TNPSC Current Affairs October 11, 2019

www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current Affairs Oct 11, 2019 (11/10/2019)

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Topic: Public Awareness and General Administration, Latest Diary of Events

Pradhan Mantri Innovative Learning Programme “DHRUV”

Pradhan Mantri Innovative Learning Programme- ‘DHRUV’, a 14 day learning programme, was launched recently from Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Headquarters at Bengaluru.

About DHRUV:

The programme is called DHRUV (after the Pole Star) and every student to be called ‘DHRUV TARA’. 60 students, 30 each from Science and Performing Arts discipline, have been selected for this ambitious programme in the first batch.

The programme begins with a tour at ISRO followed by a stay in Delhi, where the selected students will be mentored by renowned experts. It is being started to identify and encourage talented children to enrich their skills and knowledge.

Significance:

The programme will act as a platform to explore the talent of outshining and meritorious students, and help them achieve excellence in their specific areas of interest may it be science, performing arts, creative writing, etc.

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Topic: Welfare Oriented Govt Schemes and their Utilities, Latest Diary of Events

POSHAN Atlas

The ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) in association with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Deendayal Research Institute is developing a POSHAN atlas under POSHAN abhiyan.

About the POSHAN Atlas:

In order to map the crops and food grains grown in different regions of the country so that nutritious protein rich food in local areas can be promoted.

Need for and significance of the atlas:

According to the World Bank Global Nutrition Report – 2018, malnutrition costs India at least $10 billion annually in terms of lost productivity, illness and death and is seriously retarding improvements in human development and further reduction of childhood mortality.

The solution to tackling malnutrition lies in promoting regional cropping patterns and embracing local food that are rich in protein. The atlas will help tackle malnutrition effectively.

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Topic: Public Awareness and General Administration, Welfare Oriented Schemes

Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan (Suman)

The Union Government has launched Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan (SUMAN) to provide quality healthcare at zero cost to pregnant women, new mothers and newborns.

It aims to provide dignified and quality health care at no cost to every woman and newborn visiting a public health facility. Under the scheme, the beneficiaries visiting public health facilities are entitled to several free services.

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Topic: Latest Diary of Events, Profile of States

Phazolicin

It is a new antibiotic discovered in the soil of a tropical rainforest. It was recently isolated deep in the tropical forests of Los Tuxtlas, Mexico.

Found in the root nodules of wild beans (Phaseolus vulgaris), this unusual antibiotic is produced by a symbiotic soil bacteriumthat fixes nitrogen for the plant and keeps harmful microbes away. The antibiotic phazolicin is a class of peptide produced in the ribosome, and is part of a diverse class of natural products with a variety of biological uses.

Benefits: Not only could this antibiotic attack a diverse group of bacterial cells, the authors found it could also enter the bacteria and bind to its ribosomes, messing with its ability to synthesise proteins – only the second peptide known to do this.

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Topic: International Diary of Events

UN Financial Crisis

The United Nations called its member states to pay their outstanding dues. As the organization is facing severe financial crisis, there may not be enough funds to pay staff salaries next month.

According to the United Nations, out of 193 members, 129 had paid their regular budget. The regular budget for the UN for a year is 5.4 billion USD. This is separate from the peace keeping budget of 6.3 billion USD.

India paid its regular contributions of 230 million USD on January 30, 2019 and India was one of the few countries to pay on time.

Key facts:

There are around 37,000 employees in the UN secretariat. The member states have so far paid only 70% of total amount needed till September 2019. This has created a cash shortage of 280 million USD. In order tackle the crisis the UN is reducing services, postponing conferences and meetings and restricting official travel.

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Topic: Latest Diary of Events

International Day of Girl Child

Every year, October 11 is commemorated as International Day of Girl Child by the United Nations. The day is important as it raises awareness of issues faced by girls internationally. The major problems faced by girls includes forced child marriage, legal rights, medical rights, education, nutrition.

Theme: Girl force – Unscripted and unstoppable

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Topic: Latest Diary of Events

9-15 October: National Postal Week 2019

National Postal Week is being celebrated in the country from 9 October to 15 October 2019 to create awareness about the role and contributions of postal sector in social and economic development as well as in lives of people and business.

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Topic: Latest Diary of Events, Awards and Honours

Nobel Peace Prize – 2019

The 100th Nobel Prize for peace has been awarded to the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abhiy Ahmed Ali for his efforts towards peace and international cooperation. The prize was awarded in particular to honor his initiatives to resolve border conflict with Eritrea.

About Abhiy Ahmed Ali:

Ali became the Prime Minister of Ethiopia in 2018. Since then he was keen in resuming peace talks with Eritrea. He quickly worked out principles of peace agreement with the president of Eritrea Isaias Afwerki and ended the long “no peace no war” stalemate.

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Topic: Sports and Medals

Mary Kom won eighth world medal

Six-time champion M.C. Mary Kom (51kg) won the eighth medal at the World Women’s Boxing Championship.

Mary Kom defeated Colombia’s Valencia Victoria, fetching a unanimous 5-0 verdict to make the last-eight stage.

With this, Mary Kom bettered her own record as the most successful boxer in the history of the marquee tournament.

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Topic: Latest Diary of Events

Singapore Is the First Country to Ban Ads on Sugary Drinks

Singapore will become the first country in the world to place a ban on advertisements for carbonated drinks and juices with high sugar contents. The law is intended to curb sugar consumption since the country has some of the world’s highest diabetes rates per capita.

Not only will the country ban ads for the drinks, but it will also force beverage makers to put a large warning about the effects of sugar consumption on the front of all labels for medium-to-high sugar content drinks.