{"id":52431,"date":"2019-09-21T21:00:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T15:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?p=52431"},"modified":"2019-09-21T17:40:20","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T12:10:20","slug":"9-pm-current-affairs-brief-september-21st-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/9-pm-current-affairs-brief-september-21st-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"9 PM Current Affairs Brief \u2013 September 21st, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/newsite\/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=193315\">Emergency\nResponse Support System<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Union Minister for Home Affairs has launched\nthe Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) for Chandigarh police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About ERSS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Emergency Response Support\n System(ERSS) is one of the key projects of the Union Ministry of Home\n Affairs under Nirbhaya Fund.<\/li><li>The system has been designed to play a\n pivotal role in mitigation or preventing escalation of crime, especially\n against women and children.<\/li><li>ERSS envisages a single pan-India\n emergency number \u2018112\u2019, which is an internationally recognised number to\n target all types of emergencies.<\/li><li>The features of ERSS includes (a)computer\n aided dispatch of field resources to the location of distress and\n (b)Citizens can send their emergency information through call, sms through\n the 112 mobile app.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\ninformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Nirbhaya\nfund:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Nirbhaya fund scheme seeks to support\n initiatives by the government and NGOs working towards protecting the\n dignity and ensuring the safety of women in India.<\/li><li>The fund was set up in 2013 in the\n aftermath of the gruesome gang-rape and murder in Delhi.<\/li><li>The key schemes under the fund includes\n (a)Emergency Response Support System (b)Central Victim Compensation Fund\n (c)Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children (d)One Stop Scheme\n (e)Mahila Police Volunteer and (f)Universalisation of Women Helpline\n Scheme.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/government-portal-to-offer-education-technologies-using-artificial-intelligence-for-personalised-learning\/article29460680.ece\">National\nEducational Alliance for Technology(NEAT)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Ministry of Human Resource Development(MHRD)\nhas announced a Scheme named National Educational Alliance for\nTechnology(NEAT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About NEAT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The scheme aims to use Artificial\n Intelligence to make learning more personalized and customized as per the\n requirements of the learner.<\/li><li>Under the scheme,a National NEAT platform\n will be created that would provide one-stop access to these technological\n solutions.<\/li><li>All India Council for Technical\n Education(AICTE) would be the implementing agency for the NEAT programme.<\/li><li>The ministry will also create a National\n Alliance with technology developing EdTech Companies through a\n Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model.<\/li><li>MHRD would act as a facilitator to ensure\n that the Adaptive Learning Solutions are freely available to a large number\n of economically backward students.<\/li><li>EdTech companies would be responsible for\n developing solutions and manage the registration of learners through the\n NEAT portal.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\ninformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Artificial\nintelligence:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Artificial Intelligence is a way of making\n a computer or a computer controlled robot or software perform human-like\n tasks.<\/li><li>It refers to the ability of machines to\n perform cognitive tasks like thinking, perceiving, learning, problem\n solving and decision making.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About AICTE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The All India Council for Technical\n Education(AICTE) is the statutory body and a national-level council for\n technical education.<\/li><li>It works under Department of Higher\n Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development.<\/li><li>It was initially established in 1945 as an\n advisory body and later on in 1987 given statutory status by an Act of\n Parliament.<\/li><li>AICTE is responsible for proper planning\n and coordinated development of the technical education and management\n education system in India.&nbsp;<\/li><li>It also accredits postgraduate and\n graduate programs under specific categories at Indian institutions as per\n its charter.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/sc-to-get-permanent-constitution-bench\/articleshow\/71227111.cms\">SC\nto get permanent Constitution bench<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The Supreme Court has decided to create a\npermanent five judge Constitution Bench to hear and decide cases involving\nConstitutional questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Constitution\nbench:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Constitution bench is the name given to\n the benches of the Supreme Court of India which consist of at least five\n judges of the court.<\/li><li>These judges sit to decide on a case\n involving a substantial question of law as to the interpretation of the\n Constitution of India or for the purpose of hearing any reference made by\n the President of India under Article 143.<\/li><li>The provision of constitution bench has\n been mandated under Article 145 (3) of the Constitution of India.<\/li><li>The Chief Justice of India has the power\n to constitute a Constitution Bench and refer cases to it.<\/li><li>The Constitution benches have decided most\n important Supreme Court cases such as A. K. Gopalan v. State of Madras,\n Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala (basic structure doctrine) and\n Ashoka Kumar Thakur v. Union of India (OBC reservations) among others.