various influenzas
- Avian influenza — known informally as avian flu or bird flu — refers to “influenza caused by viruses adapted to birds. (H5N1)
- Swine influenza, also called pig influenza, swine flu, hog flu and pig flu, is an infection caused by any one of several types of swine influenza viruses. Swine influenza virus (SIV) or swine-origin influenza virus (S-OIV) is any strain of the influenza family of viruses that is endemic in pigs.[2] As of 2009, the known SIV strains include influenza C and the subtypes of influenza A known asH1N1, H1N2, H2N1, H3N1, H3N2, and H2N3
- Canine influenza (dog flu) is influenza occurring in canine animals. Canine influenza is caused by varieties of influenzavirus A, such as equine influenza virus H3N8, which in 2004 was discovered to cause disease in dogs.
- Equine influenza (horse flu) is the disease caused by strains of influenza A that are enzootic in horse species. Equine influenza occurs globally, and is caused by two main strains of virus: equine-1 (H7N7) and equine-2 (H3N8). The disease has a nearly 100% infection rate in an unvaccinated horse population with no prior exposure to the virus.
FIPIC
Forum for India-Pacific Islands cooperation (FIPIC) is a multinational grouping developed in 2014 for cooperation betweenIndia and 14 Pacific Islands nations which include Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue,Samoa, Solomon Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. All Head of state/head of government of the above countries met in Suva, Fiji in November 2014 for the first time where the annual summit was conceptualised.
India to host meeting of 14 Pacific island nations
India will host the heads of 14 island nations at the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC)
Most of economies in the region are based on agriculture, fisheries and small-scale industries where India has considerable strength.
India tries to check China which has significantly expanded its foothold in the region in terms of business, trade and diplomacy.
India’s strong relations with Fiji, which has considerable influence in the region, could help counter the growing Chinese influence.
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna (DDUGJY)
- The government plans to invest ₹756 billion (US$11 billion) for rural electrification under this scheme. The scheme will replace the existing Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY).
- PROBLEMS
- The rural agricultural and non-Agriculture consumers (domestic and non-domestic load) of the country are generally serviced through the local distribution network. Many rural areas of the country face insufficient electricity supply, consequently the distribution utilities are forced to resort to load shedding, thus affecting the power supply to both Agriculture and non-Agriculture consumers.
- The demand of power in rural areas is increasing day by day due to changing consumer base, improving living standards for which augmentation of rural infrastructure needs to be regularly undertaken
- The investment in the distribution network is low due to bad financial health of the distribution companies. Therefore, in order to augment the reliability and quality of supply distribution network needs to be strengthened.
- To improve the commercial viability of power distribution, there is need for metering of all categories of the consumers
Keeping in view the above problems, Ministry of Power, Government of India has launched Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana for rural areas having following objectives:
- To provide electrification to all villages
- Feeder separation to ensure sufficient power to farmers and regular supply to other consumers
- Improvement of Sub-transmission and distribution network to improve the quality and reliability of the supply
- Metering to reduce the losses
Shri Narendra Modi’s address to nation, on Independence Day, Government of India has decided to electrify remaining 18,452 unelectrified villages within 1000 days i.e. by 01st May, 2018.
The scheme is implemented by Ministry of power.
SUPER BUG
1. A Superbug is also referred to as an Antibiotic resistant organism.
2. Smartphone’s, ATM’s, Door handles etc are some of the common places were superbugs are found.
3. Recently a group of scientists have proposed a transparent coating for everyday items as potential solution to protect against Superbugs.
CORPAT
CORPAT is a bilateral maritime exercise between India and Indonesia. Both countries have been carrying out maritime exercise twice a year since 2002. The CORPAT exercise between the two navies carries search and rescue operations, institutes measures for vessels indulged in unlawful activities as well as control pollution. The 26th edition of the CORPAT will be held in the Andaman Sea on October 17-18.
khongjam day
1. Khongjam day marks the occasion of battle of Khongjam which was fought in the year 1891 between British and people of Manipur.
2. It is the last battle fought by the British on Indian soil.
3. With this battle Manipur became the last nation to come under British Empire.
maha prastanam 