UPSC Daily Current Affairs| One Liners 28-01-2025

One Liners 28-01-2025

History, Art and Culture

Jayati Jai Mamah Bharatam (JJMB)

• JJMB – It is a spectacular ensemble featured over 5,000+ artists performed more than 50 folk and tribal dance forms.
• It showcasing India’s rich heritage on a global stage.
• Themes – Viksit Bharat, Virasat bhi Vikas bhi and Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat.
• Performance – Sangeet Natak Akademi.
• Nodal Ministry – Ministry of Culture.
• Recognized by – Guinness World Records for ‘The Largest Indian Folk Variety Dance’.

Geography

Lake Victoria

• Located in – Africa, largest lake in the African Great Lakes.
• Bordering – Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania.
• Chief reservoir of – Nile.
• Facts – World's largest tropical lake.
  • 2^nd largest fresh water body in the world.
• Threats – Deforestation, land use change, loss of wetland quality and waste from urban areas, industries and farm lands.
• Impact – Pollution, Loss in water quality and Algal blooms.

Polity & Governance

Draft Legal Metrology (Indian Standard Time) Rules, 2025

• Aim – One Nation, One Time.
• Published by – Legal Metrology Division.
• Association with – National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and India Space Research Organization (ISRO).
• Nodal Ministry – Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
• Rule – It is a comprehensive rule standardizing and mandating the use of Indian Standard Time (IST) across India.
• Feature – It provides a unified and precise timekeeping framework for strategic, non-strategic, industrial and societal applications.

Water Use Efficiency-Strategies for a Sustainable Future

• Organized by – Bureau of Water Use Efficiency (BWUE) and Indian Plumbing Association (IPA).
• Nodal Ministry – Ministry of Jal Shakti.
• Concept – It is a one-day workshop with a focus on the domestic water sector.
• Role – Low-flow fixtures and smart sanitary ware solutions in reducing water consumption.

Uniform Civil Code (UCC)

Uttarakhand becomes the 1^st state to implement UCC from January 27.

• UCC – It is a call for the formulation of One Law for India.
• Under – Article 44.
• Article 44 – It states that the State shall endeavour to secure a Uniform Civil Code for the citizens throughout the territory of India.
• Aim – To provide protection to vulnerable sections as envisaged by Ambedkar including women and religious minorities.
• Feature – Applicable to all religious communities in matters such as marriage, divorce, inheritance and adoption.

Economy

Certificate of Origin (eCoO) 2.0

• Launched by – Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT).
• Nodal Ministry – Ministry of Commerce & Industry.
• eCoO 2.0 - It is a platform designed to simplify the certification process for exporters.
• The electronic filing of Non-Preferential Certificates of Origin become mandatory through this platform.
• Feature – It allowing exporters to request corrections to previously issued certificates through an easy online application process.

Environment

Cyanobacteria

• Cyanobacteria – It is a photosynthetic microscopic bacteria that live in all types of waterbodies.
• It is a single-celled organisms and produces toxins called Cyanotoxins.
• It is known as Cyanophyta, Cyanoprokaryota, Chloroxybacteria, and Blue-Green Algae.

Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms (CyanoHABs)

• CyanoHABs – Increase in population of cyanobacteria results in Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs).
• Causes – It turns the waterbody into bright green or blue-green.
• It forms a discoloration and mat on the bottom sediments of the water column.
• It causes Dissolved Oxygen (DO) swings.
• Impact – Plant and animal die-off
  • Taste and odor issues
  • Polluted water
  • Toxic to animals and people.

Science

Parkinson Disease (PD)

• PD – It is a brain condition that causes problems with movement, mental health, sleep, pain and other health issues.
• Symptoms – Tremors, painful muscle contractions and difficulty speaking.
• Risk factors – Usually occurs in older people, and younger people also affected.
  • Men are affected more than women.
• Treatment – There is no cure, therapies and medicines can reduce symptoms.

Miscellaneous

Malaria-Free Certification

• Elimination Process – It requires a country to demonstrate the transmission of indigenous malaria has been interrupted nationwide for at least 3 consecutive years.
• Officially recognized by – World Health Organization (WHO) of a country’s malaria-free status.
• Advisory body – Technical Advisory Group on Malaria Elimination and Certification (TAG-MEC).
• Georgia – It has officially been certified as malaria-free.
• Turkey – It remains the only country in the WHO European Region not yet certified malaria-free.