12-11-21 Daily-Gujarat-GPSC Current Affairs

To attract investors and boost positive sentiments ahead of the upcomingVibrant Gujarat global summitscheduled in January 2022, theGujaratgovernment is set to announce around half a dozen new policies in key sectors like energy, IT/ITeS, electronics, and agri-business.
Chief minister Bhupendra Patel is likely to announce these policies soon. The government is also expected to approve important long-pending demands made by industries.

The states Information Technology & IT-enabled Services Policy 2016 will lapse shortly. So, the government is working on a new policy that will have a larger ambit. It is likely to cover emerging technologies like blockchain, and Robotics. Compared to the 2016 policy where incentives were given to create IT & ITeS accommodating properties, the new policy will focus on providing easy entry-and-exit plug-and-play Infrastructure on lease.

The policy is also expected to offer manpower-related incentives to attract talent and boost the sectors Growth. Similarly, the current policy for the electronic Industry is also coming to an end this month. To draft the new policy, the State Government is consulting large, medium, and small electronic companies to understand their needs and is also studying policies of other states. Like the IT/ITeS policy, the government intends to provide incentives to nurture manpower required for the industry.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) authorized a number of measures to help , sugar cane, and jute growers.

Highlights:

The CCEA raised the price of ethanol made from sugar cane juice in order to blend it with gasoline.

Blending of ethanol with gasoline is predicted to reach 10% by 2022 and 20% by 2025.

The rate of ethanol produced from C-heavy molasses has also risen thanks to CCEA.

At the rate specified by the government, oil Marketing corporations buy ethanol from distilleries and sugar mills.

The ethanol blending scheme helped to minimize the country’s reliance on crude oil imports.

The Cotton Corporation of India received committed price assistance of Rs. 17,408.85 crore from the CCEA (CCI).

Reservation guidelines for the required use of jute in packaging were authorized by the CCEA.

Every year on November 12th, Broadcasting Day is observed.

Highlights:

The day is observed to honor Mahatma Gandhi‘s first and only visit to the All India Radio studio in Delhi in 1947.

Mahatma Gandhi addressed the displaced people (a Pakistani refugee) who had temporarily moved to Kurukshetra, Haryana, after partition on November 12, 1947.

After Suhas Borker, Convenor, Jan Prasar, conceptualized the day, it was declared Public Service Broadcasting Day or (Jan Prasaran Diwas) in 2000.

Prasar Bharati has been entrusted with the task of public service broadcasting in order to strengthen democratic traditions and provide opportunities to people from all walks of life.

OnNovember 10, 2021,India hosted a regional security summit. Eight countries, including Iran and Russia, attended the summit.

Highlights:

Each country’s national security advisors attended the conference.

During the summit, it was announced that Afghanistan and its territories could not be used to harbor, train, or finance terrorists.

The “Delhi Declaration on Afghanistan” was issued by the countries as a unified statement.

According to the statement, eight countries discussed the growing Afghan situation, as well as the worldwide implications of the Taliban’s takeover.

They devoted specific attention to terrorism threats, Afghanistan’s current political crisis, radicalization, and drug trafficking.

Every year on November 12th, the world commemorates World Pneumonia Day

Highlights

It is celebrated to raise awareness, promote prevention and treatment, and inspire action to combat the disease.

World Pneumonia Day 2021 is an annual event that first took place in 2009.

Raise awareness of pneumonia, the biggest cause of death in children under the age of five.

In order to prevent and treat pneumonia, interventions must be strengthened, accelerated, and sustained.

Focus on ensuring that all people have equal access to and receive comprehensive pneumonia prevention and control programs.

Develop specialized ways to reach “harder-to-reach” people in order to increase their access to available solutions.

Starlink, an Internet Service initiative, has launched a dish that interested customers can purchase to learn more about SpaceX’s developing low-Earth-orbit satellite constellation.

Highlights:

According to The Verge, the dish is a slimmer and lighter-weight choice than the circular dish that Starlink beta testers will be testing in 2020.

SpaceX’s satellite internet project is called Starlink.

It was launched with the goal of deploying 12,000 satellites into low Earth orbit to offer people on the ground broadband internet access.

It will deliver Services in regions where traditional internet is lacking, such as isolated and rural areas.

In order to use the system, users must install a dish near their Home, such as on their roof.

At all times, the dish should be positioned so that users have an unobstructed view of the sky (free of trees or other obstructions).