04-11-21 Daily-Himachal Pradesh-HPPSC Current Affairs

Farmers of the Rohru subdivision in Shimla district will receive the prestigious Plant Genome Saviour Award carrying a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh for their contribution in developing red rice, a rare variety of paddy grown in Himachal Pradesh, said Prof HK Chaudhary, Vice-Chancellor of CSK Himachal Pradesh <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture University here today.

The VC said university scientists had gathered all data and helped the farmers growing red rice register the traditional variety Chhohartu with the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Authority (PPVFRA) eight years ago. The researchers, in the past one year, helped the farmers pursue the matter again with renewed efforts to conserve, develop, popularise and further spread the rice variety, bringing laurels to the state. The university had even helped the farmers form a Society as the award is given to societies only.

Chaudhary said the award, carrying a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh, a citation and a memento, would be presented to the farmers society on November 11 by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. It is the countrys highest award for farmers, in recognition of their contribution to conserving and developing plant varieties.

A couple of years ago, the university scientists had helped farmers of Bhedal panchayat in Chamba district get the Plant Genome Saviour Community Award-2019 for conserving land races of maize Haachi (white), Retti (red) and chitkuri (popcorn).

Red rice is under cultivation in about 1,000 hectares in villages of Rohru subdivision.

The excess water having thick consistency, decanted after cooking the red rice, is considered healthy for expecting mothers.

US lawmaker Carolyn B Maloney of New York introduces Bill to declare Diwali a national holiday

Highlights

Congresswoman Carolyn B Maloney of New York has introduced legislation to make Diwali a national holiday in the United States.

The Deepavali Day Act was introduced in the House of Representatives by the member.

A number of congressmen, including Indian-American Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi, support the historic measure.

Meanwhile, Krishnamoorthi sponsored a resolution in the US Congress to recognize the festival of lights’ religious and historical significance.

The campaign will run from November 8 to November 14, 2021.

Under the campaign, several activities are being undertaken for empowering people by pre-litigation advice in order to rightfully claim their entitlements and timely redressal of their difficulties.

This one week is dedicated for ensuring for All by digital legal Empowerment of the needy people.

As a part of the campaign, special Login week is being organized across India to encourage those in need to seek legal advice and consultation using tele-and video conferencing facilities. They are being urged to visit their nearest Common Service Centres (CSCs) that are offering Tele-Law Services.

These CSCs are branded asKanooni Salah Sahahyak Kendrafor this purpose.

The Tele-Law on Wheels Campaign is being organised with aid of CSC e-Governance. CSC e-Governance is a Network of more than 4 lakh digitally enabled CSCs across India.

The Logistics Ease Across Different States 2021 Index was recently published by Ministry of Commerce & Industry. This is the third edition of Index.

In the index, Gujarat, Haryana and Punjab were emerged as best performing states with respect to mobility of goods and efficiency oflogisticschain.

This index provide ranking to states on the basis of logistics Infrastructure.

Gujarat, Haryana and Punjab are the best performing states (Top 3 slot respectively)

Tamil Nadu (4^th) and Maharashtra (5^th) are among top-5 slot.

Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand have witnessed a significant improvement as compared to 2019 LEADS ranking. These states have emerged as the top improvers.

For representation purposes, states were ranked in three separate classes:

North Eastern States

Himalayan UTs and

Other UTs group.

Within Himalayan UTs, Jammu & Kashmir emerged as top ranker.

In North Eastern States, Sikkim and Meghalaya emerged as topper.

Delhi was ranked at top position among other United Territories category.

Dont Choose Extinction a creative video was released by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Highlights:

The UNDP emphasizes in the film that it is time to act, and it is time to act now, to address the Climate issue.

It is time to do whatever it takes to bring the urgency Home and gain the world’s attention.

The viral video depicts a dinosaur delivering a straightforward warning to world leaders and diplomats: “It’s now or never.”

Save the human species before it’s too late and doesnt choose extinction.”

The UNDP published the creative film as the centerpiece of the ‘Don’t Choose Extinction’ campaign.

A dinosaur named Frankie makes a grand entrance, takes the dais, and gets right to the point in the video.

It emphasizes a vital message: government-backed fossil fuel subsidies must be reduced in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and rescue the planet.