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1. The Indian state rich in marine sand
• The offshore areas of Kerala hold enough sand
resources to meet the requirements of the construction industry in the State
for about 50 years,according to a study by the Geological Survey of India.
• The authors, including A.C. Dinesh, P. Praveen
Kumar, N.M. Shareef and C. Jayaprakash of the Marine and Coastal Survey
division, GSI, have identified five sectors in the offshore waters of Kerala,
namely Ponnani, Chavakkad, Alappuzha, Kollam North, and Kollam South, with an
estimated resource of 2,030 million tonnes of sand suitable for construction
industry.
• The study came in the wake of resistance by
fisherfolk to a proposal by the State government to exploit sea sand resources
as a substitute for river sand to feed the construction industry.
2. India-Pakistan-Iran pipeline
• India is looking for an undersea route to source
gas from Iran, bypassing Pakistan in the process, that is called “Peace
Pipeline”. This pipeline, was now technically feasible after the success of the
North Sea undersea pipeline.
• If Iran was looking at the cheapest way to get gas
to customers, it would prefer European customers. But what Iran had in mind was
providing spillover benefits of the surface pipeline to the region it passes
through, especially the Makran Plateau common to both Pakistan and Iran and
where poverty has fuelled subversive tendencies.
• And, the sources suggested that the future of the
IPI pipeline was entwined with the Chah-bahar port as Iran was keen to ensure
that this town and the surrounding region of Sistan-Baluchistan Province also
gained from the availability of gas.
• Just 72 km from the Pakistani port of Gwadar being
built with Chinese help, the first phase of developing the Chah-bahar port is
nearly over.
• India and Iran have held several rounds of talks
on sharing operations and developing the port.
• The biggest problem is despite deep energy and
civilisational links, India and Iran are unfamiliar with each other’s processes
and systems of doing business in other areas.
3. The model code of conduct
• The model code of conduct, a set of legally
binding dos and don’ts, became operational with immediate effect with the
announcement of the Lok Sabha election schedule recently.
• The code bars Ministers from combining official
visits with electioneering work and bans the use of official machinery for
electioneering and advertisements at the cost of the exchequer for partisan
coverage of political news.
• There can be no announcement of financial grants
or promise of roads and water supply.
• Transfer of officials is banned.
4. EFL status
• The state cabinet of Kerala has decided to provide
a reprieve in ecologically fragile land (EFL) status to those holding land up
to two hectares. Land falling under such category which was taken over by the
forest department will be returned to the original owners.
• If the land is found to be necessary for
protecting the forest, then adequate compensation will be given to the owners.
• Under EFL category, in cases of land acquired
above two hectares and up to 15 acres, the owners will be compensated with two
hectares of land. If this is not possible, adequate compensation will be given.
If the land belonging to tribal people has been acquired, it will be given
back. However, if their habitat is getting affected due to the EFL laws, then
it will be resolved.
• The cabinet also decided to provide reservation in
admission to students of 30 backward communities.
5. NATO airstrike
• The recent NATO airstrike in Afghanistan’s central
Logar province killed 5 Afghan National Army soldiers and wounded another 17.
• If it turns out that a NATO strike killed ANA
troops, it is likely to set Afghan President Hamid Karzai on another attack
against U.S. and NATO soldiers in his country. The President has been deeply
critical of civilian deaths by international forces.
6. Fourth highest billionaires of the world in India
by 2023
• India is projected to be home to the fourth
highest number of billionaires in the world by 2023, according to a report
which said wealth creation will accelerate in the country over the next decade.
• The 2014 Wealth Report, an annual global
perspective on prime property and wealth by property management firm Knight
Frank, projected that the number of billionaires in India will grow by an
exponential 98 per cent to 119 in the year 2023 from 60 billionaires last year.
• India will rank fourth after US, China and Russia
in 2023 and will have more billionaires than the UK, Germany and France,
according to the report.
• The report said that by 2024, Mumbai is also
projected to figure in the top 10 global cities.
7. All England Championship
• Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal emerged as
the lone survivor at the $400,000 All England Championship, thrashing
Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour in straight-games to reach the second round even as
compatriot P.V. Sindhu fell by the wayside.
• The 23-year-old notched up an easy 21-15 21-6 win
over Gilmour in a women’s singles match to bring some smiles back to the Indian
camp after men’s singles players Parupalli Kashyap, Kidambi Srikanth and mixed
doubles pair of Tarun Kona and Ashwini Ponnappa lost in the opening round.
• World No. 10, Sindhu too found the going tough and
her debut at the All England was spoilt by Sun Yu of China in another women’s
singles match.
8. Cycling academy launched
• Sports minister Jitendra Singh inaugurated the
National Cycling Academy at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex and launched a
project to create swimming pools at three separate stadiums in the capital.
• At an estimated cost of `907.50 lakhs, the project
of creating swimming pools will come up at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Indira
Gandhi Sports Complex and Karni Singh Shooting Range.
• On the occasion, Singh also launched a Community
Connect Scheme to include sports and recreational facilities in the JNS, IGSC
and the SP Mukherjee Swimming Complex.
• The academy will be financed by the Union
government, and the sports ministry through SAI with a long-term perspective of
making it a top notch institution, which is financially independent and a
self-sustaining venture.
