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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 08TH MAY 2020
Posted on May 9, 2020 by admin
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Today’s Important Topic’s For UPSC Preparation
1. VANDE BHARAT MISSION BEGINS, FIRST BATCH OF EVACUEES ARRIVES.
2. NO SCIENTIFIC STUDIES REPORT STYRENE GAS CAUSING DEATHS.
3. U.S. PAT FOR INDIAN’S ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN.
4. CSIR CONTRIBUTES TO GENOME DATABASE.
5. VIRUS ATTACK WORSE THAN PEARL HARBOR.
VANDE BHARAT MISSION BEGINS, FIRST BATCH OF EVACUEES
ARRIVES
Vande Bharat Mission:
Vande Bharat Mission is the biggest evacuation exercise to bring back Indian citizens stranded
abroad amidst the coronavirus induced travel restrictions.
The mission has given priority to Indian citizenswith “compelling reasons to return" – like
those whose employment have been terminated, those whose visas have expired and not
expected to be renewed under the present circumstances and those who have lost family
members in recent times.
Under the repatriation plan, the government will be facilitating the return of Indian nationals
stranded abroad on compelling grounds in a phased manner.
Air India and its subsidiary Air India Express will operate 64 flights to bring back stranded
Indians from 12 countries.
The entire cost of travel will be borne by the passengers under the mission.
It is also considered as the largest exercise to bring back Indian citizens since the evacuation of
177,000 from the Gulf region in the early 1990s at the start of hostilities between Iraq and
Kuwait during the first Gulf War.
Why in News?
The ‘Vande Bharat Mission’ to bring stranded Non-Resident Keralites back home got off to a
firm start, with two flights from the Gulf carrying 363 passengers touching down at the Cochin
and Karipur airports.
The first flight carrying those stranded in Gulf countries, as part of the ‘Vande Bharat Misssion’,
in the wake of a global lockdown following the COVID-pandemic landed at the Cochin
International Airport from Abu Dhabi at 10.08 p.m.
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NO SCIENTIFIC STUDIES REPORT STYRENE GAS CAUSING DEATHS
Gas leak from LG Polymers, which led to the death of at least seven people in Visakhapatnam,
is suspected to have been caused by styrene gas.
The most common health problems when exposed to styrene involve the nervous system —
both the central and the peripheral nervous systems.
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According to the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the health
effects due to inhalation of styrene gas include tiredness, feeling drunk, slowed reaction time,
concentration problems, balance problems and changes in colour vision.
The styrene concentrations that cause these effects are more than 1,000 times higher than the
levels normally found in the environment.
According to the U.S.-based Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), short-term exposure to
styrene can lead to respiratory effects, such as mucous membrane irritation, eye irritation, and
gastrointestinal effects.
Chronic exposure affects the central nervous system with symptoms such as headache,
fatigue, weakness.
It can also cause central nervous system dysfunction including memory, visuomotor speed,
hearing loss and peripheral neuropathy.
Clinical studies of volunteers and workers exposed to styrene have demonstrated both the
central and the peripheral nervous systems toxicity.
The number of studies of styrene clinical neurotoxicity is rather small.
Acute exposure to styrene via inhalation at 376 ppm for 25 minutes had resulted in nausea, a
sense of inebriation and headache.
But no studies have been carried out to understand the harmful effects from exposure at
extremely high concentrations lasting a couple of hours.
Currently, no studies have reported deaths from short-term exposure to styrene gas. Hence, it
is not clear if the deaths were caused by styrene gas or some other chemical or a combination.
U.S. PAT FOR INDIAN’S ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN
The U.S. recognises India’s “constructive contribution” to Afghanistan, said U.S. Special
Representative for Afghanistan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad, who came to Delhi on
Thursday and met with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and National Security Adviser Ajit
Doval to brief them on progress in the peace process that has faltered in the past few weeks.
Expressing “deep concern” about the increase in violence in Afghanistan, Mr. Jaishankar and
Mr. Doval made a particular mention of the need to protect “Afghan Hindus and Sikhs,” and said
India supported the call for a ceasefire to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
“The U.S. side recognised India’s constructive contribution in economic development,
reconstruction and humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan.
Protection of Rights:
The statement said that India reiterated its continued support for strengthening peace,
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security, unity, democratic and inclusive polity and protection of rights of all sections of the
Afghan society, including Afghan Hindus and Sikhs.
The trip is meant to build support for the full implementation of the U.S.-Taliban agreement,
which has been derailed by differences between the Afghan government and the Taliban over
the release of prisoners.
Regional Talks:
India was not included in a UN-coordinated “6+2+1” meeting of Afghanistan, its neighbours and
U.S. and Russia on April 16, an exclusion New Delhi is understood to have protested.
However, Afghan officials have hinted that they are speaking to the UN, U.S. and others about a
broader “6+4” formation for regional talks on Afghanistan soon, which would include India.
CSIR CONTRIBUTES TO GENOME DATABASE
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has submitted as many as 53 genome
sequences of the novel coronavirus to a global genome database, a move that may help in
better understanding the virus and developing a vaccine.
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The country’s premier research and development organisation is also planning to submit the
data of another 450 genome sequences of the virus by May 15, its Director-General Shekhar
Mande said.
The CSIR’s Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), Delhi, the Centre for Cellular
and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, and the Institute of Microbial Technology,
Chandigarh, are currently sequencing the genomes of the novel coronavirus.
Other CSIR institutes are also expected to join the process.
VIRUS ATTACK WORSE THAN PEARL HARBOR
Pearl Harbor Attack:
Pearl Harboris an American lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu.
Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is now a United States Navydeep-water naval
base.
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It is also the headquarters of the United States Pacific Fleet.
The attack on Pearl Harborby the Empire of Japan on December 7, 1941, was the immediate
cause of the United States' entry into World War II.
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise, preemptive military strikeby the Imperial
Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States (a neutral country at the time) against
the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu.
The Japanese military leadershipreferred to the attack as the Hawaii
Operation and Operation AI, and as Operation Z during its planning.
Why in News?
Donald Trump has said the COVID-19 pandemic is a worse “attack” on the U.S. than either Pearl
Harbor or 9/11, taking aim once again at China, which he said should have stopped the disease
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in its tracks.
“It should have never happened,” Mr. Trump said of the disease that emerged in the Chinese
city of Wuhan last year.
“Could have been stopped at the source. Could have been stopped in China.”
This is really the worst attack we've ever had,” Mr. Trump told reporters. “This is worse than
Pearl Harbor. This is worse than the World Trade Center.
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