nov hr pt 2 Flashcards
The —- or Rashtriya Ekta Diwas is celebrated every year on October —st to commemorate the birth anniversary of India’s first Home Minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. This year will mark the —-th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who is also known as the Iron Man of India. ndia’s first—and Deputy Prime Minister
born in 1875
National Unity Day
31st cot
147th ann
1st Home Minister
The Rashtriya Ekta Diwas or National Unity Day was introduced by the Indian government in – to pay tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his birth anniversary for his extraordinary work in keeping India united. The first Rashtriya Ekta Diwas event was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who flagged of a program, ‘Run for Unity’ in New Delhi in 2014.
After the signing of the Gandhi–Irwin Pact, Patel was elected president of Congress for its —- session (Karachi). * Women of — bestowed the title ‘Sardar’ on Vallabhbhai Patel, which means ‘a Chief or a Leader’.
The Statue of Unity at —- in the Narmada district of — (2018) was built in his honour.
2014
1913-karachai session - presiden
bardoli
Kevadiya, gujju - 2018
Former ISRO Chairman —–, actors Dattanna, Avinash and Sihi Kahi Chandru are among — personalities who will be awarded Rajyotsava Award this year, by the — government. The award, carrying a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh, a gold medal and a citation, will be distributed on November 1, the state formation day. This is the first time that the Karnataka government formed an expert committee to identify achievers from various fields for the awards given on November 1.
K Sivan
67
Ktaka govt
ktaka formwd when–
1 nov 1956
rajyotsava awards: overall winners were:
* Subbarama Sheety * Vidwan Gopal Krishna Sharma * Soligara Madamma
only 1 person in armed services:
Armed services * Subedar BK Kumaraswamy
The Rajyotsava Prashasti or Rajyotsava Awards, the second highest civilian honor of the Karnataka state of India are conferred annually by the Karnataka Government on the occasion of the establishment of the state on 1 November celebrated as the Kannada Rajyotsava.
1st highest is:The — is the highest civilian honour of the State of Karnataka, India. It is awarded in recognition of a person’s extraordinary contribution in any field. It was instituted in the year — by Chief Minister S Bangarappa
Karnataka Ratna
1992
India Celebrates —nh Birth Anniversary of CV Raman
CV Raman was born on 7th November 1888, in Trichinopoly, Tamil Nadu, and died on 21st November 1970, in Bangalore. CV Raman was one of India’s greatest scientists. Sir — (fukllform) Raman was a physicist who made discoveries that were broader than modern science and were called the Raman Effect, the phenomenon of change of wavelength of light when a beam is scattered in a medium.
One of Raman’s discoveries is related to the frequency response of the violin and its quality. The frequency response curve is known as the ‘Raman curve’.
At the age of 42, Raman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in — (1st indian).
2nd indian to get NB phyiscs was — in —
134th ann
Chandrasekhara Venkata raman
1930
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar in 1983
Uttarakhand Gaurav Samman: The Uttarakhand government announced that this year’s Uttarakhand Gaurav Samman would be given to National Securtiy Advisor (NSA): —-, poet—– (also the serves as the Central Board of Film Certification’s chairperson.), and three other individuals for their notable achievements.
this award est in —-. Former chief minister ND Tiwari, environmentalist Anil Prakash Joshi, writer Ruskin Bond, mountaineer Bachendri Pal, and folk singer Narendra Singh Negi all received the prize in its inaugural year
, Ajit Doval
Prasoon Joshi
2021
uk samman awardL: ajit doval + along with former Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Bipin Rawat, late poet and author —-i, and late journalist —– + prasoon joshi.
ajit doval is our –th NSA
Girish Chandra Tiwar
Viren Dangwal.
