23-06-21 Daily-Punjab-PPSC Current Affairs

Capt Amarinder, reviewing the functioning of Forests and Wildlife Preservation Department through video conferencing, emphasized the need to undertake massive plantation of traditional trees including ber, kikar, saal, shisham etc besides katha amb an indigenous variety of Mango commonly prevalent in Kandi region and southern Punjab, which have eventually dwindled due to passage of time as revival of its plantation would obviously offer a natural habitat to old species of wild animals and birds which have now gradually extinct over a period of time.

The Chief Minister also complimented the Department for undergoing plantation of Chandan and high yielding Bamboo (Bamabusa Balcooa), which gives double the yield of traditional bamboo. He asked the Additional Chief Secretary (Forests) Anirudh Tiwari to encourage plantation of more indigenous species and motivate the farmers for plantation of Poplar, which is not only water efficient but also quite remunerative due to its huge demand in the wood .

The Department has also been asked to fully explore the potential of ecotourism and concerted efforts should be made to develop Siswan and Harike as preferred ecotourism destinations in northern India.

Bengaluru has been named as the most liveable metropolitan city of India, in the Ease of Living Index 2020, released by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).

The Ease of Living Index 2020 is a phase of the report titled State of Indias Environment 2021. Bengaluru is followed by means of Chennai, Shimla, Bhubaneshwar, and Mumbai, as the pinnacle five quality cities respectively.

The report targeted four parameters to decide the ease of dwelling index rating of each city, which are: great of life, financial ability, sustainability and citizens perceptions.

Each town was once rated out of one hundred in all parameters.

The Ease of Living Index 2020 is the 2nd edition of the index after the first one was once launched in 2018.

The 18th anniversary of the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) was celebrated.

NIXI will provide each IN user with a personalized email with 10GB of space.

This email will be provided on demand. Users can visit www.registry.in to get free personalized emails.

The domain, which began with five languages, is now available in all 22 official languages. India is the only country that offers domain names in all 22 official Indian languages.

NIXI was founded in 2003 as a non-profit organisation under Section 8 of the Companies Act of 2013.

NIXI was created to allow ISPs (internet service providers) to peer with one another in order to route domestic traffic within the country rather than sending it all the way to the US/abroad.

This results in improved service quality (lower latency) and lower bandwidth charges for ISPs by saving on international bandwidth.

The Indian Certification of Medical Devices (ICMED) Plus Scheme was launched by the Quality Council of India (QCI).

About ICMED Plus Scheme:

The QCI and the Association of Indian Manufacturers of Medical Devices (AiMeD) have enhanced the ICMED Scheme, which was launched in 2016.

The new scheme is known as ICMED 13485 PLUS.

The scheme will verify the quality, safety, and efficacy of medical devices.

ICMED 13485 Plus has been designed to integrate the Quality Management System components and product-related quality validation processes via witness testing of products against defined product standards and specifications.

This is the world’s first scheme in which quality management systems and product certification standards are integrated with regulatory requirements.

This scheme will be an end-to-end quality assurance scheme for India’s medical device sector.

International Widows Day is designated on 23rd June each and every year worldwide. The day is extensively regarded to draw attention to the voices and experiences of widows and to impress the unique assist that they have. Several Women round the world after dropping her lifestyles accomplice faces challenges and do long-term hostilities for basic needs, their human proper and dignity.

The International Olympic Day is designated on June 23 each and every year. The day is celebrated to motivate greater human beings to participate in the Olympic Games and unfold recognition about the event and promote the Olympic Movement.

Based on the three pillars (move, learn and discover), the National Olympic Committees are deploying Sports, cultural and educational things to do to inspire participation regardless of age, gender, social background, or carrying ability.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) authorized to have a look at Olympic Day in January 1948 to commemorate the advent of the International Olympic Committee on 23 June 1894.