Goa Affairs
Govt begins survey to ascertain Goa’s employment figures
In order to ascertain the Unemployment rate in Goa, the government has commenced a survey to find out how manyGoansand non-Goans have been employed in various sectors in the state.
The survey, which is expected to go on for a month, is being carried out by officials of the department of labour and EMPLOYMENT, who will visit industries, hotels, showrooms, supermarkets, general stores, pharmacies, garment stores, hospitals, clinics, and even kiosks.
In its annual report for 2020-21, theUnion ministry of statisticsand programme implementation (MoSPI) had said that Goa had the third highest joblessness rate in the country during that period.
Data from the independent think tank, Centre for Monitoring of Indian economy (CMIE), in May revealed that approximately nine lakh of Goa’s Population is in the employable age bracket of 20-59 years, which would suggest that around 1.4 lakh Goans remain unemployed. One of the main reasons for unemployment is the inability to attract new industrial units to the state, the data had indicated.
National and International Affairs
Soon AI-based Mandarin translation devices for troops on LAC
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 -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.
Govt dept earned 62 crore by selling off scrap
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).
Operation Megha Chakra
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.
Centre has no new data on child labour
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 telescope detects water on distant planet
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected signs of water, along with evidence for clouds and haze, in the 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.
Italy gets its first female PM – Giorgia Meloni
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.