{"id":15720,"date":"2021-06-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/uncategorized\/18-06-2021\/facts-in-news-181\/"},"modified":"2024-05-07T15:12:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T09:42:03","slug":"facts-in-news-181","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/18-06-2021\/facts-in-news-181","title":{"rendered":"Facts in News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Facts in News<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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SilverLine Project<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

Recently, the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Kerala cabinet<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> has given the green light to begin acquiring land for the <\/span><\/span><\/span>SilverLine project<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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  • It entails building a <\/span><\/span><\/span>semi high-speed railway corridor <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>through the state <\/span><\/span><\/span>linking <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>its southern end and state capital Thiruvananthapuram with its northern end of Kasaragod.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • It is proposed to be <\/span><\/span><\/span>529.45 kms long<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, covering 11 districts through 11 stations.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • It is estimated to cost<\/span><\/span><\/span> Rs. 63,940 crore<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> and is billed as one of the biggest infrastructure enterprises being pushed by the ruling state government.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • The deadline for the project, being executed by the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Kerala Rail Development Corporation Limited <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>(KRDCL), is <\/span><\/span><\/span>2025<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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    • KRDCL, or K-Rail, is a joint venture between the Kerala government and the Union Ministry of Railways.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Significance<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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      • Can take a significant load of traffic off the existing railway stretch and make travel easier and faster.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • Reduce road congestion and less accidents.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • Reduce GHG emissions, help in Ro-Ro service expansion, produce employment opportunities, integrate airports, etc.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • Concerns<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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        • Damage to the state\u2019s ecosystem in the path of the proposed route.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
        • Irreversible impact to the state\u2019s rivers, paddy fields and wetlands, triggering floods and landslides in future.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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          (Image Courtesy: <\/span><\/span><\/span>IE<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Shenzhou-12<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

Recently, <\/span><\/span><\/span>China <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>has launched a<\/span><\/span><\/span> spacecraft carrying three astronauts<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> to part of a space station still under construction for the<\/span><\/span><\/span> longest stay in Low Earth Orbit<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> (LEO) by any Chinese national.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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  • The <\/span><\/span><\/span>Shenzhou-12<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, or \u201c<\/span><\/span><\/span>Divine Vessel<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u201d is being carried by <\/span><\/span><\/span>Long March 2F rocket<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> and is bound for the space station module Tianhe.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • It blasted off from the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>in <\/span><\/span><\/span>northwestern Gansu province<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Shenzhou-12 is the <\/span><\/span><\/span>third of 11 missions<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> (four of which will be crewed) needed to <\/span><\/span><\/span>complete China\u2019s first full-fledged space station<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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    • Construction began in April 2021 with the launch of <\/span><\/span><\/span>Tianhe<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, the <\/span><\/span><\/span>first and largest<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> of three modules.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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      (Image Courtesy: <\/span><\/span><\/span>BBC<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Fifth Edition of VivaTech<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

