{"id":36047,"date":"2025-01-23T18:20:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T12:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=36047"},"modified":"2025-01-23T18:20:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T12:50:55","slug":"news-in-short-23-january-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/23-01-2025\/news-in-short-23-january-2025","title":{"rendered":"News In Short 23-1-2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Mannan Community<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Syllabus :GS 1\/Society&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The head of the Mannan community will participate in the Republic Day parade in Delhi as a guest of the Scheduled Tribes (SC) Development Department.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He is the only tribal king in Kerala,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This marks the first time a tribal king will attend the parade.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About Mannan community&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is mainly settled in the buffer zone area of the<strong> Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary<\/strong> at Kozhimala, the hub of the tribe with 48 settlements ruled by a king.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The king is an <strong>integral part of the traditional functions<\/strong> and <strong>festivities of the community.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He wears a <strong>turban or headgear<\/strong> and<strong> special dress<\/strong> on such occasions and will be assisted by two Ministers and soldiers during the functions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They maintain their unique customs, rituals, and a strong reverence for their traditional kingship.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To sustain themselves, they cultivate basic crops, collect forest produce, and engage in manual labor or cattle breeding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mannankoothu is a unique tribal art form performed by the Mannan community.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It narrates the story from the classic tamil poem Chilapathikaaram.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Source&nbsp; :TH<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Mt Everest&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Syllabus :GS 1\/Geography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The government of Nepal is increasing the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest from USD 11000 to USD 15000, making it more expensive for mountaineers.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Mount Everest<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&nbsp;It is located between Nepal and Tibet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is the highest mountain in the world at 8,849 m, and has many names.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tibetans call it<strong> \u2018Chomolungma\u2019<\/strong>, which means \u2018Mother Goddess of the World\u2019 and worship the mountain as such.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nepalis call it<strong> \u2018Sagarmatha\u2019<\/strong>, meaning \u2018Goddess of the Sky.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to stand atop the mountain .<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bachendri Pal was the<strong> first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: AIR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Enemy Property Act<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS2\/ Polity and Governance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissed Saif Ali Khan&#8217;s petition against the government notice designating the property of the Pataudi family as &#8216;enemy property.&#8217;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is the Enemy Property?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Enemy Property refers to the <strong>assets, properties, or holdings<\/strong> in India that were owned by individuals or entities from countries that were declared as <strong>enemies of India<\/strong> during times of war.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The legal framework governing such properties was established to <strong>prevent the transfer, use, or exploitation of these assets by hostile nations.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enemy properties in India primarily relate to the <strong>Indo-Pak wars (1947, 1965, and 1971) and the Indo-China war (1962).<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Enemy Property Act, 1968<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Enemy Property Act, 1968,<\/strong> provides the legal basis for the management and administration of enemy properties.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It declares that enemy properties are vested in the <strong>Custodian for management <\/strong>and cannot be reclaimed by the original owners or their successors unless approved by the Central Government.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/india\/story\/saif-ali-khan-pataudi-properties-considered-enemy-properties-2668551-2025-01-22\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>IT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Crosspathy<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS2\/ Health<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Maharashtra Food &amp; Drugs Administration (FDA) issued a directive allowing homeopathic practitioners who have completed a certificate course in modern pharmacology to prescribe allopathic medications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Crosspathy<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cross pathy is a practice in which homeopathic and ayurvedic drugs are prescribed along with allopathic medicines.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The recent directive ensures chemists accept allopathic prescriptions from these qualified homeopaths.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Challenges to the Directive:<\/strong> The Indian Medical Association (IMA) challenges the directive, citing concerns over patient safety and the legality of allowing homeopaths to prescribe allopathic medications<strong>.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A 2017 notification allowing homeopaths to practice modern medicine was stayed by the Bombay High Court, questioning the risk to patient safety.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>View of Judiciary&nbsp; : <\/strong>The Supreme Court has historically ruled that &#8216;crosspathy&#8217;\u2014the practice of prescribing medications from another system of medicine\u2014constitutes medical negligence unless authorized by the government.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Government\u2019s Stand&nbsp; <\/strong>: The central government is promoting AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy) practitioners to address doctor shortages, especially in rural areas.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>But a careful, evidence-based approach is needed to integrate alternative medicine practitioners into mainstream healthcare.