TNPSC Current Affairs April 02, 2020

www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current Affairs April 02, 2020 (02/04/2020)

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Topic: Profile of States, General Administration

Anti-smog guns

Anti-smog guns installed at 14 large project sites in Delhi.

Background:

On January 13, the Supreme Court had said that anti-smog guns should be mandatory in projects that require environmental clearance from the State or Centre, and have a built-up area of over 20,000 square metres. As per this, 47 large projects in Delhi had to have these guns installed.

What is it?

Anti-smog gun is a device that sprays nebulised water droplets into the atmosphere to reduce air pollution.

Connected to a water tank and mounted on a vehicle, the device could be taken across the city to spray water to settle dust and other suspended particles.

It can spray water up to a height of 50 metres and the results were positive as the spray acts like rain and settles dust particles and also PM 2.5.

Why we need such measures?

Delhi has been grappling with hazardous levels of pollution since late October, with the air quality dipping to “severe” category a few times. Air pollution and the resulting smog is an outcome of three inputs – local emission of pollutants, emission transport from other states and regions, and meteorological factors like wind speed and temperature.

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Topic: International Events

Patriot air defence missiles

US recently deployed Patriot air defence missiles to Iraq. Patriot (MIM-104) is a long-range, all-altitude, all-weather air defence system to counter tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and advanced aircraft.

The missile is equipped with a track-via-missile (TVM) guidance system.

The missile has a range of 70km and a maximum altitude greater than 24km. The minimum flight time is less than nine seconds and the maximum is three and a half minutes.

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Topic: International Affairs, India and its Foreign Relations

Covid 19 and World Bank

The World Bank announced that it is to offer 1 billion USD to Government of India to implement Covid-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems preparedness project. It will strengthen the national system and keep up public health preparedness in the country.

World Bank poverty findings:

The World Bank announced that around 11 million are to enter poverty in Pacific and East Asia due to the spread of COVID-19.

According to the World Bank, around 35 million people in Pacific and Asia will escape poverty. This includes 25 million in China alone.