{"id":54603,"date":"2020-02-13T21:00:50","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T15:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?p=54603"},"modified":"2020-02-27T09:37:47","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T04:07:47","slug":"9-pm-current-affairs-brief-february-13th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/9-pm-current-affairs-brief-february-13th-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"9 PM Current Affairs Brief \u2013 February 13th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/this-word-means-yaravirus-6265066\/\"><strong>Explained:\nWhat is Yaravirus?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Scientists have discovered a new virus in\nLake Pampulha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The new virus has been named Yaravirus after &#8220;Yara,&#8221; the mother\nof waters \u2014 an important character in the mythological stories of the\nTupi-Guarani indigenous tribes<\/li><li>Over 90% of the Yaravirus\ngenome has&nbsp;never been documented in viral research<\/li><li>The virus infects amoeba. It does\nnot infect human cells.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Lake Pampulha is an artificial lagoon in the city of Belo Horizonte\nin Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"310\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Picture1-16.png?resize=310%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Image result for Lake Pampulha map\" class=\"wp-image-54609\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/hubballi\/supreme-court-demolish-resorts-shops-at-hampi-island\/articleshow\/74091087.cms\">Supreme\nCourt: Demolish resorts, shops at Hampi Island<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>\nThe Supreme Court has backed the move of Karnataka\ngovernment to demolish 70 resorts and restaurants near&nbsp;Hampi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><br>\nHampi is situated on the banks of the Tungabhadra River, Bellary District,\nKarnataka<\/li><li>It is a UNESCO World Heritage\nSite<\/li><li>Emperor Ashoka&#8217;s Rock Edicts in\nNittur and Udegolan (Bellary district) suggest that the region was part of the\nMaurya Empire during the 3rd century BCE<\/li><li>Hampi was the capital city\nduring the four different dynasties altogether in the Vijayanagar city that\ncame into existence in the year 1336 AD.&nbsp;The four dynasties which ruled\nover Vijayanagar were Sangama Dynasty, Saluva Dynasty, Tuluva Dynasty and\nAravidu Dynasty.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Architecture:\n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Dravidian architecture\nflourished under the Vijayanagara Empire. <\/li><li>The Vitthla temple is the most\nornate structure on the site and represents the culmination of Vijayanagara\ntemple architecture.<\/li><li>Vijayanagara architecture is\nalso known for its adoption of elements of Indo Islamic Architecture in secular\nbuildings like the Queen\u2019s Bath and the Elephant Stables.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"515\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Picture2-14.png?resize=515%2C551&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Image result for hampi in india map\" class=\"wp-image-54610\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/union-cabinet-clears-bill-to-regulate-pesticide-business\/article30803307.ece\">Union\nCabinet clears Bill to regulate pesticide business<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>: The Union Cabinet has approved the Pesticides Management Bill, 2020.\nIt seeks to replace the existing Insecticides Act of 1968<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nPesticides Management Bill, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aim:<\/strong> To protect the interest of farmers and ensure they get safe and\neffective pesticides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key\nFeatures:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Farmers would be empowered to\nget all information regarding the available pesticides, their strength,\nweaknesses, and risks from the dealers<\/li><li>Any person who wants to import,\nmanufacture, or export pesticides would have to register under the new bill and\nprovide all details regarding expected performance, efficacy, safety, usage\ninstructions<\/li><li>Provision to provide\ncompensation if there is any farm loss because of low quality or spurious\npesticides<\/li><li>All the information regarding\nthe available pesticides would be available in the public domain, in all\nlanguages in digital format.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/centre-clears-major-ports-authority-bill\/article30803440.ece\">Centre\nclears Major Ports Authority Bill<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The Union Cabinet has approved the Major Ports Authority Bill 2020.\nAt present, major ports are regulated by the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aim:<\/strong> to provide for regulation, operation and planning of Major Ports in\nIndia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It vests the administration,\ncontrol and management of such ports upon the Boards of Major Port Authorities<\/li><li>It empowers the Board of Port\nAuthority to raise loans and issue securities for the purposes of the capital\nexpenditure and working capital requirements of such port authority.<\/li><li>It seeks to constitute an\nAdjudicatory Board for adjudication of disputes among major ports, Public\nPrivate Partnership concessionaries and captive users<\/li><li>It provides for the provision\nfor Corporate Social Responsibility measures within the port limits.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\nInformation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"635\" height=\"741\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Picture3-7.png?resize=635%2C741&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Image result for Major Ports in India\" class=\"wp-image-54611\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>India has 12 major ports\u2014 Deendayal\n(erstwhile Kandla), Mumbai, JNPT, Marmugao, New Mangalore, Cochin, Chennai,\nKamarajar (earlier Ennore), V O Chidambarnar, Visakhapatnam, Paradip and\nKolkata (including Haldia).