12.06.21 Daily [bihar] BPSC Current Affairs

Minimum 33.3% seats in the Bihars firstsports universitywould be reserved for girls.
Chief ministerNitish Kumar asked the art, culture and youth departments officials to make necessary statutory provisions in the rules of the proposed Sports university to reserve minimum 33.3% (one-third) seats for Women at the time of admission in the varsity.

Once started, the Bihar Sports University would be the first sports university in the state and the eighth such university in the country. The states likePunjab,Rajasthan,Gujarat,Madhya Pradesh, Assam and Nadu already have sports universities while Manipur has the countrys first central sports university, named as National Sports University.

The Aspirational Districts Programme was lauded in a UNDP report.

Highlights:

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) lauded India’s Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP) in the report, saying it should serve as a model for several other countries where regional disparities in development status persist for a variety of reasons.

According to the report, previously neglected districts, including those in remote locations and those affected by Left Wing Extremism, have experienced more Growth and development in the last three years than ever before as a result of concerted efforts under the ADP.

The Supreme Court has issued the Draft Model Rules for Court proceeding’s Live-Streaming and Recording. The Rules are part of the National Policy and Action Plan for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Implementation in the Judiciary.In Swapnil Tripathi v Supreme Court of India (2018), the Supreme Court ruled in favour of live-streaming the proceedings at the apex court. It determined that live streaming proceedings are part of the right to access guaranteed by Article 21.

Except for cases involving matrimonial disputes, gender-based violence, or minors, all proceedings in high courts can be televised.

Aerosol particles smaller than 3 nanometers can reach a size with Climate influence and are often formed in urban areas of India.

Highlights:

Scientists tracked the concentration, size and evolution of aerosol particles smaller than 3 nanometers in a city in India, and found that sub-3 nanometer aerosol particles are often formed in the .

This is critical because a significant proportion of these newly formed particles can reach the sizes of cloud condensation nuclei, where they have climatic consequences.

Aerosol nucleation refers to the formation of small molecular clusters of less than 3nm in size, and atmospheric new particle formation (NPF) refers to the subsequent Growth of these newly formed clusters to larger sizes.

The IREDA has requested bids for a Rs. 4500 crore Solar PLI scheme.

Highlights:

The Indian Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA) has been designated as the scheme’s implementing agency by the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE).

The applicants must establish either a brownfield or a greenfield manufacturing facility for the entire capacity allotted under the scheme. Under the scheme, applicants are not permitted to build a facility that is both brownfield and greenfield.

As the domestic Industry has limited operational capacities of solar PV cells and modules, solar capacity addition currently relies heavily on imported solar PV cells and modules.

Three Indian institutes are ranked among the top 200 in the QS World University Rankings 2022.

According to these rankings, IISc Bengaluru is ranked first in the world for research. The institute was ranked 186th in the universities ranking.

IIT Bombay was ranked 177th, while IIT Delhi was ranked 185th.

The QS World University Rankings is a university ranking published annually by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).

Quacquarelli Symonds is a British firm that specialises in higher Education analysis higher education institutions.

World Day Against Child Labour is determined globally on twelfth June each year. By the ILO (International Labour Organization), there are about 152 million teenagers globally who are engaged in child labour, seventy-two millions of whom are in hazardous work.

The day Against Child Labour focuses on action taken for the 2021 International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour. The theme of this years World Day Against Child Labour is Act now: End child labour! It is the first World Day in view that the popular ratification of the ILOs Convention No. 182 on the bad Forms of Child Labour & takes vicinity at a time when the COVID-19 disaster threatens to reverse years of progress in tackling the problem.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) launched the World Day Against Child Labour in 2002 to focal point attention on the worldwide extent of youngster labour and consequently the motion and efforts wished to cast off it.