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/pti-stories\/largest-polar-expedition-in-history-to-probe-arctic-climate-119092001065_1.html\">MOSAIC\nMISSION<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>A team of scientists from 19 countries is about\nto start the year-long MOSAIC mission in the RV Polarstern ship to a large\npiece of Arctic sea ice to study climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Mosaic\nmission:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>MOSAiC mission stands for\n Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate.<\/li><li>The objective of the mission is to study\n the impact of climate change on the Arctic and how it could affect the\n rest of the world.<\/li><li>The mission has received funding from U.S.\n institutions such as the National Science Foundation, the Department of\n Energy, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and NASA.<\/li><li>Under the mission,scientists plan to sail\n the RV Polarstern ship into the Arctic Ocean, anchor it to a large piece\n of sea ice and allow the water to freeze around them effectively trapping\n themselves in the vast sheet of ice that forms over the North Pole each\n winter.<\/li><li>As temperatures drop,they\u2019ll build\n temporary winter research camps on the ice allowing them to perform tests\n that wouldn\u2019t be possible at other times of the year or by satellite\n sensing.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindubusinessline.com\/news\/ins-khanderi-submarine-to-be-commissioned-on-sept-28\/article29460502.ece\">INS\nKhanderi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Indian Navy will commission India\u2019s second\nScorpene-class submarine INS Khanderi on September 28,2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About INS Khanderi:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>INS Khanderi is the second of six planned\n Scorpene-class submarines being built at Mazagon Dock Limited(MDL) under\n technology transfer from Naval Group of France as part of Project 75I.<\/li><li>The submarine is named after Maratha king\n Chhatrapati Shivaji\u2019s island fort Khanderi.<\/li><li>The state-of-the-art features allow this\n Scorpene submarine to launch attacks on the enemy using precision-guided\n weapons.<\/li><li>The submarine is designed to operate in\n all theatres including the tropics.It is equipped with all means and\n communication to ensure interoperability with other components of a naval\n task<\/li><li>INS Khanderi is also capable of\n undertaking various types of missions such as anti-surface warfare,\n anti-submarine warfare, intelligence gathering, mine laying and area\n surveillance.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\ninformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Project 75I:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Project 75I-class submarine is a\n follow-on of the Project 75 Kalvari-class submarine for the Indian navy.<\/li><li>Under it,six new-generation conventional\n diesel-electric submarines will be constructed.&nbsp;<\/li><li>The Six Scorpene Class Submarines are\n (a)INS Kalvari (b)INS Khanderi (c)INS Karanj (d)INS Vela (e)INS Vagir and\n (f)INS Vagsheer.<\/li><li>They will have advanced Air-independent\n propulsion (AIP) systems to enable them to stay submerged for longer\n duration and substantially increase their operational range.&nbsp;<\/li><li>They will also feature advanced stealth\n capabilities such as a greater ability to suppress noise and acoustic\n signatures.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Progress of\nproject:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>INS Kalvari was the first modern\n conventional submarine under this project to be inducted in service in\n December 2017.<\/li><li>The third submarine is currently undergoing\n sea trials and the fourth is getting ready to be launched.The other two\n submarines are at various stages of outfitting and will be delivered by\n 2022.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/how-the-latest-corporate-tax-rate-cut-impacts-the-economy-6013505\/\">Explained:\nHow the latest corporate tax rate cut impacts the economy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Finance Minister has announced to reduce the\ncorporate tax rates in order to encourage manufacturing and boost private\ninvestment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the tax rate\ncut:<\/strong>The government has taken\nthe following decisions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why the corporate\ntax rate cut?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The corporate tax rate was reduced as the\n two other factors of the economy namely government expenditure (where the\n fiscal deficit is under pressure) and exports (which have been stagnant)\n have little space to boost growth.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Significance of\ncorporate tax cut:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The lower corporate tax is aimed at\n boosting private sector investment in the backdrop of slowdown in\n consumption and decline in investment by private businesses.<\/li><li>The cut in corporate tax will also make it\n more attractive for existing and new businesses to invest and increase\n production which in turn will create employment.<\/li><li>However,this move will also cost the\n government Rs 1.45 lakh crore annually.This increases the chances of\n higher fiscal deficit and government may have to resort to spending cuts\n or embark on higher disinvestment.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\ninformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About MAT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>MAT stands for Minimum Alternative Tax.It\n was introduced by the Finance Act,1987 with effect from assessment year\n 1988-89.Later on,it was withdrawn and then reintroduced in 1996.<\/li><li>The objective of introduction of MAT is to\n bring into the tax net zero tax companies who in spite of having earned\n substantial book profits(the profit shown in the profit and loss account)\n do not pay tax due to various tax concessions and incentives provided\n under the Income-tax Law.