05-11-22 Daily-Karnataka-KPSC Current Affairs

Several states includingKarnatakahave urged the Centre to enact a law to ban online gaming with stakes, alleging that the practice was ruining lives of people, especially youngsters. The demand was made during the two-day conference of law ministers and secretaries of all states in October.

In February this year, the Karnataka struck down the Karnataka Police (Amendment) Act 2021 that prohibited and criminalised online games with stakes. The court held that although poles apart in nature, the law puts games of skill on par with games of chance. The court also observed that the government enacted the law without the support of any study to understand the ill effects of online gaming.

National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) organized Ganga Utsav – The River Festival 2022 on 4^thNovember at New Delhi in two sessions.

Ganga Utsav 2022 is dedicated to theAzadi ka Amrit Mahotsavthat is being observed to commemorate the 75 years of Indian Independence. As Ganga Utsav 2022 is held in the 75^thyear of independence, it is planned to have 75 separate events in Ganga and its tributary basin cities and towns, by August 2023, 3-day events in 15 major cities like Haridwar, Mathura, Delhi, Kanpur, Varanasi, Patna, Bhagalpur, Kolkata etc., 1-day events in 60 smaller towns/cities, in which local and pan-India culture based events will be promoted.

The Army has approved five Project Sanction Orders (PSOs) for development of Niche technology by the Indian under Make-II route of DEFENCE procurement. The projects include High Frequency Man Packed Software Defined Radios (HFSDR), drone kill systems, Infantry Training Weapon Simulator (IWTS), Medium Range Precision Kill Systems (MRPKS) and 155mm Terminally Guided Munitions (TGM).

Make II projects are essentially industry funded projects involving design, development and innovative solutions by Indian vendors for development of prototypes. An assurance of order is given after successful prototype development.