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African Swine Fever (ASF)

- It is a highly contagious and fatal animal disease. It infects domestic and wild pigs, resulting in hemorrhagic fever.

 - first detected in Africa in the 1920s.

- mortality is close to 100%(reason - No Cure)

- spreading can only be stopped by culling the animals.

- not a threat to humans as it only spreads from animals to other animals.

News - 2,800 pigs have died in Assam since February due to the virus

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Atmosphere & Climate Research-Modelling Observing Systems & Services (ACROSS) scheme

- an umbrella scheme with 9 sub-schemes.
- objective - to provide a reliable weather and climate forecast for betterment of society.
- It includes warnings for cyclone, storm surges, heat waves, thunderstorms etc.
- The schemes will be implemented in an integrated manner by 4 institutes of

Ministry of Earth Sciences -
1. India Meteorological Department (IMD),
2. Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM),
3. National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting
4. Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Service