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/business\/firms-can-use-csr-funds-for-rd\/article29471805.ece\">Corporate\nsocial responsibility(CSR)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Government has decided to expand the scope of\ncorporate spend under Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR) norms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About CSR:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Corporate social responsibility (CSR) was\n initiated through the Companies Act, 2013.<\/li><li>The act mandated companies and government\n organisations with (a)turnover of Rs1,000 crore or more(b)net worth\n exceeding Rs 500crore or (c)having more than Rs 5 crore in net profits to\n spend 2% of average net profit of the preceding three years on CSR.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Activities that can\nbe undertaken under CSR:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The CSR amount can be spent on initiatives\n that would have social, economic and environmental impact or a way to give\n back to the society.<\/li><li>These initiatives include (a)promoting\n gender equality (b)empowering women (c)promoting education (d)eradicating\n hunger (e)poverty, (f)malnutrition (g)rural development projects among\n others.<\/li><li>The companies were also allowed to provide\n CSR funds to technology incubators located within Centre-approved academic\n institutions.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What has changed?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Government has now widened the scope of\n CSR activities and companies can now contribute towards research across\n various fields such as science, technology, medicine.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Besides,CSR funds can also be spent on\n incubators funded by the Centre or state or any state-owned companies.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/draft-rules-to-regulate-social-media-ready-government\/article29472398.ece\">Draft\nrules to regulate social media ready: Government<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Government has said that the Draft Information\nTechnology Rules,2018 which mandate social media companies to cooperate with\nthe police in cracking cyber crimes has been completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Draft Information\nTechnology [Intermediaries Guidelines (Amendment) Rules] 2018:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The aim of the draft rules is to make\n social media and internet companies, that have over 50 lakh users more\n accountable for the content on their platforms.<\/li><li>The rules says that online intermediaries\n with more than 50 lakh users will be required to have a registered entity\n in India under the Companies Act.<\/li><li>The online intermediaries should also\n appoint in India, a nodal person of contact for 24X7 coordination with law\n enforcement agencies and ensure compliance with their orders.<\/li><li>They should provide information or\n assistance within 72 hours when asked by any government agency for reasons\n of State security, cyber security, investigation, detection, prosecution\n or prevention of offenses.<\/li><li>The social media intermediaries should\n publish rules, privacy policy to stop users from engaging in online\n material which is paedophilic, pornographic, hateful, racially and\n ethnically objectionable.<\/li><li>The intermediary should deploy technology\n based automated tools for identifying and removing or disabling public\n access to unlawful information or contents.<\/li><li>The intermediary should report\n cybersecurity incidents with the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team.<\/li><li>On their website,the intermediary should\n also publish the name of the Grievance Officer and his contact details and\n the mechanism by which users or any victim who suffers can notify their\n complaints against such usage.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\ninformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Internet\nintermediary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Internet intermediary refers to a company\n that facilitates the use of the Internet.<\/li><li>Such companies include internet service\n providers(ISPs), search engines and social media platforms.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Germany Unveils 100 Billion Euro Climate\nPackage<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Germany has unveiled a 100 billion Euro climate\npackage over the next four years to speed up the country\u2019s transition to\nrenewable energy and reduce carbon emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Climate\nchange plan:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The plan will include a scheme to charge\n industrial polluters for carbon emissions.<\/li><li>The plan includes (a)grants for electric\n car buyers (b)raising road taxes for polluting vehicles (c)improving\n heating systems for buildings and (d)raising a green surcharge for plane\n tickets among others.<\/li><li>The plan also consists of a scheme which\n is based on trade in emissions certificates under the European Union\u2019s(EU)\n emissions trading scheme.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why the plan now?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The plan was needed as Germany is on\n course to miss its 2020 target of reducing 1990 greenhouse gas emissions\n by 40%,so it is now focusing on 2030 instead.<\/li><li>Under the terms of the new package,Germany\n will work to reduce carbon emissions by 55 percent of 1990 levels by 2030.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\ninformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Emission trading\nsystem(ETS):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Emission trading systems(ETS) is also\n referred to as the cap-and-trade system.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Under ETS, the government caps the total\n level of greenhouse gas emissions provided to the companies and allows\n those industries with low emissions to sell their extra allowances to\n larger emitters.