Current Affairs 1st August

National Affairs

1. CDAC and Arm Collaborates to Expand Semiconductor Support Under the DLI

The Middle for Improvement of Cutting Edge Figuring (CDAC) has teamed up with Joined together Realm (UK) based semiconductor IP (Protected innovation) organization Arm through the “Arm Adaptable Access for New Companies” (AFAS) program to grow semiconductor support under the Plan Connected Impetus Plan (DLI) and cultivate the development of the area in India during the second day of the gathering ‘SemiconIndia 2023’ at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

 

Key points:

 

AFAS program gives USD $0 permit charge admittance to a wide arrangement of confirmed Arm IP, instruments also, and preparing to new businesses.

 

Seven new businesses will collaborate on the development of chip and IP cores for the computing, mobility, and automotive industries through this partnership.

 

Arm and CDAC intend to collaborate on the following goals:

 

New businesses chosen under DLI will fit the bill for the Arm Adaptable Access for New Companies program.

 

Arm will give the new businesses admittance to processor and framework IPs, reference plans, Designs Handling Unit (GPU), Picture Signal Processor (ISP), and man-made brainpower (Man-made intelligence) gas pedal IPs, and programming advancement instruments.

 

For physical design and implementation, Arm will provide access to thousands of Artisan physical IP products that support multiple foundries and process nodes.

2. Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam 2023 held in New Delhi: Edu Minister Dharmendra Pradhan delivered a Valedictory address

On 30th July 2023, the Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam (ABSS) 2023, an instructive

occasion was finished up with a goal all in all made by the training chiefs to

change India into an evenhanded and energetic information society. The occasion’s valedictory address was conveyed by Association Clergyman Dharmendra Pradhan, Service of Training (MoE).

 

Association Priest Dharmendra Pradhan informed that limited working of educators is a

need and around 300 establishments including 100 from school training, 100 from higher

schooling and 100 from expertise will be created as focuses of greatness during this

scholarly year.

 

Association Clergyman Dharmendra Pradhan, presented the logo, trademark – “Jan Sakshar”, and portable use of the Grasping Deep rooted Learning for All In the public eye (ULLAS): Nav Bharat Saksharta Karyakram in the year 2023 of the Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam.

 

On the occasion of the Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam (ABSS) 2023, the MoE and the MoSDE signed 106 Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with various organizations and institutions on July 30, 2023.

3. MRPL becomes India’s largest single-location PSU refinery

Mangalore Treatment Facility and Petrochemicals Restricted (MRPL), a Mangaluru(Dakshina

Kannada), Karnataka-based Miniratna Focal public area undertaking (CPSE) has become

the biggest PSU-treatment facility (single area) in India for 2022-23. 10% of the crude oil refined by PSU petroleum refineries in India is processed by MRPL.

 

MRPL handled 17.14 million tons of unrefined petroleum in 2022-23, which was the most elevated all-time throughput handled by any single-area PSU treatment facility in India’s petrol refining history.

 

MRPL, after its foundation in 1988 as a joint endeavour (JV) treatment facility (advanced by M/s Hindustan Petrol Organization Restricted (HPCL)), extended its activities in two stages

to raise its ability to 15 Million Metric Tons For each Annum (MMTPA).

 

One of the most complex PSU refineries, the refinery configuration has a Nelson Complexity Index (NCI) of 11.3. Its petrochemical (Petchem) Power is 9.5%, and the organization

plans to arrive at 15% in the medium term.

 

Note:

 

NCI alludes to the kinds of oil-based commodities a petroleum treatment facility can create, estimated on a scale from 1 to 20.

 

Petchem force alludes to the level of raw petroleum that is changed over straightforwardly into synthetics that are utilized to make plastic and other material.

 

MRPL is an auxiliary of Oil and Gaseous Petrol Organization Restricted (ONGC) under the Service of Petrol and Flammable Gas (MoPNG).

4. Status of Tigers: Co-Predators & Prey in India-2022 Report: Tiger population in India estimates to be 3,925

Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Association Clergyman of State, Service of Climate, Backwoods and Environment Change (MoEF&CC), delivered the itemized report of All India Tiger Assessment – 2022 named “Status of Tigers: Co-Hunters and Prey in India-2022” during the occasion organised as a piece of the Worldwide Tiger Day (29th July 2023) at Corbett Tiger Save in Uttarakhand. As per the report by Public Tiger Preservation Authority (NTCA), Tiger Populace in India is assessed to be 3,925 with a yearly development pace of 6.1% per annum. India right now holds practically 75% of the world’s wild tiger populace.

 

Background:

 

During the celebration of Project Tiger’s 50th anniversary on April 9, 2022, in Mysusru, Karnataka, Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi announced a population estimate from the camera-trapped area of a minimum of 3167 tigers.

 

As indicated by the further examination of information by the Untamed Life Organization of India, from both camera-caught and non-camera-caught tiger presence regions, the furthest reaches of the tiger populace is assessed to be 3925 and the normal number is 3682 tigers.

 

Central issues:

 

More than three-quarters of India’s tiger population is currently confined to protected areas.

 

Madhya Pradesh has the biggest tiger populace with 785 tigers, trailed by Karnataka

with 563, Uttarakhand with 560, and Maharashtra with 444. It was reported that a quarter of the tigers were outside of protected areas.

