The lumpy skin disease  infectious viral disease of cattle

What is the lumpy skin disease and how does it spread

• Lumpy skin disease is caused by the lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV), which belongs to the genus capripoxvirus, a part of the poxviridae family (smallpox and monkey pox viruses are also a part of the same family).
• The LSDV shares antigenic similarities with the sheep pox virus (SPPV) and the goat pox virus (GTPV) or is similar in the immune response to those viruses.
• It is not a zoonotic virus, meaning the disease cannot spread to humans.
• It is a contagious Vector borne disease spread by vectors like mosquitoes, some biting flies, and ticks and usually affects host animals like cows and water buff
• The cutaneous nodules, 2–5 cm in diameter, appear on the infected cattle’s head, neck, limbs, udder, genitalia, and perineum.
• The nodules may later turn into ulcers and eventually develop scabs over the skin.
• The other symptoms include high fever, sharp drop in milk yield, discharge from the eyes and nose, salivation, loss of appetite, depression, damaged hides, emaciation (thinness or weakness) of animals, infertility and abortions.

Bru refugees from Mizoram enrolled in Tripura electoral rolls

• Bru or Reang is a community indigenous to Northeast India, living mostly in Tripura, Mizoram and Assam. In Tripura, they are recognised as a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group.
• In Mizoram, they have been targeted by groups that do not consider them indigenous to the state.
  • In 1997, following ethnic clashes, nearly 37,000 Brus fled Mamit, Kolasib and Lunglei districts of Mizoram and were accommodated in relief camps in Tripura.
• Since then, 5,000 have returned to Mizoram in eight phases of repatriation, while 32,000 still live in six relief camps in North Tripura.
  • In June 2018, community leaders from the Bru camps signed an agreement with the Centre and the two state governments, providing for repatriation in Mizoram. But most camp residents rejected the terms of the agreement.
  • The camp residents said that the agreement didn’t guarantee their safety in Mizoram

Gujarati feature film ‘Chhello Show’ selected as India’s official entry for the 95th Academy Awards

• The Film Federation of India (FFI) has chosen Pan Nalin’s semiautobiographical Gujarati drama Chhello Show (Last Film Show) as India’s official entry for the 95th Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film Category.
• The announcement was made by FFI Secretary General Suparn Sen on Tuesday after deliberations by the jury, headed by Kannada director T.S. Nagabharana.

Inauguraton of Kashmir’s 1st multiplex in Srinagar

• Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha inaugurated the Kashmir valley’s first multiplex in Sonawar area of the city
• This move bringing back cinema halls after a gap of 3 decades

 Maharashtra’s Daulatabad renamed as Devgiri Fort

• After renaming Aurangabad, Shinde government has now decided to rename Daulatabad Fort as Devgiri.
• Earlier Aurangabad was renamed as Sambhaji Nagar

Procedure for Renaming a City

• Renaming of a city is a thoughtful task that is given to the State Legislators.
• The first step involves raising of a request in form of a resolution by any Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) which proposes the renaming of any particular city or street.
• On the basis of the request of the MLA, the issue would be deliberated upon and the consequences of the same shall be discussed upon. So, the second step involves the deliberation over the request of the renaming of the city or the street.
• The final step involves voting of the validity of the resolution. If there are majority votes in favor of the resolution, the said resolution shall be declared passed. If the majority of votes for a resolution are not achieved, the resolution shall fail. The majority here involves a simple majority.
• The State Legislation on the basis of the majority view shall make the necessary changes in the name of the state or city.

India’s 1st lithium-ion cell factory inaugurated at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh

About Li-ion Batteries:

• A lithium-ion battery or Li-ion battery is a type of rechargeable battery.
• Li-ion batteries use an intercalated (Intercalation is the reversible inclusion or insertion of a molecule into materials with layered structures) lithium compound as one electrode material, compared to the metallic lithium used in a non-rechargeable lithium battery.
• The battery consists of electrolyte, which allows for ionic movement, and the two electrodes are the constituent components of a lithium-ion battery cell.
• Lithium ions move from the negative electrode to the positive electrode during discharge and back when charging.

State Bank of India Foundation and World Wide Fund for Nature – India organizations have partnered for Red Panda Transboundary Conservation

 About Pandas:

• There are only two different panda species in this world,

1. the Giant Pandas and
2. the Red Pandas.

• It is also the state animal of Sikkim.
• Red Pandas are shy, solitary and arboreal animals and considered an indicator species for ecological change.
• India is home to both the (sub) species:

1. Himalayan red panda (Ailurus fulgens)
2. Chinese red panda (Ailurus styani)

• It is found in the forests of India, Nepal, Bhutan and the northern mountains of Myanmar and southern China.
• The number of Red Pandas has been declining in the wild, even in the Singalila and Neora Valley National Parks, the two protected areas where the endangered mammal is found in the wild in West Bengal.

 Protection Status:

Red Pandas:

IUCN Red List: Endangered,   CITES: Appendix I

Wildlife Protection Act 1972: Schedule I

Giant Pandas:

IUCN Red List: Vulnerable,   CITES: Appendix I

Central Bank of India bank has been removed from PCA Framework by the RBI

About Prompt Corrective Action:

• PCA is a framework under which banks with weak financial metrics are put under watch by the RBI.
• The RBI introduced the PCA framework in 2002 as a structured early-intervention mechanism for banks that become undercapitalized due to poor asset quality, or vulnerable due to loss of profitability.
• The framework was reviewed in 2017 based on the recommendations of the working group of the Financial Stability and Development Council on Resolution Regimes for Financial Institutions in India and the Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission.

Objective of  PCA Norms

• The objective of the PCA framework is to enable supervisory intervention at an appropriate time and require the supervised entity to initiate and implement remedial measures in a timely manner, so as to restore its financial health.
• It aims to check the problem of Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) in the Indian banking sector.
• It is intended to help alert the regulator as well as investors and depositors if a bank is heading for trouble.
• The idea is to head off problems before they attain crisis proportions.

 Justice (Retd.) Arun Kumar Mishra has been elected as a member of Asia Pacific Forum’s Governance Committee

September 21 observed as

• International Day of Peace
• World Alzheimer’s Day
• World Gratitude Day