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world focus magazine subscription Published this article page no   122  National Policy on Faecal Sludge and Septage Management (FSSM) to be implemented under Swachh Bharat Mission AMRUT and Smart City Mission.  Government set up a Centre of Excellence in the area of Decentralized Wastewater Management at IIT Madras.  Gujarat government has come up with a plan to limit supply of freshwater for drinking and irrigation purposes only. While industrial demand will be met through treated wastewater.  Construction of Sewage Treatment plants (STPs) to treat sewage generated by domestic and industrial waste. Also Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) for cluster of smallscale industries.  Namami Gange Programme under Ganga action plan was launched for effective abatement of pollution conservation and rejuvenation of National River Ganga and Yamuna Action Plan to restore river Yamuna. Way forward  Adoption of strategies like environmental taxes pollution levies polluter pay principle and circular approach (use treat reuse) to manage wastewater.  Strict legal and regulatory framework to regulate and treatment of industrial waste.  Knowledge innovation and capacity building on wastewater can be promoted by policymakers and researchers.  According to NITI Aayog water regulatory framework for wastewater management should be established in all states firmed timelines for implementation.  To shift to wastewater recycling finance and technology constraints need to be sorted out by promotion PublicPrivate Partnership world focus magazine subscription buy.

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world focus magazine subscription Published this article page no   123 SCIENTIFIC DISPOSAL AND UTILIZATION OF FLY ASH Why in news? The National Green Tribunal has recently directed thermal power plants to take prompt steps toward the scientific disposal of fly ash. More on the news  The tribunal said the noncompliant plants will have to pay environmental compensation.  Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has been asked to compute and levy environmental compensation.  The tribunal also directed a committee comprising CPCB and IIT Roorkee to assess the environmental damage with regard to the breach sites and submit its recommendation within three months. Fly ash Generation in India  CoalLignite based Thermal Power Generation has been the backbone of power capacity addition in the country. Indian coal is of low grade with ash content of the order of 3045 % in comparison to imported coals which have low ash content of the order of 1015%.  Large quantity of ash is thus being generated at coallignite based Thermal Power Stations in the country which not only requires large area of precious land for its disposal but is also one of the sources of pollution of both air and water world focus magazine subscription buy.

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pratiyogita kiran Published this article page no 01 The National Innovation Foundation – India (NIF) an autonomous body of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) has identified several S&T based innovative solutions through the Challenge COVID-19 Competition (C3) a campaign which was running from 31 March to 10 May 2020 for engaging innovative citizens to come up with ideas and innovations to tackle the pandemic. NIF is providing incubation and mentoring support for further dissemination to the generator of the ideas. A foot-operated device for hand sanitisation and washing and an innovative sprayer for sanitization are the two recently supported innovations under the campaign. Shri Mupparapu Raju from Warangal Telangana has designed the foot-operated device for hand sanitisation and washing which is a timely solution in response to need for contactless devices in the prevailing COVID-19 environment. It facilitates dispensing of soap and water by way of operating the device by foot and not hands pratiyogita kiran buy.

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general knowledge refresher Published this article page no  66 Decentralised mechanism: Blockchain technology provides efficient distributed ledger storage mechanism with appropriate authentication and authorization thereby eliminating the need for a third party to validate the transactions. Bringing transparency and efficiency: Any tangible or intangible asset of value can be represented and tracked on a Blockchain network, which brings transparency, increases processing speed and reduces cost. Fraud prevention: A system that is based on data stored in a number of places is immune to hackers. It is not that easy to get access to it, and if so, any piece of information can be easily recovered. Enabling trust in the digital world: Features like transparency, efficiency, security and accountability fosters trust in digital arena. Applicability in diverse domains: Blockchain can be used in both Permissioned and Permission-less models. These models have applications in various domains such as education, governance, finance & banking, healthcare, logistics, cyber security, media, legal, power sector, etc. Examples of potential applications E-Governance: This technology can effectively be used in situations where multiple organizations or departments are involved in a particular workflow which not only makes the underlying system more efficient but also brings trust, transparency and accountability in the system. o This includes Property Record Management, Digital birth, death and education certificates Management etc. Blockchain Models Public/Permissonless Private/Permissioned Anyone can join, read, write and commit Only authorized participants can write and commit All are allowed to participate in consensus and anonymous resilient Authorized nodes only can participate in consensus Truly decentralized because of participation of unknown actors Partially decentralized because of participation of known actors Finality of transaction could take longer time due to more number of participants Finality of transactions could be better in this model due to less number of participants 83o For eg: UAE through Smart Dubai initiative, aims to become the first city fully powered by Blockchain by 2021 and enhance everything from healthcare and education to environmental sustainability. o Keyless Signature Infrastructure (KSI) technology is used in Estonian government to prove the authenticity of the electronic records. Banking: Blockchain can help in avoiding risk of payment losses involved in banking transactions, reduces cross-borders transaction fees, corporate payments and remittances current gk buy.

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Shine india monthly magazine 20 published this article page no  ben stokes the star allrounder has been named as the new captain of englands test team. the england and wales cricket board made the announcement on april  0. stokes will succeed joe root to become the st captain of the england mens test team. ben stokes appointment to the new role was finalised after approval from the ecb interim chair and ceo tom harrison following the recommendation by the recently appointed managing director of england mens cricket rob key who said "i had no hesitation in offering the role of test captain to ben" adding that "he epitomises the mentality and approach we want to take this team forward into the next era of redball cricket. i am delighted that he has accepted and he is ready for the added responsibility and the honour. he thoroughly deserves the opportunity Shine india monthly magazine buy.”

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Shine india monthly magazine 19 published this article page no 0 amid indias neutral stand on russias invasion of ukraine the us has been continuously in talks with india over the issue and it will continue in the upcoming quad summit 0 in tokyo next month. as per the white house press secretary the us has had a number of engagements with the leaders in india about the uss approach to supporting the ukrainians in the war. the country will convey the same sentiments in the upcoming quad meeting as well. quad quadrilateral security dialogue is a grouping of four powerful nations the united states india japan and australia. during the summit the discussion between the leaders of the four nations ranges from global to regional issues and their impacts. quad summit 0 us president joe biden in september 0 had hosted pm modi prime minister of australia scott morrison and then japanese prime minister yoshihide suga at the white house. it was also the firstever inperson leaders summit of the quad.

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