Important topics in News 20th December 2022

Important Topics in News 20th December 2022 : It will cover all the topics from current affairs which have very high probability to be asked in the competitive examinations like UPSC, SSC, IBPS, State PSC and other competitive examinations in India.

• Residents of villages of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan are demanding the Oran land to be declared as community-conserve sacred specs against the present status of wasteland.
• Oran lands the last remaining habitat of great Indian bustard.

• The lower house passed a bill which grant inclusion of Betta-Kuruba community in Schedule Tribe (ST) Category.
• People of this community depends primarily on collection of forest produce and bamboos for their livelihood.
• They live in Chamarajnagar, Kodagu and Musuru district of Karnataka.

• December 19 is celebrated annually to mark the day when Goa was freed from Portuguese colonial rule.
• Operation Vijay, a military operation that was launched to free Goa from Portuguese colonial rule.

• It is an Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learning model which will collect language samples from 773 districts across India.
• It is launched by Google in collaboration with India Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore.

• It refers to practice of working a second job in addition to full time job usually without the knowledge of employer. It is often done to earn extra income or to gain additionl experience or skills.
• Work from home model have promulgated moonlighting among white collar employees
• As per Industrial Employment (Standing Order) Act 1946, employee shall not work at any time against the interest of the industrial establishment in which he is employed.

National Test House

• NTH is going to set up Electric Vehicle (EV) testing facility in Mumbai and Kolkata.
• NTH is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution that provides testing and calibration services for a wide range of products, including industrial products, consumer goods, and raw materials

• Coastal states like Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Kerala etc have imposed a ban on purse seine fishing practice which not only draw in the target fish but also at high risk turtle varieties too, on which Central Government has raised objection in Supreme Court of India.
• Purse seine fishing is a method of fishing that involves the use of large, circular net that is suspended in the water by a series of floats and weight. The net is kept open at the bottom by a series of rings or brails, and is closed at the top by a line called the purse line.
• It can be an effective method of fishing, but it can also have negative impacts on marine ecosystems and other species if not carefully managed.