09-10.01.22 Daily [Uttar Pradesh] UPPSC Current Affairs

Uttar Pradesh added another feather to its cap by bagging the first prize in the Best State Category of the Union Ministry of Jal Shaktis National Water Awards 2020 on Friday.

This is the third edition of the award given for adopting a holistic approach towards <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/water-Resources“>Water Resources management in India. Rajasthan and Nadu bagged the second and third prizes respectively in the Best State (Normal) Category.

A total of 57 awards were announced in 11 categories, including best states, district, panchayat and best industries.

In 2018, National Water Awards were instituted to recognise and encourage exemplary work and efforts made by states, districts, individuals and organisations in attaining the governments vision of a Jal Samridh Bharat across the country.

The award in the north zone district category this year was given to Muzaffarnagar of UP while Balua of Varanasi won the award for the Best Village PanchayatNorth Zone.

With this, the streams of rivers have become uninterrupted and pure and drains culminating into the rivers have been tapped. Under Namani Gange, not only Ganga but the conditions of all major rivers, including Gomti, Saryu, Yamuna, Rapti, have improved due to intense cleanliness campaigns.

The Rural Water Supply Department of the UP government has completed preparations to connect more than 18 lakh families with water supply in the first phase of Har Ghar Nal Yojana under Jal Jeevan Mission and Union governments Namami Gange programme.

The Union Government announced an action plan for adopting Cheetah in India on 5 January.

Highlights:

During the 19th meeting of the , the Environment ministry issued the “Action Plan for Adoption of Cheetah in India.”

In India, 50 cheetahs would be introduced over the next five years as part of the action plan.

Cheetahs will be transported from South Africa or Namibia in groups of 12 to 14.

A satellite-GPS-very high-frequency radio collar will be put to each of the cheetahs.Cheetahs will be transported internationally by either a passenger airplane or a chartered flight.

They will be relocated to Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno Palpur National Park (KNP).

According to the strategy, the Union government, the Ministry of Environment, and the Cheetah Task Force will establish a formal structure for engaging with Namibian and/or South African administrations.

The National Skill development Corporation organizes the India Skills competition (NSDC).

It occurs every two years. The competition takes place in several locales.

The India Skills competition will take place at Pragati Maidan, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and other cities in 2021. It all started in the Talkatora Indoor Stadium in New Delhi.

The NSDC is hosting more than fifty skill contests in 2021. Welding, cyber security, painting, floristry, additive manufacturing, patisserie, and more professions are included.

The “Olympics of Skills” is the name of the World Skills competition.

India’s first “Mobile Honey Processing Van” was launched by KVIC.

KVIC’s Multi-disciplinary Training Centre in Panjokehra designed the Mobile Van in-house at a cost of Rs 15 lakh.

The Mobile Honey Processing Van is a significant step forward in KVIC’s Honey Mission, which aims to train beekeepers, provide Bee Boxes to farmers, and assist rural, educated, and jobless youth in earning additional revenue through beekeeping.

KVIC has created the unique Mobile Honey Processing Van, which will process beekeepers’ honey in their homes, saving them the time and expense of transporting the honey to processing Plants in distant towns.

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Union Minister of Jal Shakti, has announced the winners of the third National Water Awards for the year 2020.

In the National Water Awards 2020, Uttar Pradesh has named the Best State for Water Conservation.

Rajasthan and Nadu come in second and third, respectively. The award includes a citation, a trophy, and a monetary prize.

The finest district prize in the northern zone went to Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, followed by Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar in Punjab.

The Jal Shakti Ministry established the National Water Award in 2018 to honor and motivate individuals and organizations who excel in the field of Water Resource Management.

A new tree species, Uvariopsis dicaprio, has been discovered. In the year 2022, this is the first new tree species to be described. It was found in Cameroon’s tropical Ebo forest and is a native of the area.

The tree has been added to the list of plant species that are Strange and Spectacular. The tree is considered to be critically endangered.

The tree’s yellow-green blossoms grow directly on its trunk. Flowers are typically created from modified shoots or modified leaves.

In the Western Pacific, India and its Quadrilateral Security Dialogue partners, Canada and South Korea are taking part in the multinational drill Sea Dragon 2022 at Guam.

The United States, Australia, Canada, India, Japan, and South Korea are among the six nations taking part in the drill.

The exercise will include more than 270 hours of in-flight training and operations ranging from tracking simulated targets to tracking a US Navy submarine.