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Posted 30 Aug 2024

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She-Box Portal

The Ministry of Women and Child Development launched a new She-Box Portal to make Workplaces safer for Women.

About She-Box Portal

  • Centralized platform for registering and monitoring complaints of sexual harassment of women at workplace.
  • Objective: Provide a single window access to every woman, (organised or unorganised sector) for registering complaint related to sexual harassment.
  • It also has repository of Resources on Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.
  • Tags :
  • Women Safety
  • She Box

Retired Sportsperson Empowerment Training (RESET) Programme

The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports has launched RESET Programme.

About RESET Programme

  • It aims to empower retired sports persons with knowledge and skills for career development and increased employability.
    • Retired athletes aged 20-50 who have participated or received medals in international or national events.
  • Key Features
    • Two levels based on educational qualifications—Class 12th and above, and Class 11th and below.
    • Mode: Hybrid, including self-paced learning and on-ground training with internships.
    • Placement assistance and guidance for entrepreneurial ventures.
  • Tags :
  • Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
  • Retired Sportsperson Empowerment Training (RESET) Programme

Dhaincha

Distribution of green manure, Dhaincha has recently been commenced in Tamilnadu.

About Dhaincha:

  • Generally grown  as a green manuring crop in India. 
    • Tall annual herb adapted to wet areas and heavy soils. 
  • Significance: Used for feeding livestock and soil improvement.

Green Manuring: 

  • Growing of plants belonging to leguminous family and incorporating them into soil after sufficient growth.
  • Significance:
    • Improves soil structure, Increases water holding capacity and decreases soil loss by erosion.
    • Reduces weed proliferation and helps reclamation of alkaline soils. 
    • It adds organic matter to the soil and stimulates activity of soil microorganisms.
  • Tags :
  • green manure
  • flood control
  • Dhaincha

WGC raises India's gold consumption projection to 850 tonnes in 2024

WGC raises India's gold consumption projection to 850 tonnes in 2024

About WGC

  • It was formed in 1987 by some mining companies.
  • It is the authority on Gold and explores unique gold markets and conducts research.

About gold as a commodity

  • Leading exporters (2022): Switzerland, United States, United Arab Emirates.
  • Leading importers (2022): Switzerland, China,  United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom , and India.
  • Top producers: China, Australia, Russia.
  • In India, largest resources of gold are located in Bihar (44%) followed by Rajasthan (25%), Karnataka (21%).
    • India is the 2nd largest consumer after China.
  • Tags :
  • Gold Reserve
  • World Gold Council (WGC)

Samudra Pratap

First indigenously developed Pollution Control Vessel of ICG, ‘Samudra Pratap’ have been launched.

About Samudra Pratap

  •  The Ship has been built by Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) for the ICG.
  • The vessel will help to check the oil spillage in the country’s sea coast. 

About Indian Coast Guard (ICG)

  • Established In 1977  under Ministry of Defence
  • Jurisdiction: Over the entire maritime zone up to 200 nautical miles, including 12 nautical miles of territorial waters. 
  • Role: Ensuring safety and protection of artificial islands, offshore terminals, providing protection to fishermen,  Assisting customs and other authorities in anti-smuggling operations etc
  • Tags :
  • Pollution
  • Indian Coast Guard (ICG)
  • Samudra Pratap

Department of Economic Affairs amends Securities Contracts Regulation Rules (SCRR), 1956

The Department of Economic Affairs amended SCRR, 1956, facilitating direct listing of securities by public Indian companies on International Exchanges of International Financial Service Centres (IFSCs).

Significance:

  • Facilitate easier access to global capital for Indian start-ups and companies in the sunrise and the technology sectors.
  • Indian companies going global benefit from expanded opportunities to grow their presence in international markets.

Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956: An Act to prevent undesirable transactions in securities by regulating the business.

  • Tags :
  • GIFT IFSC
  • Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956

Payment Passkey Service

Mastercard chooses India for launch of its Payment Passkey Service

About Payment Passkey Service

  • It provides customers with a non-OTP-based solution for transactions
  • Working: 
    • It uses passkeys and tokenization to secure a consumer's online checkout interaction
    • To confirm  payment, biometric authentication such as fingerprint, face scan or PIN is used as per availability on device
  • Benefits
    • Eliminates inconvenience of forgetting or inadvertently sharing one’s passwords or OTPs thereby simplifies online shopping,
    • Faster and secure Transactions (Since Financial account data is not shared with third parties).

 

  • Tags :
  • Payment System
  • Payment Passkey Service
  • Mastercard

Monsoon Currents

Recently, visitors to RK Beach (Visakhapatnam) witnessed the sea receding by 150 meters.

  • Experts believe it may have been caused due to shifting of ocean currents from north to south in the Indian Ocean.
  • The Ocean Currents in the region are influenced by the Monsoon
    • The monsoon currents are seasonally reversing, open-ocean currents that flow between the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal.

Other reasons for receding of Sea

  • Change in tidal patterns
  • Fluctuations in sea temperatures
  • Tags :
  • Monsoon
  • Receding of Sea
  • Ocean Currents
  • Monsoon Currents
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