<br>\n<br>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/private-members-bill-government-bill-parliament-6263844\/\">Explained:\nThe difference between private and government Bills in Parliament<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Members of Parliament&nbsp;will table Private Member\u2019s Bill&nbsp;in\nthe Lok Sabha<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bills\nto be tabled:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Unemployment Allowance Bill\n2019:&nbsp;It proposes unemployment allowance to jobless citizens.<\/li><li>Financial Assistance to\nUnemployed Post-Graduates Bill 2019: It&nbsp;restricts the unemployment\nallowances to unemployed postgraduates only.<\/li><li>Unemployed Youth (Allowance and\nEmployment Opportunities) Bill 2019: It deals with generating gainful\nemployment opportunities and payment of unemployment allowance.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Private\nMember<\/strong>: An MP who is not a minister is a private\nmember<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Private\nMember Bill:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Bills introduced by private\nmembers are referred to as private member\u2019s Bills and those introduced by\nministers are called government Bills.<\/li><li>The admissibility of a private\nBill is decided by the Chairman in the case of the Rajya Sabha and the Speaker\nin the case of the Lok Sabha.<\/li><li>Before the Bill can be listed\nfor introduction, the Member must give at least a month\u2019s notice, for the House\nSecretariat to examine it for compliance with constitutional provisions and\nrules on legislation.<\/li><li>Private member\u2019s bill can only\nbe introduced and discussed on Fridays, while a government Bill can be\nintroduced and discussed on any day.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/telling-numbers-2361-humans-510-elephants-killed-in-conflict-in-five-years-6265060\/\"><strong>2,361\nhumans, 510 elephants killed in conflict in five years<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change tabled data in Parliament on man-animal conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key\nTakeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Between 2014 and 2019, 2,361\nhumans were killed as a result of conflict with elephants<\/li><li>510 elephants were killed in\nincidents of electrocution, train accidents, poaching and poisoning during the\nsame period.<\/li><li>Conflict with tigers caused 275\nhuman deaths between 2014 and 2019<\/li><li>West Bengal had the highest\nnumber of human deaths caused by elephants and tigers, followed by Odisha and\nMaharashtra<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\nInformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Government Initiatives<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Draft\nnational wildlife action plan (NWAP) 2017-31<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>ensure that developmental\nprojects do not increase conflicts<\/li><li>Use of traditional knowledge to\ntackle conflicts,<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Immune-contraception\nmethod<\/strong>: It is non-hormonal form of contraception.\nIt causes production of antibodies which in turn prevents pregnancy. Environment\nMinistry sanctioned over Rs 10 crore for &#8216;immunology contraception&#8217; of wild\nboars, Rhesus monkeys and elephants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ministry\nof Environment and Forest and Climate Change Guidelines on Man-Animal conflict<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Wild Life Rescue Teams equipped\nwith adequate personnel, equipments and communication systems <\/li><li>Identifying regular movements\ncorridors of large wildlife, and adequate publicity\/awareness to avoid\ndisturbances<\/li><li>Compilation of data on\nconflicts, reasons for such conflicts, best practices of response.<\/li><li>Insurance programs for damage\ndue to wildlife<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/news\/economy\/world-to-suffer-10-trillion-loss-by-2050-unless-nature-is-saved-wwf-report-69267\"><strong>Global\nFutures Report<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Recently,\nthe Global Futures report has been released jointly by the World Wide Fund for\nNature, Global Trade Analysis Project and the Natural Capital Project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the\nreport:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The report analysed how the natural\nassets would change under various future development scenarios and how the\nconsequent changes in ecosystem services would in turn affect the global\neconomy.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key\ntakeaways from the report:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ecosystem\nServices:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Nature has provided humanity with\nsix ecosystem services namely 1) Pollination of crops 2) Protection of coasts\nfrom flooding and erosion 3) Supply of water 4) Timber production 5) Marine\nfisheries and 6) Carbon storage.<\/li><li>However,the natural assets that\nprovided these services \u2014 forests, wetlands, coral reefs and fish stocks are\nunder attack from the globe\u2019s human population in the name of unsustainable\neconomic development.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The report\nhas presented two scenarios namely:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Business as\nusual:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In this situation,the reduced\nsupply of the six ecosystem services would lead to a 0.67% drop in the annual\nglobal GDP by 2050.<\/li><li>That would be equal to annual loss\nof $479 billion and total cumulative loss of $9.87 trillion in the period\nbetween 2011 (the base year for the study) and 2050.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sustainable\nModel:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In this,if the world adopts a more\nsustainable model of development and safeguarded biodiverse areas, the annual\nglobal GDP would be higher by 0.02%\u2014 $11 billion \u2014 by 2050.