24TH JUNE
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DBT ISSUED BIOTECH KISAN PROGRAMME
BENGALURU IN TOP 5 TECH. CENTRES IN ASIA-PACIFIC
NEW ZEALAND DEFEATED INDIA TO WIN 1ST WTC FINAL
JAMSETJI TATA TOPS INAUGURAL LIST OF PHILANTHROPIST
HEBBAL-NAGARWARA VALLEY PROJECT
SHENZHOU-12 MANNED MISSION PROGRAMME
INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC DAY OBSERVED ON JUNE 23RD
DBT ISSUED BIOTECH KISAN PROGRAMME
- DBT has issued a Special Call under the Biotech KISAN Programme to improve agricultural productivity in the North-East region.
- About the Biotech-KISAN Programme: It is a farmer-centric scheme for farmers developed by and with farmers under the Ministry of Science and Technology’s Department of Biotechnology.
- It is a pan-India programme that promotes entrepreneurship and innovation in farmers while also empowering women farmers.
- It identifies and promotes local farm leaders of both male and female. In addition to facilitating knowledge transfer, this type of leadership also helps to develop science-based agriculture.
- The goal is to understand the farmers’ water, soil, seed, and market problems and provide simple solutions to them.
- The programme connects available science and technology to the farm by first understanding the local farmer’s problems and then providing scientific solutions to those problems.
- The Biotech-KISAN hubs are expected to provide the technology needed to generate agriculture and bio-resource-related jobs and better livelihoods for small and marginal farmers by ensuring biotechnological benefits.
(SOURCE: FINANCIAL EXPRESS)
BENGALURU IN TOP 5 TECH. CENTRES IN ASIA-PACIFIC
- Bengaluru has emerged as the top five technology centres in the APAC region while Hyderabad is ranked in the Top 10 list, a report by Colliers titled ‘Growth Engines of Innovation: How Asia Pacific Technology Hubs are Reshaping Regional Real Estate’.
- The report ranks the most attractive technology submarkets within major APAC cities, which should serve as a navigation tool for technology groups, as they plan their expansion.
- Beijing, Shanghai, Bengaluru, Shenzhen and Singapore currently rank as the top five technology centres in APAC; they offer a compelling balance of infrastructure and talent for occupiers and are well-positioned to deliver future growth and investment opportunities for owners.
- Other cities are developing strengths in specific areas of technology, e.g., Seoul and Hong Kong in fintech, while new centres such as Hyderabad and Sydney are emerging.
NEW ZEALAND DEFEATED INDIA TO WIN 1ST WTC FINAL
- New Zealand defeated India to win the 1st ICC World Test Championship. New Zealand chased down the goal of 139 to win the first-ever World Test Championship final with eight wickets in hand.
- The final day of the in shape used to be performed on June 23, 2021. The fit saw 6 days play in region of the normal 5 days due to the rain factor.
- Kyle Jamieson (NZ) chosen as the Player of the match, while Kane Williamson (NZ) is the Player of the series. The first test championship started in 2019 with the finals being played in 2021.
- The pinnacle three teams, as a result, are: First: New Zealand; Second- India; Third- Australia. The remaining healthy was once played at Ageas Bowl Stadium (Rose Bowl Stadium) in Southampton, England.
- The subsequent Test Championship will be held between 2021-2023.
(SOURCE: TIMES OF INDIA, THE HINDU)
JAMSETJI TATA TOPS INAUGURAL LIST OF PHILANTHROPIST
- Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, Indian pioneer industrialist and founder of the Tata Group, has topped the inaugural, EdelGive Hurun Philanthropists of the Century list, which ranks the world’s 50 most generous individuals in the last century.
- As per the report, the total donations made by Mumbai-based Jamsetji Tata is estimated at US$102.4 billion. He is the only Indian among the top 10 list, compiled by Hurun Research and EdelGive Foundation.
- The only other Indian in the list of 50 global philanthropists is Azim Premji, former chairman of Wipro.
