{"id":57724,"date":"2020-03-25T21:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T15:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=57724"},"modified":"2020-03-31T12:01:49","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T06:31:49","slug":"9-pm-current-affairs-brief-march-25th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/9-pm-current-affairs-brief-march-25th-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"9 PM Current Affairs Brief \u2013 March 25th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good Evening Friends<\/span><\/h5>\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=\"http:\/\/newsonair.com\/News?title=MoS-Home-introduces-Rashtriya-Raksha-University-Bill%2c-2020&amp;id=383658\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rashtriya Raksha University Bill, 2020<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:The Rashtriya Raksha University Bill 2020 was introduced in the Lok Sabha.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Objectives:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> To develop perspectives, undertake research and impart knowledge in the domain of policing and allied areas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proposes to establish the Rashtriya Raksha University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[read more]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/omar-abdullah-to-be-released-today-after-nearly-eight-months-in-detention-in-kashmir-2199642\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Public Safety Act<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Omar Abdullah, released after nearly eight months in detention under the Public Safety Act,1978 of Jammu and Kashmir<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a preventive detention law that allows the State government to detain a person (above the age of 18) up to two years without a trial or charge.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Authority: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Order is passed either by the Divisional Commissioner or the District Magistrate.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Advisory Board:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A non-judicial body to review detention orders\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Additional Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Preventive detention<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It is the imprisonment of a person with the aim of preventing them from committing further offenses or for maintaining public order.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Constitutional Provisions and Preventive Detention<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Article 22: provides safeguards against arrests and detentions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Article 22 (2) : Produce before the magistrate within 24 hours<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Article 22 (4) no individual can be detained for more than 3 months unless a bench of High court judges or an Advisory board decides to extend the date.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>National Security Act, 1980:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Empowers the government to detain a person if the authorities are satisfied that he\/she is a threat to national security or to prevent him\/her from disrupting public order. It extends to the whole of India except Jammu and Kashmir.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/news\/2020\/03\/who-launches-global-megatrial-four-most-promising-coronavirus-treatments\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WHO launches global megatrial of the four most promising coronavirus treatments<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The World Health Organization (WHO) announced a large global trial, called SOLIDARITY.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Objective: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">study, testing of four most promising drugs, and development of antidote against coronavirus.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These drugs include:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Remdesivir: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An antiviral compound that was widely used to combat Ebola\u00a0 <\/span><b>Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: used to treat patients suffering from malaria.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Ritonavir and lopinavir<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:combination of the drug used to halt progress of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Ritonavir\/lopinavir and interferon-beta:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Combines the two antivirals with interferon-beta, a molecule involved in regulating inflammation in the body<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/newsite\/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=200650\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MPLADS funds may be utilized for COVID-19<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The government has issued a circular granting one-time dispensation for utilizing funds under the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) to address the challenges in the fight against COVID-19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MPLADS is a central sector scheme.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Aim: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To provide funds to MPs to execute certain developmental projects to meet the urgent needs of their constituents. Ex-drinking water facilities, education,etc<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Features<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An MP is entitled to Rs. 5 crore per annum to identify and fund developmental projects. The Fund is non \u2013 lapsable.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The role of the MP is only recommendatory in nature. The implementation of the project is done by local authorities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Elected Members of Rajya Sabha can recommend works in the state from where they have been elected.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nominated Members of both the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha can recommend works anywhere in the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Implementation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/international\/world-news\/now-hantavirus-surfaces-in-china-amid-coronavirus-challenge\/articleshow\/74793841.cms\"><b>What is Hantavirus and how does it spread<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a Chinese man has died from a virus known as Hantavirus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hantavirus is a family of viruses which are spread mainly by rodents.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Transmission: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It does not spread from one person to another but it can be contracted if someone comes in contact with a rodent that carries the virus.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Symptoms: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fatigue, fever, muscle aches, abdominal problems, coughing and shortness of breath.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Complications: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome(HPS) and haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome(HFRS).