TNPSC Current Affairs March 09, 2018

www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current Affairs March 09, 2018 (09/03/2018)

 

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Topic: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life

Rydberg polarons

An international team of physicists have successfully created a “giant atom” and filled it with ordinary atoms, creating a new state of matter termed “Rydberg polarons”.

These atoms are held together by a weak bond and is created at very cold temperatures.

What will be the use of these Rydberg polarons?

A particularly interesting implication is for cosmology. Our universe is believed to be filled with a mysterious ‘dark matter’ which exerts a gravitational force on other matter.

Some theories of dark matter postulate that it is a cosmic Bose Einstein Condensate, perhaps composed of an as-yet-unknown type of particle.

If we are indeed living in an invisible all-pervading Bose Einstein Condensate, this experiment can suggest ways to detect it.

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

Udyam Sakhi Portal

The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) has launched a portal for women entrepreneurs of India.

About the portal:

The portal is a network for nurturing entrepreneurship and creating business models for low cost products and services in order to empower women and make them self-reliant and self-sufficient.

The portal provides assistance through its platform for entrepreneurship learning tools, incubation facility, training programs for fund raising, providing mentors, one-on-one investor meet, provide market survey facility and technical assistance.

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

SUVIDHA

The government has launched ‘Suvidha’, the 100% Oxo-biodegradable Sanitary Napkin, under the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP).

Key facts:

The affordable sanitary napkin will be available for Rs. 2.50 per padat over 3200 Janaushadhi Kendra sacross India.

It would ensure ‘Swachhta, Swasthya and Suvidha’for the underprivileged Women of India.

This is a step taken by the Department of Pharmaceuticals.

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

Swachh Shakti 2018

Swachh Shakti 2018 was celebrated in Lucknow with 15000 women Swachh Bharat champions resolving to usher in clean India on International Women’s Day.

About Swachh Shakti:

The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, in association with the Government of Uttar Pradesh had organized the event.

Under this, women sarpanches, women Swachhagrahis and women champions from other walks of life from across the country will be recognised for their outstanding contribution towards making a Swachh Bharat.

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Topic : New Inventions on Science and Health, Latest Diary of Events

Calcium silicate perovskite

For the first time, scientists have found Earth’s fourth most abundant mineral—calcium silicate perovskite—at Earth’s surface.

Key facts:

Scientists found the calcium silicate perovskite within a diamond mined from less than one kilometre beneath Earth’s crust, at South Africa’s famous Cullinan Mine, best known as the source of two of the largest diamonds in the British Crown Jewels.

CaSiO3 perovskite in diamond indicates the recycling of oceanic crust into the lower mantle.

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Topic : Sports and Medals

2018 Winter Paralympics

The opening ceremony of the 2018 Paralympic Games in South Korea takes place.

Key facts:

The 2018 Winter Paralympics, the 12th Paralympic Winter Games, and also more generally known as the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, were an international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), that was held in Pyeongchang County, Gangwon Province, South Korea, from 9 to 18 March 2018.

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

Karnataka flag unveiled

The Siddaramaiah government on Thursday unveiled the State flag (nada dhwaja) for Karnataka.

If approved by the Centre, Karnataka will be the second State to have a flag after Jammu and Kashmir.

The yellow-white-red flag has the State emblem at the centre.

The proposal will be now sent to the Union Home Ministry for approval, since a State has no powers to announce its own flag.