5th nsa
The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the winners of the ICC Player of the Month awards for October 2022. India veteran batter ——- has been named as the ICC men’s Player of the Month for October. Meanwhile, Pakistan’s veteran all-rounder —– has been selected as ICC Women’s Player of the Month
kohli
Nida Dar - pak
Canara Bank, Punjab National Bank, Union Bank of India and Punjab & Sind Bank are the four banks where Non-executive Chairman has been appointed on their Boards. The approval is given by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC).
give onb and ubi bank chairs.
pnb - kg anathakrishnan
ubi-srinivasan varadarajan
The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu presented the National Florence Nightingale Awards (NFNA) for the year — to the Nursing professionals at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The National Florence Nightingale Awards were instituted in the year —- by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
2021
1973
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced ICC Hall of Fame. Following a voting process that included existing Hall of Famers, media representatives plus senior executives from the Federation of International Cricketers (FICA) and the ICC, West Indies great—–, England Women’s team legend —– and —– legend Abdul Qadir become inductees number 107, 108 and 109 respectively.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul - windies
pak - abdul qadir
charlotte edwards – england
— ed of QS Asia University Rankings 2023: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) — is the best educational education in Southern Asia while IIT —- ranks second in the region. Asia features 757/760!! institutions – up from 687 last year,making it the biggest rankings for the region yet. – indian unis are in top 200
15th ed
iit bombay
iit delhi
19 indian unis
QS Asia Universities Ranking:
iit b and iit d ranks?? (1st and 2nd in southern asia)
entire list topped by??
40th and 46th
- chinas peking uni
- singapore nat uni
3.beijin’s tsinghua uni
T20 World Cup 2022: Final — were crowned the champions after they defeated —by 5 wickets in the final at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), —. They are the first team to hold the ODI and T20 World Cups at the same time after their memorable win over New Zealand in the 2019 50-over final at Lord’s. England also emulated —-to become only the second team in the history of the competition to lift two titles in the T20 World Cup
T20WC Men’s Player of the Tournament: ——
England
defaeted Pakistan
autarslia - host
w indies
Sam Curran
Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports announced the National Sports Awards 2022. The awardees will receive their awards from the President of India at a specially organized function at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 30th November, 2022. Based on the recommendations of the Committee and after due scrutiny, Government has decided to confer awards upon the following sportspersons, coaches and entities. This year, for the first time, applications were invited only online and sportspersons/coaches/entities were permitted to self-apply through a dedicated portal. A large number of nominations were received for these awards this year, which were considered by the Selection Committee headed by Justice ——-, Retd sc judge.
major dhyan chand khel ratna to??
arjuna awards , dronacharya awards, Lifetime Category, Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime achievement in Sports and Games 2022 and Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2022 were given plus
who was given Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 202?
A. M. Khanwilkar
sharath kamal achanta, TT
* Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar - MAKA
National Sports Awards are given every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports. * ‘Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award’ is given for the spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson over the period of the previous four years. * ‘Arjuna Award for outstanding performance in Sports and Games’ is given for good performance over a period of the previous four years and for showing qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and a sense of discipline. * ‘Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches in Sports and Games’ is given to coaches for doing outstanding and meritorious work on a consistent basis and for enabling sportspersons to excel in International events. * ‘Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime achievement in Sports and Games’ is given to honour sportspersons who have contributed to sports by their performance and who continue to contribute to promotion of sports event after their retirement.
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar’ is given to corporate entities (both in private and public sector), Sports Control Boards, NGOs, including sports bodies at the State and National level, who have played a visible role in the area of sports promotion and development. * The overall top performing university in inter-university tournaments is given the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy.
4 yrs
The ICC T20 World Cup 2022 is:— won! most valuable tearm of the yr conists of how may indians?
captain would be?
england
3 indans.
kohli, suryakumar yadav, hardik pandya
english capt jos buttler
The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2023 released which was published by three environmental non-governmental organizations viz. —–, NewClimate Institute and the Climate Action Network (CAN) International. India rose two spots to rank —- out of — countries in the Climate Change Performance Index 2023 (CCPI).
In the Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Energy Use categories, the country was rated “high”. In the Climate Policy and Renewable Energy categories, it earned a “medium” rating.
The CCPI evaluates 59 countries and the European Union, which together generate over 90 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Using standardised criteria, the CCPI looks at — categories, with 14 indicators: Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Renewable Energy, Energy Use, and Climate Policy. In 2022 and 2021, India stood in the — spot. In 2020, it ranked ninth on the list.
Since signing the Paris Agreement in 2015, India has updated its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). At the COP26 Summit in Glasgow, the country announced its commitment to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2070.
