05-10-21 Daily -Goa- GPSC Current Affairs

Goa-based ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute will conducttrialsto grow crops that are not usually cultivated in Goa, among which are apple, potato which are usually sourced from other states.

The production of all is very mild in Goa but attempts must be made to make best use of the area under cultivation and grow such crops. The duty of the institute is to try growing new varieties of crops so that the dependence on Karnataka, especially Belagavi can be reduced.

Goa currently sources 320 tons of vegetables especiallypotatoesand onions per day from neighboring Karnataka and Maharashtra.
ICAR-CCARI has signed an MoU with CPRI (central potato research institute) to increase vegetable and fodder production in the state to make Goa swampurana or self-reliant. Five varieties of potato have been recommended for cultivation in the state Kufri Surya, Kufri Lima, Kufri Kiran, Kufri Thar 1 and Kufri Pukhraj.

The Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT) has launched cinnamon cultivation in Himachal Pradesh for the first time.

Highlights

Originally, cinnamon was grown in Sri Lanka, while minor producing countries include Seychelles, Madagascar, and India.

India sends 45,318 tonnes of cinnamon periodically from China, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Indonesia and Nepal.

With the cultivation of Cinnamon, Himachal Pradesh has become the first state of India to possess organized cultivation of cinnamon.

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh complimented the winners of the DEFENCE Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), ‘Dare to Dream 2.0’ Contest in New Delhi.

The Raksha Mantri presented the Awards to 40 winners – 22 within the Individual category and 18 within the Startup level.

He also started ‘Dare to Dream 3.0’ to market innovators & startups and supply a platform for the young ignited minds within the country.

Dare to Dream is DRDO’s pan-India competition to market Indian academicians, individuals and startups to develop emerging defence and aerospace technologies/systems.

Sixteen DRDO experts under the age of 35 were awarded for their outstanding contributions in areas of their expertise.

Three indigenously-developed technologies were handed over to the soldiers.
DRDO managed Research Policy & Records Management Policy was launched.

In India, the ‘Ganga dolphin Day’ is observed each year on October 5 to raise knowledge and support the protection of Ganga River Dolphins.

Highlights:

It had been on today in 2010 that Ganga Dolphins were declared national aquatic animals.
WWF, The World Wide Fund for Nature, in 2012 and the Uttar Pradesh government jointly began the dolphin conservation campaign.

The Gangetic Dolphins are included under the primary Schedule of Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. they have been declared “Endangered” under (International Union for Conservation of Nature).

They’re listed under Appendix I as most endangered under the Convention on International trade in endangered species (CITES).

They’re listed under Appendix II of Conservation on Migratory Species.
The Vikramshila Ganges Dolphin Sanctuary was established in Bihar under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

Affairs:Najla Bouden Romdhane has been appointed because the first-ever female Prime Minister of Tunisia.

Highlights:

The 63-year-old Ms Bouden has also become the first female prime minister within the whole Arab world.

Ms Bouden will be Tunisia’s tenth Prime Minister.

Before this appointment, Najla served within the Education bureau in 2011.

She is a former director at PromESsE, a higher education reform project, and has held senior positions at Tunisia’s higher education ministry.

Originally from Kairouan, she is a French-educated geologist with a doctorate in geological engineering and a lecturer at Tunisia’s National Engineering School.

The President of Tunisia is Kais Saied, and also the Capital of Tunisia is Tunis.

The currency of Tunisia is that the Tunisian dinar.

World Teachers day is commemorated on 5 October by UNESCO, to celebrate all the teachers worldwide.

Highlights:

The World Teachers Day has been held every year to celebrate all the teachers worldwide since 1994.

The Theme for World Teachers Day 2021 is Teachers at the heart of Education recovery.

The world teachers day focuses on appreciating, assessing and improving the educators of the world.

It also celebrates the adoption of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers.

World Teachers Day is held together with the International Labour Organization (ILO), UNICEF and Education International (EI).