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Aadhaar

• Aadhaar is a 12-digit unique identification number issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
• It serves as proof of identity, which is linked to the individual’s biometric and demographic information. 
• It is now mandatory for a number of government services 

• Global rating agency Moody’s Investors Service has flagged concerns about security and privacy vulnerabilities in centralised identification systems such as India’s Aadhaar programme.

Key points

• According to them the unique ID system often results in “service denials” in humid conditions and the biometric is also unreliable at that time.
• It also faces the burden of establishing authorisation.
• This can lead to Aadhaar-based payments problems for labourers.

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It is the world’s  largest digital program that is helping in covering  the leakages in transfer of subsidy.

• The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, headed by MP Vivek Thakur has tabled a report in parliament.

Key suggestions of panel

• The panel suggested that by 2030, every district in the country should have at least one multidisciplinary Higher Education Institutes( HEI)
• The Gross Enrolment Ratio in higher education, including vocational education, should be increased from 26.3% in 2018 to 50% by 2035. 

• Allocation of suitable funds for the education of Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Groups (SEDGs).
•  Improving the effectiveness and impact of the Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) in funding HEIs
• The panel also suggested that the multiple entry, multiple exit may  not suitable for india 

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• J&K is the first country to implement national education policy from 2022 in all higher education departments.

• It replaces the National Policy on Education (NPE) 1986.
• The National Education Policy 2020 proposes various reforms in school and higher education, including technical education.

• This policy is aligned with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
• It aims to transform India into a vibrant knowledge society and global knowledge superpower 

• Genome sequencing is figuring out the order of DNA nucleotides, or bases, in a genome.
• It has the order of Adenine, Cytosine, guanine, and Thymine that make up an organism’s DNA.
• It is the process that involves deciphering the exact order of base pairs in an individual. This “deciphering” or reading of the genome is what sequencing is all about. 

Advantages

• Early diagnostic  and targeted treatment of disease
• Genetic risk of developing disease can be detected earlier helps manage inherited disease
• It can guide specific lifestyle changes and can prevent the appearance of certain diseases.

• Tides experienced by the universe’s galaxies are called Galactic tides.
• Galactic tides are caused by gravitational forces within a galaxy,
• They arise due to the interactions between celestial objects such as stars and gas clouds. 
• They can reshape a galaxy’s structure by creating tidal tails and bridges, promoting star formation, and disrupting smaller star systems.

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• The Andromeda galaxy is heading towards the Milky Way at 110 km/s and will collide in four billion years.

NASA’s first asteroid samples of Bennu were fetched from deep space and parachuted into the Utah desert

OSIRIS-Rex Mission:

• The Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security – Regolith Explorer was launched by NASA in 2016 for the journey to Bennu.
• The spacecraft travelled to a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu and brought back a sample to Earth for study.
• The mission will help scientists investigate how planets formed and how life began, as well as improve our understanding of asteroids that could impact Earth.

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• Till now only japan and USA could bring asteroid samples.

• It is an intergovernmental  and   premier  political and economic policy organisation.
• Its aim is to cooperation between countries  and territories of oceania  
• It is founded in 1971,
• it comprises 18 members and 21 dialogue partner 

• NFTs are unique cryptographic tokens that exist on a blockchain and cannot be replicated.
• They can represent digital or real-world items like artwork, photograph, song,  video, real estate, individuals’ identities, property rights, and more.
• Thus, NFTs are assets that have been tokenized via a blockchain. 
• They are assigned unique identification codes and metadata that distinguish them from other tokens.
• NFTs can be traded and exchanged for money, cryptocurrencies, or other NFTs

Parliamentary Standing Committee (PSC) on Labour, has asked the Union government to strictly monitor the activities of the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), so that social security benefits reach more workers.

ESIC:

• It is set up under the Employee State Insurance Act of 1948.
• It is responsible for overseeing the ESI plan.
• It works under the  Ministry of Labour & Employment
• Its aim is to provide socio-economic protection to the worker population and immediate dependent or family covered under the ESI scheme.

The sewage line built by the Odisha government at the cost of 200 cr has failed.

Key facts 

• The project was built after a detailed project report (DPR) in 1997.
• The project was built to systematize the sewerage system of Puri.
• The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute in Nagpur had prepared DPR.

Did you know?

• Augmentation of Basic Amenities and Development of Heritage and Architecture (ABADHA) scheme aims at transforming Puri’s infrastructure.

Odisha Sahitya Akademi has decided to print 10,000 more Bhagavat texts.

Key points

• Oriya Bhagavat belongs to our public life.
• It contains elements of human formation.
• Odia Bhagavat, Odia Saraswat is done by Shri Jagannath Das

Odisha Sahitya Akademi

• Odisha Sahitya Akademi is an institution established in 1957
• It aims  to promote the  Odia language and literature.
• It was created as an autonomous literary organization. 
• In 1970 it was converted into a society.

National Service Planning Day was observed at Rairangpur Women’s College.

National Service Scheme (NSS) 

• It was launched during 1969, the birth centenary year of Mahatma Gandhi.
• NSS is an extension of the higher education system
• Its aim is  to orient the student youth to community service while they are studying in educational institutions. 
• It is being implemented by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. 

As the area covered under paddy cultivation during the current Kharif season has shrunk by nearly one lakh hectares.

Key facts 

• The area under paddy cultivation has reduced in a state 
•  The state government may not achieve its production target of over 151 lakh tonne paddy (99.75 lakh tonne in terms of rice).

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West Bengal is one of the leading producers of rice and Bardhaman region in West Bengal is known as the rice bowl 

A recurrent occurrence of cyclonic circulation may be the result of the formation of a low-pressure belt. 

Key facts 

• Cyclones are rapid inward air circulation around a low-pressure area. 
• The air circulates in an anticlockwise direction in the Northern hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern hemisphere.
• Cyclones are usually accompanied by violent storms and bad weather.

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