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Daily Current Capsules - 13th January 2020

Information Technology/Cyber Awareness
Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) inaugurated
National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal

Relevance IN - Prelims ( about I4C and about national Cyber Crime reporting portal) +Mains ( GS III cyber security)
What's the NEWS
  • Union Minister for Home Affairs, Shri Amit Shah, inaugurated the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) and also dedicated National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal to the Nation . This state-of-the-art Centre is located in New Delhi.
Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) - Objective
  • To deal with all types of cybercrimes in a comprehensive and coordinated manner.
  • It has seven components viz., National Cyber Crime Threat Analytics Unit, National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, National Cyber Crime Training Centre, Cyber Crime Ecosystem Management Unit, National Cyber Crime Research and Innovation Centre, National Cyber Crime Forensic Laboratory Ecosystem and Platform for Joint Cyber Crime Investigation Team.
  • At the initiative of Union Ministry for Home Affairs (MHA), 15 States and UTs have given their consent to set up Regional Cyber Crime Coordination Centres at respective States/UTs.
National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal
  • National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (www.cybercrime.gov.in) is a citizen-centric initiative that will enable citizens to report cyber crimes online through the portal.
  • All the cyber crime related complaints will be accessed by the concerned law enforcement agencies in the States and Union Territories for taking action as per law.
  • So far, more than 700 police districts and more than 3,900 police stations have been connected with this Portal.
  • After successful completion, this portal can improve the capacity of the law enforcement agencies to investigate the cases and will improve success in prosecution.
  • This portal also focuses on specific crimes like financial crime and social media related crimes like stalking, cyber bullying, etc.
  • This portal will improve coordination amongst the law enforcement agencies of different States, districts and police stations for dealing with cyber crimes in a coordinated and effective manner.
Prelims Factoids
23rd National Youth Festival-2020

Relevance IN - Prelims ( about National youth festival)
What's the NEWS
  • Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and State Government of Uttar Pradesh are jointly organizing 23rd National Youth Festival (NYF) 2020 at Indira Pratishthan, Lucknow from 12th to 16th January, 2020.
Know! about NYF
  • The Government has been organizing National Youth Festival (NYF) since 1995.
  • The objective of NYF is to provide a platform to bring the youth of the country together in an attempt to provide them opportunity to showcase their talents in various activities.
  • It also provides an arena, by creating a mini-India, where youth interact in formal and informal settings and exchange their social and cultural uniqueness.
  • This blend of diverse socio-cultural milieu proves the Hon'ble Prime Minister's commitment and belief in ‘Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat'.
  • The theme of the 23rd National Youth Festival 2020 is ‘FIT YOUTH FIT INDIA'
  • The National Youth Festival is like a mega National Integration Camp. NYF 2020 would have around 6000 participants (volunteers from NYKS, NSS and local youth) from each State of the country.
Infrastructure Development
Purvodaya : Accelerated development of Eastern India through an Integrated Steel Hub

Relevance IN - Prelims ( about Purodaya and its objectives) + Mains ( GS III infrastructure development + GS II Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation)
What's the NEWS
  • Ministry of steel in partnership with CII and JPC launched Purvodaya-Accelerated Development of Eastern Region through an Integrated Steel hub
Know! the significance
  • Creation of such a world-class steel hub would significantly contribute to Purvodaya by propelling socio-economic development in the Eastern region.
  • This will play a significant role in overall socio-economic growth of Eastern India, thus reducing the disparity between the East and other regions of the country.
Eastern states of India
  • The Eastern region of India, though extremely rich in resources, lags behind other states in terms of development.
  • (Odisha, Jharkhand,Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and Northern Andhra Pradesh) collectively hold ~80% of the country's iron ore, ~100% of coking coal and significant portion of chromite, bauxite and dolomite reserves.
  • In addition to its rich mineral reserves, these states also have a significant locational advantage.
  • There is a presence of major ports such as Paradip, Haldia, Vizag, Kolkata etc. with >30% of India's Major Port capacity, 3 major National Waterways as well as strong road, rail connectivity to most parts of the country.
  • Despite these advantages, these states are currently behind many other Indian states in terms of economic and development indicators such as GSDP per capita and Human Development Index (HDI).
  • Time to explore the untapped Potential of Eastern states
  • India's march towards a $5 trillion economy, the 5 Eastern states can play a major role where steel sector can become the catalyst.
  • The presence of natural resources, coupled with an already established steel industry, presents excellent opportunity for Eastern India to spearhead the expected growth in the domestic steel industry, the region at large and the country as a whole.
  • This Eastern belt has the potential to add more than 75% of the country's incremental steel capacity envisioned by the National Steel Policy.
Integrated Steel Hub
  • The proposed Integrated Steel Hub, encompassing Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and Northern Andhra Pradesh, would serve as a torchbearer for socio-economic growth of Eastern India.
  • The objective of this hub would be to enable swift capacity addition and improve overall competitiveness of steel producers both in terms of cost and quality.
  • In addition to increased steel capacity, this hub would also help enhance best-in- class value addition capabilities.
The Integrated Steel Hub would focus on 3 key elements:
  • Capacity addition through easing the setup of greenfield steel plants
  • Development of steel clusters near integrated steel plants as well as demand centres
  • Transformation of logistics and utilities infrastructure which would change the socio-economic landscape in the East
Asia's largest Civil Aviation platform- ‘Wings India 2020' to be held at Hyderabad from 12-15 March 2020

