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DAILY DOSE 27th  AUG – 2024 CURRENT AFFAIRS

 

1) 5 New Districts for Ladakh:

  • Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that five new districts — Zanskar, Drass, Sham, Nubra and Changthang would be created in the Union Territory of Ladakh for “bolstering governance in every nook and cranny”.
  • Ladakh now has two districts- Leh and Kargil with autonomous hill development councils.
  • The special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution was revoked by the Parliament on August 5, 2019 and the former State was split into two Union Territories — Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
  • The population of Ladakh is 2.74 lakh according to 2011 census.

 

2) Education   Ministry defines ‘ literacy, full literacy’ in push for adult literacy

  • the Education Ministry has defined ‘literacy’, and what it means to achieve ‘full literacy,’ in light of a renewed push for adult literacy under the New India Literacy Programme (NILP), a five-year programme (2022-27) that aims to onboard one crore learners aged above 15 every year across all States and Union Territories.
  • The scheme aims to cover a target of 5.00 crore non-literates in the age group of 15 years and above. The Scheme has five components: (i) Foundational Literacy and Numeracy, (ii) Critical Life Skills, (iii) Vocational Skills Development, (iv) Basic Education and (v) Continuing Education.
  • literacy may be understood as the ability to read, write, and compute with comprehension, that is to identify, understand, interpret and create along with critical life skills such as digital and financial literacy. Full literacy (to be considered equivalent to 100% literacy) will be achieving 95% literacy in a State or Union Territory.

 

3) India, Singapore explore boosting ties on ‘six pillars’ at bilateral meet:

  • Second ministerial meeting : India, Singapore to identify new areas to elevate strategic ties.
  • The main objectives of the second ISMR are to review the progress in bilateral collaboration since the first ISMR and explore new areas of collaboration particularly in sustainability, digitalisation, skills development, healthcare and medicine, advanced manufacturing and connectivity.

 

4) ISRO finalises design of Humanoid skull crucial to Gaganyaan mission next year:

  • the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will send a humanoid robot, Vyommitra, into space to test spacecraft safety.
  • The humanoid’s skull, designed at ISRO’s Thiruvananthapuram unit, weighs 800 grams and measures 200 mm x 220 mm, made from a high-strength aluminum alloy to endure pressure and vibration.
  • Vyommitra will resemble the upper human body, featuring movable arms, face, and neck equipped with sensors to perform human-like functions and assess the impacts of space travel.

 

5) Unified Lending Interface

  • Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Monday said that a nationwide launch of the Unified Lending Interface (ULI) will happen in due course. Similar to Unified Payment Interface (UPI), which has revolutionised the retail payment system in the country, ULI will transform the lending landscape.
  • ULI platform will facilitate a seamless and consent-based flow of digital information, including land records of various states, from multiple data service providers to lenders. It will cut down the time taken for credit appraisal, especially for smaller and rural borrowers.
  • He said that the ULI architecture has common and standardised APIs (Application Programming Interface), designed for a ‘plug and play’ approach to ensure digital access to information from diverse sources.
  • The platform will reduce the complexity of multiple technical integrations, and will enable borrowers to get the benefit of seamless delivery of credit, and quicker turnaround time without requiring extensive documentation.

 

6) 10th Round of India-Australia CECA Negotiations held on five tracks in sydney

  • 10th Round of India-Australia CECA Negotiations was held from 19-22 August 2024 in Sydney in the areas of Goods, Services, Digital Trade, Government Procurement, Rules of Origin and Agri tech.
  • Australia is an important trade and strategic partner of India. Both the countries are part of the 14 country Indo Pacific Economic Forum for Prosperity (IPEF) and Trilateral Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (SCRI) which is expected to strengthen the supply chain resilience in the region.

 

7) Cabinet approves Unified Pension Scheme

  • The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, today approved the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS).
  • The salient features of the UPS are:
  • Assured pension: 50% of the average basic pay drawn over the last 12 months prior to superannuation for a minimum qualifying service of 25 years. This pay is to be proportionate for lesser service period upto a minimum of 10 years of service.
  • Assured family pension: @60% of pension of the employee immediately before her/his demise.
  • Assured minimum pension: @10,000 per month on superannuation after minimum 10 years of service.
  • Inflation indexation: on assured pension, on assured family pension and assured minimum pension.

 

8) Cabinet approves the Dept. of Science & Technology scheme namely ‘Vigyan Dhara’

  • The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, today approved continuation of the three umbrella schemes, merged into a unified central sector scheme namely ‘Vigyan Dhara’ of Department of Science and Technology (DST).
  • The scheme has three broad components:
  • Science and Technology (S&T) Institutional and Human Capacity Building, Research and Development and Innovation, Technology Development and Deployment.

 

9) Japan on High Alert as Typhoon Shanshan Approaches           

  • The terms “hurricane” and “typhoon” are regional names for tropical cyclones. All tropical cyclones are alike in that they draw heat from warm water at the ocean’s surface to power horizontal, rotating wind. Although similar in size, tropical cyclones have a different energy source than synoptic cyclones, which are storm systems that draw their energy from weather fronts and jet streams.
  • Over the Atlantic and East Pacific, tropical cyclones are commonly called “hurricanes.” The common term is “typhoon” for a tropical cyclone that forms in the West Pacific. Tropical cyclones are called just “cyclones” in the Indian Ocean and near Australia.

 

10)  SPICED Scheme to Boost Spice Exports and Productivity:

  • The Spices Board of India has introduced the SPICED scheme, a strategic initiative to enhance spice exports and productivity. This scheme, officially named ‘Sustainability in Spice Sector through Progressive, Innovative and Collaborative Interventions for Export Development,’ will be implemented throughout the remainder of the 15th Finance Commission cycle.

 

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