{"id":13960,"date":"2021-02-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/uncategorized\/08-02-2021\/facts-in-news-78\/"},"modified":"2021-02-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T00:00:00","slug":"facts-in-news-78","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/08-02-2021\/facts-in-news-78","title":{"rendered":"Facts in News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hunar Haat<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Organised in September 2020 with the theme of \u201cLocal to Global\u201d.<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Organised multiple times over different cities in India.<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Organised by the Ministry for Minority Affairs.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n
  • Aim:<\/em>\n
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    • To provide a market and opportunity to master artisans and craftsmen from remote areas of the country.<\/em><\/li>\n
    • To develop brands of rare exquisite indigenous handmade products.<\/em><\/li>\n
    • To register artisans and their indigenous products on \u201cGeM\u201d (Government e Marketplace) and Export Promotion Councils.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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India Aadi Mahotsav<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Tag Line<\/em><\/strong>: A celebration of the spirit of Tribal Culture, Craft, Cuisine, and Commerce!<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Organised by: TRIFED<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n
  • Aim: <\/em><\/strong>to boost the development of marketing of tribal products and enhance the tribal income<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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Dekho Apna Desh Campaign<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Launched by Ministry of Tourism to boost domestic tourism<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n
  • Financial incentive to tourists for travelling to 15 different tourist<\/em><\/li>\n
  • For this tourists need to take an online pledge and later upload their pics from different locations.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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National Safety Council<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Premier, non-profit, self-financing and tripartite apex body<\/em><\/strong> at the national level in India<\/em><\/li>\n
  • autonomous body<\/em><\/strong> set up by the Ministry of Labour and Employment<\/strong> in 1965 to generate <\/em><\/li>\n
  • Aim<\/em><\/strong>: To develop and sustain a voluntary movement on Safety, Health and Environment (SHE)<\/strong> at the national level.<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Registered as a Society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860<\/strong> and subsequently, as a Public Trust under the Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950<\/strong>.<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Organises Road safety week, Safety Day, Fire Service Week, World Environment Day<\/strong> in India<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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African Swine Fever Virus<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • In News<\/em><\/strong>: Virus has become more deadly after mutation in CD2v gene and an adjacent 8CR gene<\/em><\/li>\n
  • large, double-stranded DNA virus<\/strong> in the Asfarviridae family<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Symptoms<\/em><\/strong>: highly contagious hemorrhagic fever<\/strong> with high mortality rates in domestic pigs<\/strong>; <\/em>\n
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Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP) Scheme<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Haryana Chief launched a unique identity card called Parivar Pehchan Patra (PPP)\u00a0 <\/strong>through which the state government aims to monitor each of the approximately 54 lakh <\/strong>families living across the state.<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Under this, each family will be considered a single unit and allotted an 8-digit unique identification number.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    • The PPP, mathematically, is an integral number of Aadhaar.<\/em><\/li>\n
    • While Aadhaar represents an individual as a unit, a PPP represents a family as a unit. Most of our government schemes are structured around the family. It is not structured around an individual.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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One District One Product Scheme<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • The initiative is operationally merged with \u2018Districts as Export Hub\u2019<\/strong> which is being implemented by DGFT, Department of Commerce, with Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) <\/strong>as a major stakeholder. <\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n
  • The objective is to convert each District of the country <\/strong>into an Export Hub<\/strong> by identifying products with export potential <\/strong>in the District. <\/em><\/li>\n
  • It fuels economic growth<\/em><\/strong>, generates employment <\/strong>and rural entrepreneurship moving towards <\/strong>the goal of AtmaNirbhar Bharat.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Pandit Bhimsen Joshi<\/h3>\n

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  • He was a member of the Kirana Gharana and <\/strong>renowned for the khayal <\/strong>form of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of devotional music (bhajans and abhangs).<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n
  • He was honoured with Bharat Ratna in <\/strong><\/em>2009 .<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n
  • He always encouraged new artistes through Sawai Gandharva Music Festival.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n
  • The prestigious Akashvani Music Festival will be named after Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi.\u00a0 <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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Orobanche<\/h3>\n

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  • It is known as the broomrapes,<\/strong> is a large genus of parasitic,<\/strong> herbaceous<\/strong> plants that are mainly found in the Northern Hemisphere.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • It is a serious hidden parasitic weed<\/strong> in mustard causing severe yield loss to the extent of up to 50% and there are no absolute control measures developed so far.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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Prosopis Juliflora <\/strong><\/h3>\n

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  • It is a shrub or small tree in the family Fabaceae commonly known as Seemai Karuvelam.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • It is native to Mexico, South America and the Caribbean.<\/li>\n
  • \u00a0It is an exotic tree,<\/strong> is one of the top invaders in India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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