ICICI Bank official summoned as COVID orphans face eviction over loan dues

• The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is an Indian statutory body established by an Act of Parliament, the Commission for Protection of Child Rights (CPCR) Act, 2005.
• The Commission works under the aegis of Ministry of Women and Child Development, GoI.
• The Commission began operational on 5 March 2007.
• The Commission is mandated under section 13 of CPCR Act, 2005 "to ensure that all Laws, Policies, Programmes, and Administrative Mechanisms are in consonance with the Child Rights perspective as enshrined in the Constitution of India and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child."
• As defined by the commission, child includes person up to the age of 18 years.

Community museum inaugurated in Gya - SASOMA VILLAGES

• Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, LAHDC, Leh Chairman/CEC Tashi Gyaltson inaugurated the Community Museum in Gya - Sasoma.
• Arguably, Gya is the first village and oldest inhabitation in Upper Ladakh.
• Gya is situated on the Leh-Manali National Highway.
• The Community Museum will be an anchorage point for the young generations of Ladakh to their identity and to the visitors to understand this region. Museum has a work-in-progress corner, with a hope to get more collections from people’s contributions and further grow.

Digital Banking units to come up in 75 districts

• This was stated by the Union Minister of State for Finance Dr. Bhagwat Karad, in a written reply in Lok Sabha.
• He said that no funds have been allocated by RBI for setting up of DBUs and the DBUs are expected to be operationalized by the end of the current calendar year.
• He said that as apprised by Reserve Bank of India(RBI), a Committee has been set up to prepare a roadmap for successful implementation of the said programme.
• Criteria, such as relatively higher percentage of women population, youth, MSMEs, exports, geographically and strategically important locations, North-East area, SHG penetration, moderate level of digital adoption etc., will be taken in to consideration while finalizing the list of 75 districts for setting up of DBUs.

SBI signs MoU with the Border Security Force

• The MoU will ensure extensive benefits to the security forces including complimentary Personal and Air Accidental Insurance (Death) cover, additional cover in case of on-duty death, and Permanent Total Disability/ Partial Disability cover.
• The MoU will support child education and the marriage of girl children of deceased BSF personnel.
• The retired personnel will be eligible for complimentary Personal Accidental (Death) Insurance, irrespective of age, whereas family pensioners will be eligible for a bouquet of benefits.
• Bank will offer zero-balance savings bank accounts with a host of complimentary benefits and waiver of service charges to BSF personnel.
• Bank will also provide attractive interest rates and concession on processing charges for serving personnel on Home, Car, Education, and Xpress Credit Personal loans.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur launched the Broadcast Seva Portal

• The portal will provide a single point facility to the stakeholders to request for required permission, registrations and licences.
• The Broadcast Seva Portal will reduce the turnaround time of applications and at the same time help applicants track the progress. This portal will reduce the human interface and will be a major step towards Ease of Doing Business.
• The 360-degree digital solution will facilitate the stakeholders in seeking permissions, applying for registration, tracking applications, calculating fees and executing payments.
• This portal will provide its services under the wider umbrella efforts of Digital India to all stakeholders to private satellite TV channels, teleport operators, community and private radio channels.
• The Broadcast Seva portal will be soon linked to National Single Window System.

PM congratulates Indian music composer, Ricky Kej on winning Grammy Award for album Divine Tides

• Ricky Kej (born 5 August 1981) is a multi-Grammy Award-winning Indian music composer and environmentalist.
• Ricky won his first Grammy in 2015 for his album ''Winds of Samsara'' in the Best New Age Album category.
• With his second win, Ricky Kej joins a rarefied group which includes Ravi Shankar, Zubin Mehta, Zakir Hussain, AR Rahman and other Indian winners.

What Is ''J'' Form and How Will It Benefit Farmers?

• The move, aimed at bringing transparency as well as empowering farmers, will make Punjab the first state in the country to provide digitised form J in real time.
• ‘J form’ is the sale receipt of a farmer’s agricultural produce in mandis (grain market).
• These forms were earlier issued manually by arthiyas (commission agents) because in Punjab, a majority of farmers sell their crops through such agents only. Also, this form is an income proof for a farmer who sells his crop.
• By getting digitised J form, farmers will now have a clear record of the crop sold and income received in lieu of that and it will save their time as well, ensuring that they do not need to run to arhtiyas to get copies of their sale.

The Indian Antarctic Bill introduced in Lok Sabha

• The draft bill is the first domestic legislation with regard to Antarctica in India.
• The Bill puts into place a comprehensive list of regulations related to Antarctica, for such scientific expeditions, as well as for individuals, companies and tourists.
• A domestic legislation will further provide more validity to the Antarctic Treaty, and subsequent protocols, of which India is a signatory.
• It extends the jurisdiction of Indian courts to Antarctica, for crimes on the continent by Indian citizens, or foreign citizens who are a part of Indian expeditions.
• The Bill introduces an elaborate permit system for any expedition or individual who wishes to visit the continent.
• The Bill further enlists elaborate standards for environmental protection as well as waste management.
• The Bill prohibits drilling, dredging, excavation or collection of mineral resources or even doing anything to identify where such mineral deposits occur — the only exception is for scientific research with a granted permit.

Indian Oil, L&t, Renew Join Hands For Green Hydrogen

• The IndianOil-L&T-ReNew JV will focus on developing green hydrogen projects in a time-bound manner to supply it at an industrial scale.
• Green hydrogen is produced through electrolysis of water using renewable energy.
• Nearly all of the hydrogen currently produced in India is grey hydrogen using natural gas and ammonia.
• The government is aiming to use green hydrogen as a substitute for grey hydrogen which is used by oil refiners and fertiliser manufacturers.
• The Centre has released draft guidelines on the National Hydrogen Mission which aims to increase production to 5 million metric tonnes (MMT) by 2030 to meet about 40 per cent of domestic requirements.
• Recently, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari travelled to the Parliament in a Hydrogen-based Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV).

UN climate report: It’s ‘now or never’ to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees.

• The IPCC is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change. The IPCC was set up in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). Its main activity is to prepare Assessment Reports, special reports, and methodology reports assessing the state of knowledge of climate change.
• The IPCC’s Assessment Reports (ARs), which are produced every few years, are the most comprehensive and widely accepted scientific evaluations of the state of the Earth’s climate.
• Six Assessment Reports have been published so far, the sixth report (AR6) coming in three parts — the first in August 2021, the second in February 2022, and the third on April 4, 2022.