{"id":12512,"date":"2021-08-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/uncategorized\/16-08-2021\/facts-in-news-45\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T00:00:00","slug":"facts-in-news-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/16-08-2021\/facts-in-news-45","title":{"rendered":"Facts in News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Facts in News<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\u2018incel\u2019 movement<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

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Recently, Experts have warned that the <\/span><\/span><\/span>\u2018incel\u2019 movement<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> is slowly becoming a threat to law and order.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Key Points\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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  • The<\/span><\/span><\/span> \u2018incel\u2019 movement <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>is a dangerous online <\/span><\/span><\/span>subculture comprising men <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>who identify as <\/span><\/span><\/span>\u2018involuntary celibates<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u2019 and regularly <\/span><\/span><\/span>express deeply<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>misogynistic<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> views about <\/span><\/span><\/span>women<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Over the years, several acts of violence have been linked to the subculture around the world.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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    • However, some experts have argued that it would <\/span><\/span><\/span>be wrong to call \u2018Incels\u2019 a terrorist group<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      What is an incel?<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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      • Incels are a large <\/span><\/span><\/span>online community <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>of men who describe themselves as <\/span><\/span><\/span>\u201cinvoluntary celibates<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • Men who are part of this movement harbour a deep <\/span><\/span><\/span>resentment<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> towards both women and other men who are <\/span><\/span><\/span>sexually active.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • They blame women for their own <\/span><\/span><\/span>lack of sexual and social status.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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        • While views tend to vary, some believe that<\/span><\/span><\/span> sex is their right <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>something that is owed to them by <\/span><\/span><\/span>virtue of them being males.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
        • An extreme section of Incels even advocates violence <\/span><\/span><\/span>against women.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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          • However, not all members of the subculture are violent.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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            What are the \u2018red pill\u2019 and \u2018black pill\u2019 mentalities promoted by incels?<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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            • The \u2018black pill\u2019 theory, often associated with incels, <\/span><\/span><\/span>promotes the defeatist idea<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> that <\/span><\/span><\/span>fate is sealed at birth and no matter <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>what changes a person try to make,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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              • The sexual capital cannot be altered.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
              • \u2018Red pillers\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, on the other hand, believe the world is <\/span><\/span><\/span>biased<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> toward women, and see feminism as female supremacy.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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                • They believe there is a systemic bias in favour of women.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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IndiGau<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

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Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology released \u201cIndiGau\u2019.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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  • It is\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>India\u2019s first Cattle Genomic Chip<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> for the <\/span><\/span><\/span>conservation of pure varieties<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> of indigenous cattle breeds like, Gir, Kankrej, Sahiwal, Ongole etc.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • It was developed by the concerted efforts of scientists of the<\/span><\/span><\/span> National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NAIB),<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> Hyderabad, an autonomous institution under the aegis of the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Department of Biotechnology.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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    • NIAB has entered into a collaborative agreement with National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)\u00a0 to further the use of this chip in <\/span><\/span><\/span>generating phenotypic and genotypic correlations.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • IndiGau is <\/span><\/span><\/span>purely indigenous<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> and the<\/span><\/span><\/span> largest cattle chip of the world.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • It has<\/span><\/span><\/span> 11,496 markers (SNPs)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> more than that placed on 777K Illumina chip of US & UK breeds.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Significance\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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      • This chip will have practical utility in the Governments schemes to achieve the<\/span><\/span><\/span> goal of conservation <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>of Indian breeds with better characters and help towards doubling of farmers\u2019 income by 2022.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • \u00a0\u00a0It will help in the <\/span><\/span><\/span>elite bull selection and improvement of productivity characters<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> of Indian cattle.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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Places in News: Ningbo-Zhoushan port and Haiti\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

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Recently, China shut the Ningbo-Zhoushan port after a worker became infected with Covid.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ningbo-Zhoushan<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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  • Ningbo-Zhoushan <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>in eastern China is the <\/span><\/span><\/span>world’s third-busiest <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>cargo port.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • It is <\/span><\/span><\/span>China’s second-largest<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> container port by handling volume after Shanghai.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Exports<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>: The biggest <\/span><\/span><\/span>exports <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>through Ningbo in the first half of this year were electronic goods, textiles and low and high-end manufactured goods.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Imports<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>: Top imports included crude oil, electronics, raw chemicals and agricultural products.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Haiti\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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    • Haiti is a country in the<\/span><\/span><\/span> Caribbean Sea <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>that includes the western third of the island of<\/span><\/span><\/span> Hispaniola<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> and such smaller islands as Gon\u00e2ve, Tortue (Tortuga), Grande Caye, and Vache. The capital is Port-au-Prince.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • It is bordered to the east by the Dominican Republic, which covers the rest of Hispaniola, to the south and west by the Caribbean, and to the north by the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Atlantic Ocean<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • Over the centuries,<\/span><\/span><\/span> economic,<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>political<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, and s<\/span><\/span><\/span>ocial difficulties<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> as well as a number of natural disasters have beset Haiti with chronic poverty and other serious problems.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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Congressional Gold Medal<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n

