23 Jan 2021: PIB Summary & Analysis

January 23rd, 2021, PIB:- Download PDF Here

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
2. Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2021
3. Aqua Rejuvenation Plant (ARP)
4. New ant species discovered from Kerala

1. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

Context:

PM pays tributes to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his Jayanti.

Read more on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in the linked article.

2. Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2021

Context:

Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2021 announced.

Read more about Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar in PIB dated Jan 23, 2020.

3. Aqua Rejuvenation Plant (ARP)

Context:

CSIR-CMERI unveils ‘Aqua Rejuvenation Plant’ which facilitates an Organic Farming Model through treated Waste Water.

Details:

• CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur unveiled the first-ever Wastewater Treatment Technology Model which purifies Waste Water for Irrigation/Farming purposes.

About Aqua Rejuvenation Plant:

• Aqua Rejuvenation Plant (ARP) is an Integrated Waste Water Rejuvenation Model which has six-stage purification profile for comprehensive treatment of Waste Water, based upon diverse purification parameters. 
• The approx. 24,000 litres of water that can be rejuvenated using ARP will be sufficient for almost 4 acres of Agricultural Land (barring seasonal variations in water requirements). 
• The used filtration media have been specially developed to handle Indian sewage water parameters and based upon geographical variations they may be modified. 
• The filter media is also locally source-able, so as to ensure that there would not be any stress in the supply chain for scaled-up manufacturing of ARP. 
• The treated water which is now being used for irrigation can be used even for drinking purpose also when little more time is given for settling. 
• The system has a dual benefit as while the treated water is being used for irrigation purpose, the filtered sludge generated is also utilized as manure/fertilizer. 
• The biochar prepared from dry leaves falling in autumn season is also used for mixing in the soil as it reduces the water requirement for irrigation thus saving precious water.

4. New ant species discovered from Kerala

What’s in News?

• Two new species of a rare ant genus have been discovered in India. 
• The species of the ant genus Ooceraea found in Kerala, and Tamil Nadu adds to the diversity of this rare genus. 
• They differ from others of the same genus on the basis of the number of antennal segments.
• One of them, found in the Periyar Tiger Reserve of Kerala, has been named Ooceraea joshii, after a distinguished evolutionary biologist from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR).

About ant genus Ooceraea:

• The genus is currently represented by 14 species of which eight possess nine-segmented antennae, while five possess eleven- segmented antennae and one species has recently been reported with eight-segmented antennae. 
• In India, the genus was so far represented by two species with nine- and eleven-segmented antennae respectively.

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January 23rd, 2021, PIB:- Download PDF Here