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Current Affairs for IAS Exams - 28 September 2021

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An airspace map of India has been recently launched by the Ministry of Civil Aviation for drone operations.
This airspace map of India has been developed by MapMyIndia and IT services company- Happiest Minds and the map is put up on the Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s (DGCA) digital sky platform.

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This will allow civilian drone operators to check the demarcated no-fly zones or where they need to undergo certain formalities before flying a drone.
Drone airspace map comes as a follow-through of the liberalized Drone Rules, 2021.
It has interactive map of airspace marked into three zones

Green zones, no permission is required for operating drones with an all-up weight upto 500 kg.
Red Zone - It is the ‘no-drone zone’ within which drones can be operated only after a permission from the Central Government.
Yellow zone is the airspace above 400 feet in a designated green zone. Drone operations in yellow zone require permission from the concerned air traffic control authority.

Recently, the President of India presented the National Service Scheme Awards for the year 2019-20.

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National Service Scheme (NSS) Awards were instituted by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports in 1993-94.
National Service Scheme (Motto: Not Me But You) provides opportunity to the student youth to take part in various government led community service activities & programmes.
Participation in NSS helps in the development of virtues of an efficient administrator, a social leader and a person who understands human nature.
It is a Central Sector Scheme.

The UN Food Systems Summit will take place during the UN General Assembly in New York.
It aims to launch bold new actions to transform the way the world produces and consumes food, as part of the Decade of Action to achieve Sustainable Development by 2030.

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More than 90 governments have submitted their national strategies and commitments to strengthening the food systems.

India’s Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has been selected as the next External Auditor of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for a six-year term (2022-27).
The election is a global acknowledgement of India’s CAG’s credentials, professionalism and experience.

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Created in 1957, IAEA was established in response to the fears and expectations generated by the discoveries and diverse uses of nuclear technology.
IAEA is widely known as the world’s “Atoms for Peace and Development” organization within theUN family, the IAEA is the international centre for cooperation in the nuclear field.
It works to promote the safe, secure and peaceful use of nuclear technologies.
It publishes Nuclear Safety Review’ annually.

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SAUBHAGYA was announced by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 25th September 2017.
The objective of the scheme was achieving Universal Household Electrification in the country, through last mile connectivity and providing access to electricity to all un-electrified households in rural areas and poor households in urban areas.
While launching the scheme, the Prime Minister pledged to provide access to electricity and work towards equity, efficiency and sustainability in the New Age India.
The journey started with Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) which envisaged the creation of basic electricity infrastructure in villages.
The focus of the scheme was on strengthening & augmentation the existing infrastructure and metering of existing feeders/distribution transformers to improve the quality and reliability of power supply in rural areas.

The European Commission has proposed a plan to harmonise charging ports and fast charging technology for electronic devices — something that could force original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to adopt a single technology for most of their devices.

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The executive arm of the European Union (EU) has proposed that USB Type-C will be the common port, and this move is expected to hit iPhone maker Apple the most given that it uses its proprietary Lightening connector for iPhones and most iPads.
The proposal, however, only covers wired chargers and excludes wireless charging from its ambit, meaning that only if a device uses a cable to be charged will it need to have a USB-C port. In case the device is only to be charged wirelessly, there is no compulsion to have a USB-C port in the device.
USB-C (formally known as USB Type-C) is a 24-pin USB connector system with a rotationally symmetrical connector.