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Recently, The US has put legislation to<\/span><\/span><\/span> posthumously award<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Congressional Gold Medal<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> to <\/span><\/span><\/span>Mahatma Gandhi<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> for his contributions made through his methods of <\/span><\/span><\/span>non-violence.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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  • If given the award, Gandhi would become the first Indian to receive the Congressional Gold Medal.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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    • It is the highest civilian award in the US.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      About Medal<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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      • Commissioned by the US Congress as its highest expression of <\/span><\/span><\/span>national appreciation<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> for <\/span><\/span><\/span>distinguished achievements and contributions.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • The first recipients of the medal were participants of the <\/span><\/span><\/span>American Revolution, the War of 1812 and the Mexican War.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • Subsequently, the<\/span><\/span><\/span> scope of the medal was broadened<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> to include actors, authors, entertainers, musicians, explorers, athletes, humanitarians and foreign recipients among pioneers in some other fields.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • It is necessary that all Congressional Gold Medal legislations be <\/span><\/span><\/span>co-sponsored by at least two-thirds <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>of the Members of the House.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • It has been awarded to the 1980 US summer Olympics team, Robert F. Kennedy, Nelson Mandela and George Washington among many others.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • Most recently, the medal was awarded to the US Capitol Police and those who protected the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, the day of the siege.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Operation Blue Freedom<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n

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The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment will flag-off \u2018Operation Blue Freedom \u2013 Land World Record at Siachen Glacier.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

About<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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  • The Government of India has permitted a team of people with <\/span><\/span><\/span>disabilities to scale Siachen Glacier.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • The selected people from across the country with disabilities are trained by a team of Armed Forces veterans:<\/span><\/span><\/span> \u2018Team CLAW\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • It is aimed to harness the immense productive potential of people with disabilities.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    • Significance:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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      • It will create a new <\/span><\/span><\/span>World Record<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> for the l<\/span><\/span><\/span>argest team of people with disabilities<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> to reach the world\u2019s highest battlefield.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • It will firmly place India on the global stage as a leader in <\/span><\/span><\/span>empowering Divyangjans.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • It will set a benchmark for other nations to emulate.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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        • Team C.L.A.W (Conquer Land Air Water)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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          • A team of Indian Special Forces veterans.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
          • Set upon a <\/span><\/span><\/span>global missio<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>n to shatter the common perception of pity, charity and inability associated with people with disabilities and recreate it to one of<\/span><\/span><\/span> dignity, freedom and ability<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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TAPAS Initiative<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

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Recently, an online portal TAPAS (Training for Augmenting Productivity and Services) has been launched.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

About\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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  • It is a standard <\/span><\/span><\/span>MOOC<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> (Massive Open Online Course) platform with <\/span><\/span><\/span>course material <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>such as filmed lectures and e-study material.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Developed by:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> National Institute of Social Defence (NISD)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Ministry:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Free of Cost:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> There is no fee for joining. Five courses are available on:<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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    • Drug (Substance) Abuse Prevention,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • Geriatric\/Elderly Care,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • Care and Management of Dementia,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • Transgender Issues and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • Social Defence Issues.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Forums:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> It also includes discussion forums to support and encourage interactions among students and course coordinators.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • Objectives:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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      • To <\/span><\/span><\/span>impart training and enhanc<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>e the knowledge and skills for the capacity building of the participants.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • To<\/span><\/span><\/span> provide access to lectures<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> by subject experts, study material and more.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        Significance<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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        • Supplements the physical classroom<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> without compromising on the quality of teaching.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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          • The online medium for work and education had become imperative due to the outbreak of the Covid 19 pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
          • Ensuring maximum participation<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> of stakeholders and <\/span><\/span><\/span>volunteers working<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> in the field of social defence for better training and capacity building.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            National Institute of Social Defence (NISD)<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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            • It is a Central <\/span><\/span><\/span>Advisory Body<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> for the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
            • It is a <\/span><\/span><\/span>Centre of Excellence<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> on research and training in the field of social defence.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
            • Functions\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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              • It coordinates and liaises between the government and the non-government organisations at the state, national and international levels.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
              • The institute develops preventive, curative and rehabilitative tools, programmes and policies in the field of social defence, and also undertakes research, training, consultancy, documentation and publication in the field.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                Facts in News \u2018incel\u2019 movement \u00a0 Recently, Experts have warned that the \u2018incel\u2019 movement is slowly becoming a threat to law and order. Key Points\u00a0 The \u2018incel\u2019 movement is a dangerous online subculture comprising men who identify as \u2018involuntary celibates\u2019 and regularly express deeply misogynistic views about women. Over the years, several acts of violence […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[76],"class_list":["post-12512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs","tag-gs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2023\/07\/4441082NEXT_IAS_logo.JPG","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}