Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology constituted a Committee under the Chairmanship of Justice B N Srikrishna to suggest a draft Data Protection Bill.
The Committee will study and identify key data protection issues and recommend methods for addressing them.
It will recommend a framework for securing personal data in the increasingly digitised economy and also address privacy concerns.
Mission XI Million
It is a joint programme of Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and All India Football Federation and FIFA to popularise Football across the country.
The programme targets to reach 11 Million boys and girls across the country for promotion of football by 30th September 2017.
It is to make football as the sport of choice in India, to encourage children gain healthy habits and learn important life lessons in teamwork and sportsman spirit.
Panel on Fair Market Conduct
SEBI has constituted a committee headed by T K Viswanathan on ‘fair market conduct’.
The committee has been tasked with suggesting improvements to the existing SEBI norms, fraudulent and unfair trade practices (FUTP).
It has been specifically asked to look at handling of price-sensitive information during takeovers and aligning of insider-trading rules with provisions of the Companies Act.
Silver Nanoparticles
A recent study by Researchers found that incorporation of silver nano particles in packing material can enhance the shelf-life of vegetables and fruits.
When Silver Nanoparticles are impregnated into cellulosic food packets, they could preserve vegetables at room temperatures for as long as 21 days.
They have anti-microbial properties and it is capable of controlling the growth of a food-born bacterium called Aeromonas hydrophila.
They also have an average size of 35 nm, so there is least chance of migration of silver ions into food.
The method of impregnating it in packaging material is cost effective.
Earth Overshoot Day
Earth Overshoot Day (EOD) means the day when human consumption exceeds the earth’s capacity in that particular year to regenerate natural resources.
It is the day the world completely consumes all the natural resources produced that year.
It is calculated by Global Footprint Network.
August 2, 2017 is the Earth Overshoot Day of the year 2017.
Since 1987, the EOD has been moving up the calendar, from December 19 in 1987 to August 2, 2017.
Just seven months into the year, the world has consumed all the natural resources, reveals the shocking rate at which environmental degradation is taking place.
Global Footprint Network
Global Footprint Network, founded in 2003, is an independent think tank originally based in the United States, Belgium and Switzerland.
It is headquartered in Oakland, California.
Its mission is to help end ecological overshoot by making ecological limits central to decision-making.
Every year, it produces National Footprint Accounts, which calculate Ecological Footprint and bio capacity of more than 200 countries.
Bharatmala Project
It is an umbrella project under the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways that will subsume unfinished parts of National Highway Development Program (NHDP).
It focuses on the new initiatives like development of Border and International connectivity roads, Coastal & port connectivity roads, National Corridors Efficiency improvements, Economic corridors development and others.
The Public Investment Board has cleared the proposal for Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I.
