{"id":14026,"date":"2021-02-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/uncategorized\/22-02-2021\/facts-in-news-82\/"},"modified":"2021-02-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T00:00:00","slug":"facts-in-news-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/22-02-2021\/facts-in-news-82","title":{"rendered":"Facts in News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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WCCB receives Asia Environmental Enforcement Award-2020<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) has received the 5th Asia Environmental Enforcement Award-2020 awarded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  • WCCB has won the award in the \u2018innovation category<\/strong>\u2019 for its contribution against transboundary international crimes.<\/li>\n
  • WCCB also won the same award in 2018 in the same category.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    About Asia Environmental Enforcement Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • Given by UNEP in collaboration with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, CITES, INTERPOL and World Customs Organisation.<\/li>\n
    • Recognises efforts to curb crimes against the environment like illegal trade in wildlife and plastic waste.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      About WCCB<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      • Established in 2007<\/strong> as Tiger and Other Endangered Species Crime Control Bureau<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
      • Under Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)<\/strong><\/li>\n
      • Headquarters: New Delhi<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        • Initiated Operation WILDNET-II<\/strong>\n
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          • It warned off potential traders and brought in offenders by synchronising efforts of various stakeholders.<\/li>\n
          • Social media and online trade portals<\/strong> were also included.<\/li>\n
          • It resulted in seizing a range of Wildlife Commodities and Wildlife Species<\/strong> like Pangolins, Rhino horn, Falcons, Sea Fans, Coral, Antlers, Parakeets, Turtles and Civet Cats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u2018Footwear Sizing System\u2019<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI)<\/strong> will lead a pan India 3D feet scanning survey<\/strong>.\n
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    • It will be used to define Indian footwear size standards.<\/li>\n
    • It will be included by shoe manufacturers in their size charts.<\/li>\n
    • supported by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) of the Union Ministry of Commerce<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Benefits:\n
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      • remove some of the confusion involved in buying shoes of \u2018EU\u2019, \u2018UK\u2019 or \u2018US\u2019 sizes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • India is the second largest footwear producing country after China.<\/strong>\n
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        • India manufactures all kinds of footwear.<\/li>\n
        • The share of men\u2019s footwear is the largest at about 58 per cent, Women\u2019s footwear accounts for 30 per cent, Children\u2019s for 9 per cent, and others for 3 percent of the footwear.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Carbon Watch<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • It is India\u2019s first app to assess one\u2019s carbon footprint<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  • It has been launched by Chandigarh but can be accessed by all.<\/li>\n
  • It asks the user to feed certain data in 4 parts:\n
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    • Water:<\/strong> inform about the consumption of Water<\/li>\n
    • Energy:<\/strong> Data regarding monthly electricity units consumed and solar energy consumed<\/li>\n
    • Waste Generation:<\/strong> Amount of waste produced by individual and family is to be inputted<\/li>\n
    • Transport (Vehicular movement):<\/strong> Mode of transport like bicycle, two-wheeler or four-wheeler, etc will be asked<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Based on data, carbon footprint is automatically calculated.<\/li>\n
    • The application will also provide information such as the national and world average of the emission<\/strong>, and the individual\u2019s level of emission generation<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES)<\/strong> including Japanese Encephalitis (JE) <\/strong>is a group of clinically similar neurologic manifestations <\/strong>caused by several different viruses, bacteria, fungus, parasites, spirochetes, chemicals\/ toxins<\/strong> etc.<\/li>\n
  • Symptoms- <\/strong>\n
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    • It is characterized as acute-onset <\/strong>of fever and a change<\/strong> in mental status<\/strong> (mental confusion, disorientation, delirium, or coma) <\/strong>and\/or new onset of seizures in a person of any age<\/strong> at any time of the year<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Affects-<\/strong>\n
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      • \u00a0The disease most commonly affects children and young adults<\/strong> and can lead to considerable morbidity and mortality.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • Treatment –<\/strong>\n
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        • The first treatment plan for this viral infection is hydration<\/strong> and increasing the glucose levels in the body<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
        • Steps <\/strong>-Govt. of India, as part of the National Programme for Prevention & Control of JE\/AES, <\/strong>follows a multi-pronged strategy encompassing <\/strong>\n
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          • Preventive (sanitation, safe drinking water<\/strong>, improvement in nutrition<\/strong> etc.)<\/li>\n
          • \u00a0Case management (capacity building of medical and para-medical staff<\/strong> referral etc.).<\/li>\n
          • Rehabilitation (physical and social rehabilitation of disabled children).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Ayesha Aziz Women pilot <\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Ayesha Aziz, a 25-year-old from Kashmir has become the youngest female pilot in the country.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • \u00a0In 2011, she became the youngest student pilot<\/strong> to get a license at the age of 16. <\/strong><\/li>\n
  • In 2017, she graduated in aviation from the Bombay Flying Club (BFC)<\/strong> and obtained a commercial license.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • She also underwent an astronaut training program at the NASA-Huntsville Space Centre<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • She was given the First Ladies\u2019 Award<\/strong> by the President of India in 2018 <\/strong>and figured among the country\u2019s top 100 women achievers.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • \u00a0She now flies GoAir planes<\/strong> and is emerging as a role model among women in the Kashmir valley,<\/strong> who too are eager to break the social barriers of a conservative<\/strong> society to join professions<\/strong> otherwise dominated by men.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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Sant Ravidas<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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President Kovind addressed ‘Shri Guru Ravidas Vishva Mahapeeth Rashtriya Adhiveshan<\/strong> in Delhi<\/p>\n

Shri Guru Ravidas<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • \u00a0He was born in the Harijan caste during the fifteenth century at Kanshi (Banaras)<\/strong> in the state of Uttar Pradesh<\/strong> in India.<\/li>\n
  • His mother’s name was Kalsa Devi Ji <\/strong>and his father’s name was Baba Santokh Dass Ji.<\/li>\n
  • He was a great Saint, philosopher, poet, social reformer<\/strong>, and follower of God.<\/li>\n
  • He is considered as a spiritual Guru of Meera Bai <\/strong>who was the queen of Chittoor and daughter<\/strong> of one of the famous kings in Rajasthan naming Rao Dudaji.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Contributions and Teachings –<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • He had envisaged a society that is based on equality<\/strong> and free from any kind of discrimination<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    • He gave it the name \u2018Be-gampura\u2019 <\/strong>– the city where there is no place for any kind of grief or fear.<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • He was one of the most famous and leading stars of the nirguna sampradaya (sant parampara)<\/strong> and was one of the prominent leaders of the North Indian Bhakti movement.<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • There are 41 verses of Guru Ravidass<\/strong> Ji in the Sikh Holy Book, Guru Granth Sahib <\/strong>which was compiled by Guru Arjan Dev Ji,<\/strong> the fifth Guru of the Sikhs.<\/li>\n
    • India’s constitutional values of social justice, freedom, equality and fraternity<\/strong> are in line with Guru Ravidas’s philosophy <\/strong>of life.<\/li>\n
    • The Chief Architect of our Constitution, Dr B.R. Ambedkar <\/strong>embodied the Constitutional principles around the values expressed by Guru Ravidasji.<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • Sant Ravidas Jayanti –<\/strong>\n
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      • It is celebrated every year on Magh Purnima<\/strong> on the full moon day of Magh month<\/strong> with great enthusiasm and happiness all over India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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