current affairs 03 November 2022

Malayalam writer, A Sethumadhavan selected for 2022 Ezhuthachan Puraskaram.

• Noted Malayalam novelist and short story writer, A Sethumadhavan has been selected for 2022 Ezhuthachan Puraskaram.
• Reason: For his valuable contribution to Malayalam language and literature.
• He has also served as the chairman of South Indian Bank, director of State Bank of Travancore and chairman of National Book Trust.
• Ezhuthachan Puraskaram is the highest literary award of Kerala government.
• The award carries a cash award of Rs 5 lakh and a citation.

India's first hyperscale data centre inaugurated in Greater Noida.

• Uttar Pradesh CM, Yogi Adityanath has inaugurated North India's first hyper-scale data centre Yotta Yotta D1 in Greater Noida.
• It was built at the cost of Rs 5,000 crore and spread over an area of 3,00,000 square feet.
• Hiranandani Group firm Yotta Infrastructure has also signed MoU with Uttar Pradesh to invest Rs 39,000 crore in over the next 5-7 years.
• Corporates like Adani, WebWerks, Sify, STT and NTT have also submitted their investment proposals.

Centre restricts use of common weedicide glyphosate.

• The Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has issued a notification to restrict the use of glyphosate.
• Reason: Health hazards for humans and animals.
• Only authorised Pest Control Operators are allowed to use it.
• The notification was based on a 2019 report by the Government of Kerala on prohibiting the distribution, sale and use of glyphosate and its derivatives.
• Some 35 countries including Sri Lanka and France have banned or restricted the use of glyphosate.

Ranipur tiger reserve becomes 53rd tiger reserve of India.

• Ranipur Tiger Reserve of Uttar Pradesh has become the 53rd tiger reserve of India.
• The tiger reserve is spread across over 529.36 sq km, of which the core area is 230.32 sq km and buffer area is 299.05 sq km.
• It is also the fourth tiger reserve in UP.
• Other three tiger reserves of state: Dudhwa, Pilibhit and Amangarh.
• Amangarh is a buffer zone of the Jim Corbett National Park and is located in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor.
• While Dudhwa Tiger Reserve is located in Lakhimpur.

Arunachal Pradesh to get Northeast’s first fish museum.

• Fisheries Minister Tage Taki has announced that Arunachal Pradesh will soon get a fish museum, the first of its kind in the Northeast.
• The museum would be a part of the Integrated Aqua Park (IAP), sanctioned by the Union Ministry of Fisheries.
• The existing Tarin Fish Farm, located at high-altitude Bulla village, would be upgraded as the IAP.
• PM Modi had announced one IAP for each state and UT under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampad Yojana for bringing blue revolution.