29th
June- Current Affairs
Aruna Sundararanjan committee :
Ø Mandate: To review levies, including spectrum
usage charge (SUC), and promote ease of doing business in the telecom sector.
Ø Composition: The committee will be headed by
Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan.
Ø Background:
·
The
telecom sector has been undergoing financial stress for a long time.
·
The
reduction of levies and fees, including licence fee, SUC and universal service
levy, has been a long-standing demand of the industry, along with review of the
definition of aggregated gross revenue
Ladakh Singhey Khababs
Sindhu Festival :
Ø
It
is a tourist's promotional festival in Ladakh region of Jammu and
Kashmir.
Ø
It
is celebrated on the bank of Indus River at Leh.
Ø It is celebrated every year since 1997 for 3 days in the
month of June.
Ø Folk songs and dances are performed
and local handicrafts and ethnic foods are being exhibited before the tourists
during the festival.
Go Tribal Campaign :
Ø Bodies
involved: The
campaign was launched by Tribal Affairs Ministry and TRIFED in association with
Amazon Global.
Ø Objective: The collaboration aims to create
awareness and promote tribal arts and crafts as well as aid in socio-economic
welfare of over 700 Indian tribes.
Ø The event also saw the global
Launch of “Tribes India” through Amazon Global Selling, under which
Tribes India and Amazon Global Marketing will launch TRIBES India products
globally through Amazon.com.
Diphtheria:
Ø Cause: Diphtheria is an infectious disease
caused by Corynebacterium diphtheria, a bacterium.
Ø Health
impact: One
type of diphtheria affects the throat and sometimes the tonsils. Another type
causes ulcers on the skin; these are more common in the tropics (places where
all 12 months have mean temperatures of at least 18 °C).
Ø Vulnerable
groups: Diphtheria
particularly affects children aged 1 to 5 years. In temperate climates
diphtheria tends to occur during the colder months.
Ø Vaccine: The diphtheria vaccine is among the
oldest vaccines in India’s Universal Immunisation Programme.
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