TNPSC Current Affairs July 01, 2019

www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current Affairs July 01, 2019 (01/07/2019)

 

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Topic: General Administration, Latest Diary of Events

One nation-one ration card

Government all set to implement “One nation-one ration card” scheme throughout India by 30th June, 2020.

About the scheme:

One Nation One Ration Card (RC) will ensure all beneficiaries especially migrants can access PDS across the nation from any PDS shop of their own choice.

Benefits: no poor person is deprived of getting subsidised foodgrains under the food security scheme when they shift from one place to another. It also aims to remove the chance of anyone holding more than one ration card to avail benefits from different states.

Significance: This will provide freedom to the beneficiaries as they will not be tied to any one PDS shop and reduce their dependence on shop owners and curtail instances of corruption.

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Topic: Latest Diary of Events

National Statistics Day

In recognition of the notable contributions made by Late Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in the fields of statistics, statistical system and economic planning, Government of India in 2007, has designated 29th June as the “Statistics Day” in the category of Special Days to be celebrated every year at the National level.

The objective of celebration of this Day is to create public awareness about the importance of statistics in socio-economic planning and policy formulation, to acknowledge the contribution of Prof. Mahalanobis, and to pay homage to him.

Theme: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) keeping in view India’s commitment towards achieving these goals.

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Topic: Space Technology, International Diary of Events

PUNCH mission

NASA has selected an US based Indian researcher to lead its PUNCH mission which will image the Sun.

About PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere):

It is focused on understanding the transition of particles from the Sun’s outer corona to the solar wind that fills interplanetary space.

It will consist of a constellation of four microsatellites that through continuous 3D deep-field imaging, will observe the corona and heliosphere as elements of a single, connected system.

The mission is expected to be launched in 2022.

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Topic: International Diary of Events, Eminent Persons in News

Demilitarized Zone

US President Donald Trump recently met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Demilitarized Zone.

What is it? The DMZ, which runs across the Korean Peninsula, is 248 kilometres long and the 4 kilometres wide. Created as a buffer at the close of the 1950-53 Korean War, it’s jointly overseen by the American-led UN Command and North Korea.

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Topic: Indian army and International relations, Latest Diary of Events

Strum Ataka

India has signed a deal with Russia for acquiring Strum Ataka anti-tank missile for its fleet of Mi-35 attack choppers of Indian Air Force (IAF).

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Topic: Space Technology, Latest Diary of Events, International Organizations

NASA to send Dragonfly robot to search for life on Saturn’s moon Titan

NASA has planned to return to Saturn’s moon Titan with a nuclear-powered drone, Dragonfly.

Dragonfly aims to search for signs of microbial alien life on Saturn’s moon Titan, while navigating its earth-like gravity and aerodynamics in the process.

The mission will succeed NASA’s Cassini probe, which ended its 13-year mission orbiting Saturn in September 2017 by diving into Saturn’s atmosphere.

Dragonfly mission is a part of NASA’s New Frontiers program, which includes a series of space exploration missions, which are being conducted with the purpose of researching several of the Solar System bodies, including the dwarf planet Pluto.

The New Frontiers programme also includes Pluto probe New Horizons, Jupiter probe Juno and OSIRIS-Rex asteroid mission.

The Dragonfly mission replaces a previously discontinued concept project called Titan Saturn System Mission (TSSM), which required a balloon probe to circumnavigate Titan.

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Topic: Latest Diary of Events

National Doctors’ Day

In India the National Doctors’ Day is celebrated on July 1 all across India to honour the legendary physician and the second Chief Minister of West Bengal, Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy.

He was born on July 1, 1882 and died on the same date in 1962, aged 80 years.

Dr Roy was honoured with the country’s highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna on February 4, 1961. The celebration of the Doctors’ Day is an attempt to emphasise on the value of doctors in our lives and to offer them our respects by commemorating one of their greatest representatives.

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Topic: Books and Authors, Eminent Persons in News

A Prime Minister to Remember

A Prime Minister to Remember written by former chief Admiral Sushil Kumar was released on June 28, 2019. The book talks about AB Vajpayee and his relationship with three armed forces chiefs after attack by Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists on India’s Parliament in 2001.

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Topic: Profile of States, General Administration, Latest Diary of Events

Tamil Nadu declared ‘Tamil Yeoman’ or ‘Tamil Maravan’ as its state butterfly

‘Tamil Yeoman’, a kind of butterfly found in the Western Ghats declared as Tamilnadu state butterfly. It is also called as ‘Tamil Maravan’.

Tamil Nadu has become the fifth state in the country to announce its state butterfly. Maharashtra was the first to declare Blue Mormon as its state butterfly, followed by Uttarakhand (Common peacock), Karnataka (Southern bird wings) and Kerala (Malabar banded peacock)

Tamil Yeoman or Tamil Maravan:

Its scientific name was Cirrochroa thais. ‘Tamil Yeoman’ is one of 30 butterfly species which found in the Western Ghats.

These butterflies are known to migrate from one place to another. These butterflies are yellow and dark brown in color.