Uttarakhand Affairs
Health infrastructure improving in Uttarakhand- CM Dhami
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has said that the Health of the State has witnessed a many fold increase in recent times. The State Government is committed to improvement in the health Services. He was addressing the 13thnational convention on medical Education at Swami Ram Himalayan University, Jollygrant.
He said that the State government has started a free health investigation scheme under which 207 pathological tests are being done free of cost.
Terming the founder of the Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust (HIHT) Swami Ram as the great humanist, philosopher, teacher and a saint, the CM said that he did a great service to the State by setting up HIHT. He said that Swami Ram believed that the human body is a temple of god and serving fellow human beings is the biggest form of the prayer.
National and International Affairs
Critical Information Infrastructure
The Union Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has declared IT Resources of HDFC bank, ICICI Bank, and NPCI as critical information (CII).
According to Information Technology Act of 2000, Critical Information Infrastructure is a computer resource. Incapacitation or destruction of such resource have debilitating impact on national security, public Health, economy, or public safety.
Under the IT Act 2000, the Union Government has the power to declare any data, IT Network, Database, or communications infrastructure as Critical Information Infrastructure, in order to protect that digital asset. In case, any person who secures access or tries to secure access to protected system, can be put behind the bars for up to 10 years.
Centre approves Maharashtras first Electronics Manufacturing Cluster at Ranjangaon, Pune
As part of its objective to strengthen the electronics manufacturing ecosystem in India, theMinistry of Electronics and IThas approved the greenfieldElectronics Manufacturing Cluster(EMC) with the project cost of Rs 492.85 crores to be set up in RanjangaonPhase III,nearPune in Maharashtra.
The Minister also announced that the Ministry of Electronics and IT plans to give a boost to the 1000 Crore Semicon India Future Design programme to support Semiconductor Design Startups in the state and shall soon visit Maharashtra for a roadshow. He informed that C-DAC, Pune shall be the nodal office for this purpose.
CRPF gets its first women Inspector Generals
Two lady officers who were part of the first batch of Women officers inducted into the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in 1987, have been promoted to the rank of Inspector General (IG), a first for the countrys largest central para-military force.
Annie Abraham was appointed as IG in charge of Rapid Action Force (RAF), the anti-riots component of CRPF, on October 31. Seema Dhundia was handed charge as IG of Bihar sector on October 1.
viral spillover risks
A new research article titled Viral spillover risk increases with <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change in High Arctic lake sediments was released recently.
Viral spillover occurs when viruses overcome several barriers to infect new host from reservoir host (in which it usually resides).
The researchers from the University of Ottawa sought to study the possibility of a viral spillover by collecting sediments and Soil samples from Lake Hazen in Canada the worlds largest High Arctic lake by volume.
After six years, U.N. climate summit returns to Africa
TheU.N. Climate summitis back in Africa after six years and four consecutive Europe-based conferences.
The 27th annual Conference of the Parties of the U.N. Framework Convention on better known as COP27 will be held in the resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt.
Its been branded as the African COP, with officials and activists hoping the conferences location will mean the continents interests are better represented in climate negotiations.