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DAILY DOSE 9th  JULY -2024 CURRENT AFFAIRS

 

1) Gandaki River : 15 Year Bridge Collapsed

  • A 15-year-old bridge over the Gandaki River collapsed in Bihar’s Saran district recently, marking the third bridge collapse incident in the district within 24 hours.
  • Gandaki River also known as the Narayani and Gandak, is one of the major rivers in Nepal and a left-bank tributary of the Ganges in India.
  • It is formed by the union of the Kali and Trisuli rivers, which rise in the Great Himalaya Range in Nepal.
  • From this junction to the Indian border, the river is called the Narayani.
  • It flows southwest into India and then turns southeast along the Uttar Pradesh–Bihar state border and across the Indo-Gangetic Plain.
  • It enters the Ganges (Ganga) Riveropposite Patna, Bihar, after a winding course of 475 miles (765 km).

 

2) Bharat Bill Payment System : RBI

  • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently announced that all credit card bill payments via third-party applications must now be routed through the Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS).
  • Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) is a payment channel system conceptualized by the RBI and driven by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
  • It is a one-stop payment platform for all bills providing an interoperable and accessible “Anytime Anywhere” bill payment service to all customers across India with certainty, reliability and safety of transactions.
  • The system will provide multiple payment modes and instant confirmation of receipt of payment.
  • It is an integrated platform connecting banks and non-banks in bill aggregation business, billers, payment service providers and retail bill outlets.

 

3) CAMCOPTER S-100:

  • India is in the process of harnessing the capability of a rotary unmanned aerial system as part of a deal with Austrian company Schiebel for their renowned Camcopter S-100 ahead of the Prime Minister’s visit to the country.
  • CAMCOPTER S-100 is an Australian Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) using a rotorcraft design.
  • Produced by the Austrian company Schiebel, it was developed from 2003 to 2005.
  • It has a maximum take-off weight (MTOW) of 200 kg with 6 hours of endurance.
  • It has a maximum speed of 220 km/hr and a ceiling of 5,500 m.
  • It is powered by a heavy fuel engine and can carry multiple payloads which are surveillance as well as tactical in nature. The maximum payload weight is 50 kg.

 

4) Vizhinjam International Seaport:

  • With the completion of the first phase of the country’s first exclusive trans-shipment port, the Vizhinjam Port is all set to receive its first mothership.
  • Vizhinjam International Seaport is India’s first deepwater container transshipment port.
  • It is located at Vizhinjam, a coastal town in Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala.
  • It is located around 10 nautical miles from the international shipping route connecting Europe and the Persian Gulf with East Asia, through which around 30 percent of global maritime cargo passes.
  • It is developed in a landlord model with a public-private partnership component on a design, build, finance, operate, and transfer (“DBFOT”) basis.

 

5) Copernicus Climate Centre Service:

  • The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said that the world witnessed its warmest-ever June last month with the average temperature being 0.67°C above the 1991-2020 average.
  • Copernicus Climate Centre Service (C3S) is one of six thematic information services provided by the Copernicus Earth Observation Programme of the European Union.
  • Copernicus is an operational programme building on existing research infrastructures and knowledge available in Europe and elsewhere.
  • It supports society by providing authoritative information about the past, present and future climate in Europe and the rest of the World.

 

6) 89th Birthday Of Buddhist Spiritual Leader Dalai Lama:

  • The Dalai Lama belongs to the Gelugpa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, which is the largest and most influential tradition in Tibet.
  • There have been only 14 Dalai Lamas in the history of Tibetan Buddhism, and the first and second Dalai Lamas were given the title posthumously.
  • The 14th and current Dalai Lama is Tenzin Gyatso.
  • The Dalai Lamas are believed to be manifestations of Avalokiteshvara or Chenrezig, the Bodhisattva of Compassion and the patron saint of Tibet.

 

7) Axiom-4 Mission:

  • The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has shortlisted two of its four trained Gaganyaan astronauts for the Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in collaboration with the United States’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
  • Axiom-4 Mission:
  • NASA and Axiom Space, an american privately funded space infrastructure developer signed an order for the fourth private astronaut mission to the ISS, aiming to launch in August 2024 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
  • The mission aims to dock with the ISS for a fourteen-day duration.

 

8) Social Security For Gig Workers:

  • Karnataka became the second state after Rajasthan to come up with legislation for Gig Workers.
  • Through a draft version of the law (Karnataka Platform-based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Bill), the Karnataka government aims to regulate the social security and welfare of platform-based gig workers in the state by creating a board, welfare fund, and grievance cell among the mechanisms.

Highlights of the Karnataka Bill:

  • Creation of Welfare Board: Board comprising Karnataka labour minister, two aggregator officials, two gig workers, and one civil society member to be formed.
  • A two-level grievance redressal mechanism for workers, and more transparency with regards to the automated monitoring and decision-making systems deployed by platforms has been envisaged by the draft bill.
  • The draft mandates aggregators to make payments at least every week and to inform the worker about the reasons for any payment deductions.

 

9) Digital Bharat Nidhi:

  • The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) released draft rules to operationalise the Digital Bharat Nidhi, in a fresh attempt by the central government to increase telecom connectivity in rural areas.
  • Digital Bharat Nidhi would replace the erstwhile Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF), which is a pool of funds generated by a 5 per cent Universal Service Levy charged upon all the telecom fund operators on their Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR).
  • This money would be used to fund the expansion of telecom networks in remote and rural areas.

 

10)  Right To Repair Portal:

  • The Central government of India asked the automobile companies to join the unified Right to Repair Portal India.
  • Right to Repair Portal aims to provide consumers with access to repair information for their products and reduce e-waste.
  • It was launched by the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs (MCA) on National Consumer Rights Day 2022.
  • It provides information about the circular economy, which is the new economic model that focuses on repairing and reusing products, as opposed to throwing them away.

 

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