{"id":57400,"date":"2020-03-18T21:00:26","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T15:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=57400"},"modified":"2020-03-18T17:11:11","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T11:41:11","slug":"9-pm-current-affairs-brief-march-18th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/9-pm-current-affairs-brief-march-18th-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"9 PM Current Affairs Brief \u2013 March 18th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good Evening Friends<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are posting Todays 9pm Current Affair Brief<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>About 9pm Current Affair Brief<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; This initiative provides a brief of all the relevant articles of day in a clear, concise and easily consumable format. Students don\u2019t need to look anywhere more for your daily news bytes. It will help students in their prelims and mains preparation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For old Archives of 9pm Current Affair Brief, Click on \u201cArchives\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/9-pm-brief\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9pm Current Affair Briefs Archives<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2192<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/parliament-proceedings-lok-sabha-passes-appropriation-bill\/article31084907.ece\"><b>Lok Sabha passes Appropriation Bill<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Lok Sabha has passed the Appropriation Bill 2020-21.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>About Appropriation Bill:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Appropriation Bill is a money bill that allows the government to withdraw funds from the Consolidated Fund of India to meet its expenses during the course of a financial year.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As per article 114 of the Constitution, the government can withdraw money from the Consolidated Fund only after receiving approval from Parliament.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The government usually introduces the Appropriation Bill in the Lok Sabha after discussions on Budget proposals and Voting on Demand for Grants.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The defeat of an Appropriation Bill would necessitate resignation of a government or a general election.However, this has never happened in India till date.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Additional information:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>About Money Bill:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A money bill is defined under Article 110 of the Indian Constitution.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Bill is said to be a Money Bill if it only contains provisions related to taxation, borrowing of money by the government,expenditure from or receipt to the Consolidated Fund of India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bills that only contain provisions that are incidental to these matters would also be regarded as Money Bills.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Speaker certifies a Bill as a Money Bill and the Speaker\u2019s decision is final.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Money Bill is introduced in Lok Sabha on the recommendation of the President.It must be passed in Lok Sabha by a simple majority of all members present and voting.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following this, it is sent to the Rajya Sabha for recommendations, which Lok Sabha may reject if it chooses to.If such recommendations are not given within 14 days,it will be deemed to be passed by Parliament.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>About Consolidated Fund of India:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consolidated fund of India has been constituted under Article 266 (1) of the Constitution of India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fund consists of revenues which are received by the government through taxes and expenses incurred in the form of borrowings and loans.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No money out of this fund can be appropriated or drawn except in accordance with a parliamentary law.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[read more]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/news\/environment\/environmental-organisations-decry-major-european-navigation-project-69810\"><b>Danube-Oder-Elbe Canal<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Environmental organisations from across the central and eastern Europe Countries have criticised the proposed Danube-Oder-Elbe Canal project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>About Danube-Oder-Elbe Canal:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Danube-Oder-Elbe canal intends to connect the three rivers Danube, Oder and Elbe.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This will provide an alternate route of navigation from Black Sea to Baltic Sea and North seas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, several environmental organizations have raised concerns against the construction of the canal as it will increase risks of flooding.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Additional information:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>About Black Sea:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Black Sea is an inland sea located between far-southeastern Europe and the far-western edges of the continent of Asia and the country of Turkey.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is\u00a0 bordered by Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Russia and Georgia.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Baltic Sea:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Baltic Sea is positioned in Northern Europe.It is bordered by Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, northeastern Germany and Denmark.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>North Sea:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The North Sea is a part of the Atlantic Ocean.It is bordered by the UK, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/politics-and-nation\/president-nominates-former-cji-ranjan-gogoi-to-the-rajya-sabha\/articleshow\/74660293.cms\"><b>President nominates former CJI to the Rajya Sabha<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The President of India has nominated former Chief Justice of India to the Rajya Sabha (Upper House).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>About Nominated members of Rajya Sabha:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under article 80 of the Constitution, the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) is composed of not more than 250 members of whom 12 are nominated by the President of India from amongst persons who have special knowledge or practical experience in respect of such matters as literature, science, art and social service.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Powers and Privileges of Nominated members:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nominated members enjoy all powers, privileges and immunities available to an elected member of Parliament.They take part in the proceedings of the House as any other member.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However,they are not entitled to vote in the election of the President of India.But in the election of the Vice-President of India,they have a right to vote.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A nominated member is allowed six months, should he decide to join a political party after he has taken his seat in the House in terms of article 99 of the Constitution.