27-09-22 Daily-Haryana-HPSC Current Affairs

Scepticism fromfarmersabout bio-decomposers notwithstanding, they remain at the forefront of government efforts to bring down farm fires that choke Delhi-NCR at the onset of winter.

The Pusa bio-decomposer, a microbial solution, will be sprayed on at least five lakh acres of land inHaryanathis year. So far, more than 1,000 farmers in the state have filled up forms to avail of the solution. Pusa spraying in the fields is free and will begin from the first week of October. The total area under paddy coverage in Haryana is 34.1 lakh acres.

Last year, the Pusa bio-decomposer was sprayed on three lakh acres in the state. Cases of stubble burning, however, sharply increased from 4,202 in 2020 to 7,197 in 2021. Farmers havent been keen on bio-decomposers because of the time it takes to break down the crop waste, arguing that burning it is the fastest way of preparing the fields for the next crop.

Indian soldiers patrolling on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), when they come face to face with Chinese soldiers, will soon be able to understand Mandarin and reply back instantly, with the help of a 600gm Artificial Intelligence-based device developed by an Indian start-up. Currently under advanced trials with the Army, it was one of the 75 AI-enabled products and applications unveiled by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at the AI in Defence symposium.

The first demonstration was done in 2017 and since then, there have been several trials. Stating that they are now working with the Army for deployment and orders.

Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh said the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances has contributed over 62 crore to the exchequer by selling off scrap, mostly electronics, as he noted that it might be a new avenue for startups to consider.

The Department of Administrative Reforms did not only confine itself to sermonising governance reforms, we took up the initiative of ‘Swachhata’ (cleanliness).

One of the major CBI-led global operations in recent times, Operation ‘Megha Chakra’ is a rapid response toonline child sexual exploitationwith international linkages and organised cyber-enabled financial crimes.

The operation deals with a case where victims, accused, suspects and conspirators are located across global jurisdictions. This has required an internationally coordinated law-enforcement response.

The name of the operation stems from its target cloud storage, which is being used to circulate the material online. Hence, the codename Megha Chakra.

The Centre does not have any data onchild labour in the countryand a reason for this is the drying up of budgetary provisions meant for the National Child Labour Project (NCLP) scheme, which was monitoring the problem for about three decades.

Searching for proper data on child labour, the Standing Committee reached out to 14 Union Ministries and Departments, including the Home Ministry, the Women and Child Development Ministry, and several States.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected signs of water, along with evidence for clouds and haze, in the atmosphere of a hot, puffy gas giant planet orbiting a Sun-like star over a thousand light years away, the U.S. space agency said on July 13.

The observation is the most detailed of its kind to date, demonstrating Webb’s unprecedented ability to analyse distant atmospheres, according to NASA. WASP-96 b is one of more than 5,000 confirmed exoplanets in the Milky Way.

Located roughly 1,150 light-years away in the southern-sky constellation Phoenix, it represents a type of gas giant that has no direct analogue in our solar system, it said in a statement.

The transmission spectrum revealed the previously hidden details of the atmosphere: the unambiguous signature of water, indications of haze, and evidence of clouds that were thought not to exist based on prior observations.

Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Brothers of Italy party won the Italian election, defeatingMario Draghiby a huge margin.

The alliance claimed over 43% votes, which would translate to 114 seats in theSenate.