{"id":54619,"date":"2020-02-16T21:00:20","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T15:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?p=54619"},"modified":"2020-02-27T09:44:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T04:14:32","slug":"9-pm-current-affairs-brief-february-16th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/9-pm-current-affairs-brief-february-16th-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"9 PM Current Affairs Brief \u2013 February 16th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/basmati-rice-genome-sequenced\/article30773432.ece\"><strong>Basmati rice\ngenome sequenced<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Recently,Scientists have mapped the complete genome of two basmati rice\nvarieties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nthe findings:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Basmati 334:<\/strong> It comes from Pakistan known to\nbe drought tolerant and resistant to rice-killing bacterial blight.<\/li><li><strong>Dom Sufid:<\/strong> It comes from Iran, an aromatic\nlong-grain rice that is one of the most expensive on the market.<\/li><li>Further,the most genetic material\nin basmati comes from a) <strong>japonica<\/strong> \u2014a\nrice group found in East Asia followed by b) <strong>aus<\/strong> rice group found in Bangladesh.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nGenome Sequencing:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Genome sequencing means\ndetermining the order of the four chemical building blocks called bases that\nmake up the DNA molecule.<\/li><li>It is an important tool for\nstudying plants and improving crop varieties.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sport\/karnatakas-kambala-buffalo-jockey-srinivas-gowdas-run-draws-comparison-to-usain-bolt\/article30828501.ece\"><strong>Kambala<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Recently,Srinivas Gowda competing in a kambala event has covered 100m\nin 9.55 seconds ahead of Jamaican Usain Bolt\u2019s world record of 9.58 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nKambala:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Kambala is an annual festival\ncelebrated in the Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka.<\/li><li>The festival involves the\ntraditional buffalo race generally held from November to March.<\/li><li>The buffaloes are made to race one\nafter another in paddy fields as a thanksgiving to the Gods for protecting the\nanimals from diseases.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsonair.com\/News?title=Manipur%3a-Seed-sowing-festival-%26%2339%3bLui-Ngai-Ni%26%2339%3b-celebrated-at-Ukhrul&amp;id=381387\"><strong>Lui-Ngai-Ni\nFestival <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The Naga tribes of Manipur celebrated it&#8217;s seed sowing festival\nLui-Ngai-Ni under the theme Oneness through Culture in Ukhrul, Manipur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nthe festival:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Lui Ngai Ni is the seed-sowing\nfestival celebrated by the Naga clans of Manipur India. <\/li><li>The celebration is celebrated\nevery year on 14\u201315 February toward the beginning of the spring season.<\/li><li>The festival commemorates the\nseason of seed sowing and is also embarks the beginning of the new year for the\npeople of Naga clan.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/baby-born-on-boat-among-87-saved-off-canary-islands\/article30824183.ece\"><strong>Canary Islands<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Recently,Spanish authorities have rescued a group of 86 migrants that\nincluded a baby who was born near the Canary Islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nCanary Islands:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Canary Islands are a Spanish\narchipelago and the southernmost autonomous community of Spain.<\/li><li>The Island is located in the\nAtlantic Ocean,west of Morocco at the closest point.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Picture1-18.png?resize=682%2C329&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54624\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1603363\"><strong>Conference of\nCentral Administrative Tribunal 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The annual All India Conference of the Central Administrative Tribunal\nwas held at Vigyan Bhawan,New Delhi held on 16th February 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nCAT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Central Administrative\nTribunal has been established by an Act of Parliament namely Administrative\nTribunals Act,1985 under Article 323-A of the Constitution.<\/li><li><strong>Mandate:<\/strong>To adjudicate disputes and complaints\nwith respect to recruitment and conditions of service of persons appointed to\npublic services and posts in connection with the affairs of the Union or other\nauthorities under the control of the Government.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Features\nof the Tribunal:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Tribunal is headed by the\nChairman and 65 Members, 33 from Judicial (including Chairman) and 33 from the\nAdministrative stream.The Chairman is normally a sitting or retired Judge of a\nHigh Court.<\/li><li>Tribunal has been conferred with\nthe power to exercise the same jurisdiction and authority in respect of\ncontempt of itself as a High Court.<\/li><li>The Tribunal is guided by the\nprinciples of natural justice in deciding cases and is not bound by the\nprocedure prescribed by the Civil Procedure Code.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/how-does-railways-corporate-train-model-work-6271227\/\"><strong>Explained:How\ndoes India\u2019s Railways\u2019 corporate train model work?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Recently, Kashi Mahakal Express has been inaugurated as the country\u2019s\nthird \u2018corporate\u2019 train after the two Tejas Express trains between\nDelhi-Lucknow and Mumbai-Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nthe Corporate Train Model:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In this model, the physical\ninfrastructure of the train such as locomotives, coaches, loco pilots among\nothers will remain in the Indian Railways\u2019 hands.<\/li><li>However, the services provided\nincluding ticketing and refunds, parcels, catering and housekeeping will be\noutsourced to Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation(IRCTC).<\/li><li>This will allow Indian Railways to\nbe free from encumbrances and gets to earn from IRCTC a pre-decided amount\nbeing the owner of the network.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/what-is-hope-spacecraft-6271167\/\"><strong>Explained: What\nis Hope spacecraft?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The United Arab Emirates has used a novel approach to build the Hope\nspacecraft which will be launched in July,2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nHOPE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>HOPE Spacecraft is also known as\nthe Emirates Mars Mission (EMM).It will be Arab world&#8217;s first spacecraft to\nMars.<\/li><li><strong>Aim:<\/strong>To collect information on Mars and\nmeteorological layers.It also seeks to study the causes of loss of hydrogen and\noxygen gases from the upper layer of the Martian atmosphere.<\/li><li>The mission will become the first\nspace exploration programme to take a picture of the Mars atmosphere.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basmati rice genome sequenced News:Recently,Scientists have mapped the complete genome of two basmati rice varieties. Facts: About the findings: Basmati 334: It comes from Pakistan known to be drought tolerant and resistant to rice-killing bacterial blight. Dom Sufid: It comes from Iran, an aromatic long-grain rice that is one of the most expensive on the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/9-pm-current-affairs-brief-february-16th-2020\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">9 PM Current Affairs Brief \u2013 February 16th, 2020<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":48116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-9-pm-brief","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/9-PM-Brief.png?fit=1000%2C500&ssl=1","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704940949},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}