<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Treatment: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is no specific treatment, cure or vaccine for Hantavirus infection.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sae.news\/2020\/03\/24\/vice-president-wishes-nation-on-the-eve-of-ugadi-gudi-padava-chaitra-sukladi-sajibu-cheiraoba-navreh-and-cheti-chand\/\"><b>Vice President wishes Nation on the eve of Traditional New Year Festivals<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Various<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">festivals marking the beginning of new year in different parts of India were celebrated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Ugadi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Andhra Pradesh and Telangana<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Yugadi \/Ugadi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Karnataka\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Gudi Padwa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Maharashtra<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Cheti Chand<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Sindhis<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Sajibu Cheiraoba<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Meiteis(Manipur)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Navreh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Kashmir.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/karnataka\/hubballi-ankola-rail-line-experts-fear-destruction-of-biodiversity-hotspot\/article31130734.ece\"><b>Hubli-Ankola Railway Line Project<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karnataka Chief Minister has approved the Hubballi-Ankola railway line project despite opposition by several members of the State Board of Wildlife.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The railway line passes through the dense forests between two major protected areas \u2014 Kali Tiger Reserve and Bedthi Conservation Reserve which are part of Western Ghats.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Additional Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>About Kali Tiger Reserve:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located in Karnataka.It comprises two important protected areas of the region namely Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary and Anshi National Park.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Vegetation:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moist deciduous and semi-evergreen with excellent patches of evergreen forests.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Habitat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Bengal tigers(Endangered), Indian elephants (Endangered) among others.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57728\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Kali.jpg?resize=750%2C483&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"483\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>About State Boards for Wildlife<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been constituted under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. It is headed by the Chief Minister with the State Forest Minister as the Vice-Chair.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/karnataka\/over-900-yakshagana-scripts-go-digital\/article31149254.ece\"><b>Digitised Scripts of Yakshagana<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Yakshavahini, a trust has made more than 900 Yakshagana scripts digitised and available online for free.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yakshagana is a temple theatre art form of Karnataka that depicts mythological stories from Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bhagavata and other Hindu epics.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It combines dance, music, dialogue, costumes, make-up and stage techniques with a unique style and form.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is performed with percussion instruments like chenda, maddalam, jagatta or chengila (cymbals) and chakrata or elathalam (small cymbals).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/news-ani\/national-forensic-sciences-university-bill-introduced-in-ls-120032301636_1.html\"><b>National Forensic Sciences University Bill,2020<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minister for Home Affairs has introduced the National Forensic Sciences University Bill, 2020 in the Lok Sabha.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Aim: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">establish a National Forensic Sciences University as an institution of national importance by upgrading the Gujarat Forensic Sciences University in Gandhinagar.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Functions:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will promote studies and research in forensic science in conjunction with applied behavioural science studies, law, criminology and other allied areas for strengthening the criminal justice system in the country.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/newsite\/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=200631\"><b>National Centre for Disease Control(NCDC)<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Union Minister of Health &amp; Family Welfare has visited the National Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) Control Room and the Testing Laboratories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>National Centre for Disease Control(NCDC)\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an institute under the Indian Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Functions:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a nodal agency for disease surveillance facilitating prevention and control of communicable diseases.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was previously known as the National Institute of Communicable Diseases.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Headquarters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: New Delhi.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/tsunami-warnings-after-magnitude-78-quake-strikes-near-russias-kuril-islands\/article31159658.ece\"><b>Kuril Islands<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently,US authorities have put out tsunami warnings after an earthquake has struck Russia\u2019s Kuril Islands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Kuril Islands:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a volcanic archipelago which separates the Sea of Okhotsk from the north Pacific Ocean.It forms part of the \u2018Pacific Ring of Fire.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Islands are currently under Russian administration.However,they are also claimed by Japan.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57727\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Kuril.jpg?resize=546%2C561&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"546\" height=\"561\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Additional Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Pacific Ring of Fire:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ring of Fire also referred to as the Circum-Pacific Belt is a path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes.<\/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; 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