26-27-12-21 Daily-Himachal Pradesh-HPPSC Current Affairs

The state is all set to send the first consignment of 5-lakh trout eggs to . The eggs would be collected from Barahat and Hamni hatcheries in Kullu district, <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Varinder Kanwar today said. The farming of trout, the high-altitude cold water fish, has been gradually picking up pace in the state.

The Animal Husbandry Department is producing 17-lakh eggs of trout fish at Patlikul, Barahat, Masndal, Holi, Barot, Sangla and Dhammari hatcheries, he said. The department stocks 80,000 to 1-lakh eggs of brown trout seed at cold water reservoirs and efforts are on to encourage farmers to adopt trout farming in a big way, he said.

The Indo-Norwegian trout farming project was started in the state for commercial production of trout and pilot projects were launched in high altitude areas. To encourage the private sector, incentives are being given due to which 15 trout hatcheries were set up by private players in 2017-18 and 12 in 2018-19. As many as 32 hatcheries have been established in the state. These include nine each in Mandi and Kullu districts, five in Chamba, three in Kinnaur and two each in Shimla, Kangra and Sirmaur.

These hatcheries were set up at the cost of Rs 8.75 crore and a target has been set to establish five new hatcheries in Sirmaur, Chamba, Kinnaur and Mandi districts during the current financial year at the cost of Rs 2.50 crore and subsidy component of Rs 1.40 crore, the minister said. A target to produce 632 metric tonne of trout fish has been fixed for the current year.

has become the first state in India to complete 100 percent of the first dose of Covid-19 vaccination.

Highlights:

Telangana has given out the first doses of vaccination for 2.77 crore citizens with the help of Health workers, including the ASHA workers and ANMs to doctors.

In terms of the first dose, the state is 9% ahead of the national Average, while in terms of the second dose, it is 3% ahead of the national average.

Vaccination for children aged 15 to 18 will begin on January 3, 2022. It will be carried out in dual-mode mode.

Children in Municipal Corporation areas can use CoWIN to register for vaccination.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India has named Alia Bhatt as its Person of the Year for 2021.

Highlights:

She is an animal lover who frequently posts pictures of her pets on Social Media.

Alia Bhatt invested in Phool, the company that created Feather, a vegan leather made from discarded temple flowers, earlier this year.

Ed-a-Mamma, her vegan children’s clothing line, also won a PETA India fashion award in 2021 for fostering children’s love of animals and nature.

Alia also starred in a PETA India campaign promoting adoption to help cats and dogs. She has taken advantage of her position to advocate for stricter animal protection legislation.

After a ten-year absence, India will take over as chair of the UN Security Council’s counter-terrorism committee in 2022 January.

Highlights:

The Counter-Terrorism Committee is more important for India because it has been advocating for relevant measures to combat terrorism on a global scale.

The committee was last chaired by India in 2012.

Ambassador TS Tirumurti, India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, announced on January 8, 2021, that India will chair three important UNSC communities in 2021-22.

The Taliban Sanctions Committee, the Counter-Terrorism Committee, and the Libya Sanctions Committee are the three committees.

Inmarsat-6 F1, a Communication satellite, has been launched from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center.

Highlights:

It was launched by a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) H-IIA204 rocket into geostationary orbit, about 22,240 miles (35,790 kilometers) above the earth.

Inmarsat, a London-based company, is developing it as part of its next-generation satellite broadband service.

The satellite is the first of two ‘I-6’ spacecraft and weighs 12,060-pounds (5,470 kilograms).

The Inmarsat-6 F1 launch, designated H-IIAF45, is Japan’s third orbital flight of 2021 and H-second IIA’s mission of the year, marking the H-IIA vehicle’s 45th flight overall.

In August 2022, NASA will launch the Psyche mission. It will be the first mission to explore Psyche, a massive Metal asteroid in the main asteroid belt.

Highlights:

The asteroid Psyche is orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. The Psyche mission is one of NASA’s two early Solar System exploration missions.

The Lucy mission is another mission to study the early Solar System by exploring Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids.

The Psyche Mission is the first mission to be launched by NASA to investigate Psyche, a unique giant metal asteroid.