📰🎙 Mrunal's Daily Current Affairs: UPSC-Jan-05-2021(IE)- India at UNSC, Covishield vs. Covaxin, etc

⏩ **Polity⚖️**
→ ⚾️📻⚾️🎓✋Bengal special session to pass resolution against Centre’s 3 farm laws
⏩ **Agri🌽**
→ ⚾️📻⚾️🎓✋Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority(APEDA), a Statutory body under the commerce ministry has removed the word "Halal meat" from its 'Red Meat Manual.
→ ⚾️📻⚾️🎓✋Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 - owner's animal can be confiscated only after he is convicted in the offence. But 2017's Govt rules Provide confiscation of animals even when trial is going on, & send them to Gaushala. This is encouraging the anti social elements to loot cattle traders. SC asks govt to fix rules.
→ PM-Aasha: Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan - Was launched to fixed the limitations of minimum support price (MSP). It has 3 components 1) Price Support Scheme (PSS) - Government to procure pulses & copra. 2) Price Deficiency Payment Scheme (PDPS)= Farmer paid difference between MSP and market price 3) Private Procurement & Stockist Scheme= Private Agencies to procure on behalf of govt.
⏩ **Science🧪**
→ Corona Vaccine mechanism 1) AstraZeneca and University of Oxford gave license to Pune's Serum Institute of India(SII) for Covishield(AZD1222) → uses inactivated common cold chimpanzee virus. 2) Hyderabad's Bharat Biotech with National Institute of Virology- "Covaxin"- uses inactivated SARS-CoV-2 virus. Claim to work against mutated virus.
⏩ **IR/Defense🔫**
→ India enters as elected/Non-permanent Member of UN Security Council (UNSC): Differences between Russia/China and USA⏫. China's aggression at Indian borders, not allowing us to become members of nuclear suppliers group, blocking India's resolution against Pakistani terrorists. So India need to⏫Relationships with Russia and Britain in order to contain China within UNSC. 70% of UNSC Resolutions are related 2peace in Africa so India should use UNSC platform to improve its relations with African Nations. (Rajamohan, p7)
⏩ **Ethics GSM4☯️**
→ Communication: Chicken sales lose 1.5 million $/day in India due to misinformation that it spreads coronavirus. Many people are apprehensive about vaccine side effects and religious extremism. Vaccine communication model: 1) Complacency-If people think that disease is not very harmful they will not take 2) Confidence against side effects 3) Convenience in physical availability & price. (Column page 6)
⏩ **PIN-GK🏋️**
→ Nancy Pelosi re-elected as US House Speaker
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