Relevance IN - Prelims ( about Wings India 2020) + Mains ( GS III infrastructure development)
Wings India 2020
  • Wings India 2020, a flagship event of Indian Civil Aviation industry will be held at Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad from 12-15 March 2020.
Know! more about Wings India
  • Wings India 2020'- a four-day event themed: "Flying for All'' is an international platform focused on new business acquisition, investments, policy formation and regional connectivity in civil aviation industry.
  • Wings India 2020 is a platform for the aviation fraternity to discuss challenges along with new developing growth spots that can be targeted to ensure a positive curve.
  • Wings India 2020 is also Asia's largest and most popular gathering in the industry. Organized by Ministry of Civil Aviation, Govt. of India, AAI and FICCI the event is expected to attract top leaders, special invitees in foreign ministers for civil aviation and global CEOs, suppliers, strategic partners, organizations and the media.
State Specific
AP CM launches Rs 6,318 cr 'Amma Vodi' scheme for indigent
Relevance IN - Prelims ( about Amma Vodi Scheme)
What's the NEWS
  • Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy launched his government's flagship programme 'Amma Vodi' scheme meant to support lakhs of poor and needy mothers to educate their children.
Know! more about the scheme
  • The Amma Vodi scheme is a first of its kind in the country to bring about historical changes in the education system of the state of AP
  • Under the Rs 6318 crore scheme, the state will provide direct financial assistance worth Rs 15000 annually to poor and financially weak mothers or guardians, to support them in educating their children.
  • The monetary assistance worth Rs 15000 each will be credited by the state government directly into the accounts of the beneficiary mothers/ guardians in January every year.
  • The assistance will be transferred into the beneficiary accounts every year until the children pass out of school.
  • All below poverty line mothers/ guardians in the state with school-going children, studying in class 1-12 in either private, government, aided or unaided schools will be eligible for the financial assistance.
  • The Chief Minister also declared free reimbursement to all SC, ST, BC, EBC, Kapu, Differently Abled, Minority and economically poor students pursuing degree, post graduation, polytechnic and engineering courses in the state.
Health Sector
New virus identified as likely cause of mystery illness in China
Coronavirus
Relevance IN - Prelims ( about the virus coronavirus)
What's the NEWS
  • Chinese state media reported that scientists have identified a new coronavirus as the likely cause of a pneumonia-like illness that has sickened dozens of people.
  • Researchers have sequenced the virus's genome, and fifteen patients have tested positive to the virus
Know! more about it
  • Coronaviruses are a specific family of viruses, with some of them causing less-severe damage, such as the common cold, and others causing respiratory and intestinal diseases.
  • Apart from human beings, coronaviruses can affect mammals including pigs, cattle, cats, dogs, martens, camels, hedgehogs and some birds.
  • So far, there are four known disease-causing coronaviruses, among which the best known are the SARS corona virus and the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus, both of which can cause severe respiratory diseases.
  • In the newly identified coronavirus, a direct link with the disease has not been established yet.
  • Previously, there was speculation that the mystery illness was related to the SARS epidemic in China in the latter half of 2002 that killed roughly 350 people.
  • Now, the new coronavirus has been detected in over 15 cases so far. No deaths have been reported, nor has any case been reported of human-to-human transmission.
  • The municipal health commission says that it is trying to isolate the virus from patients to identify the pathogen and its potential source.
  • The health commission says there's no evidence that the infection is being passed between people, suggesting it is not transmitted easily in humans.
  • The infection is probably an emerging zoonotic virus - infections that spread from animals to humans
  • Such infections often first appear in colder months when animal pathogens can survive and spread to people
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