICS CGETI.
the BRICS Members deliberated on the following proposals circulated by India, for strengthening and increasing the Intra-BRICS cooperation and trade:
- BRICS Cooperation on Multilateral Trading System;
- BRICS Framework for ensuring Consumer Protection in E-Commerce;
- Non-Tariff Measures (NTM) Resolution Mechanism for SPS/TBT Measures;
- Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Working Mechanism;
- Cooperation framework for protection of Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions;
- BRICS Framework on Cooperation in Professional Services.
92.8% ration cards have been seeded with Aadhaar of beneficiaries
The Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution informed that So far, at the national level about 92.8% ration cards have been seeded with Aadhaar of beneficiaries.
28 States/UTs have completed the Aadhaar seeding of respective ration cards.
Further, Aadhaar seeding of ration cards is progressing slowly in other 8 States/UT of Jharkhand (97.5%), Mizoram (97%), Ladakh (94.7%), Nagaland (86%), West Bengal (79.8%), Arunachal Pradesh (59.7%), Assam (18%) and Meghalaya (16.5%) due to multiple process in Aadhaar generation and their delivery to beneficiaries besides other reasons including technical for seeding with ration cards database.
MoD issues RFP for construction of six P-75(I) submarines for Indian Navy
Ministry of Defence (MoD) has issued Request of Proposal (RFP) for the first acquisition programme under the Strategic Partnership Model for construction of six AIP fitted Conventional Submarines named Project 75(India) [P-75(I)] for the Indian Navy, on July 20, 2021.
Project-75(I) envisages indigenous construction of six modern conventional submarines with contemporary equipment, weapons & sensors including Fuel-Cell based AIP, advanced torpedoes, modern missiles and state of the art countermeasure systems.
This would provide a major boost to the indigenous design and construction capability of submarines in India, in addition to bringing in the latest submarine design and technologies as part of the project.
The project would not only aid in boosting the core submarine/ship building industry but would also greatly enhance manufacturing/industrial sector, especially the MSME by development of an industrial eco-system for manufacture of associated spares/systems/equipment related to submarines.
DRDO developed High Strength Beta Titanium Alloy on industrial scale
DRDO has indigenously developed a High Strength Metastable Beta Titanium Alloy containing Vanadium, Iron and Aluminium, Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al on industrial scale for applications in aerospace structural forgings.
It has been developed by Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), a premier Hyderabad based laboratory of DRDO.
These alloys are already being used by many developed nations in recent times as beneficial substitute for the relatively heavier traditional Ni-Cr-Mo structural steels to achieve weight savings.
The excellent forgeability of high strength-to-weight ratio Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al alloy facilitates manufacture of intricately configured components for aerospace applications with potential for significant weight savings.
IIT Ropar developed first-of-its-kind Oxygen rationing device – AMLEX
The Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar has developed a first-of-its-kind Oxygen Rationing Device – AMLEX that supplies a required volume of oxygen to the patient during inhalation and trips when the patient exhales CO2.
This process saves oxygen which otherwise unnecessarily get wasted.
So far, during exhalation, the oxygen in the oxygen cylinder/pipe is pushed out along with the exhaled CO2 by the user.
This leads to wastage of a large volume of oxygen in long run. In addition to this, a large volume of oxygen escapes from the openings of the mask to the environment in the resting period (between inhalation and exhalation) due to continuous flow of life saving gas in the mask.
MyGov hosts Online Competition to nurture young Indian writers and authors
MyGov platform under Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) in collaboration with National Book Trust (NBT), Ministry of Education, is hosting the Online Competition under PM’s Mentorship Scheme for Young Writers
The PM’s Mentorship Scheme for Young Writers is garnering a lot of interest among the youth of the nation.
To be part of this scheme, many aspiring and budding writers have come forward to submit their entries and benefit from this unique initiative of the government.
A total of 75 authors will be selected through an All India Contest being conducted through nbtindia.gov.in and MyGov.in.
The applications can be submitted till 31 July and the winners will be announced on 15 August 2021. Nearly 5000 book proposals have already been received till 19 July 2021.
The National Book Trust, India under the Ministry of Education as the implementing agency will ensure phase-wise execution of the Scheme under well-defined stages of mentorship.
Processing of agro-products in rural areas of Maharashtra
The Ministry of Food Processing industries (MoFPI) has been implementing Central Sector Umbrella Scheme – Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) for overall growth and development of food processing sector across the country including rural areas of Maharashtra.
Under component schemes of PMKSY, MoFPI provides mostly credit linked financial assistance (capital subsidy) in the form of grants-in-aid to entrepreneurs for setting up of food processing / preservation industries.
So far, Ministry has approved a total of 3 Mega Food Parks, 62 Cold Chain projects, 12 Agro Processing Clusters, 39 Food Processing Units, 12 Creation of Backward & Forward Linkages Projects & 26 Food Test Laboratories in Maharashtra for assistance under corresponding component schemes of PMKSY.
In the budget speech for 2021-2022, Government has announced expansion of scope of “Operation Greens scheme” from Tomato, Onion & Potato (TOP) to 22 perishable products, so as to boost value addition in agriculture and allied products. Banana has been included in these perishables.
I&B Ministry organized Webinar on Digital Media Ethics Code
The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting organized a webinar on Digital Media Ethics Code.
Shri Vikram Sahay, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting was addressing a webinar on ‘Digital Media Ethics Code’ organized by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting for the stakeholders in the northern states/UTs of Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, and Himachal Pradesh.
The webinar for the northern states was a continuation of the series of webinars organized by the Ministry through the regional units of the Press Information Bureau for stakeholders in various regions.
These include webinars held for the southern, western, eastern and north-eastern; and central regions during the month of June and July, 2020.
NTPC won auction of 450 MW of Solar projects in Madhya Pradesh
NTPC has emerged winner at the Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited (RUMSL) auction for a 450 MW of solar projects at the Shajapur Solar Park in Madhya Pradesh.
NTPC Renewables won a capacity of 105 MW & 220 MW quoting the lowest tariff of ₹2.35 per kWh, and ₹2.33 per kWh respectively.
Recently, NTPC REL has been given the go-ahead by MNRE on 12th July 2021 under Mode 8 (Ultra Mega Renewable Energy Power Park) of Solar Park Scheme.
As a part of its green energy portfolio augmentation, NTPC Ltd, India’s largest energy integrated company aims to build 60 GW Renewable Energy Capacity by 2032.
Currently, the state owned power major has an installed capacity of 66 GW across 70 power projects with an additional 18 GW under construction.
Russia successfully test-fired its new S-500 air defence missile systems
Russia has successfully test-fired its new S-500 air defence missile systems at a southern training range and hit a high-speed ballistic target.
The S-500, which is expected to have a maximum firing range of 600 kilometres, is the most advanced anti-missile system in the world and is capable of countering attacks from space.
Its development however is years behind schedule. The military had previously said the army would begin receiving the first S-500 systems in 2020.
In 2017, the S-400 of Russia was described as “one of the best air-defence systems currently made”, and Siemon Wezeman of Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said it “is among the most advanced air defense systems available.”
On 15 October 2016, during the BRICS Summit, India and Russia signed an Inter-governmental Agreement (IGA) for the supply of five S-400 regiments. The US$5.43 billion deal was formally signed on 5 October 2018, ignoring threat of US sanctions.
