22nd Aug Current Affairs News Analysis | Prelims & Mains 2020
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Tribes India Showroom
HEADLINES:
Shri Arjun Munda e-inaugurates “Tribes India Showroom” in Mumbai through video conference
WHY IN NEWS:
Tribes India expands its retail network to 122 outlets across the country
SYLLABUS COVERED: GS 1 : 3 : Tribes : Van Dhan Yojana
CONTEXT:
THE MISSION
- The mission to empower the downtrodden tribal people, by promoting the economic welfare of their communities across India .
- TRIFED, as the national nodal agency for tribal welfare, started the procurement and marketing of tribal art and craft items through its network of retail outlets called Tribes India.
- TRIFED, Ministry of Tribal Affairs has initiated these path-breaking initiatives that have a wide-ranging impact.
SIGNIFICANCE
- In a bid to boost sales , Tribes India on Wheels – mobile vans stacked fully immunity boosters and other tribal products – has now been launched.
- Tribal arts and character is being displayed attractively in this flagship store in the tinsel town and the financial capital, Mumbai .
- Handiwork of these artisans and communities, which is essentially made from the heart, will now get a bigger market.
- Besides stocking products – arts and crafts from all the 27 Indian states, this is the first stop to focus primarily on Van Dhan essentials .
- Due to the suddenness of the pandemic and the immediate lockdown, stocks by tribal artisans worth crores had been lying unsold.
IASbhai WINDUP:
- The TRIBES INDIA outlet which is located in the prestigious area of Fort is the third in the city of Mumbai.
- The newly-inaugurated outlet at Mumbai is the 122nd Tribes India outlet across the country.
- TRIFED continues its endeavour towards protecting and furthering the interests of the tribal communities across the country.
SOURCES:THE HINDU & PIB | 22nd Aug Current Affairs News Analysis
Thumbimahotsavam : Dragonfly festival
HEADLINES:
Kerala readies to host its first dragonfly festival
WHY IN NEWS:
‘Thumbimahotsavam’ will encourage varied participation, with Pantalu as its official mascot
SYLLABUS COVERED: GS 1 : Festivals
CONTEXT:
THUMBIMAHOTSAVAM
The WWF-India Kerala unit has joined hands with the Society for Odonate Studies (SOS) and Thumbipuranam for the first-ever State Dragonfly Festival in Kerala, named Thumbimahotsavam 2020.
- Several programmes are set to be rolled out in the coming months to reach out to various sections of society.
- It will be a citizen science project in view of COVID-19 restrictions.
- A social media campaign is also on to spread the message around.
- A field guide on the common dragonflies of Kerala, and a children’s dragonfly colouring and activity book are also under development.
KNOWLEDGE HUB
- Various competitions will also be organised.
- The festival is expected to culminate with the State dragonfly summit, which is likely to be held in January.
ORGANISERS
- WWF India
- Bombay Natural History Society
- Indian Dragonfly Society in association
- National Biodiversity Board
- United Nations Environment Programme
- United Nations Development Programme
- International Union for Conservation of Nature.
IASbhai WINDUP:
- Training of trainers will be organised to so that more people can serve as resource persons for the upcoming events.
- This will be followed by a series of webinars, commencing from September and targeting the public, especially children and youth.
SOURCES:THE HINDU & PIB |22nd Aug Current Affairs News Analysis
Dengue may pose risk of misdiagnosis
HEADLINES:
Dengue may pose risk of misdiagnosis
WHY IN NEWS:
Can dengue be sometimes mistaken for COVID-19?
SYLLABUS COVERED: GS 3:Health:Diseases
ISSUE:
Two independent research studies — one from a group in Israel and another from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (CSIR-IICB) in Kolkata .
RESULT ANALYSIS
- This also prompts deeper investigation into whether there are crucial similarities in the structure of these viruses.
- The study from Israel, that was published in the peer-reviewed Clinical Infectious Diseases last week, describes testing 55 people, who had been confirmed to have a SARS-CoV-2 infection, for dengue.
- This was done using a serology test, or a blood-based test, where antibodies produced by the body during a dengue infection are used to probe for the presence of the virus.
- The principle is that when an antibody binds to a specific place on the virus, called an antigen, like a key that goes into a lock, a test is returned as ‘positive’.
- Among the 55, 12 (21%) returned positive.
- Because the viruses that causes dengue and coronaviruses belong to entirely different families.
IASbhai WINDUP:
- It is not expected for one to show affinity to the other.
- Further, another lot of 95 samples obtained from patients diagnosed with dengue before September 2019, or the advent of COVID-19, targeting the spike (S) protein, was positive.
SOURCES:THE HINDU & PIB |22nd Aug Current Affairs News Analysis
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