13-06-23 Daily-Himachal Pradesh-HPPSC Current Affairs

A special session for children was organized on ‘World Day against Child Labour‘ at Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, Shimla.

Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said that the children participating in the ‘Bal Satra’ were fortunate to have got an opportunity to express themselves in Vidhan Sabha, a 98 year old complex which has been a witness to many historical events.

Sukhu observed the proceedings of the children session and congratulated them for participating in this unique event organised for them, which will be go down in the annals of the Vidhan Sabha.

He assured to consider the suggestions for conducting special sessions for practising in schools besides giving his assent to other submissions of the children. The Government has adopted 6000 orphans as ‘Children of the State’, and it was a matter of pride that St. Stephen’s College Delhi has agreed to give admission to three orphan children from Himachal, he said.

The Government has made several provisions in the budget to realize the vision of making Himachal Pradesh a ‘Green Energy State’. The diesel buses of HRTC are being converted into e-buses in a phased manner. Rajiv Gandhi Day-Boarding Schools are being opened in rural areas to bring quality Education. A provision of Rs. 300 crores has been made for these schools, said the Chief Minster.

(CAG) Girish Chandra Murmu said that Supreme Audit Institutions should develop new techniques and capabilities to audit marine life or the Blue economy to ensure Sustainable Development.

In order to fulfil their commitment towards sustainability goals in consonance with SDG 14 Life below Water the governments are reorienting policies and regulatory structures to conserve and sustainably use the Oceans, seas and <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/marine-Resources“>Marine Resources for sustainable development.

In order to manage overall and to prevent hoarding and unscrupulous speculation, the government has decided to impose stock limits on wheat for traders, wholesalers, retailers, big chain retailers and processors. The order will be applicable with immediate effect and will be applicable until March 31, 2024.

In order to manage overall food security and to prevent hoarding and unscrupulous speculation, the government has decided to impose stock limits on wheat for traders, wholesalers, retailers, big chain retailers and processors. The order will be applicable with immediate effect and will be applicable until March 31, 2024.

Stock limits will be applicable for each entity individually such as: traders/wholesalers- 3000 tonne; Retailer- 10 tonne for each of the retail outlets; Big Chain Retailer- 10 tonne for each outlet and 3000 tonne at all their depots and Processors – 75 per cent of annual installed capacity.

Further, the centre has also decided to offload 15 lakh tonnes of wheat in the first phase from central pool stock under Open Market Sale Scheme to control retail prices of wheat.

Wheat will be sold in lot sizes of 10-100 tonnes. Registration for this auction is open on the Fci‘s e-auction platform. It has also been decided to offload rice under the open market scheme in order to moderate the prices.

The size of Chinas nuclear arsenal increased from 350 warheads in January 2022 to 410 in January 2023, and it is expected to keep growing, according to estimations by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

The key finding in SIPRI Yearbook 2023 is that the number of operational nuclear weapons started to rise as countries long-term force modernisation and expansion plans progressed.

According to SIPRI estimates, the nuclear arsenals of India grew from 160 in 2022 to 164 in 2023 and that of Pakistan from 165 to 170.

The nine nuclear-armed states the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (North Korea) and Israelcontinue to modernise their nuclear arsenals and several deployed new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapon systems in 2022

The powerful lower house of Japan’s parliament on June 13 passed a bill to promote understanding ofLGBTQ+ issuesamid protests by activists that last-minute revisions by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s conservative party favoured opponents of sexual instead of guaranteeing equal rights.

Japan is the only member of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations which does not have LGTBQ+ legal protections.