{"id":58020,"date":"2020-03-30T21:00:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T15:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=58020"},"modified":"2020-03-31T10:45:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T05:15:46","slug":"9-pm-current-affairs-brief-march-30th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/9-pm-current-affairs-brief-march-30th-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"9 PM Current Affairs Brief \u2013 March 30th, 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.firstpost.com\/health\/earth-hour-2020-flip-the-switch-at-830-pm-for-the-earth-and-your-health-8201571.html\"><b>Earth Hour 2020<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earth Hour is observed on the last Saturday of March every year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earth Hour was started in 2007 by the World Wildlife fund for Nature (WWF).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Aim:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To call attention towards global warming, loss of biodiversity and climate change.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under this initiative, people switch off their lights for one hour.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Theme: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Climate Change and sustainable development.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Additional Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>World Wildlife fund for Nature(WWF):<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1961.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Aim: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To stop the degradation of the planet\u2019s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Headquarters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Gland, Switzerland.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[read more]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsonair.com\/News?title=The-very-idea-of-using-a-disease-as-weapon-is-repugnant%3a-UN-Secy-Gen-Antonio-Guterres&amp;id=384117\"><b>Biological Weapons Convention<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 45th anniversary of the entry into force of the Biological Weapons Convention was observed on March 26,2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) opened for signature in 1972 and entered into force in 1975.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the first multilateral disarmament treaty banning the production of an entire category of weapons.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Obligations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:The treaty bans the development or acquire or transfer of a) biological agents or toxins that have no justification for peaceful uses and b) weapons or equipment designed to use such agents or toxins for hostile purposes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Members: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It currently has 183 states. India signed the convention in 1973.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Additional Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Biological weapons<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are microorganisms like virus, bacteria, fungi or other toxins that are produced and released deliberately to cause disease and death in humans, animals or plants.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Australia Group:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a multilateral export control regime(MECR) and informal group formed in 1985.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Aim: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To ensure that exports do not contribute to the development of chemical or biological weapons.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li>Members:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">43.India has joined as a 43rd member in 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.err.ee\/1068651\/three-seas-initiative-summit-postponed-to-october-due-to-coronavirus\"><b>Three Seas Initiative summit<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Three Seas Initiative summit has been rescheduled due to the spread of coronavirus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Three Seas Initiative(3SI) is a forum that brings together Twelve European Union member states between the Adriatic Sea, the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Members: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Aim: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To promote economic growth, security and a stronger and more cohesive Europe.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Additional Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Adriatic Sea:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a part of the Mediterranean Sea positioned between the Italian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The countries that border the Adriatic Sea are Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Slovenia, and Montenegro.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58021\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/adriatic.jpg?resize=693%2C442&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"693\" height=\"442\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sentinelassam.com\/north-east-india-news\/arunachal-news\/project-arunank-of-bro-launches-vital-bridge-along-indo-china-border-in-arunachal-pradesh\/\"><b>Project Arunank<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project Arunank has reconstructed the Daporijo Bridge across Subansiri river in Arunachal Pradesh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project Arunank is being implemented by Border Roads Organization (BRO) in Arunachal Pradesh.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Aim: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To link remote regions of the borders with well developed strategic roads.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Subansiri River:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It originates in the Tibet Plateau and enters India through Miri hills in Arunachal Pradesh.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the largest tributary of Brahmaputra River.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58022\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ss-river.jpg?resize=200%2C142&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"142\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Additional Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Bogibeel Bridge:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is India\u2019s longest railroad bridge over the Brahmaputra river connecting Dibrugarh and Dhemaji districts of Assam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1608067\"><b>Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research(INSPIRE) Programme<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a recipient of the INSPIRE programme award has developed a quantum chemistry based software useful for radiation therapy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>INSPIRE Programme:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Launched Year: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2008<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Nodal Ministry:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ministry of Science &amp; Technology.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li>Aim: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To attract talented youth to the study of science at an early stage and build the required critical human resource pool for strengthening and expanding the Science &amp; Technology system and R&amp;D base.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Components: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a) Scheme for Early Attraction of Talents for Science (SEATS) b) Scholarship for Higher Education(SHE) and c) Assured Opportunity for Research Careers(AORC).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Additional Facts:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Quantum chemistry: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a branch of chemistry focused on the application of quantum mechanics in physical models and experiments of chemical systems. 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