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\ninformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About WWF:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The World Wide Fund for Nature(WWF)\nis an international non governmental organization founded in 1961.It is\nheadquartered at Gland,Switzerland.<\/li><li>It aims to stop the degradation of\nthe planet\u2019s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in\nharmony with nature.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/news\/india\/govt-launches-school-health-programme-under-ayushman-bharat-11581517583719.html\"><strong>Govt\nlaunches school health programme under Ayushman Bharat<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The\nGovernment of India has launched a School Health Programme under Ayushman\nBharat-Health &amp; Wellness Centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the\nSchool Health Ambassador Initiative:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Aim:<\/strong>To foster\nthe growth, development and educational achievement of school going children by\npromoting their health and well-being.<\/li><li><strong>Ministry:<\/strong>It\nhas been jointly rolled out by the Ministries of Health &amp; Family Welfare\nand Human Resource Development.<\/li><li>The initiative will also be\neffectively linked with other government initiatives such as the Fit India\nmovement, Eat Right campaign.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Features of\nthe initiative:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Under the initiative,two teachers\nwill be selected as Health and wellness ambassadors in public schools to raise\nawareness about preventive health aspects.<\/li><li>These ambassadors will receive\nsupport from class monitors, who will serve as Health and Wellness Messengers.<\/li><li>The ambassadors will be trained by\nthe National Resource Group that was constituted by the National Council of\nEducational Research and Training (NCERT).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\ninformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nAyushman Bharat:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Launched in 2018 under the Ministry\nof Health and Family Welfare.<\/li><li><strong>Aim:<\/strong>Toprovide\nuniversal health care to the poor, needy and vulnerable sections of the\ncountry.It covers both prevention and health promotion.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Fit\nIndia Movement:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Aim:<\/strong>To\nencourage people to inculcate physical activity and sports in their everyday\nlives.<\/li><li>It is implemented by the Ministry\nof Youth Affairs and Sports.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Eat\nRight campaign:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Launched by the Food Safety and\nStandards Authority of India (FSSAI) in 2018.&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Aim<\/strong>: The\nmovement aims to improve public health in India and combat negative nutritional\ntrends to fight lifestyle diseases.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/kerala\/matching-steps-with-refugees\/article30784505.ece\"><strong>UNHCR:2\nBillion Kilometres to Safety Campaign<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>United\nNations High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR) has launched a 2 Billion\nKilometers to Safety\u2019 campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the\ncampaign:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The 2 Billion Kilometres to Safety\ncampaign aims to encourage people to support refugees by championing individual\nacts of solidarity.<\/li><li>The campaign invites people to act\nin solidarity and run, walk or cycle to achieve a cumulative total of two\nbillion kilometres.<\/li><li>Hence,these acts,when taken\ntogether acknowledge the resilience and strength of refugees.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nUNHCR:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The office of the United Nations\nHigh Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was created in 1950.It is headquartered\nat Geneva, Switzerland.<\/li><li>It\u2019s mandate is to protect refugees,\nforcibly displaced communities and stateless people, and assists in their\nvoluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/technology\/internet\/facebook-launches-digital-literacy-programme-for-women-in-up\/article30798684.ece\"><strong>Facebook\nlaunches digital literacy programme for women in UP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Facebook\nhas launched the programme \u2018We Think Digital\u2019 programme\u201d for women in Uttar\nPradesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the\nprogramme:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The programme has been launched by\nFacebook in partnership with the National Commission for Women(NCW) and Cyber\nPeace Foundation.<\/li><li><strong>Aim:<\/strong>To provide\ndigital literacy training addressing issues around privacy, safety and\nmisinformation to one lakh women across seven states throughout the year.<\/li><li>The programme will start with the\nstate of Uttar Pradesh and expand to other states including Assam, West Bengal\nMadhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Jharkhand and Bihar.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloombergquint.com\/business\/rbi-plans-to-set-up-alternative-retail-payments-system\"><strong>RBI\nplanning umbrella entities for retail payment systems<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The\nReserve Bank of India(RBI) has released a draft framework for authorisation of\na pan-India New Umbrella Entity(NUE) for Retail Payment Systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About New\nUmbrella Entity(NUE):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The new pan-India new umbrella\nentity(NUE) or entities will focus on retail payment systems with a minimum\npaid-up capital of Rs 500 crore.<\/li><li>They may be a \u2018for-profit\u2019 or a\nSection 8 Company incorporated in India.It will be governed by the provisions\nof the Payment and settlement systems(PSS) Act and other related guidelines.<\/li><li>It will set up, manage and operate\nnew payment systems especially in the retail space consisting of ATMs,white\nlabel PoS, Aadhaar-based payments and remittance services, develop payment\nmethods among others.