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2nd July – Current Affairs



2nd July – Current Affairs

AYUSH Grid Project :
Ø The Electronics and Information Technology Ministry has agreed to give technical support to the AYUSH Ministry for planning and development of AYUSH GRID Project. 
Ø In pursuance to the National Health Policy 2017, the project aims to digitize the entire AYUSH, leading to transformation in the field of health care delivery at all levels, along with greater research, education, delivery of various health care programmes and better drug regulations. 

Special Rhino Protection Force :
Ø An 82-member Special Rhino Protection Force (SRPF) has been deployed in the Kaziranga National Park (KNP).
Ø The SRPF personnel will be posted under eight ranges of Kaziranga National Park (KNP) to control rhino poaching as well as tiger poaching since Kaziranga is also a tiger reserve. 
Ø The Assam government would be paying the salaries of the SRPF members and the amount would be reimbursed by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), which recommended setting up of the special force. 

Tamizh Maravan :
Ø Tamil Nadu has officially designated Tamil yeoman as it’s ‘State Butterfly.’
Ø Scientific name: Cirrochroa thais.
Ø Common name: Tamil yeoman or the ‘Tamizh Maravan’.
Ø What is it? It is a species of nymphalid butterfly.
Ø Distribution: It is found in found in the Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka.

State Butterflies in India:
Ø With the recent decision, Tamil Nadu has become the fifth state in the country to declare its state butterfly
Ø Maharashtra was the first to declare Blue Mormon as its state butterfly, followed by Uttarakhand (Common peacock), Karnataka (Southern bird wings) and Kerala (Malabar banded peacock).


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