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source :TH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Stargate Project<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS3\/ Science and Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The United States has launched a significant initiative under the &#8220;Stargate Project&#8221; to strengthen its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is Stargate?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stargate is a <strong>$500 billion<\/strong> initiative designed to establish a comprehensive <strong>artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure<\/strong> in the United States over the next <strong>four years.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is a collaborative effort between<strong> OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle<\/strong>, with an initial $100 billion investment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The project involves constructing <strong>massive data centers<\/strong> and campuses across the country to support the development and deployment of AI technologies at scale.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stargate is envisioned as a critical step toward re-industrializing the United States and enhancing its technological capabilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-sci-tech\/what-is-stargate-trumps-500-billion-ai-project-9793165\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>IE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Black Hole<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS3\/Science and Technology, Space<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A team of researchers using NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Chandra X-ray observatory has discovered a bizarre black hole.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The newfound black hole, designated <strong>LID-568,<\/strong> is a <strong>low-mass supermassive black hole<\/strong> that existed just <strong>1.5 billion<\/strong> years after the Big Bang.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The black hole was feeding on a surrounding cloud of matter at almost <strong>40-times greater<\/strong> than what astrophysicists thought was the upper limit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is a Black Hole?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A black hole is an <strong>extremely dense object<\/strong> whose gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Characteristics:<\/strong> A black hole <strong>does not have a surface<\/strong>, like a planet or star. Instead, it is a region of space where matter has collapsed in on itself.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This catastrophic collapse results in a huge amount of mass being concentrated in an incredibly small area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Formation: <\/strong>A black hole is formed when a really massive star runs out of fuel to fuse, blows up, leaving its core to implode under its weight to form a black hole.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The center of a black hole is a <strong>gravitational singularity,<\/strong> a point where the general theory of relativity breaks down, i.e. where its predictions don\u2019t apply.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A black hole\u2019s great <strong>gravitational pull emerges as if from the singularity.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"441c1a\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"970\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/01\/black-hole.webp\" alt=\"black hole\" class=\"not-transparent wp-image-36048\" style=\"--dominant-color: #441c1a; width:476px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/01\/black-hole.webp 970w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/01\/black-hole-300x212.webp 300w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/01\/black-hole-768x544.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/jwst-chandra-super-eddington-black-hole-early-universe\/article69122680.ece\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>TH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Arctic Boreal Zone&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS3\/Environment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>As per a new research the <strong>Arctic Boreal Zone is releasing more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than it absorbs.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The findings align with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA\u2019s) 2024 Arctic Report Card.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It also highlighted that the Arctic tundra, a treeless region, is becoming a net carbon source, largely due to warming temperatures and escalating wildfire activity in the Northern polar region.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The arctic boreal zone<\/strong> encompasses treeless tundra, boreal forests, and wetlands spread over 26 million square kilometres.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"dee0e0\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Arctic-Boreal-Zone.webp\" alt=\"Arctic-Boreal-Zone\" class=\"not-transparent wp-image-36049\" style=\"--dominant-color: #dee0e0; width:490px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Arctic-Boreal-Zone.webp 756w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Arctic-Boreal-Zone-300x166.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Findings:&nbsp;<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The carbon source areas were distributed across Alaska (44%), northern Europe (25%), Canada (19%), and Siberia (13%).&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emissions from the prolonged non-summer season (September to May) in the tundra outweighed the carbon dioxide absorbed during the short summer months (June to August).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>40% of this region has become a carbon source.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A carbon sink <\/strong>absorbs more carbon from the atmosphere than it releases.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A carbon source,<\/strong> on the other hand, releases more carbon than it absorbs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reason: <\/strong>Longer growing seasons, increased microbial activity and an uptick in the frequency and intensity of wildfires.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Concerns:<\/strong> The Arctic boreal region is known for being soil organic carbon reservoirs.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There is this concern that part of the soil stock will be released as carbon dioxide.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This limited carbon absorption is accelerating permafrost thawing.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/climate-change\/after-millenia-as-a-carbon-sink-over-a-third-of-arctic-boreal-region-turns-into-carbon-emitter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>DTE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The head of the Mannan community will participate in the Republic Day parade in Delhi as a guest of the Scheduled Tribes (SC) Development Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36047","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\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36047"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36052,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36047\/revisions\/36052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}