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/india-mongolia-to-explore-space-together\/article29471166.ece\">India,\nMongolia to explore space together<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>TheMongolian President is on a\nvisit to India.During the visit,India and Mongolia has emphasized on the\nconversion of a strategic relationship into the spiritual brotherhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Highlights of the\nvisit:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The two countries have signed Memorandum\n of Understandings (MoUs) on Space Cooperation and Disaster Management that\n will provide a new dimension to the India-Mongolia strategic partnership.<\/li><li>The space cooperation would allow peaceful\n exploration of outer space and include remote sensing and weather forecasting\n services for both the countries.<\/li><li>The two countries also took stock of the\n Cyber Security Training Centre project which is to be established in\n Mongolia with Indian support.<\/li><li>The two countries have also decided to\n expand the scope of India and Mongolia regular military exercises named\n \u201cNomadic Elephant\u201d and \u201cKhaan Quest\u201d.<\/li><li>Further,the year 2020 will also mark the\n 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between\n India and Mongolia.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1585559\">Belgium\nLuxembourg Economic Union<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The 16th Session of the Joint Economic\nCommission(JEC) between India and Belgium Luxembourg Economic Union(BLEU) was\nheld in New Delhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the session:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>India and BLEU has reiterated the\n importance of the Joint Economic Commission(JEC) towards the development\n of bilateral economic and trade relations through facilitating dialogue\n and enhancing cooperation on a wide range of issues of mutual interest.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Joint Economic\nCommission(JEC)&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Joint Economic Commission between\n India and Belgium \u2013 Luxembourg Economic Union (India-BLEU) was established\n in 1997.<\/li><li>It is the main vehicle for discussing\n economic and commercial issues.<\/li><li>This biennial event is organized in the\n capital cities of the three countries alternatively.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About BLEU<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Belgium-Luxembourg Economic\n Union(BLEU) is an intergovernmental trade agreement between Luxembourg and\n Belgium.The treaty was signed in 1921.<\/li><li>Under the terms of the treaty,the economic\n frontier was lifted and the Belgian franc and Luxembourg franc were set at\n a fixed parity establishing a monetary union which was later replaced by\n Euro.<\/li><li>A new convention was signed in 2002\n between the two nations.<\/li><li>The terms of the treaty has mostly been\n taken from the Benelux Union (between Luxembourg, Belgium, and the\n Netherlands) and the European Union.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1585615\">Handbook on\nFisheries Statistics \u2013 2018<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal\nHusbandry &amp; Dairying has released the \u201cHandbook on Fisheries Statistics \u2013\n2018\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key findings of the\nhandbook:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>India is currently the world\u2019s second\n largest producers of fish.It is also world number two in aquaculture\n production as well as in inland capture fisheries.<\/li><li>The total fish production of 12.59 million\n metric tonnes was registered during 2017-18 with a contribution of 8.90\n million metric tonnes from inland sector and 3.69 million metric tonnes\n from marine sector.<\/li><li>The average growth in fish production\n during 2017-18 stands at 10.14% when compared to 2016-17 (11.43 million\n metric tonnes).<\/li><li>The percentage contribution of inland fish\n production in the total fish production of 29% during the year 1950-51 has\n increased to 71% in the year 2017-18.<\/li><li>Andhra Pradesh has recorded the highest\n production of inland fish whereas Gujarat is the leading state in Marine\n fish in the country.<\/li><li>The Fisheries sector is also the major\n source of livelihood for over 1.60 Crore people along with double the\n number in down and upstream.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/army-conducts-exercise-in-ladakh-runway-reopened-in-indias-eastern-most-village-6008131\/\">India\u2019s\neastern-most village<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Indian Air Force has inaugurated a resurfaced\nrunway in Vijaynagar,in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Vijayanagar:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Vijayanagar is the eastern-most inhabited\n village of the country.<\/li><li>It is surrounded by Myanmar on three sides\n and the fourth side comprises stretches of Namdapha National Park.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Namdapha National\nPark:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Namdapha National Park is a large\n protected area in Arunachal Pradesh<\/li><li>The area is located between Dapha Bum\n ridge of Mishmi Hills outspurs of North Eastern Himalayas and Patkai\n Ranges.<\/li><li>It is the fourth largest national park in\n India.<\/li><li>The Namdapha flying squirrel\n (Biswamoyopterus biswasi) was first sighted in this park.It is endemic to\n this park and critically endangered.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emergency Response Support System News:Union Minister for Home Affairs has launched the Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) for Chandigarh police. Facts: About ERSS: The Emergency Response Support System(ERSS) is one of the key projects of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs under Nirbhaya Fund. 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