Current Affairs 11th April 2018

Current Affairs 11th April 2018 - Important Points

• Who has been appointed as member of UPSC?- M Sathiyavathy
• World’s first microfactory for e-waste  developed by - Indian origin scientist
• Project Dhoop to address vitamin D deficiency amongst youngsters launched by - FSSAI
• World Homoeopathy Day celebrated on - April 10th 2018
• Who has been appointed as DG of CISF ? - Rajesh Ranjan  
• India signed MoU with World Expo 2020 Dubai on - 10th April 2018

Current Affairs 11th April 2018 - Details

Who has been appointed as member of UPSC?- M Sathiyavathy

Labour Secretary M Sathiyavathy accepted the responsibility as member of Union Public Service Commission. She was directed oath of office and secrecy as member by Vinay Mittal, Chairman, Union Public Service Commission. Sathiyavathy is IAS Officer of 1982 batch of AGMUT Cadre. She has vast and diverse experience and has served in numerous key positions under the Government during her career span of more than 35 years.
She has organised various significant positions in Central Government including first woman chief of Directorate General of Civil Aviation. She also had worked as Joint Directorate General in Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Controller, Indian Space Research Organisation Satellite Centre, Department of Space, Ministry of Textiles, Member Secretary, Central Silk Board.
UPSC
Union Public Service Commission is a legitimate body that organises the significant civil services exam. It has been recognized under Article 315 of the Constitution of India and comprises of a Chairman and 10 Members, who are selected and detached by President. The chairman and members of the Commission grasp office for a term of 6 years or until their age of 65 years. Article 316 of Constitution deals with nomination and term of office of associates.

World’s first microfactory for e-waste  developed by - Indian origin scientist

Trained at IIT, Australian scientist of Indian origin Veena Sahajwalla has released world’s 1st micro factory that can convert components from electronic waste items into useful materials for re-use.
Key Points

• The e-waste micro-factory uses green production technologies to convert various types of user waste including glass, plastic and timber into profitable products.
• It is modular micro-factory that can function on site of even 50 sqm and can be positioned wherever waste may be build up stocks.
• It has one or small machines series and tools that utilises patented technology to accomplish one or more jobs in the restructuring of waste items into new and working items.

Important Highlights

• The e-waste micro-factory has various small modules for dispensing e-waste and fits into minute site.
• The rejected tools are first placed into module for their break down. The next step consists of special robot for reorganisation of valuable parts.
• Another step then consists of utilising small furnace which converts these parts into useful items with the help of exactly controlled temperature process established via extensive research.
• The e-waste micro-factory has the power to decrease the quickly increasing issues of large quantities of e-waste that causes environmental problems.
• It suggests an inexpensive solution to such environmental challenges of our age.
• The micro-factory presents solution to burning and digging waste materials that can be altered into valuable products and items to meet existing and new industry and user requirements.

Project Dhoop to address vitamin D deficiency amongst youngsters launched by - FSSAI

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India released ‘Project Dhoop’ to tackle increasing incidence of Vitamin D deficiencies, specifically amongst the young people. The project focuses to inspire schools to alter their morning assembly to around noon-time between 11am-1pm to make sure that students get maximum Vitamin D absorption via natural sunlight.
More about Project Dhoop

• It has been initiated by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India along with NCERT, New Delhi
  Municipal Council as well as North Municipal Council Delhi Schools.
• The idea of noon school assembly is an advanced and effective concept to make sure that school students receive satisfactory Vitamin D through sunlight, while also choosing to opt foods like milk and edible-oils that are enriched with Vitamins A and D.
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• The release of project comes after increasing prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency in nation as the studies have found that more than 90 percent of boys and girls in different Indian cities are deficient in Vitamin D in spite of receiving plentiful sunshine through all the year.
• Many reasons including extra use of sun screen, wearing clothes that cover most of the skin, working inside all day in AC atmosphere among others, can add to Vitamin D deficiency.

World Homoeopathy Day celebrated on - April 10th 2018

The World Homoeopathy Day is celebrated annually on April 10 th to pay honour to Dr.Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann, who is founder and father of Homeopathy system of medicine. Celebration of this day looks forward to spread additional information about this form of medicine in conventional public health. This year it is 263-birthday of founder of Homoeopathy. On this event, Vice President M.Venkaiah Naidu has initiated scientific convention on World Homeopathy Day 2018 in New Delhi planned by Ministry of AYUSH. The subject of 2-day programme was “Innovate: Evolve, Progress: Exploring Science for 40 years”.
More about Homeopathy

• Homeopathy as system of medicine was established by Dr.Samuel Hahnemann in Germany in 1796.
• Now it is one of the main forms of treatment, adapted by maximum doctors of the world. It 2nd most extensively utilised system of treatment. It is one of foremost medical practices utilised to cure the diseases universally.
• This system of medicine utilises a unique way of treatment by exciting body’s personal healing power.
• It is an alternative to the typical medicine system. The whole concept of this system of treatment is different to the other predictable forms of medicines.
• Homoeopathy is extensively popular and recognized in India and has been joined into the national health care systems.

Who has been appointed as DG of CISF ? - Rajesh Ranjan  

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet led by the PM Narendra Modi has designated senior Indian Police Service officer Rajesh Ranjan as DG of Central Industrial Security Force. He will have job till November 30th , 2020.
The position was lying unoccupied after incumbent O.P.Singh promoted and joined as Director General
of Up Police in January 2018.  Ranjan is 1984 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre. Previously he was Special
Director General of Border Security Force.
Central Industrial Security Force

• The Central Industrial Security Force is a central armed police force under the guidance of Ministry of Home Affairs.
• It was originally recognized under Central Industrial Security Force Act, 1968 to protect
  major PSUs.
• However, it was transformed to armed force with a superior ambit under an amendment to
  the Act in 1983.
• Central Industrial Security Force is designed with providing security to numerous government
  installations including national airports, metro stations and many more.
• Nowadays, Central Industrial Security Force delivers security to industrial undertakings and establishments, VIPs and is also engages in disaster management. It also has Fire Wing to support for fire emergencies and accidents.
• It is the largest security force in the world, with force capacity greater than 1,65,000.

India signed MoU with World Expo 2020 Dubai on - 10th April 2018

India and World Expo 2020 inked participants’ MoU on April 10th , 2018 for India’s pavilion in the World Expo 2020 which will be organised in Dubai.  The accordance of the contract was inked by Manoj K Dwivedi, Joint Secretary in the Union Ministry of Commerce and Najeeb Mohammed Al Ali, Executive Director of Dubai Expo 2020.
Key Points

• The MoU delivers the formation of India’s pavilion at Expo 2020 on an extra-large plot of approximately 1 acre in the ‘Opportunity’ segment. 
• Focus will be issued to India’s advances in Space, Pharmaceutical, Information Technology, Renewable Energy and Telecom segments at the pavilion.
• The pavilion will be established in public-private partnership means. 
• Moreover, important industries and trades will work in tune with the Central government and State governments to participate in it. 
• Different state governments, bureaus and major industry connotations and businesses have shown their willingness for taking part in the World Expo 2020 which will be organised for 6 months beginning in October 2020.
• India has already selected Binoy Kumar, Special Secretary in the Department of Commerce, as DG of World Expo 2020 Dubai.