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DAILY DOSE 31st AUG – 2024 CURRENT AFFAIRS
1) Bureau Of Police Research And Development:
- The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) recently celebrated its 54th Foundation Day at its headquarters in New Delhi.
- BPR&D plays a pivotal role in shaping policing practices and law enforcement strategies in India.
- The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) is a premier research and development organization in the field of policing and law enforcement in India.
- It was established in 1970 under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
2) Pathways And Strategies For Accelerating Growth In Edible Oils : Report Of NITI AAyog
- A report titled “Pathways and Strategies for Accelerating Growth in Edible Oils towards Goal of Atmanirbharta” was released by NITI Aayog.
- The report analyses the current edible oil sector, outlines its future potential, and provides a detailed roadmap to address challenges, aiming to close the demand-supply gap and achieve self-sufficiency.
Key Highlights of the Report:
- Oilseed Production and Area: Nine major oilseed crops (groundnut, rapeseed-mustard, soybean, sunflower, sesame, safflower, niger seed, castor and linseed) cover 14.3% of the gross cropped area, contributing 12-13% to dietary energy and about 8% to agricultural exports.
- Soybean leads with 34% of total oilseed production, followed by rapeseed-mustard (31%) and groundnut (27%).
- Regional Production Distribution: Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh are the top producers, each contributing about 21.42% of national production.
3) Piezoelectric Polymer:
- Researchers from Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), an autonomous institute of Department of Science and Technology, in collaboration with scientists from National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune have developed a security alert system based on piezoelectric polymer nanocomposite.
- Piezoelectric Polymers are polymers that can generate electric charges on the surface under pressure/strain thus converting mechanical energy into electrical energy.
- These polymers have much higher piezoelectric stress constants indicating that they are much better sensors than ceramics.
- They have low dielectric constant, low elastic stiffness, and low density, which result in a high voltage sensitivity and low acoustic and mechanical impedance (crucial for medical and underwater applications).
4) D-Voter:
- The Assam Chief Minister recently announced that nearly 1.2 lakh people in the state have been identified as ‘D’ (Dubious or Doubtful) voters, with 41,583 declared as foreigners.
- The concept of D-Voter is unique to Assam, where migration and citizenship are among the biggest political fault lines.
- It was introduced in Assam in 1997 by the Election Commission, targeting those who could not prove their Indian nationality.
- Those persons whose citizenship was doubtful or was under dispute were categorized as ‘D- Voters’ during the preparation of the National Register of Citizens in Assam.
5) SHe-Box Portal:
- Union Ministry of Women and Child Development recently launched the new SHe-Box portal.
- SHe-Box Portal is a centralized platform for registering and monitoring complaints of sexual harassment of women in the workplace
- It serves as a centralized repository of information related to Internal Committees (ICs) and Local Committees (LCs) formed across the country, encompassing both the government and private sectors.
- It offers a common platform to file complaints, track their status, and ensure time-bound processing of complaints by ICs.
6) Finternet:
- The ex-chairman of UIDAI described the idea of ‘Finternet’ at the Global Fintech Fest (GFF) in Mumbai.
- Finternet refers to the multiple financial ecosystems interconnected with each other, much like the internet.
- It would lower barriers between different financial services and systems, drastically reducing the complex clearing and messaging chains and other frictions that hinder financial system
- It would be built on unified ledgers which will bring multiple financial markets such as tokenized assets, shares, bonds, real estate, on a single programmable platform.
7) Bonus Issue:
- Reliance Industries Chairman recently announced a bonus issue for the company’s shareholders in a 1:1 criterion.
- A bonus issue, also known as a scrip issue or a capitalization issue, occurs when a company listed on a stock exchange decides to offer free additional shares to the existing shareholders.
- The company decides the number of bonus shares to be allotted to every individual investor for holding a certain number of shares over a set period of time and accordingly rewards them.
- For example, a company may give one bonus share for every five shares held.
- This bonus issue aims to attract further investment and reward its existing shareholders as it improves the entity’s market image.
8) RESET Programme:
- The Union Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports and Labour & Employment launched “Retired Sportsperson Empowerment Training” (RESET) Programme on the occasion of National Sports Day in New Delhi.
- The Retired Sportsperson Empowerment Training Programme is aimed at empowering the retired sports persons who have played for the country and brought immense laurels to the nation.
- It will support retired athletes on their career development journey by empowering them with the necessary knowledge and skills and making them more employable.
- It represents a significant step towards recognizing and utilizing the invaluable experience and expertise of our retired athletes.
9) New Chairman Of The International Cricket Council:
- Jay Shah has been elected as the new chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC), becoming the youngest ever to reach this position.
- He currently holds the position of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary and will take over the charge at ICC from 1st December, 2024, succeeding Greg Barclay of New Zealand as ICC chairman He became the fifth Indian to become ICC chairman after Jagmohan Dalmiya, Sharad Pawar, N Srinivasan and Shashank Manohar.
10) Guru Padmasambhava:
- A two-day conference on the Life and Living Legacy of Guru Padmasambhava was held in Nalanda, Bihar, organised by the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) and Nava Nalanda Mahavihara.
- The event will focus on Guru Padmasambhava’s adaptation of Buddhist teachings to local cultures and traditions. Guru Padmasambhava, also known as Guru Rinpoche, was an 8th-century sage whose teachings significantly shaped the dissemination of Buddha Dhamma across the Himalayan region and is regarded as the second Buddha.
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