TNPSC Current Affairs November 25, 2019

www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current Affairs Nov 25, 2019 (25/11/2019)

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Topic: Profile of States, Latest Diary of Events

Haryana’s Johads

Johads are community-owned rainwater storage wetland mainly used for harnessing water resources.

Why in News? Haryana state government has come out with a plan of rehabilitating over 16,400 ponds in rural areas across the state in order to analyze pond water to ascertain its suitability for irrigation and other uses.

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

What is Golden rice?

It is a genetically-engineered rice that contains beta-carotene. Here, the traditional rice is changed by inserting bacteria and daffodil and maize genes into it. It is called golden rice because of the golden colour of its grains.

It was claimed to be able to fight Vitamin A deficiency, which is the leading cause of blindness among children and can also lead to death due to infectious diseases such as measles.

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Topic: Latest Diary of Events

Sumatran rhino

Sumatran rhino is now extinct in Malaysia. Now, there are now just 80 Sumatran rhinos left in the world, all of them in Indonesia, especially on the island of Sumatra and the Indonesian part of Borneo.

Background:

The Sumatran rhino is the smallest of the five extant rhino species in the world. The other species include the White Rhino, the Black Rhino, the Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros and the Javan Rhino.

In the Indian subcontinent in the 19th century, the Sumatran rhinoceros occurred in parts of Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram, northern Bengal, Bhutan, Comilla and the Chittagong Hill Tracts.

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Topic: Public Awareness and General Administration

Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli to be merged

Two Union Territories — Daman and Diu, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli — will be merged into one and a bill in this effect will be tabled in Parliament.

The merger of the two UTs, located along the western coast near Gujarat, will be done for better administration and check duplications of various work.

At present, the country currently has nine UTs after the creation of the UTs of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. However, with the merger of Daman and Diu, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, the number of UTs will come down to eight.

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Topic: Latest Inventions on Science and Health

Secretagogin

Scientists have recently demonstrated the role of a protein secretagogin (SCGN) in increasing insulin action in obesity-induced diabetes.

Key facts:

SCGN is now established as a functional insulin-binding protein with therapeutic potential against diabetes.

SCGN binds to insulin and protects it from various stresses, increases its stability and adds to its action.

SCGN is found in lower quantities in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.