Daily Current Affairs – IAS Prelims ( 26th – 27th March 2018 )

                                        CHROME IAS ACADEMY | DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS

                                                                                       26-27th Mar’18

                                                                                               NEWS

 

  GSAT-6A TO GIVE ARMED FORCES A SHOT IN THE ARM

GSAT-6A, the second predominantly S-band communications satellite, is set to be launched.

It will complement GSAT-6, which has been orbiting since August 2015 at 83 degrees East longitude.

The 2,000-kg-class 6A, costing about ₹270 crore, is a great deal more than a routine communications satellite. It is designated for the use of the armed forces and will not add any transponder capacity for general uses.

A special feature of the GSAT-6A is its 6-metre-wide umbrella-like antenna, which will be unfurled once it is in space. The antenna is thrice as broad as the antennas generally used in ISRO satellites. It will enable mobile communication from anywhere via hand-held ground terminals.

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Relevance : Prelims

 

MODI USES RADIO TO ADDRESS FARM WOES

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi used his ‘Mann ki Baat’ to address farmers and their distress elaborating on the Budget promise to pay a support price that is one and half times the cost incurred.

But the formula he laid out does not cover comprehensive cost (C2) that a section of farmers has been demanding. Instead, the government will go for the A2+FL formula that covers cost and imputed value of unpaid family labour.

All the cost and imputed value of unpaid family labour, is referred as A2+FL formula.

A section of farmers’ organisations has, however, been demanding use of comprehensive cost (C2) formula which takes into account rental value of owned land and interest on fixed capital apart from A2+FL.

Relevance : Prelims, GS 3

 

IMPORTANT TERM IN NEWS EXPLAINED

 

Wildlife Conservation Society( WCS)

WCS is an international NGO whose mission is to save wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Its goal is to conserve the world’s largest wild places in 16 priority regions, home to more than 50% of the planet’s biodiversity.

WCS envisions a world where wildlife thrives in healthy lands and seas, valued by societies that embrace and benefit from the diversity and integrity of life on earth.

Relevance: Prelims