ORANGE COLOUR: Important for Prelims.
RED COLOUR: Important for Mains.
BLACK COLOUR: Must Read !
BLUE COLOUR : Important Links/Survey.
PINK COLOUR: Reports/Themes/Summits.
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8th Sep Current Affairs News Analysis | Prelims & Mains 2020
Today's Must Read Articles :Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
HEADLINES:
Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
WHY IN NEWS:
Sir David Attenborough has been conferred with Indira Gandhi Peace Prize for 2019 at a virtual ceremony.
SYLLABUS COVERED: GS 1 : Awards
ISSUE:
INDIRA GANDHI PEACE PRIZE
- The Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development is an annual prestigious award named after former prime minister Indira Gandhi.
- It consists of a citation and a monetary award of Rs. 25 lakh.
RECOGNITION
- The award recognizes creative efforts by individuals/organizations working towards:
- Creating new international economic order.
- Promoting international peace & development.
- Ensuring that scientific discoveries are used for the larger good of humanity and enlarging the scope of freedom.
IASbhai WINDUP:
RECIPIENTS OF INDIRA GANDHI PEACE PRIZE
- Parliamentarians for Global Action (1986)
- UNICEF (1989)
- M S Swaminathan (1999)
- Kofi Annan (2003)
- Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) (2014)
- UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHRC) (2015)
- Centre for Science and Environment (2018)
SOURCES: PIB | 8th Sep Current Affairs News Analysis
Yanomami tribe
HEADLINES:
Why is an Amazon tribe talking to Indians about Blood Gold?
WHY IN NEWS:
The Yanomami people, who live in a settlement deep inside the rainforest, have been threatened for several decades.
SYLLABUS COVERED: GS 1 : Tribes
ISSUE:
YANOMAMI TRIBE
- The Yanomami live in the rainforests and mountains of northern Brazil and southern Venezuela.
- They are the largest relatively isolated tribe in South America.
OTHER TRIBES
- Guarani, Kaingang, Pataxó, Hã Hã Hãe, Tupinambá, Yanomami, Tikuna and Akuntsu are popular tribes of the Amazon basin.
- Amazon is a river of South America and its basin is the largest tropical rainforest in the world.
KEY FACTS
- The tribe numbers around 38,000 today, and its members live in contiguous forested territory of around 9.6 million hectares in Brazil and 8.2 million hectares in Venezuela.
- The Yanomami consider all people to be equal, and do not have a chief.
- Instead, all decisions are based on consensus after long discussions and debates.
- They are speakers of a Xirianá language.
IASbhai WINDUP:
A Brazilian indigenous leader Davi Kopenawa who secured the land rights of the Yanomami people was awarded the Right Livelihood Award-2019, also known as Sweden’s alternative Nobel Prize.
SOURCES: IE | 8th Sep Current Affairs News Analysis
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