10 Jul 2023: PIB Summary for UPSC

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Guinness World Record for ‘largest display of Lambani items’
2. Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP)
3. Sports Updates
4. National Fish Farmers Day

1. Guinness World Record for ‘largest display of Lambani items’

Syllabus: GS-1, Art and Culture

Prelims: Lambani items, Hampi (UNESCO World Heritage Site)

Context:

Guinness World Record awarded for the ‘largest display of Lambani items’ with 1755 items displayed during the 3rd G20 Culture Working Group Meeting in Hampi, Karnataka.

About Lambani:

Image source: abirpothi.com

• The Lambani embroidery is an intricate form of textile embellishment characterised by colourful threads, mirror-work and stitch patterns practised in several villages of Karnataka such as Sandur, Keri Tanda, Mariyammanahalli, Kadirampur, Sitaram Tanda, Bijapur and Kamalapur.
• The Lambani craft tradition involves stitching together small pieces of discarded fabric to create a beautiful fabric. 
• The sustainable practice of patchwork is seen in many textile traditions of India and worldwide. 
• The embroidery traditions of the Lambanis are shared in terms of technique and aesthetics with textile traditions across Eastern Europe, West, and Central Asia.
• Articles such as kurtis, bags, pouches, dupattas, cushion covers, table spread, wall hangings and many other articles are embroidered with Lambani embroidery designs and embellished with mirrors and shells.

2. Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP)

Syllabus: GS-3, Infrastructure

Prelims: ULIP, National Logistics Policy

Mains: Role of logistics in Indian economy

Context:

ULIP’s role in transforming India’s logistics sector.

What is ULIP?

• The Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP) is one of the many initiatives under the National Logistics Policy.
• ULIP brings all the digital data related to the transportation sector into a single portal. 
• Around 33 systems of 7 ministries integrate through 106 APIs covering more than 1600 data fields across ports, shipping lines, waterways, railways, aviation, road transport and highways, customs and DGFT. 
• Some of the prominent APIs of this platform are FASTag, Vahan, Sarathi, Port Community Systems (PCS), Freight Operations Information System (FOIS), Air Cargo Message Exchange System (ACMES), Air Cargo Community System (ACCS), and ICEGATES.
• For any business, these API integrations are crucial for real-time tracking.
• The ULIP initiative has seen exponential growth and success in positively enabling the supply chains of multiple organisations.

3. Sports Updates

Syllabus: Miscellaneous

Prelims: World Archery Youth Championships, Canada Open

Context:

Latest achievements of Indian sportspersons.

Details:

1. India’s junior and cadet archers won 11 medals at the 2023 World Archery Youth Championships. 
2. Badminton player Lakshya Sen won the 2023 Canada Open.

4. National Fish Farmers Day

Syllabus: GS-3, Economy

Prelims: Fish farming

Context:

10 July is celebrated as National Fish Farmers Day.

About National Fish Farmers Day:

• The observance of National Fish Farmers Day will help in raising awareness about the significance of aquaculture and its impact on food security, as fish is one of the healthiest options to mitigate hunger and nutrient deficiency. 
• It will provide a platform to educate the public about the challenges, innovations, and sustainable practices employed by fish farmers.

Know more about National Fish Farmers Day in the linked article.

Read the previous PIB articles here.

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