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Current Affairs for IAS Exams - 04 October 2022

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Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD) has deployed a novel method of promoting indigenous toys for learning among very young children.

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It includes terracotta toys from Gujarat, Kondapalli and Etikoppaka toys of Andhra Pradesh, Channapatna toys of Karnataka, and Bamboo toys of Tripura.
These local, indigenous and DIY (do it yourself) toys are used in anganwadi centers to educate children and their families about healthy living and good nutritional practices.
MoWCD has compiled a State-wise national repository of indigenous toys and shared with States and UTs.

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Government has notified Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection Amendment) Model Amendment Rules, 2022 that bar a person associated with an organization receiving foreign funds to be a part of Child Welfare Committee (CWC).

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CWCs were established under Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 for Children in need and care of protection.

Report has been released annually since 2017 in partnership with Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO) and other Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) partners.

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GOOS is a permanent global system for observations, modeling, and analysis of marine and ocean data.
It highlighted biological observations for the first time and identifies gap in system.
It pointed at inequality in operational services across oceans like Indian, Atlantic and Southern Ocean.

Crucial findings of the report:

Oceans take up 26% of 40 gigatons of carbon emitted to atmosphere annually (48% remains in atmosphere while terrestrial biosphere takes rest).
Only 5% cent of platforms at sea carry biogeochemical sensor, including carbon dioxide sensors.
Argo profiling float array is providing 15% less data as compared to pre-pandemic

It is formed by apex edible oil industry associations of five major palm oil importing countries, including- India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal.

About Palm oil:

It is edible vegetable oil produced from palm fruit of ElaeisGuineensis (African oil Palm) or Elaeis Oleifera (indigenous to South and Central America).
It is rich in Vitamin A and E with no trans fatty acids; commonly used in food products and industrial applications.

Key highlights:

Asia accounts for 40% of global palm oil demand with India as largest importer accounting for nearly 15% (13-14 million tonnes).

Ministry of Power has proposed to move towards a centralized power model through Market-Based Economic Dispatch (MBED)Mechanism.

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MBED is an electricity market operations reform for dispatching the entire annual electricity consumption through a central market operator.
Currently, India follows decentralized power model under the Electricity Act, 2003.
It aims to move towards a “One Nation, One Grid, One Frequency, One Price” framework.

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For about two decades now, the ‘coffee ring effect’ has been known as when a drop of spilt coffee dries up, the outermost edge of the dried drop is a little darker than the centre, forming a darker ‘ring’.
This is caused by the outward drift of suspended coffee particles from the centre, causing a denser, darkened rim.
Now, researchers from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, have shown that after reaching the rim, as the drop dries, some of the particles undergo an inward drift too.