Recently, the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Prime Minister<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> of India has delivered the keynote <\/span><\/span><\/span>address at the 5<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>th<\/sup><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> edition of VivaTech<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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  • VivaTech is<\/span><\/span><\/span> one of the largest digital and startup events<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> in <\/span><\/span><\/span>Europe<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • It has been held in <\/span><\/span><\/span>Paris every year <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>since <\/span><\/span><\/span>2016<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • It is <\/span><\/span><\/span>jointly organised by Publicis Groupe<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> and <\/span><\/span><\/span>Les Echos<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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    • Publicis Groupe is a prominent advertising and marketing conglomerate.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • Les Echos is a leading French media group.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • The event<\/span><\/span><\/span> brings together stakeholders in technology innovation<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> and the<\/span><\/span><\/span> startup ecosystem.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • It <\/span><\/span><\/span>includes <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>exhibitions, awards, panel discussions and startup contests.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • It witnessed the participation of <\/span><\/span><\/span>various ministers from European nations<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> along with <\/span><\/span><\/span>corporate leaders<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> like that of Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, etc.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • At the event, the PM highlighted <\/span><\/span><\/span>India’s strides in the world of tech and start-up<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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News Broadcasting Standards Authority<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Recently ,The National Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA)has reprimanded three television channels acting on complaints filed by the Bengaluru-based Campaign Against Hate Speech (CAHS).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • NBSA is an <\/span><\/span><\/span>independent nine-member body set up by the News Broadcasters Association (NBA<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>) for self-regulation of 24X7 <\/span><\/span><\/span>news channels<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> that are part of NBA.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Composition<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>: The nine-member Authority comprises:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    • A <\/span><\/span><\/span>Chairperson, being an eminent jurist<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • Four eminent<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> persons<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> having special knowledge and\/or practical experience in the field of law, education, medicine, science, literature, public administration, consumer affairs, environment, human psychology and\/or culture; and<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • Four eminent editors<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> employed with a broadcaster.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      • Functions<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> :It functions <\/span><\/span><\/span>both as a watchdog and grievance redressal body.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • NBSA is entrusted with the task to consider and <\/span><\/span><\/span>adjudicate complaints about broadcasts on member news channels.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • The body also <\/span><\/span><\/span>issues guidelines<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> for covering sensitive news from time to time.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Juneteenth<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n

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  • US President Joe Biden is soon expected to sign a law making June 19, or \u201cJuneteenth\u201d, a <\/span><\/span><\/span>national holiday recognised<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> by the federal government, commemorating the end of <\/span><\/span><\/span>slavery after the American Civil War (1861-65).<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Juneteenth\u2013 <\/span><\/span><\/span>the portmanteau of June and nineteenth\u2013<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> is the oldest nationally celebrated <\/span><\/span><\/span>commemoration of the ending of slavery in the US,<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> observed on June 19 every year.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • At present, it is recognised as a holiday in <\/span><\/span><\/span>47 US states<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> and the District of Columbia.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • It is also known as Emancipation Day or Juneteenth Independence Day.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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

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    • On January 1, 1863, then-president <\/span><\/span><\/span>Abraham Lincoln<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that \u201c<\/span><\/span><\/span>all persons held as slaves<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u201d within the states in rebellion \u201care, and <\/span><\/span><\/span>henceforward shall be free<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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      • Even so, more than two years after Lincoln\u2019s proclamation, many <\/span><\/span><\/span>slave owners continued to hold their slaves captive<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> by hiding this information from them and keeping them for one more harvest season.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston and announced the end of both the Civil War and slavery.He issued an order to free the <\/span><\/span><\/span>last enslaved people on US soil.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • Since then, Juneteenth has become a largely symbolic date representing <\/span><\/span><\/span>freedom for African Americans<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Competition Commission of India<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n

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  • It is the <\/span><\/span><\/span>competition regulator<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> in India.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Establishment Year: 2003<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • It is a <\/span><\/span><\/span>statutory body<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> established by an act of Parliament, the Competition Act, 2002.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Aim<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>: <\/span><\/span><\/span>Promoting competition<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> throughout India and preventing activities that have an appreciable adverse effect on competition in India.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Composition<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>: A <\/span><\/span><\/span>Chairperson and 6<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> other members appointed by the Central Government.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Competition (Amendment) Act, 2007<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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    • This <\/span><\/span><\/span>act prohibits anti-competitive<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> agreements, abuse of <\/span><\/span><\/span>dominant<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> position by enterprises, and regulates combinations (acquisition, acquiring of control, and Merger and acquisition), which causes or likely to cause an appreciable adverse effect on competition within India.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Facts in News SilverLine Project Recently, the Kerala cabinet has given the green light to begin acquiring land for the SilverLine project. It entails building a semi high-speed railway corridor through the state linking its southern end and state capital Thiruvananthapuram with its northern end of Kasaragod. It is proposed to be 529.45 kms long, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[76],"class_list":["post-15720","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\/3163196current-affairs.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15720","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=15720"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24423,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15720\/revisions\/24423"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}