Download today’s Current Affairs Compilation and Analysis of The Hindu, The Indian Express and The Assam Tribune, compiled by Lucent IAS: The Best APSC Coaching Institute in Assam. Very Important for UPSC CSE and APSC CCE Examinations (25 June 2022)
Sahitya Akademi for Translation 2021: (Important for APSC GS-5 Paper and Prelims)
The Intelligence Bureau and New IB Chief (Important for Internal Security(GS-3), GS-5 Paper and Prelims)
Single-Plastic Ban and Initiatives by Assam Govt. (Important for GS-3, GS-5 Paper and Prelims)
HN Borthakur: Sahitya Akademi Award Winning Litterateur (Important for GS-5 Paper and Prelims)
Topic: Eco-Sensitive Zones, Source: The Indian Express
Eco – sensitive Zones are declared under Environment Protection Act, 1986 by MoEFCC.
Activities allowed in ESZ:
Permitted activities: Ongoing agricultural or horticultural practices, rainwater harvesting, organic farming, use of renewable energy sources, adoption of green technology for all activities.
Regulated activities: Felling of trees, establishment of hotels and resorts, commercial use of natural water, erection of electrical cables, drastic change of agriculture system, e.g. adoption of heavy technology, pesticides etc, widening of roads.
Prohibited activities: Commercial mining, saw mills, industries causing pollution (air, water, soil, noise etc), establishment of major hydroelectric projects (HEP), commercial use of wood, Tourism activities like hot-air balloons over the National Park, discharge of effluents or any solid waste or production of hazardous substances.
Topic: VL-SRSAM Missile System, Source: The Indian Express (Important for GS-3 Paper and Prelims)
Topic: Environment & Ecology, Source: The Hindu, (Important for GS-3, GS-5 Paper and Prelims)
- An “invasive species” is defined as a species that is:
- Non-native (or alien) to the ecosystem under consideration; and,
- Whose introduction causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health.
- Some of the invasive plants in Kaziranga have medicinal utility, but they are toxic for ecology of Kaziranga.
Topic: BRICS Summit, Source: The Hindu (Important for GS-2 Paper and Prelims)
14th BRICS Summit, 2022
- Hosted by China virtually.
- Theme “Foster High-Quality BRICS Partnership, Usher in a New Era for Global Development.”
- Adopted Beijing Declaration.
BRICS
- Group of major emerging economies comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
- BRICS countries deliberate on important issues under the three pillars
- Political and Security,
- Economic and financial
- Cultural and people to people exchanges.
- New Development Bank (finances infrastructure and renewable energy projects in the BRICS countries)
- First proposed by India in 2012
- Established by Fortaleza Declaration (Brazil) at 6th Summit, 2014.
- HQ at Shanghai
- Contingent Reserve Arrangement (a financial stability mechanism for countries affected by crises in their balance of payments)
- 1st announced at Fortaleza Summit, 2014
- It came into force in 2015 by Ufa Declaration (Russia), 2015.
- India has hosted BRICS annual summit thrice – 2012, 2016, 2021.
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