Current affairs notes on August 13-14

 1.Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare virtually launched the Krishi Megh (National Agricultural Research & Education System -Cloud Infrastructure and Services). Krishi Megh is the data recovery centre of ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research).It’s built to mitigate the risk, enhance the quality, availability and accessibility of e-governance, research, extension and education in the field of agriculture in India.

2.The Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has put calls for proposals to the ‘One Sun, One World, One Grid (OSOWOG)’ initiative on hold till further notice. OSOWOG initiative was proposed by India to set up a framework for facilitating global cooperation which aims at building a global ecosystem of interconnected renewable energy resources that can be easily shared.

3.World Elephant Day was observed on August 12.

4.Papum Reserve Forest It is an Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs) in Arunachal Pradesh.  A study based on satellite data has flagged a high rate of deforestation in this area which is also a major hornbill habitat in Arunachal Pradesh. The Hornbill festival celebrated in Nagaland. It is a part of the Indo-Burma Biodiversity hotspot in India.There are four Biodiversity Hostpots in India : Himalaya, Indo-Burma, Sundalands and Western Ghats and Sri Lanka.

5.India ranks first in number of organic farmers and ninth in terms of area under organic farming. Sikkim became the first State in the world to become fully organic and other States including Tripura and Uttarakhand have set similar targets.

6.Sarthak is an Indian Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Vessel. It was launched recently.

7.India signed contract with Maldives for development of five eco-tourism zones in Addu city.

8. The Pune Rural Administration has been able to implement the Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas (PURA) initiative amid Covid-19 pandemic. PURA was mooted by the former President Dr. Abdul Kalam in January 2003 as a way of empowering and accelerating rural development.

9. Recently, the Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Organisation (NIIO) has been launched by the Defence Minister of India. To foster innovation and indigenisation for self-reliance in defence in keeping with the vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat.

10. The recent revival of the demand for two autonomous councils in Arunachal Pradesh has led to the call for bringing the entire Arunachal Pradesh under the ambit of the 6th Schedule or Article 371 (A) of the Constitution. Arunachal Pradesh is a 5th Schedule State. Currently the 6th Schedule is applied in Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura. On the other hand, Article 371 A is applied in Nagaland which provides special status to Nagaland.

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