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Current Affairs for IAS Exams - 04 July 2022

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Following the brutal on-camera killing of tailor Kanhaiyalal Teli in Udaipur by two men, the Rajasthan government imposed a ban on Internet services.

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Shutting down the Internet as an administrative or law-and-order measure has been a common step taken across India — for a range of reasons and by almost all political parties and governments.
According to the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC), a legal services organisation working in this field in India, since 2012 there have been 665 Internet shutdowns in India to date.
Here, ‘shut downs’ mean a total ban on mobile (3G, 4G/LTE), or fixed-line (dial-up, wired/wireless broadband) Internet, both or either of which may be shut down.
According to Internet freedom and tech policy organisations, India is the leading country (by number) for Internet disruption incidents and frequency of shutdowns. This year, 59 shutdowns have been enforced, according to SFLC, which determines shutdowns based on government orders and media reports.
Internet shutdowns are not always officially announced, so it might be difficult to know if your phone is simply not working properly, or if a shutdown is in place.
Jammu and Kashmir has had more than 411 shutdowns since 2012, and the longest one went on for more than 552 days after the abrogation of the special status of the erstwhile state.

NITI Aayog and World Food Program released Take Home Ration (THR)-Good Practices across theState/UT Report.

Key highlights:

THR is a part of supplementary nutrition programme (SNP) of Integrated Child DevelopmentServices (ICDS) that specifically caters to children aged 6 to 36 months and pregnant and lactatingwomen.
Starting from procurement, THR value chain covers a number of steps.
SNP is delivered to more than 9 crorebeneficiaries registered at Anganwadi Centres
(AWCs) through two modalities –Hot-Cooked Meal and THR.

About World Food Program:

It is the largest humanitarian organisation in the world, saving lives in times of need and utilising food aid to help people recover from war, natural disasters, and the effects of climate change create a road to peace, stability, and prosperity.
The WFP was given the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020.

European Union (EU) has agreed on landmark rules known as MiCA for regulating thecryptocurrency industry.

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Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) is a proposed regulation in EU law.
It is intended to help streamline distributed ledger technology (DLT) and virtual asset regulation in the European Union (EU) whilst protecting users and investors.

Key findings:

EU's crypto rules will ensure a harmonised market, provide legal certainty for crypto-assetissuers, guarantee a level playing field for service providers and ensure high standards forconsumer protection.
Under MiCA regulations, exchanges, brokers and other crypto companies face strict rules aimedat protecting consumers.
MiCA will also address environmental concerns surrounding crypto, with firms forced to disclosetheir energy consumption as well.

The sixth summit of the heads of the Caspian states took place in the capital of Turkmenistan.
The meeting was attended by the leaders of the Caspian “five” countries - Presidents of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Iran Ebrahim Raisi, Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.

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The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is celebrating Seafarer Day recently.

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It is celebrated on the 25 of June each year to pay respect to Seafarers and sailors who help the entire world function by conducting sea transport.
The day was proposed by International Maritime Organization in 2010 to celebrate the contribution of the seafarer to the world economy and civil society.
Almost 90 per cent of the world’s goods trade are transported by ships and behind these ships are the seafarers who work relentlessly to ensure the smooth flow of trade via water.
The theme of this year is 'Seafarers: at the core of shipping’s future.
The theme seeks to increase the visibility of seafarers by drawing attention to the invaluable role they play now and will continue to play in the future.

The modified PSLV-C53 took off from the second launchpad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota Range (SHAR).
It placed the three satellites — a 365 kg Singaporean Earth Observation Satellite, DS-EO, a 155 kg small commercial satellite with a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payload, the NeuSAR; and a 2.8 kg satellite from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and SCOOB-1 — into orbit 19 minutes after lift-off.

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PSLV is a four-stage launch vehicle (1st & 3rd stage: Solid; 2nd & 4th: Liquid) where first three spent stages fall back into theocean and final stage ends up as space junk.
Fourth stage can be used in missions where the load is light and can help satisfy growing demand from startups, and student andscientific communities.
POEM will derive its power from mounted solar panels and a Li-Ion battery.