TNPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS – JULY 9, 2021

TNPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS – JULY 9, 2021

TNPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS – JULY 9, 2021 dated national, international, sports like information has been scrutinized in the view of exam points.

 

Indian Golf players in Tokyo Olympics:

 

• Anriban Lahiri, the first Indian Golf player to qualify for Tokyo Olympics. For the 2^nd time he is appearing in Olympics.
• With Lahiri, Udayan Mane also qualify for Tokyo Olympics.
• Tokyo Olympics or 2020 Summer Olympics is going to be held from July 23 to August 8, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Event was postponed in March 2020 because of COVID-19 pandemic

Over 7 lakhs deaths per India due to climate change:

• Researchers from Monash University of Australia, conducted a detailed study about the deaths occurred in World due to abnormal Climate changes.
• As per the report, in India, the number of deaths per year due to abnormal hot temperature is 83,700
• As per the report, in India, the number of deaths per year due to abnormal cold temperature is 6,55,400.

Madurai Jasmine:

• Geographical Indication certified Madurai Malli (Jasmine), and other traditional flowers like lily, button rose, chamanthi, and marigold were exported to United States and United Arab Emirates (UAE) from Tamil Nadu, India.
• These flowers were collected and exported by Agricultural and Processed Food Products Exports Development Authority (APEDA)
• The scientific name of Jasmine is “Jasminum Officinale”.

Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021:

• Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021 was published by UN department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
• Report highlights the impacts of COVID-19 on SDG implementation
• The important findings of the report are,

1	Global poverty rate is estimated to be 7% in 2030, missing the target of eradicating poverty
2	22% of children under 5 are stunted, 6.7% suffer from wasting, while 5.7% are overweight.
3	covid-19 has halted or reversed progress in health. It has reduced life expectancy
4	9% of children in grades 1-8 have come below minimum reading proficiency levels in 2020
5	25.6% of national parliamentarians are women, 36.3% are local government representatives while 28.2% are occupied at managerial positions
6	2 billion people do not have access to safe drinking water and 3.6 billion people are deprived of safely managed sanitation
7	2.6 billion people are vulnerable to dangerous and inefficient cooking systems
8	covid-19 led to loss of 255 million full-time jobs.
9	Manufacture of medium- and high-tech products contributed for economic recovery in 2020
10	For every 100,000 persons, 311 are refugees in 2020
11	Half of world’s urban population has access to public transport
12	Global material footprint has increased by 70% between 2000 and 2017
13	Global average temperature was at 1.2 Degree Celsius in 2020.
14	Dead zones have increased from 400 in 2008 to 700 in 2019
15	During 2000-2020, 100 million hectares of forest were lost
16	Child labor has increased to 160 million in 2020. It accounted for first increase for two decades
17	About 3.7 billion people (half of world’s population) are still not online

Zika Virus cases reported in Kerala:

• Kerala has officially confirmed its first case of Zika virus, which is a mosquito-borne viral infection
• Virus infected persons collected samples to Indian Institute of Virology, Pune.
• Zika Virus belongs to Flaviviridae. The main causative agent of Zika virus is Aedes mosquitoes.
• As per the World Health Organization (WHO), the Zika virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that was first detected in monkeys in Uganda in 1947.

Crimes against Women’s rises in Delhi:

• As per the recent report by the Delhi police, the crimes against the women’s in the National capital has been raise to 63.3% as compared to last year.
• Rape cases have increase from 580 in June 2020 to 833 in 2021, accounting for an increase of 43%.
• Molestation cases have surged from 733 to 1022, accounting for 39% surge for same period

Pollution rises in Indian Cities:

• As per the recent report of “Green Peace”, a non-government organization, the “Nitrogen Di-Oxide” pollution level has been significantly rises in 8 big cities of India.
• Study analysed NO2 concentrations in India’s eight most populous cities namely, Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Jaipur and Lucknow.
  • Delhi = 125 % rises
  • Chennai = 94 %
  • Bengaluru = 9௦ %
  • Hyderabad = 69 %
  • Mumbai = 52 %
  • Kolkata = 11 %
  • Jaipur = 47 %
  • Lucknow = 32 %

Kappa variant detected in Uttar Pradesh:

• Covid-19 recent variant “Kappa” has been detected in Uttar Pradesh.
• Cases were reported after genome sequencing of samples at Lucknow’s King George medical college.
  • Kappa variant = B.1.617
  • Delta variant = B.1.617.2

Ministry of Defence implements “SPARSH”:

• Ministry of Defence launches a automated pension system for Defence Pensioners called “SPARSH”.
• It is an automated system for sanction and disbursement of pension, which credits pension directly to the individuals bank account
• SPARSH = SYSTEM FOR PENSION ADMINISTRATION RAKSHA.

India’s first Maritime Arbitration Centre:

• India’s first Maritime Arbitration Centre has been opened at Gift City, Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat.
• Gujarat Maritime University signed a Memorandum of Understanding with IFSCA (International Financial Services Centres Authority for setting up GIMAC (Gujarat International Maritime Arbitration Centre)

Axis Bank’s “Power Salute” initiative:

• Axis Bank signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Indian Army at Army Headquarters, New Delhi to offer a defence service salary package to the latter under its “Power Salute” initiative.

Book “The Light of Asia” by Jairam Ramesh:

• Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh, authored a book titled “The Light of Asis”, which is an epic bio-poem of Lord Gautama Buddha.
• Written and published by Sir Edwin Arnold in 1879, “The Light of Asia”, subtitled The Great Renunciation, is in the form of a narrative poem

Rail Service Agreement between India and Nepal:

• India and Nepal on July 9, 2021 signed a Letter of Exchange (LoE) to revise the 2004 India-Nepal Rail Services Agreement (RSA) and which will facilitate the import and export of goods through the Indian railway freight services.

India’s First National Dolphin Research Centre:

• India’s First National Dolphin Research Centre has been opened soon in Patna University campus, Bihar.
• Bihar is also a home to India’s First Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary at Vikramshila.

Enceladus – Saturn’s Moon:

• A recently published paper has concluded that there may beunknown methane-producing processes on Enceladus (6^th largest moon of Saturn).
• NASA’sCassini spacecraft detected an unusually high concentration of methane, along with carbon dioxide and dihydrogen, in Saturn’s moons.

Emvolio – Refrigeration device:

• Recently, the startup Blackfrog Technologies has developed Emvolio, a refrigeration device
• Emvolio is a portable, battery-powered medical-grade refrigeration device. It has a 2-litre capacity, enabling it to carry 30-50 vials.

11 people die of hunger each minute:

• 11 people die of hunger each minute and the number facing famine-like conditions around the globe has increased six times over 2020.
• In a report titled “The Hunger Virus Multiplies,” Oxfam informed that the death toll from famine outpaces that of COVID-19, which kills around seven people per minute.

First govt-run school in India to be part of satellite launch:

• The students will be launching 75 satellites as part of the 75th independence day celebrations, which will be held next year
• A government high school in Karnataka’s Malleshwaram is set to become the first state-run school in the country to be part of the programme to launch a satellite.
• The students of the Malleshwaram school will be involved in a programme of launching 75 satellites as part of the 75th independence day celebrations

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