Jharkhand Affairs
In an attempt to provide better irrigation facilities in 14 districts of the State where Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) is going on Jharkhand Tribal Development Society (JTDS), a unit of the Welfare Department, Government of Jharkhand is planning to provide Solar based irrigation systems.
The Project Director said that JTDS has constructed a total of 1981 pounds in 14 TSP districts under Jharkhand Tribal Empowerment and Livelihoods project (JTELP). These ponds will be used for Irrigation through solar machines. The local community is responsible for maintenance of the same. The user charges will be there in the system for use. It will generate a sense of responsibility among users, he added.
The areas where the Solar based irrigation system to be provided to the farmers are in Ranchi – Bundu, Tamar, Angara, Khunti – Karra, Arki, Simdega – Sadar, Kurdeg, Latehar – Barwadih, Manika, Gumla – Sisai, Bharno, Lohardaga – Bhandra, Kairo, East Singhbhum – Potka, Dumaria, West Singhbhum – Tonto, Sonua, Khutpani, Goelkera, Dumka – Masalia, Gopikander, Godda – Sunderpahari, Boarijore, Pakur – Amrapara, Littipara, Sahibganj – Borio, Taljhari, Jamtara – Sadar, Fatehpur and in Saraikela Kharsawan – Kuchai, Saraikela, Rajnagar.
National and International Affairs
Citizenship to Afghanistan, Pakistan minorities not tied to CAA: Govt
The Centre on Monday told theSupreme Courtthat its notification of May 28 delegating powers to collectors of some of districts to grant to members of the minority community from Afghanistan,Pakistanand Bangladesh was not related to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and that such exercise had been done earlier too since 2006.
By the notification, the Centre has delegated power to grant citizenship in such cases to the collectors of 13 more districts Morbi, Rajkot, Patan and Vadodara in Gujarat; Jalore, Udaipur, Pali, Barmer and Sirohi in Rajasthan; Durg and Balodabazar in Chhattisgarh; Faridabad in Haryana; and Jalandhar inPunjaband to the Home secretaries ofHaryanaand Punjab. Now, district collectors of 29 districts and home secretaries of 9 states can exercise such powers.
Shenzhou-12 Manned Mission of China
A Chinese spacecraft “Shenzhou XII” with three crew members docked with China’s new space station module Tianhe 1. This follows the launch of the Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft, which delivered critical supplies to the space station.
Highlights:
About six hours after taking off from the Jiuquan launch centre in the Gobi Desert, the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft connected with the Tianhe space station module.
The three-man crew will spend three months on the Tianhe module, which will orbit the Earth at 340km to 380km altitude.
This is the first of two manned space missions scheduled for this year, as part of a intense launch schedule aimed at completing the Chinese space station by 2022.
The three astronauts are the first to live in the main living module, where they will conduct experiments, test equipment, perform maintenance, and prepare the station for the arrival of two laboratory modules next year.
The World Health Organization (WHO) highlighted the risk that children working in informal processing face as a result of discarded electronic devices, or E-Waste, in its report Children and Digital Dumpsites. It is the world’s first WHO report on electronic waste and child health.
Approximately 12.9 million Women work in the informal waste sector, exposing them to toxic e-waste (such as nickel, lead, and mercury) and putting themselves and their unborn children at risk.
Children are especially vulnerable to the toxic chemicals found in e waste because of their smaller size, less developed organs, and rapid rate of Growth and development.