(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1. NATIONAL CYBER COORDINATION CENTRE
MADE OPERATIONAL: GOVERNMENT
i. Minister of State for Electronics
and Information Technology PP Chaudhary said 1st phase of National Cyber
Coordination Centre, set up to scan the country’s web traffic to detect cyber
security threats, has been made operational now
ii. NCCC, a multi-stakeholder body,
will be implemented by Indian Computer Emergency Response Team at Ministry of
Electronics and Information Technology. It derives necessary powers as per
provisions of section 69B of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the Rules
notified there under.
iii. NCCC will scan internet traffic
coming into the country at metadata level to detect real-time cyber threat and
alert various organisations as well as internet service providers for timely
action.
2. RECENT APPROVALS BY CENTRAL
GOVERNMENT – AUGUST 9 2017
i. Union Government announced that it
has set up institutional mechanisms including a task force, an
inter-ministerial synergy group and a steering committee to realise the full
potential of textile sector.
ii. National Mission for Clean Ganga
has approved 10 projects in Bihar, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh to the tune of
about Rs 2,033 cr.
iii. The Medium-term Expenditure
Framework Statement was laid in Parliament. The MTEF is a vertical expansion of
the aggregates of the expenditure projections in the fiscal framework presented
along with the Annual Financial Statement and Demands for Grants.
iv. Union Government and the State
Government of Uttar Pradesh signed Memorandum of Understanding for opening 1000
Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana Kendras in the State.
3. UP GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES NAMAMI GANGE
JAGRITI YATRA
i. The Uttar Pradesh Government has
launched a new awareness drive called Namami Gange Jagriti Yatra. The drive
will mainly focus on cleanliness along the banks of Ganga river and maintain
hygiene.
ii. The campaign was flagged off in the
state capital Lucknow by CM Adityanath. The main objective is to make the river
and the banks much more cleaner in the future.
iii. The drive has been organised by
Uttar Pradesh Homeguard volunteers and will help in spreading awareness in
about 25 districts situated on the banks of river Ganga in the state. The drive
will be covering a total area of around 1,025 kms.
4. DELHI INDIA’S LARGEST, ASIA’S
FASTEST GROWING CITY
i. According to Asian Cities &
Regions Outlook 2016 by Oxford Economics, Delhi will have the fastest growth
among all Asian cities with the economy growing almost 50 larger in 2021 than
it was at the end of last year.
ii. The study outlined that there will
be a slight slowdown across the region amid moderating import demand from China,
with growth expected to average 4.2% per year over the five years to 2021, down
from 4.5% in 2012-2016.
5. SEBI LAUNCHES ONLINE REGISTRATION
FOR CUSTODIANS OF SECURITIES
i. Markets regulator SEBI has
introduced an online registration mechanism for custodians of securities to
make it convenient for them to do business.
ii. The new system would help custodian
of securities to complete registration and other regulatory filings with SEBI
much faster and in a cost-effective manner. Custodian of securities holds
shares and other assets in electronic or physical form.
iii. The Securities and Exchange Board
of India mentioned that the new system has been made operational with immediate
effect. All applicants desirous of seeking registration as a custodian of
securities are now required to submit their applications online only, through
SEBI intermediary portal.
iv. The custodian of securities seeking
approval as Designated Depository Participant in terms of SEBI regulations
shall also apply through this portal.
v. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his
budget speech for 2017 announced that the process of registration of financial
market intermediaries will be made fully online by SEBI.
6. GOOGLE, NSDC LAUNCH PROGRAMME TO
IMPROVE MOBILE DEVELOPER ECOSYSTEM
i. National Skill Development
Corporation and Google India launched
Android Skill Development Programme to impart mobile app development training
on the Android and Web platform and improve the quality of mobile app development
ecosystem in India.
ii. Under the initiative, NSDC would
introduce a specific course to create applications for the mobile platform that
can be used on smart phones and tablets running on the Android operating
system.
iii. The 100-hour duration course is
designed to be delivered by NSDC’s partner agencies, outside the formal
education system.
7. ISRO TO DEVELOP FULL-FLEDGED
HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITE
i. The Indian Space Research
Organisation is planning to launch a full-fledged niche Earth observation
satellite called the Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite or HySIS using a critical
chip called optical imaging detector array it has developed.
ii. Hyperspectral or hyspex imaging is
considered to be an EO trend that is being experimented globally An EO expert
called it equivalent to ‘CATSCAN’ of Earth from space.
iii. ISRO 1st tried it out in an 83-kg
IMS-1 experimental satellite in May 2008. The same year, a hyperspectral camera
was put on Chandrayaan-1 and used to map lunar mineral resources.
8. NATIONAL DEWORMING DAY TO BE HELD
BETWEEN AUG 10 & 23
i. The 2nd round of National Deworming
Day is observed between 10th of August to 23rd August in 33 States and Union
Territories to tackle worm Infections, targeting more than 11 cr children. The
NDD program was launched in 2015.
ii. According to the Health Ministry,
the deworming programme can potentially improve the nutritional status of
children. The ministry also confirmed that the deworming tablet, Albendazole,
is a perfectly safe and efficacious drug.
iii. Under the NDD program, children
aged between 1-19 are provided deworming tablets in schools and Anganwadi
across the country.
iv. The Health Ministry stated that
among the total number of children, at least 7.8 Cr were from private schools
while the rest, 3.5 Cr, were out of school children.
v. The day is organised twice a year in
the country except for Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan where it is carried out
just once in a year. The 1st round of the programme this year was held in
February during which, around 26 Cr children were covered.
