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DAILY DOSE 12th SEPT – 2024 CURRENT AFFAIRS
1) Ukai Dam : In News
- Following rainfall in its upper catchment areas, the authorities recently discharged 1.19 lakh cusecs of water from the Ukai Dam, bringing the water level in the dam just five feet below the danger mark of 345 feet.
- The Ukai Dam, constructed across the Tapti River, is the second largest reservoir in Gujarat after the Sardar Sarovar.
- It is also known as Vallabh Sagar.
- Constructed in 1972, the dam is meant for irrigation, power generation, and flood control.
- The storage capacity of the Ukai dam is almost 46% of the total capacity of all the other existing dams in Gujarat if put together.
2) India’s First silicon Carbide:
- The Chief Minister of Odisha graced the ground-breaking ceremony of India’s first silicon carbide manufacturing facility to be set up in Odisha at an investment of Rs 620 crore.
- Silicon Carbide was discovered by the American inventor Edward G. Achesonin 1891.
- Its chemical formula is SiC and it is the most widely used non-oxide ceramic.
- It is an exceedingly hard, synthetically produced crystalline compound of silicon and carbon.
- In addition to hardness, silicon carbide crystals have fracture characteristics that make them extremely useful in grinding wheels and in abrasive paper and cloth products.
3) Parliamentary Committee On Official Language:
- Recently, the Union Home Minister was unanimously re-elected the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Official Language.
- The Parliamentary Committee on Official Language was constituted under the provisions of Section 4 of the Official Languages Act, 1963, in the year 1976.
- Section 4 of the Act says “There shall be constituted a Committee on Official language, on a resolution to that effect being moved in either House of Parliament with the previous sanction of the President and passed by both Houses”.
- The Committee is chaired by the Union Home Minister, and has, in accordance with the provisions of the 1963 Act.
4) World Largest Plastic Polluter : Study
- A recent study published in the journal Nature has revealed that India is the highest contributor to global plastic pollution.
- India accounts for approximately one-fifth of the total plastic waste generated worldwide.
Key Findings of the Study:
- India generates approximately 9.3 million tonnes of plastic pollution annually. Out of this, 5.8 million tonnes (mt) are incinerated, while 3.5 million tonnes are released into the environment as debris.
- This figure is significantly higher than Nigeria (3.5 mt), Indonesia (3.4 mt), and China (2.8 mt).
- India’s waste generation rate is approximately 0.12 kilograms per capita per day.
5) Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maandhan Yojana : 5 Year Completed
- The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maandhan Yojana (PM-KMY), launched on 12th September 2019, has completed five successful years.
- Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maandhan Yojana (PM-KMY) scheme has been started to provide social security to all landholding Small and Marginal Farmers (farmers whose land holdings are upto two hectares of land in the country).
- As of August 2024, 23.38 lakh farmers have enrolled, with Bihar and Jharkhand leading in registrations.
- Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha have over 2.5 lakh, 2 lakh, and 1.5 lakh farmer registrations, respectively.
6) Mpox : Detection Kit
- India has developed an indigenous Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing kit for detecting Mpox (previously known as monkeypox).
- These kits are developed by Siemens Healthcare, Transasia Diagnostics, and JITM C Genes which are approved by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO).
- The new RT-PCR kits provide results in 40 minutes, compared to traditional methods, which take one to two hours.
- These RT-PCR kits ensure detection across both clade I and clade II variants.
- Mpox is a viral illness caused by the monkeypox virus.
7) Joint Doctrine For Amphibious Operations:
- Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan released the Joint Doctrine for Amphibious Operations on 9th September 2024 in New Delhi.
- Amphibious Operations refers to military operations that involve a coordinated effort between land and naval forces to project power from the sea onto land.
- This doctrine offers guidance to commanders for conducting amphibious operations in the complex military environment.
8) Typhoon Yagi : Vietnam
- Typhoon Yagi has claimed 143 lives in northern Vietnam, with 58 still missing. Typhoon Yagi is the strongest to hit Vietnam in decades, with winds reaching 149 kph.
- Vietnam and the Philippines are frequently affected by typhoons due to their geographic location in the Western Pacific, one of the most active typhoon basins in the world.
- Both countries lie along the Pacific typhoon belt, where warm ocean waters and atmospheric conditions favour the formation of strong tropical storms.
9) New Cybersecurity Initiatives:
- Union Home Minister recently addressed the first Foundation Day program of the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) in New Delhi and launched key initiatives for prevention of cybercrime.
- Cyber Fraud Mitigation Centre (CFMC) has been established at the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (14C) in New Delhi with representatives of major banks, Financial Intermediaries, Payment Aggregators, Telecom Service Providers, IT Intermediaries, and States/UTs Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs).
- They will work together for immediate action and seamless cooperation to tackle online financial crimes.
10) Nebula : Study
- NASA recently captivated space enthusiasts with a breathtaking image of the Red Spider Nebula.
- A nebula is a giant cloud of dust and gas in space.
- Some nebulae (more than one nebula) come from the gas and dust thrown out by the explosion of a dying star, such as a Supernova.
- Other nebulae are regions where new stars are beginning to form. For this reason, some nebulae are called “star nurseries.”
- Nebulae are made of dust and gases—mostly hydrogen and helium.
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