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Who can\napply for NUE?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Any promoter or group who has three\nyears of experience in the payment ecosystem as an operator, service provider\nor technology service provider can apply for NUE.<\/li><li>However,the RBI has also disallowed\nany single promoter or group to hold more than 40% investment in the capital of\nthe NUE.<\/li><li>Further,RBI has also allowed the\npromoter or promoter group shareholding to dilute the minimum of 25% after 5\nyears of the commencement of the business of the NUE.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/news\/world\/un-will-not-be-able-to-achieve-sustainable-development-goals-by-2030-11581491833384.html\"><strong>International\nfund for Agricultural Development(IFAD)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The\n43rd session of the governing council of the International fund for\nAgricultural Development(IFAD) was held at the Food and Agriculture\nOrganization(FAO) in Rome,Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About IFAD:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The International Fund for\nAgricultural Development (IFAD) is an international financial institution and a\nspecialized agency of the United Nations.<\/li><li>It was established in 1977 and is\none of the major outcomes of the 1974 World Food Conference.It is headquartered\nin Rome,Italy.<\/li><li>It invests in rural people by\nempowering them to reduce poverty, increase food security, improve nutrition\nand strengthen resilience.<\/li><li>Since 1978, IFAD has provided\nUS$18.5 billion in grants and low-interest loans to projects that have reached\nabout 464 million people.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About FAO:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Food and Agriculture\nOrganization(FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads\ninternational efforts to defeat hunger.It is headquartered in Rome,Italy.&nbsp;<\/li><li>It aims to achieve food security\nfor all and make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality\nfood to lead active, healthy lives.<\/li><li>The various reports published by\nFAO are a) Global Food Price Index and b) State of the World\u2019s Forests report\namong others.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1602929\"><strong>Cabinet\napproves MoU between India and Iceland in the field of Sustainable Fisheries\nDevelopment<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Union\nCabinet has approved the Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) signed between India\nand Iceland in the field of Fisheries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Salient\nfeatures of the MoU:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Creation of facilities for exchange\nof scientists and technical experts and their proper placement, especially in\nareas of estimating Total Allowable Catches in offshore and deep sea areas.<\/li><li>Provision of training to fisheries\nprofessionals from key fisheries institutions.<\/li><li>Exchange of scientific literature\nresearch findings and several other information.<\/li><li>Processing and marketing of\nproducts from high seas fisheries for entrepreneurship development.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nIndia-Iceland Relations:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>India and Iceland\u2019s friendship is\nbased on the shared values and mutuality of interests.<\/li><li>A series of high level visits since\n2000 have imparted dynamism to the bilateral relations sustained by the opening\nof resident missions (in New Delhi in February 2006 and in Reykjavik in August\n2008).<\/li><li>Iceland was the first Nordic\ncountry to publicly extend support to India\u2019s candidature for permanent\nmembership of the United Nations Security Council(UNSC).&nbsp;<\/li><li>Iceland was one of the countries\nco- sponsoring India\u2019s Resolution at the UN to declare June 21 as the\n\u201cInternational Day of Yoga\u201d.<\/li><li>The Bilateral Trade between the\ncountries have moved from USD 26.51 million in 2013-14 to USD 39.49 million in\n2018-19.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Picture4-4.png?resize=750%2C529&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54612\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/lok-sabha-clears-bill-to-include-more-tribes-in-karnataka-in-st-category\/article30793694.ece\"><strong>Lok Sabha\nclears Bill to include more tribes in Karnataka in ST category<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The\nLok Sabha has passed The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment)\nBill,2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the\nBill:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The bill seeks to include the\nParivara and the Taliwara communities in the Scheduled Tribes(ST) category to\nensure they get a reservation and other benefits provided by the government.The\nSiddi tribes would also be included in the category.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nParivara and Taliwara Tribes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Pariwara and Taliwara are socially,\npolitically, economically and educationally backwards communities.<\/li><li>They have characteristic features\nsimilar to that of the Nayaka tribe which are already included in the list of\nScheduled Tribes(ST) of Karnataka.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Siddi\nTribe:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Siddi tribes of Karnataka are\nbelieved to have descended from the Bantu people of Southeast Africa who were\ntreated as slaves by Portuguese merchants.&nbsp;<\/li><li>They are predominantly found in the\nstates of western coast of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka states.They are\nprimarily Muslims although some are Hindus and others belong to the Catholic\nChurch.<\/li><li>They are included in the list of\nParticularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups(PVTG\u2019s).<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explained: What is Yaravirus? 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