Current Affairs for IAS Exams - 09 August 2021

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It is an initiative of Kerala government, for improving service delivered at Anganwadi Centre for overall physical and mental development of children.

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It provides space for class rooms, dining hall, kitchen, store room, creative zone, indoor and outdoor play area.
Anganwadi Services under Umbrella ICDS Scheme is one of the ongoing flagship programmes for early childhood care and development.
Under ICDS,package of six services are provided –

1. Supplementary Nutrition;

2. Pre-school Non-formalEducation;

3. Nutrition & Health Education;

4. Immunization;

5. Health Check-up; and

6. Referral Services.

The Constitution empowers the President to specify the Scheduled Tribes (STs) in various states and union territories.
Further, it permits Parliament to modify this list of notified STs.
The Bill seeks to modify Part-XVIll of the Schedule to the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950relating to State of Arunachal Pradesh like:

1. Deletion of Abor’,

2. Inclusion of ‘Mishmi-Kaman (Miju Mishmi)’, ‘Idu (Mishmi)’ and ‘Taraon (Digaru Mishmi)’ in lieu of ‘Mishmi, Idu,Taman’;

3. Inclusion of ‘Monpa’, ‘Memba’, ‘Sartang’, ‘Sajolang (Miji)’ in lieu of ‘Momba’; etc.

Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year.

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It is hosted and calculated by Global Footprint Network since 1970.
29th July was the Earth overshoot day for 2021.
Last year the Earth Overshoot Day was on 22nd August, which was an exception to the advancing trend of overshoot till 2019 (29th July). This year the pre-2020 trend has returned due to
Increased deforestation of Amazon’s rainforests.
Increase in CO2 emissions by energy sector.

India and the US signed the Second Amendment to the Statement of Guiding Principles on Triangular Cooperation for global development.

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The SGP Agreement, signed in November 2014, underscores the contribution of India-US partnership to global stability and prosperity.
It provides a framework for promoting cooperation between the two countries to meet the developmental aspirations of partner countries, particularly in Asia and Africa.
The Second Amendment to the SGP Agreement, extends the validity of the SGP Agreement up-to 2026.
It expands the scope of capacity building activities undertaken jointly by India and the United States under this framework.
It also provides a consultative mechanism for joint biannual monitoring and review of activities undertaken under the SGP.
Under the Agreement, India and US will continue to offer capacity building assistance to partner countries in multiple sectors, focusing primarily on agriculture, regional connectivity, trade and investments, nutrition, health, clean and renewable energy, and women empowerment.
The Agreement helps fulfil the joint commitment of both nations to work together and leverage their combined capacities to provide demand-driven development partnership.
This triangular cooperation with the US will complement India’s other ongoing and future development partnerships, capacity building and technical assistance with countries globally.

Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has secured Patent registration for its innovativePlastic-mixed Handmade Paper developed to reduce plastic menace from nature.
It will serve the twin objectives of protecting the environment alongside creating sustainable employment.
The plastic-mixed handmade paper was developed under Project REPLAN (Reducing Plastic From Nature).
This is the first of its kind project in India, where plastic waste is de-structured, degraded, diluted and used with paper pulp while making handmade paper.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is likely to launch India’s third lunar mission ‘Chandrayaan-3’ in the third quarter of 2022.

Decoding Chandrayaan-3:

Chandrayaan-3 is a lander-and rover-specific mission, which will demonstrate India’s capability of soft landing on a celestial body, with the rover then communicating with Earth via the existing orbiter from Chandrayaan-2 and taking images 100 km from Moon’s orbit. The orbiter has an estimated lifespan of seven years.
The unique exploration of Chandrayaan-3 aims at studying not just one area of the Moon but all the areas combining the exosphere, the surface as well as the sub-surface in a single mission.