 

The majority of India’s tigers can be found in 53 separate tiger reserves that cover 75,796 square kilometres, or about 2.3% of the country’s total land area.

 

Corbett has the highest number of tigers in the Tiger Reserve (260), followed by Bandipur (150), Nagarhole (141), Bandhavgarh (135), Dudhwa (114), Mudumalai (114), Kanha (105), Kaziranga (104), Sundarbans (100), Tadoba (97), Sathyamangalam (85), and Pench-MP (77).

 

Focal India and the Shivalik Slopes and Gangetic Fields saw eminent expansions in

tiger populace, especially in the territories of Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Maharashtra.

 

Certain districts, similar to the Western Ghats, experienced confined declines, requiring

designated checking and preservation endeavours. Small tiger populations have been reported in some states, including Mizoram, Nagaland, Jharkhand, Goa, Chhattisgarh, and Arunachal Pradesh.

Banking and Finance

1. Fino Payments Banks’ Board Approves Transition to SFB Licence

The plan to convert Fino Payments Bank Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fino Paytech Ltd., into a Small Finance Bank (SFB) license was approved by the board on July 28, 2023. A committee has also been established by the board to investigate the possibility of group corporate restructuring and evaluate its repercussions and other aspects.

 

The bank got a letter from the holding organization Fino PayTech Ltd, with respect to a gathering corporate rebuilding proposition, following which the board framed a panel.

 

The Bank proceeded with its pushed on procuring new clients and enlisted development

85% year-on-year (YOY) in the net benefit of Rs. 19 crores and its income in June

quarter of FY24 expanded 21% YoY to Rs 348 crore.

Economy and Business

1. ADB & GoI Signed USD 200 Million Loan Agreement for Expanding Urban Services in Rajasthan

A USD 200 million loan agreement between the Government of India (GoI) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) was signed on July 28, 2023, as additional financing for the ongoing Rajasthan Secondary Towns Development Sector Project, which aims to improve urban resilience and heritage living in selected towns while also expanding water supply and sanitation systems.

 

The extra support will help the Public authority of Rajasthan in diminishing the essential

foundation holes in its auxiliary towns by growing water supply and sterilization

benefits and further developing reasonableness in chosen metropolitan neighbourhood bodies.

 

This drive incorporates the recreation of water structures with legacy esteem, coordinating nature-based answers to improve environment strength for growing essential metropolitan administrations.

 

Key Signatories:

 

The advance arrangement was endorsed by Mr Vumlunmang Vualnam, Extra Secretary,

Division of Monetary Issues, Service of Money, Administration of India (GoI) and Takeo

Konishi, Country Head of ADB’s India Occupant Mission, ADB.

 

Central issues:

 

In addition to operating public-private partnerships in Rajasthan’s water and sanitation sector to deepen private-sector engagement, the project incorporates nature-based solutions to improve heritage structures.

 

The ongoing project, which was approved in September 2020, has connected 68,098 households in selected secondary towns across Rajasthan and laid approximately 1,451 kilometres (Km) of water supply pipes and 1,110 km of sewer pipes.

 

By converting all groundwater sources to surface water, replacing approximately 700 kilometres of leaking water pipes, installing 1,400 kilometres of new water supply pipelines, and connecting 77,000 households with water meters, the additional funding aimed to improve water supply systems in at least seven towns. It will also set up three brand-new water treatment facilities.

 

Disinfection frameworks in somewhere around 8 towns will likewise see upgrades, including the recreation of somewhere around 580 km of sewers, building 7 sewage treatment plants with cotreatment units to handle waste ooze and septage, and associating something like 54,000 families to the sewage framework.

 

In addition, at least 20 heritage or heritage-like structures will be rebuilt to enhance the living environment and draw more tourists.

 

The project also intends to establish a special-purpose vehicle as part of a public-private partnership to address issues related to water security in Rajasthan’s manufacturing industries.

 

It means to energize private area speculations and funding, laying out assigned

pipe organizations to ship treated wastewater from the sewage treatment plants to

modern offices.

Science and Technology

1. PSLV-C56/DS-SAR Mission: ISRO successfully launched 7 Singapore satellites including DS-SAR into Space

On 30th July 2023, Indian Space Exploration Association (ISRO) effectively sent off the

PSLV-C56/DS-SAR Mission, Polar Satellite Send off Vehicle (PSLV-C56) conveying 7

Singapore Satellites – DS-SAR an essential satellite alongside 6 co-travellers, from the

First Platform (FLP) Satish Dhawan Space Center (SDSC) in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh

(AP).

 

This is a Devoted Business Mission directed by ISRO under an agreement with NewSpace India Restricted (NSIL) for ST Designing, Singapore.

 

This denotes’ the 58th trip of PSLV and the seventeenth trip of PSLV in centre alone Setup. This was the 431st unfamiliar satellite sent off from India by ISRO and the fourth committed PSLV mission for the Singapore government.

 

PS4 De-Circling Investigation:

 

ISRO endeavoured a remarkable De-Circling Investigation utilizing the PS4, the fourth phase of the PSLVC56 rocket.

 

PS4 de-circled to Low Earth round circle in a 295×300 km, utilizing passed on out fuels to

diminish orbital existence of burned through PS4 stage. In less than two months, PS4 will return to the scene.