IAS PRE & MAINS: Current Important Topic's Gist - Career IAS

DATE :        06-02-2020         9

    IAS PRE & MAINS: Current Important Topic’s Gist

                                    A.Ram Temple Trust

 The Centre announced
   nine members of Board
   of Trustees of the Sri
   Ram Janmabhoomi
   Tirath Kshetra, the new
   Trust constituted by the
   Centre for construction
   of Ram Mandir.
 Senior lawyer of
   Supreme Court
   Supreme Court 92-year
   old K Parasaran, who headed the team of lawyers in apex court in the decades old Ram Janmabhoomi
   land dispute, has been appointed as Chairman of the Trust.
 In all the Trust will have 14 members.
 District magistrate of Ayodhya will be the ex-officio trustee, who will be a practising Hindu. If the DM
   is not Hindu, then additional district magistrate will be an ex-office member of the Trust.

1. The Centre has announced 10 –members (nine names announced by the Centre and one DM of
   Ayodhya) who will be members of the Trust.

Note-

               1. Remaining four members will be nominated – two by the Board of Trustees with a majority
                  resolution, one by the Centre who will be an IAS officer deputed at the Centre not below the
                  rank of joint secretary.
               2. While, the state government will nominate one member an IAS officer not below the rank
                  Secretary.

 Members of the Board of Trustees announced
   by the Centre are

           1. K K Parasaran (chairman),
           2. Jagatguru Shankjaracharya
              Jyotishpeethadeshwar Swami
              Vasudevanand Saraswati Ji Maharaj
              of Prayagraj;
           3. Jagatguru Mahadevacharya
              Vishwaprasanna Theertha Maharaj
              of Udupi, Karnataka;
           4. Yugpurush Paramananda Ji Maharaj of Haridwar;
           5. Swami Govind Dev Ji Maharaj, Puna;
           6. Vimlendra Mohan Pratap Mishra, Ayodhya naresh;
           7. Dr Anil Mishra, a practising Homeopathic doctor of Ayodhya,
           8. Kameshwar Chaupal of Patna
           9. Mahant Mahant Dhinendra Das, head of the Nirmohi Akhara.

   Note- However, name of Nritya Gopal Das, head of the Ram, Janmabhoomi Nyas, does not figure in the
   list.

 There is a possibility that he might be nominated by the Board of Trustees.
 The Centre also mandated that any point of time all members of the Trust will be practising Hindus and
   one of them must belong to the Schedule Caste category.
 One representative will be nominated by the UP government who shall be a practising Hindu and an IAS
   officer and shall not be below the rank of secretary to the UP government and shall be an ex officio
   member and the Ayodhya district collector will be the ex officio trustee who shall be a practising Hindu.
 If for any reason the incumbent collector is not a practising Hindu, the additional collector of Ayodhya
   who shall be a practising Hindu shall be an ex officio member. The chairman of the committee for the

development and administration of matters relating to the Ram Temple complex, who will be appointed
   by the Board of Trustees, who shall be a practising Hindu shall be an ex officio member.
 The Centre on Wednesday constituted an independent 15-member trust to oversee the construction of a
   "grand and magnificent" Ram temple in Ayodhya, an announcement made by Prime Minister Narendra
   Modi in the Lok Sabha four days before the expiry of a 3-month deadline set by the Supreme Court.

                                            B. Lion Fish

 It is a flourishing invasive species in U.S. Southeast and Caribbean coastal waters
 This invasive species has the potential to harm reef ecosystems
 Lionfish have distinctive brown or maroon, and white stripes or bands covering the head and
   body.

 Lionfish are found in mostly all marine habitat types found in warm marine waters of the
   tropics. Lionfish have been found in water depths from 1 to 300 feet on hard bottom, mangrove,
   seagrass, coral, and artificial reefs (like shipwrecks).
 Lionfish are now one of the top predators in many coral reef environments of the Atlantic.
   Lionfish consume over 50 species of fish including some economically and ecologically
   important species.

 Although lionfish have been used as a food source in their native range, economically, they are
   far more important in the aquarium trade. Lionfish are very popular and common aquarium fish,
   especially in the U.S.

                                      C.Auto Expo-2020

 The Auto Expo is a biennial automotive show held in Greater Noida, NCR, India. It is Asia's largest and
   the world's second-largest motor show.

 Till 2012, the auto expo was organized at Pragati Maidan New Delhi, but since 2014 it is organized at
   NCR Region - India Expo Mart, Greater Noida Uttar Pradesh.
 It is organized jointly by:

   1. The Automotive Component Manufacturers Association (ACMA)
   2. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
   3. Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM)

 The Auto Expo was conceived in the year 1985 and had its debut showcasing in 1986. The 9 day show
   was marked by then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
 Auto Expo 2020 will be focused towards now technologies and innovation in the auto industry.
 2020 editions in at creating an alluring experience for the visitors by resurrecting a new brand
   image which bill not only focus on static display of motor vehicles but will focus on ‘Entire
   Mobility Eco-System’, enveloped by the theme of “Co-Create, Co-Exist and celebrate”.
 This metamorphosis will not only rechristen the image of ‘Auto Expo – The Motor Show’
   internationally, but will also allow the discerning visitors to experience, comprehend and appreciate the
   kaleidoscopic journey of the automobile industry, especially over the last 20 years.

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