05-05-21 Daily-Karnataka-KPSC Current Affairs

In the wake of spiralling cases in Karnataka, the decided to replicate the Mumbai model for Covid management in Bengaluru. Itll have a decentralised approach with Decentralised Triage and Emergency Response (DETER) committees in all 198 wards.

Its also expected to provide timely, accurate information relating to masking and physical distancing, symptoms, testing, Home isolation while waiting for test results, contact tracing and triaging (identifying home isolation or admission to stabilisation centres or hospitalisation and access to hospital beds with/ without Oxygen/ventilators).

The Ministry of Labour & EMPLOYMENT has informed Section 142 of the Social Security Code, 2020, which addresses Aaadhar’s applicability.

The Ministry will be able to collect Aaadhar information for the Database of beneficiaries under various social security schemes as a result of the section’s notification.

The first supply of UCO (Used Cooking Oil) based Biodiesel blended Diesel under the EOI Scheme was flagged off by Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas from Indian Oil’s Tikrikalan Terminal in Delhi.

Biodiesel is an alternative fuel that can be made from vegetable oils, animal fats, tallow, and waste cooking oil, and is similar to traditional or “fossil” diesel.

Another benefit of Biodiesel is that it is carbon-neutral, meaning that the oilseed absorbs the same amount of CO2 that is emitted when the fuel is burned in a vehicle.

Biodiesel is also quickly biodegradable and totally non-toxic.