17.06.21 Daily [Andhra Pradesh] APPSC Current Affairs

The state is all set to dominatemud crabcultivation. With steady rise in demand, Marine Products Exports Development (MPEDA) is focusing on better yield.

According to MPEDA, East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishana and Guntur districts have a lot ofbrackish waterponds, suitable for mud crab culture.

MPEDA has supplied over 60 per cent of the total 650 tonnes mud crab seeds toAndhra Pradesh. MPEDA has decided to promote mud crab farming which would not only contribute to a considerable component of coastal but also provide a Source Of Income for fishermen.

Mud crabs are known for their high flesh content and rapid Growth rate in captivity. A fully-grown mud crab weighs over 1,200 gms. Live mud crabs are in demand in global market. Depending on the size (500 gms, 1,000 gms, above 1,000 gms), prices vary from Rs 600 to Rs 1,200 per kg.

Mud crabs are much in demand in South East Asian countries where live crabs are highly preferred as delectable seafood.

The Centre on Monday told theSupreme Courtthat its notification of May 28 delegating powers to collectors of some of districts to grant to members of the minority community from Afghanistan,Pakistanand Bangladesh was not related to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and that such exercise had been done earlier too since 2006.

By the notification, the Centre has delegated power to grant citizenship in such cases to the collectors of 13 more districts Morbi, Rajkot, Patan and Vadodara in Gujarat; Jalore, Udaipur, Pali, Barmer and Sirohi in Rajasthan; Durg and Balodabazar in Chhattisgarh; Faridabad in Haryana; and Jalandhar inPunjaband to the Home secretaries ofHaryanaand Punjab. Now, district collectors of 29 districts and home secretaries of 9 states can exercise such powers.

A Chinese spacecraft “Shenzhou XII” with three crew members docked with China’s new space station module Tianhe 1. This follows the launch of the Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft, which delivered critical supplies to the space station.

Highlights:

About six hours after taking off from the Jiuquan launch centre in the Gobi Desert, the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft connected with the Tianhe space station module.

The three-man crew will spend three months on the Tianhe module, which will orbit the Earth at 340km to 380km altitude.

This is the first of two manned space missions scheduled for this year, as part of a intense launch schedule aimed at completing the Chinese space station by 2022.

The three astronauts are the first to live in the main living module, where they will conduct experiments, test equipment, perform maintenance, and prepare the station for the arrival of two laboratory modules next year.

The World Health Organization (WHO) highlighted the risk that children working in informal processing face as a result of discarded electronic devices, or E-Waste, in its report Children and Digital Dumpsites. It is the world’s first WHO report on electronic waste and child health.

Approximately 12.9 million Women work in the informal waste sector, exposing them to toxic e-waste (such as nickel, lead, and mercury) and putting themselves and their unborn children at risk.

Children are especially vulnerable to the toxic chemicals found in e waste because of their smaller size, less developed organs, and rapid rate of Growth and development.