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BLUE FLAG CERTIFICATION

-- it is a certification that can be obtained by the beach, marine or sustainable boating tourism operator and serves as an eco- level. -- The certification program is run by international, non-governmental, non profit organisation FEE ( the foundation for environmental education) based in Copenhagen,Denmark. -- The program was started in in France in 1985 and has been implemented in Europe since 1987 and in areas outside Europe since 2001. -- Four major point -- 1- environmental education and information. 2- bathing water quality. 3- environment management and conservation. 4- safety and services in the beaches. --  Highest blue flag certification- Spain, Greece, France. -- Eight Indian beaches for the blue flag certification -- 1- shivrajpur in Gujarat 2- Ghoghla  in daman and deep 3- kasarkod and 4- Padubidri beach in Karnataka. 5- kappad in Kerala 6- Rushikonda in Andhra Pradesh 7-  Golden beach of Odisha 8- Radhanagar   in Andaman and nicobar.     ...

Daily current affairs -19-22 July, 2020 | The Hindu |

 1-CPWD sets up on internal think tank.             •  The Central public works department on Thursday setup of internal think-tank meant  to help in formulate action plans on policies, productivity , human resources,technology and other issues faced by the construction agency. • Change management committee would be set up for critical introspection and suggesting action plans on major policy, growth,produ-ctivity,human resources,works,technological development and e- governance related issue. • Think tank would provide guidance on innovation. 2-government has decided to allow invalid pension to armed force personnel with less than 10 years qualifying service:-           • this pension is granted to the armed force personnel who is invalidate out of service on account of disability which accepted as neither attributable to Nor aggravated (NANA) by military service. • it will be available to those armed forc...

Daily current affairs -|17 July, 2020| |18 July , 2020| |The Hindu |

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  The Hindu newspaper analysis-17 and 18 July,2020 1-  At UN meet, Modi calls for   ‘reformed multilateralism’:-        •  The multilateral system needed to more representative, and India believed that “the path to achieve sustainable peace and prosperity” was through multilateralism, Pm.modi said. • He was speaking at a high level dialogue of the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on “Multilateralism after COVID­19: What kind of UN do we need at the 75th anniversary?” •  “Only reformed multilateralism with a reformed United Nations at its centre can meet the aspirations of humanity,” Mr. Modi said in his speech focusing on India’s battle against the coronavirus pandemic. $300 bn package- He  also detailed economic measures to manage the impact of the pandemic, including a government pack-age of $300 billion to “bring the economy back on track,build modern infrastructure and put in place a technolo-gy­driven system”. ECOSOC- ...

Daily current affairs -16 July, 2020 | The Hindu |

 The Hindu newspaper analysis-16 July,2020       1 -   Jio offers 5G tech, to develop cheap smartphone with Google :-                •  Reliance Industries Ltd.’s Jio Platforms unit has developed a 5G technology which will be deployed in India next year.        .To aid mass adoption of the technology and to enable millions of 2G feature phone users to graduate to smart-phones, Jio and Google would partner to develop an entry level 4G or even 5G smartphone with Android operating system. • Google also announced that it had agreed to invest ₹ 33,737 crore to acquire a 7.7 % stake in jio platform. “This Made­in­India 5G solution will be ready for trials as soon as 5G spectrum is available and can be ready for field development next year's.   2-  India and European Union  push trade talks:-         ...

Daily current affairs -15 July, 2020 | The Hindu |

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   The Hindu newspaper analysis-15 July,2020 1-  centre limits duration of online school session,:-               •  Schools can hold live online classes for a maximum of 1.5 hours per day for Classes 1­8, and three hours per day for Classes 9­12, according to the Pragyata guidelines for digital education, released by the Ministry of Human Resource Development. •  These guidelines, pre-pared by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), are only advisory in nature, and State governments. •  “Children exposed to digital technologies or gadgets for a longer time are prone to severe health issues,” 2-   India, China hold fourth round  of consultations :-                       •  India and China held the fourth round of Corps Com­ manders talks at Chushul,on the second phase of disengagement on the Line of Actual Cont...

Daily current affairs -14 July, 2020 | The Hindu |

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  The Hindu newspaper analysis-14 July,2020 1 - will invest $10 billion in India, says goggle chief :-           • Google will invest $10 billion ( rs 75,000 crore) in India over the next five to seven years with a focus on digitisting economy and building India first-product and services, its CEO Sundar pichai said. • Invest will focus on four area key to to digitisation enable affordable access and information for every Indian in their own language, building products and services that are deeply relevant to India's unique needs, empowering businesses on their digital transformation journey. and leveraging technology and AI for social goods in area such as health,education and agriculture. 2-  Iran drops India from chabahar rail project, cities funding delay.                       • India Iran signed an agreement to construct a rail line from chabahar port to zahedan along the border with Afg...

Daily current affairs -13 July, 2020 | The Hindu |

The Hindu newspaper analysis-13 July,2020             1-NATGRID gets access to data from 14,000 police stations:-               . the national intelligence grid has signed an MoU with national crime record bureau to access the centralised online database on FIRs and stolen vehicles. .  First conceptualised in 2009 NATGRID Seeks to become the one-stop destination for security and intelligence agencies to access database related to any immigrations entry and exit, banking and telephone details of a suspect on a secured platform. .  NATGRID access to the crime and criminal tracking network and system database a platform that links around 14,000 stations.          2-DSR (direct seeding of rice)method :-                       .  Researchers have developed a suitable direct seeding alternatives to transplanted paddy. . In direct s...

Daily current affairs -12 July, 2020 | The Hindu |

The Hindu newspaper analysis-12 July,2020 1- India's Tiger census of 2018 has sets a Guinness world record:-                     India's Tiger census of 2018 has set of Guinness world record for being the world largest camera-trap wildlife survey. . All India Tiger estimation 2018 (fourth cycle) counted 2967 tiger, which is about 75% of the global Tiger population. . Camera traps- outdoor photographic devices fitted with motion sensors that start recording when an animal passes by. . Highest number of Tiger India-   Madhya Pradesh (526), Karnataka (524), Uttarakhand (442). . Tiger census conducted by National Tiger conservation authority (NTCA) In every 4 years. .NTCA -  The National Tiger Conservation Authority was established in December 2005 following a recommendation of the Tiger Task Force, constituted by the Prime Minister of India for reorganised management of Project Tiger and the many Tiger Reserves in India...