01-11-22 Daily-Punjab-PPSC Current Affairs

There has been a significant nine per cent rise in stubble burning incidents in Punjab between September 15 and October 26 this year in comparison to the corresponding period in 2021 which is a matter of concern, the Commission for Air Quality Management said on Thursday.

It said the total number of farm fires in Haryana has, however, reduced by 26 per cent as compared to last year in the same period.

In view of the spike in stubble incidents, the commission has taken up the matter with the Punjab government for effective implementation of action plan, including strategies for stubble management, the CAQM said.

As per the standard protocol developed by ISRO for CAQM, between September 15 to October 26, total paddy residue burning events reported in Punjab are 7,036 compared to 6,463 for the same period during the last year, which is a significant increase of about nine per cent.

The Union Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has declared IT Resources of HDFC bank, ICICI Bank, and NPCI as critical information (CII).

According to Information Technology Act of 2000, Critical Information Infrastructure is a computer resource. Incapacitation or destruction of such resource have debilitating impact on national security, public Health, economy, or public safety.

Under the IT Act 2000, the Union Government has the power to declare any data, IT Network, Database, or communications infrastructure as Critical Information Infrastructure, in order to protect that digital asset. In case, any person who secures access or tries to secure access to protected system, can be put behind the bars for up to 10 years.

As part of its objective to strengthen the electronics manufacturing ecosystem in India, theMinistry of Electronics and IThas approved the greenfieldElectronics Manufacturing Cluster(EMC) with the project cost of Rs 492.85 crores to be set up in RanjangaonPhase III,nearPune in Maharashtra.

The Minister also announced that the Ministry of Electronics and IT plans to give a boost to the 1000 Crore Semicon India Future Design programme to support Semiconductor Design Startups in the state and shall soon visit Maharashtra for a roadshow. He informed that C-DAC, Pune shall be the nodal office for this purpose.

Two lady officers who were part of the first batch of Women officers inducted into the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in 1987, have been promoted to the rank of Inspector General (IG), a first for the countrys largest central para-military force.

Annie Abraham was appointed as IG in charge of Rapid Action Force (RAF), the anti-riots component of CRPF, on October 31. Seema Dhundia was handed charge as IG of Bihar sector on October 1.

A new research article titled Viral spillover risk increases with <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change in High Arctic lake sediments was released recently.

Viral spillover occurs when viruses overcome several barriers to infect new host from reservoir host (in which it usually resides).

The researchers from the University of Ottawa sought to study the possibility of a viral spillover by collecting sediments and Soil samples from Lake Hazen in Canada the worlds largest High Arctic lake by volume.

TheU.N. Climate summitis back in Africa after six years and four consecutive Europe-based conferences.

The 27th annual Conference of the Parties of the U.N. Framework Convention on better known as COP27 will be held in the resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt.

Its been branded as the African COP, with officials and activists hoping the conferences location will mean the continents interests are better represented in climate negotiations.