05-02-22 Daily-Gujarat-GPSC Current Affairs

Gujarat’sgroundwaterscenario has remained precarious despite attempts to extend river canals to parts of Saurashtra and northGujarat indicates data tabled in the Lok Sabha.

The data ofCentral Ground Water Board(CGWB) for the states of India indicate the number of monitoring wells with water level below 10 meters (33 feet) increased by 26% in two years from 98 in November 2019 to 124 in November 2021.

In fact, the deepest water availability in 2019 was 50.6 meters (166 feet), which increased to 52.3 meters (171 feet) in 2021. Compared to other states, Gujarat’s deepest water level was 8th worst out of 32 states and UTs putting it ahead of 24. While data did not mention districts, state-based experts said parts of Mehsana,Sabarkanthaand Banaskantha have deepest water levels in Gujarat that often go below 200 feet. CGWB website indicated Gujarat has 31 talukas identified as exploited,’ 12 as critical’ and 69 as semi-critical.’

Gujarat has 532 km long Narmada canal Network and other networks to get water to water-parched areas especially Saurashtra and central Gujarat but when it comes to dark zones’ with severe groundwater depletion, the scenario has not changed much, indicate the data.

Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit was recently appointed as the administrator of Nehru University (JNU). She is the first woman VC of the university.

Highlights:

The President of India appointed her. Her appointment was recommended by the prime minister and, therefore, the Education ministry.

She may be a politics professor. She is additionally an alumna of JNU and a doctorate in diplomacy.

Her tenure is for five years. Before becoming the VC of JNU, she was working as a politics professor at the Savitribai Phule University of Maharashtra.

She started her career as a professor in Goa in 1988. Then she moved to Pune University in 1993. She has guided 29 doctorates.

She has been a member of the Indian Council of Science Research and (UGC).

The Aravalli Park was named the first Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECM) site on World Wetlands Day, February 2.

Highlights:

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) provides the OECM tag.The OECM sites aren’t protected, yet they are rich in biodiversity, according to the IUCN.

The Aravalli Hills are the country’s first OECM site. The National Biodiversity Authority proposed that Aravallis be designated as the OECM.

Illegal mining has resulted in the loss of 25% of the Aravallis. According to CAG, there were over 4,00000 incidences of illegal mining. Thirty-one hills have gone since the 1960s.

The OECM areas were established at the 2018 Convention on Biological Diversity. “OECM is not a protected area,” in layman’s terms. It is governed to obtain favorable results.

The objectives are biodiversity protection and focusing on cultural, socioeconomic, and spiritual values.”

Technical Definition is divided into three categories. Auxiliary conservation, secondary conservation, and primary conservation are the three types of conservation.

In Jammu & Kashmir, an igloo caf has opened. It is presently the World’s largest igloo caf. Snowglu is the name of the caf. The owner, Wasim Shah, constructed it.

Highlights:

The caf has been inbuilt in Gulmarg, Kashmir. It is 44.5 feet in diameter and 37.5 feet tall. The caf has become one of the main tourist attractions within the region.

There are two sections within the caf. One section is for art and therefore the other for seating. There are ten tables.

The caf can accommodate 40 people. The skin of sheep was wont to make seat covers within the restaurant. It took 1,700 man-days to end the project. Altogether 64 days and 25 labors.

Before this, the most crucial caf was in Switzerland. The Switzerland Caf is 33.8 feet tall and 42.4 feet in diameter. Snowglu caf is three to four feet taller than the one in Switzerland.

Igloo, maybe a snow house. The snow traps the air Molecules. These air molecules keep the house warm. The surface temperature could also be -45 degrees Celsius. But inside Igloo, it’s -7 degrees Celsius.

India came in first in the SalesForce Global Digital Skills Index for 2022. The ranking is based on a comparison of 19 countries.

Highlights:

The index was calculated using public readiness to learn new digital skills and employee emotions.

India received the highest readiness score of all the countries. India received a total of 63 points.

The index was calculated supported by a survey. The survey asked inquiries to quite 23,500 workers altogether the 19 countries.

60% of the Indians are equipped with digital Resources. Only 25% of the respondents in India believe that advanced technical skills are a must at the workplace.

Only 39% of Indians believe that their workplace had advanced digital Marketing skills. Quite half the respondents wanted to find new skills, mainly to progress in their careers. Younger respondents were more confident that they had ambitious goals of Learning new skills.