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A nominated member has also been exempted from filing his assets and liabilities under Section 75A of the Representation of the Peoples Act, 1951 which requires the elected member to do so within 90 days of his making or subscribing oath\/affirmation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/magazines\/panache\/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-metal-ultra-hot-exoplanet-where-it-rains-iron-observed\/articleshow\/74593312.cms\"><b>Wasp 76b &#8211; Iron rain on exoplanet<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently,Astronomers have observed an exoplanet (planet which orbits a star outside the solar system) named Wasp-76b where they suspect it rains iron instead of water.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>About Wasp-76b:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wasp-76b is an exoplanet that is twice the width of our Jupiter.Its name comes from the UK-led Wasp telescope system that detected it four years ago.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is 640 light-years from the Earth and is so close to its star that it takes just 43 hours to complete one revolution.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to researchers, the iron rain happens because the exoplanet always presents the same face to the star which is called as tidally locked.Earth&#8217;s Moon also does exactly the same thing as we only ever see one side.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/newsite\/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=200292\"><b>Initiatives taken by Government to curb Fake Currency\u00a0<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Minister of State for Finance has informed Lok Sabha about the initiatives taken by Government to curb Fake Indian Currency Network(FICN)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>About FICN Coordination Group(FCORD):<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FICN Coordination Group(FCORD) has been formed by the Ministry of Home Affairs(MHA).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It aims to share intelligence\/information among the different security agencies of the state\/centre to counter the problem of circulation of fake currency notes in the country.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>About Terror Funding and Fake Currency Cell(TFFC):<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is constituted under National Investigation Agency (NIA).Its aim is to investigate terror funding and fake currency cases.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/andhra-pradesh\/state-election-commissioner-acted-unilaterally-says-botcha\/article31076904.ece\"><b>State Election Commission<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Andhra Pradesh government has filed a petition in the Supreme Court and the High Court over the issue of the State Election Commission(SEC) postponing the local body elections due to Coronavirus threat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>About State Election Commission(SEC):<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">State Election Commission is a constitutional authority constituted under the provisions of 243K read with article 243ZA Of The Constitution of India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They were constituted for superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of electoral rolls for and the conduct of all elections to the Panchayats and the Municipalities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Composition:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The State Election Commission is a single member Commission comprising the State Election Commissioner.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under the provisions contained in Article 243K(1) of the Constitution of India, the Governor appoints the State Election Commissioner of the State.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They enjoy the powers same as those by the Election Commission of India(ECI) and can only be removed from his office in the similar manner and on the grounds as a judge of a High Court.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Supreme Court on SEC:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Kishan Singh Tomar vs Municipal Corporation of the City of Ahmedabad, the Supreme Court directed that state governments should abide by orders of the SECs during the conduct of the panchayat and municipal elections just like they follow the instructions of the EC during Assembly and Parliament polls.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.nic.in\/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1606539\"><b>Innovations for Defence Excellence(iDEX) framework<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Government of India has set up a Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) framework to boost India\u2019s indigenous defence sector.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>About IDEX Framework:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Innovations for Defence Excellence(iDEX) was launched by the Government of India in 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is funded and managed by the Defence Innovation Organization(DIO).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It primarily aims at creation of an ecosystem to foster innovation and technology development in Defence and Aerospace by engaging Industries including MSMEs, start-ups among others.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also provides grants\/funding to carry out R&amp;D which has good potential for future adoption for Indian defence and aerospace needs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Additional information:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>About DIO:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Defence Innovation Organization(DIO) is a \u2018not for profit\u2019 company formed under Section 8 of the Companies Act 2013 by two Defence Public Sector Undertakings(DPSUs) namely HAL &amp; BEL.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/covid-19-coronavirus-test-6319369\/\"><b>Polymerase chain reaction(PCR)\u00a0<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR) has said the designated labs will use the conventional real-time polymerase chain reaction(PCR) test to test for the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>About Polymerase chain reaction(PCR):<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The polymerase chain reaction(PCR) is a technique which makes numerous copies of a specific segment of DNA quickly and accurately.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was developed by the American biochemist Kary Mullis in 1983.He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1993 for his pioneering work.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This technique enables investigators to obtain the large quantities of DNA that are required for various experiments and procedures in molecular biology, forensic analysis and medical diagnostics.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>About PCR Test:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PCR test is conducted on a swab collected from the back of the throat, a liquid sample from the lower respiratory tract or a simple saliva sample. Such tests are commonly used in Influenza A, Influenza B and H1N1 virus detection.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since,SARS-COV-2 is a virus made of RNA which needs to be converted into DNA.For this,the technique includes a process called reverse transcription.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A \u2018reverse transcriptase\u2019 enzyme converts the RNA into DNA.Copies of the DNA are then made and amplified.A fluorescent DNA binding dye called the probe shows the presence of the virus.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span id=\":8f.co\" class=\"tL8wMe EMoHub\" dir=\"ltr\">[\/read]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Evening Friends We are posting Todays 9pm Current Affair Brief About 9pm Current Affair Brief &#8211; This initiative provides a brief of all the relevant articles of day in a clear, concise and easily consumable format. 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