14.06.23 Daily [Uttar Pradesh] UPPSC Current Affairs

The Uttar Pradesh government has initiated measures for expansion, strengthening, and beautification of the state highways to ensure smooth and safe road travel.

Significant progress has been made in widening and strengthening three state highways. Funds have been approved for the completion of works related to the construction of three bridges in Agra and six in Bareilly, a government spokesman said.

He said the government has approved Rs 58 crore for the ongoing projects on three state highways. Process has been initiated to release Rs 50 crore for converting the road connecting Kaushambi to Prayagraj Airport into a four-lane road, Rs 4 crore each for widening the Bharatganj-Pratappur road from Prayagraj, realignment and for the widening of the Chiraiyakot-Belthara Road in Azamgarh.

To utilise the state property funds, the process of allocation of Rs 10.63 crores for the transformation of 35 routes in various districts of the Prayagraj division approved between 2021 and 2023 has been initiated by the Public Works Department.

This fund will be utilised for the construction, strengthening and maintenance of proposed roads in different districts, including six in Fatehpur, nine in Pratapgarh, eight in Kaushambi, and 12 in Prayagraj.

Union Minister ofPorts, Shipping andWaterways(MoPSW) and Ayush,Sarbananda Sonowallaunched the ‘Sagar Samriddhi‘ the online dredging monitoring system in order to amp up ‘Waste to Wealth’ initiative of theMinistryin Delhi.

As per the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, “This system has been developed by National Technology Centre for Ports, Waterways and Coasts (NTCPWC) the technological arm of MoPSW. The new technology brings marked improvement against the old system of the Draft and Loading Monitor (DLM) system.

“The system will bring in synergy among multiple input reports like daily dredging reports, and the pre and post-dredging survey data before processing and producing real-time dredging reports,” they added.

The prevalence of diabetes in India is 11.4 per cent, while 35.5 per cent and 15.3 per cent of people suffer from hypertension and prediabetes respectively, according to the findings of a nationwide survey published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal.

The largest epidemiological study on diabetes and non-communicable diseases (NCD) estimates that in 2021, there were 101 million people with diabetes in India, 136 million with prediabetes, and 315 million had high blood pressure.

The study, conducted by the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF) in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (Icmr) and funded by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, also found that the prevalence of generalised obesity and abdominal obesity in India stood at 28.6 and 39.5 per cent, respectively.

The estimate shows that 254 million people in India had generalised obesity, and 351 million had abdominal obesity in 2021.

In 2017, the team found that the prevalence of diabetes in India was around 7.5 per cent, meaning there has been an increase of over 50 per cent in the burden since then.

Among the states, Goa (26.4 per cent) had the highest prevalence of diabetes andUttar Pradesh(4.8 per cent) had the lowest, while (31.3 per cent) and Mizoram (6.8 per cent) had the highest and lowest burden of prediabetes.
Punjab (51.8 per cent) had the highest prevalence of hypertension while Meghalaya (24.3 per cent) had the highest burden, the researchers said.

The United States and Britain announced a new strategic pact as their leaders rededicated the “special relationship” to counter Russia, China and economic instability.

An “Atlantic Declaration” adopted by the leaders aims to boost ties on defense and RENEWABLE ENERGY, in the face of growing competition from China.

On Ukraine, the US and UK governments are moving closer to offering advanced fighter jets to help Kyiv counter the Russian invasion.

Cyclone Biparjoy, expected to cross theGujaratcoast on June 15, is on course to become the cyclone with the longest lifespan in theArabian Sea, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) data.

It will also be the third cyclone to hit the western state in June since 1965,”Based on data from 1965 to 2022 for the month of June, 13 Cyclones developed over the Arabian Sea.

Of these, two crossed the Gujarat coast, one Maharashtra, one Pakistan coast, three Oman-Yemen coasts and six weakened over the sea.

The life period ofCyclone Biparjoy, which developed over the southeast Arabian Sea at 5.30 am on June 6, is about seven days and 12 hours so far.

The extremely severeCyclone Kyarrof 2019 over the Arabian Sea had a life of 9 days and 15 hours. It developed over the east-central Arabian Sea, had multiple recurvatures and weakened over the southwest Arabian Sea.