Addapedia Odisha | Daily Current Affairs | 28 September 2024 | Download PDF

• The Security Council held an emergency session on Friday after Israeli strikes on Beirut and southern Lebanon.

Key Points:

• It is one of the five principal organizations of the United Nations (UN).
• It has primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security.
• Members: It has 15 Members, and each Member has one vote.
  • 5 permanent members known as P5, including the United Kingdom, China, France, Russia, and the United States.
  • 10 non-permanent members: Each year the 193-member General Assembly elects five non-permanent members for a two-year term at the UNSC.
• The Security Council has permanent headquarters at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.

Additional Information (About Lebanon):

• • It is a country located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea in Western Asia.
  • Capital: Beirut
  • Borders: It borders the Mediterranean Sea in the west, Syria in the north and east, and Israel in the south.
  • It is part of an area known as the Fertile Crescent, also known as theIt is part of an area known as the Fertile Crescent, also known as the “Cradle of Civilization”.
• Try to locate the Lebanon region on a map.

• The Indian Navy hosted the fifth edition of the Goa Maritime Symposium (GMS-24) at the Naval War College.

Key Points:

• The GMS is a forum for fostering collaborative thinking, cooperation and mutual understanding between India and key maritime nations of the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). 
• The theme for the event is “Common Maritime Security Challenges in the Indian Ocean Region – Progressing Lines of Efforts to Mitigate Dynamic Threats such as Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing and other Illegal Maritime Activities”.
• It has participation of Naval representatives from 14 Indian Ocean Littoral countries – Bangladesh, Comoros, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Myanmar, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Thailand. 

• The Rajasthan Chief Minister discussed completing the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project together with Madhya Pradesh.

Key Points:

• The Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP), announced in the 2017-18 state budget, aims to provide a permanent solution for drinking and irrigation water in 13 districts of eastern Rajasthan.
• The districts included Jhalawar, Baran, Kota Bundi, Sawai Madhopur, Ajmer, Tok, Jaipur, Dausa, Karauli, Alwar, Bharatpur and Dholpur.
• The modified PKC-ERCP (Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal) Project MoU was signed between Centre, Rajasthan and MP.
• Both projects are integrated under the national perspective plan of the interlinking of rivers (ILR).

• The Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve (NNTR), located in Bhandara and Gondia districts, has lost its dominant male tiger, T9.

Key Points:

• Location: It is situated in Gondia and Shandara Districts of Maharashtra.
• It comprises Navegaon National Park, Navegaon Wildlife Sanctuary, Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary, New Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary and Koka Wildlife Sanctuary.
• It was declared a Wildlife Sanctuary in 1970. In 2012, the state government announced merging this sanctuary with another national park to be included in the Tiger Project, now called as Nagzira Navegoan Tiger Reserve.

• Meta has announced its new free and open-source large language model (LLM), Llama 3.2, during Meta Connect 2024.

Key Points:

• It is an open-source large language model developed by Meta.
• It includes voice interaction features, allowing users to engage in conversations with the AI using voice commands.

• The Odisha government has announced that the Chhatua initiative will be tested on the 23rd of every month. 

About:

• Chhatua is a fortified food supplement made from locally available ingredients like rice, pulses, and jaggery. 
• It aims to provide nutritional supplements to pregnant women and children,
• The initiative is part of the state’s efforts to improve maternal and child health outcomes.

• At Least 10 counselors brought a no-confidence motion was brought against the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chairperson of the Nilagiri NAC (Notified Area Council) in Odisha. 
• The motion, filed by a group of councilors, alleged dissatisfaction with the chairperson’s performance and leadership.

About:

• A No-Confidence Motion is a parliamentary procedure used to express the loss of confidence in the government.
• The motion can be introduced by any member of the Lok Sabha only.
• A successful No-Confidence Motion results in the dissolution of the Lok Sabha and a new general election.

• • The state of Odisha is set to host its flagship global investors’ summit, “Utkarsh Odisha,” in January 2025.
  • It is the renamed version of ‘Make in Odisha Conclave’.
  • This event aims to attract significant investments from domestic and international investors, showcasing the state’s potential for growth and development.
• Theme: ‘Odisha will be the growth engine of the development journey of the country in the next 25 years’.

• The conclave is on the lines of prime minister of India’s vision for the state, which aspires to attract domestic and foreign investments and contribute further towards the agenda of Atmanirbhar Bharat.

Note: Utkarsh Odisha is the fourth edition of the state’s flagship global investors’ summit.

• Odisha government has taken a progressive step by extending maternity and paternity leave benefits to its employees who become parents through surrogacy. 
• This move aligns with the growing recognition of the diverse paths to parenthood and aims to provide equitable support to all families.   

Key points of the policy:

• Maternity leave: Female employees who become surrogate or commissioning mothers are eligible for 180 days of maternity leave.   
• Paternity leave: Male employees who become commissioning fathers are entitled to 15 days of paternity leave within six months of the child’s birth.

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