{"id":57291,"date":"2020-03-16T21:00:29","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T15:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=57291"},"modified":"2020-03-16T21:25:01","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T15:55:01","slug":"9-pm-current-affairs-brief-march-16th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/9-pm-current-affairs-brief-march-16th-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"9 PM Current Affairs Brief \u2013 March 16th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/madhya-pradesh-congress-kamal-nath-bjp-calls-on-governor-demands-floor-test-6314392\/\"><b>Explained:What is floor test<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Madhya Pradesh Governor has ordered a floor test in the state Assembly to allow the State Government to prove its majority.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>About Floor Test:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A floor test is primarily taken to know whether the executive enjoys the confidence of the legislature.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a constitutional mechanism under which a Chief Minister appointed by the Governor can be asked to prove majority on the floor of the Legislative Assembly of the state.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>About Composite Floor Test:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is conducted only when more than one person stakes claim to form the government and the majority is not clear.During this time,the governor calls for a special session to see who has the majority.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The majority is then counted based on those present and voting.This can be done through a voice vote or through division vote.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The person who has the majority will form the government.In case of tie, the speaker can also cast his vote.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[read more]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-what-is-a-notified-disaster-and-how-is-the-sdrf-used-6315643\/\"><b>Explained: What is a notified disaster and how is the SDRF used<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to treat COVID-19 as a notified disaster for the purpose of providing assistance under the State Disaster Response Fund(SDRF).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>About Disaster:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disaster is an extreme disruption of the functioning of a society that causes widespread human, material, or environmental losses that exceed the ability of the affected society to cope with its own resources.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a High Power Committee on Disaster Management,1999 it identified 31 disasters organised into five major sub-groups namely a) water and climate related disasters b) geological related disasters c) chemical, industrial and nuclear related disasters and d) biological related disasters which includes biological disasters and epidemics.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>About SDRF:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The State Disaster Response Fund(SDRF) has been constituted under the Disaster Management Act, 2005 and is the primary fund available with state governments for responses to notified disasters.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Central government contributes 75% towards the SDRF allocation for general category states and UTs, and over 90% for special category states\/UTs which includes northeastern states, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The disasters covered under the SDRF include cyclones, droughts, tsunamis, hailstorms, landslides, avalanches and pest attacks among others.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/cities\/kolkata\/covid-19-odisha-cancels-annual-chaitra-jatra-festival\/article31077548.ece\"><b>Chaitra Jatra Festival<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The annual Chaitra Jatra festival scheduled to be held in Odisha\u2019s Tara Tarini hill shrine was cancelled as a precautionary measure against COVID-19 infection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>About the Festival:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chaitra Jatra is celebrated at Tara Tarini hill shrine in the Hindu month of Chaitra.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tara Tarini hill shrine is located at Kumari hill on banks of the Rushikulya river.It is a major centre of Shakti worship in Odisha.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indian Navy\u2019s sailboat INSV Tarini was named after Tara Tarini hill shrine.The first Indian all-woman crew had circumnavigated the globe in INSV Tarini.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Additional information:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Other important Festivals of Odisha:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>About Chhau Festival<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chhau Festival is celebrated every year by the Bhuiyan tribes in Odisha.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main attraction of the festival is the performance of Chhau dance by the people of Odisha.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chhau dance is a semi-classical form of dancing that includes a little bit of martial arts and folk elements.The dance is performed while wearing a mask or chhau that comes from the word chaya which means shadow.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>About Nuakhai Festival:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nuakhai is an agricultural festival mainly observed by people of Western Odisha in India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The farmers offer the first produce of their respective lands to Goddess Samaleswari and then consume it personally.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-coronavirus-death-cause-sepsis-6313948\/\"><b>Explained:What is sepsis<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently,many coronavirus patients have died of sepsis after the body\u2019s immune system goes into overdrive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>About Sepsis:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by the body\u2019s immune system overreacting in response to an infection.This overactive, toxic response can lead to tissue damage, multiple organ failure and death.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Causes:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can be triggered by a variety of pathogens such as Viruses, bacteria, fungi or parasites.The causes of sepsis are usually pneumonia, wound infections, urinary tract infections or infections in the abdominal cavity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other viruses that are highly infectious such as coronaviruses, Ebola and yellow fever viruses, dengue, swine flu or bird flu viruses can also cause sepsis.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Symptoms<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drop in blood pressure with a simultaneous rise in heart rate, fever, rapid, heavy breathing, an unusually strong feeling of illness and sudden confusion.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Treatment:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When diagnosed, sepsis is immediately treated as an emergency. The blood is examined, a broad-spectrum antibiotic is administered, and sufficient blood circulation and ventilation are ensured.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a precautionary measure, many sepsis patients are protectionally incubated which means put into an artificial coma.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1606464\"><b>ROPAX Service<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ministry of Shipping has launched a roll on-roll off cum passenger ferry service called \u2018ROPAX\u2019, between Mumbai and Mandwa (Maharashtra).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>About ROPAX:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a water transport service project under the Eastern Waterfront Development.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The benefits of this service include reduction in the travel time, vehicular emission and traffic on the road.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Additional information:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>About Eastern Waterfront Development:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Eastern Waterfront is the Mumbai Port Trust\u2019s plan to develop the port lands across Mumbai\u2019s eastern coast stretching from Sassoon Dock to Wadala.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/herd-immunity-why-britain-wants-60-of-its-population-to-contract-covid-19-6315745\/\"><b>Explained: Herd immunity<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently,the UK government has announced that it is aiming to achieve herd immunity as a way of tackling COVID-19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>About Herd Immunity:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Herd immunity is when a large number of people are vaccinated against a disease, lowering the chances of others being infected by it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However,this type of immunity is usually viewed as a preventive strategy in vaccination programmes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since,we don\u2019t have a vaccine for COVID-19 \u2013 achieving herd immunity would require a significant proportion of the population to be infected and recover from COVID-19.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This will allow us to retain an immunological memory of the disease that enables us to fight off that same disease in the future.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/read]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explained:What is floor test News: Recently, the Madhya Pradesh Governor has ordered a floor test in the state Assembly to allow the State Government to prove its majority. 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