30-11-21 Daily-Himachal Pradesh-HPPSC Current Affairs

As many as 100 government elementary schools have been approved by the government under the Swaran Jayanti Gyanodaya Cluster Shrestha Vidayalaya Scheme for improving the quality of Education so that the students and parents could repose confidence in these.

Under the scheme, a budgetary provision of Rs 15 crore, (Rs 15 lakh per school) has been made for 2021-22 for providing the improved toilets, electricity, library, better drinking water facilities, adequate and smart classrooms, Sports facilities and furniture.

Financial limits have been fixed for each component and Rs 8 lakh has been earmarked for the school

campus development, need-based constructions, renovations and renovation of buildings, toilets, water supply, electricity and fans, playground, boundary walls, lawns, benches, open air gym, stage, waste disposal, botanic garden, Environment-friendly features and solar Light panels.

Cluster schools will be permitted to spend Rs 1.50 lakh on items for cultural programmes, dress, , band and public address system.

A provision of Rs 1.25 lakh per school has been made for thermal scanners, pulse oximeters, material for sanitisation and other activities to combat Covid and Rs 75,000 for procurement and upgrade of sports equipment.

On November 25, 2021, the Praja Foundation released its findings on POSCO cases.

Highlights:

According to the report, despite a drop in crimes against children, 99 per cent of complaints under the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offenses Act were still pending by December 2020. (POCSO)

In 2020, girls accounted for 94% of the total 1,197 cases. There were 721 rape cases and 376 sexual assault cases among these.

In 2020, 42% of all rape incidents were committed against minors under the age of 18, compared to 47% in 2018 and 45% in 2019.

The age group of 12 to 18 years had the highest number of rape victims (620 out of 721 in 2020). Offenders were known to be victims in 95 per cent of all rape instances.

According to the POCSO Act, 93% of the 67 instances against boys were unnatural offences. The low proportion of reported male cases compared to overall cases indicates the stigma associated with reporting sexual offences against men.

According to the data, just 28% of the IPC cases examined in 2020 had a charge sheet filed. It discovers that investigations were incomplete in 58% of cases of crime against Women and 56% of cases of crime against children.

The phrase ‘NFT’ has been designated the 2021 Word of the Year by Collins Dictionary.

Highlights:

NFT is an abbreviation for “non-fungible token.”

NFT is described as “a unique digital certificate, recorded on a blockchain, that is used to record the ownership of an object such as an artwork or a collectable,” according to Collins Dictionary.

HarperCollins in Glasgow publishes the Collins English Dictionary.

Most notably, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sold an NFT of his first tweet for $2.9 million, while electronic singer Grimes sold her digital art for $6 million.

Collins experts, headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland, stated Wednesday that they picked NFT because of its “meteoric Growth in usage,” which is expected to increase by 11,000 per cent by 2021.

The 37th India-Indonesia Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) will take place in the Indian Ocean region from November 23-24, 2021.

Highlights:

To guarantee safety and security, CORPAT is held twice a year. In 2002, it was held for the first occasion.

The CORPAT is being carried out by the Indian Naval Ship (INS) Khanjar and the Dornier Maritime Patrol Aircraft. The Indonesian Naval Ship KRI Sultan Thaha Syaifuddin (376) is taking part.

Both nations’ Maritime Patrol Aircraft will take part in the exercise. It emphasises the two friendly Navies’ mutual trust, synergy, and collaboration.

Since 2002, the two fleets have conducted CORPAT along their International Maritime Boundary Line twice a year to strengthen maritime ties.

Its goal is to make the Indian Ocean Region safe and secure for commercial ships, international trade, and lawful maritime operations.

Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, launched Project SWADESH.

Highlights:

SWADESH is a first-of-its-kind large-scale multimodal neuroimaging Database built particularly for Indians.

The DBT-National Brain Research Centre (DBT-NBRC), Gurgaon, Haryana, created the one-of-a-kind brain endeavour.

SWADESH integrates big-data architecture and analytics for a variety of neurological illnesses into a single platform.

It will allow researchers to undertake multimodal brain investigations in order to better understand and manage Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological illnesses.

The DBT-NBRC is India’s sole institute dedicated to Neuroscience Research and Education.