TNPSC Current Affairs – Nov. 10, 2016

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www.tnpsc.academy – tnpsc current affairs in English – Nov. 10, 2016 (10/11/2016)

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Topic : International Affairs – Eminent Person in news

US President Election

Republican Party Donald Trump is 45^th President of the United States. He defeated Democratic Party Hillary Clinton.

Topic : Environment and Ecology – Awareness programme to deal with biodiversity issues

Delhi Declaration on Agrobiodiversity Management

The Recently held 1^st International Agrobiodiversity Congress has adopted New Delhi Declaration on Agrobiodiversity Management.

 Important Notes in Declaration:

The declaration calls upon to deal top priority to the agrobiodiversity and their sustainable use towards achieving targets of SDGs relating to poverty alleviation, food and nutritional security, good health, gender equity and partnership.

The declaration recognizes the importance of traditional knowledge on agrobiodiversity of farm men and women, pastoralists and other tribal and rural communities and their central role in its conservation and use for a food and climate resilient world.

It urges conservation strategies and modern technologies.

This reemphasises the necessity of global exchange of plant, animal, aquatic microbial and insect genetic resources for food and agriculture to meet the ever-growing food and nutritional needs of each country.

It also suggests developing and implementing an agrobiodiversity index to help monitor conservation and use of agrobiodiversity.

The UN is also urged to consider declaring soon a ‘Year of Agrobiodiversity’ to draw worldwide attention and to catalyze urgent action.

Note:

Read about International Agrobiodiversity Congress on https://www.tnpsc.academy/tnpsc-current-affairs-nov-07-2016/

Topic : Welfare oriented Govt Schemes, their Utility

Pradhan Mantri Yuva Yojana for Entrepreneurs

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has launched Pradhan Mantri Yuva Yojana on Entrepreneurs education and training on the 2^nd foundation day of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE).

Highlights of the scheme:

The scheme is launched to scale up an ecosystem of entrepreneurship among youngsters.

It will provide entrepreneurship education and training to over 7 lakh students in 5 years through 3050 institutes.

It spans over five years.

Topic : Welfare oriented Govt Schemes, their Utility

Swastha Bharat-ek pehal/ Healthy India Initiative

The Union Ministry of Health and Family welfare has launched Healthy India Initiative magazine

About Healthy India Initiative magazine

It is a quarterly magazine and it will provide health related information and will raise awareness about healthy living.

 The magazine will cover different aspect of health: women and child health, elderly health, seasonal ailments, daily nutritional needs, safe medication practices, home remedies healthy living and many more.

It will be provided free of cost and currently issued in Hindi and English and will be issued next version in 13 other languages.

Topic : Welfare oriented Govt Schemes, their Utility

No More Tension Mobile App

The Union Ministry of Health and Family welfare has launched No More Tension Mobile App.

About the App:

It is stress management mobile application. Its main objective is to provide information to users regarding what is stress, its effects, symptoms, and its management. It  help users to manage stress.

The application allows the user to measure their stress level and learn various techniques like yoga and meditation to reduce stress from their lives.

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