- He is ranked at 12th position. Bill Gates & Melinda French Gates ranked second with donations worth $74.6 billion. They are followed by Henry Wellcome ($56.7 billion), Howard Hughes ($38.6 billion), and Warren Buffett ($37.4 billion) respectively.
- Individuals have been ranked based on their Total Philanthropic Value, which is calculated as the “value of the assets today together with the sum of gifts or distributions to date”.
- The top 50 most generous individuals in the list belongs to five countries, and is led by the US with 38, followed by UK (5), China (3), India (2), Portugal (1) and Switzerland (1). The total donations from these philanthropists amounted to USD 832 billion.
(SOURCE: JAGRAN JOSH)
HEBBAL-NAGARWARA VALLEY PROJECT
- Citizens and Environmentalists are combat towards the notion to clear over 6,000 trees in Singanayakanahalli to construct a lake under Hebbal-Nagawara Valley Project with the aid of Minor Irrigation Department in Karnataka.
- Forest Department, in a latest notification, proposed to felled 6,316 timber to advance Singanayakanahalli lake, Yelahanka hobli, due to the fact they are coming in way of this project.
- Hebbal-Nagawara Valley Project: This challenge was launched with the aim of filling 65 tanks in Bengaluru Urban, Rural and Chickballapur. Bengaluru lake was the first lake to obtain handled water from this project.
- The mission was once intended to act as an impounded reservoir to furnish water in 11 different lakes in this region.
- Direct use of handled water for ingesting and agricultural purposes used to be prohibited but farmers have been of the view that, task is growing the water table. Activists are questioning the need and good judgment of casting off such big quantity of trees.
- Hebbal Lake: The lake is located in Bangalore at the mouth of National Highway 7, close to the junction of Bellary Road & Outer Ring Road. These lakes had been created in 1537 with the aid of Kempe Gowda.
- It used to be shaped by using damming herbal valley systems. It spreads over a place of 75 ha with plans for extending it up to 143 ha.
(SOURCE: THE NEWS MINUTE)
SHENZHOU-12 MANNED MISSION PROGRAMME
- A Chinese spacecraft “Shenzhou XII” with three crew members docked with China’s new space station module Tianhe 1. This follows the launch of the Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft, which delivered critical supplies to the space station.
- About six hours after taking off from the Jiuquan launch centre in the Gobi Desert, the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft connected with the Tianhe space station module.
- The three-man crew will spend three months on the Tianhe module, which will orbit the Earth at 340km to 380km altitude.
- This is the first of two manned space missions scheduled for this year, as part of a intense launch schedule aimed at completing the Chinese space station by 2022.
- The three astronauts are the first to live in the main living module, where they will conduct experiments, test equipment, perform maintenance, and prepare the station for the arrival of two laboratory modules next year.
- It was China’s seventh crewed space mission, but it was a number of firsts for the country, including the first manned mission during the construction of China’s space station, the first in nearly five years since the country’s last manned mission in 2016, and China’s longest crewed space mission to date.
- Purpose of the Mission: It will aid in the testing of technologies related to long-term astronaut stays and health care, the recycling and life support system, space material supply, extravehicular activities and operations, and in-orbit maintenance.
(SOURCE: INDIAN EXPRESS)
INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC DAY OBSERVED ON JUNE 23RD
- The International Olympic Day is designated on June 23 each and every year. The day is celebrated to motivate greater human beings to participate in the Olympic Games and unfold recognition about the event and promote the Olympic Movement.
- Based on the three pillars (move, learn and discover), the National Olympic Committees are deploying sports, cultural and educational things to do to inspire participation regardless of age, gender, social background, or carrying ability.
- Theme 2021: Stay healthy, remain strong, continue to be active with the #OlympicDay exercise on 23 June.
- History of the day: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) authorized to have a look at Olympic Day in January 1948 to commemorate the advent of the International Olympic Committee on 23 June 1894.
- The introduction of the contemporary Olympic Games is stimulated by using the historic Olympic Games held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. The first Olympic Day was observed in 1948.l
(SOURCE: FIRSTPOST)