Germanwatch + CAN+new climate inst
india - 8th
63 countries
4 categories
10th rank -21 and 22
CCPI tracks climate performance of the European Union (EU) and — countries, which together account for over 92% GHG emissions in the world. 14 indiactors + 4 categoirs:
* GHG Emissions (40% Weightage) * Renewable Energy (20% Weightage) * Energy Use (20% Weightage) * Climate Policy (20% Weightage
max wtage to?
topped by? toppers score?
after topper next?
59 + eu
GHG emissions
1,2,3 - none. topper: denmark at 4th rank
denmark score- 79.61
sweden, 73.28 pts
Climate Change Performance Index 2023. idnians score and rank?
India’s ranking in categories: In GHGs, it ranked 9 , Renewable Energy (24 ), and Energy Use (9 ), and on Climate Policy (8). so best and worst in??
* It should be noted that India ranked at top in the grouping of top 10 emitters. It is followed by —- and Japan at 2 and 3 positions of this grouping.
* The worst performers in the overall ranking are —-, Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan. They are particularly weak in renewables and heavily reliant on oil.
*—- is the country with the highest per capita GHG emissions among the G20 nations.
ccpi published since —
india - 8th w 67.35 pts
best-climate policy-8th
worst- RE - 24th
germany 02, jaapan -3
iran - 63rd
Saudi Arabia-gdp to ghg
2005
The — has launched its much anticipated National Security Strategy (NSS). All U.S. Presidents are mandated by the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of — to bring out their NSS, to communicate the executive’s vision of national security to the legislative. As a comprehensive document, the NSS reflects certainty about how the government of the day views the national security agenda.
United States
1986 - goldwater-nichols dept
Brazil’s electoral authority said that—– of the leftist Worker’s Party defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro to become the country’s next president.
Luiz Incio Lula da Silva
West African country, — assumes the rotating monthly Presidency of the United Nations Security Council. During the month of November 2022, it shall preside over the meetings of the Council (adoptions, debates and consultations) and, under its authority, shall represent the Security Council in its capacity as an organ of the United Nations.
ghana
Zojila Day was commemorated on — November, at Zojila War Memorial near Drass. Zojila Day is observed to celebrate the gallant action by Indian troops in ‘Operation —’ in — which was launched on the icy heights of Zojila pass, the gateway to Ladakh.
1 november
operation bison - 1948
ladakh
Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, Dr —- has opened, the st edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF), which is taking place from November 2 to13 at the Expo Centre Sharjah, according to the Emirates News Agency (WAM). Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, was also present at the inauguration of the event, which is organized by the Sharjah Book Authority, under the theme ‘Spread the Word.’
Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi
41st ed
Former Israeli prime minister—- sealed his return to power, as the final vote count from elections this week gave him and his far-right allies a clear majority in parliament. Results released by the electoral commission said that with 99 per cent of votes counted, Netanyahu’s right-wing — party had earned 32 seats in Israel’s 120-seat parliament, the —
Benjamin Netanyahu
likud party
knesset
— is now home to the world’s longest passenger train. The train has 100 coaches, measures 1910 metres and consists of 4,550 seats. The train was seen passing through the mountainous landscape in the Swiss Alps. Celebrating the —-th anniversary of Switzerland’s first railway, the country’s railway operators came together to create the new Guinness World Record-holding train which tows 100 carriages, weighs 2,990 tons, and measures — km (1.19 miles) long
switzerland
175th ann
1.91 km
– announced an additional contribution of USD 5 million to the ASEAN-India science and technology fund to enhance cooperation in sectors of public health, renewable energy and smart agriculture
India - 5mn
The US Department of Treasury removed —– along with Italy, Mexico, Thailand and Vietnam from its Currency Monitoring List.
China, Japan, Korea, Germany, Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan are the — economies that are a part of the current monitoring list, the Department of Treasury said in its biannual report to the Congress.
The Currency Monitoring List closely follows the currency policies of some of the US’ major trade partners. If a country appears on the list, it is regarded as a “currency manipulator. a country’s name on the list if the said nation has intervened in the currency market by higher levels than —% of its GDP over a year, and had a current account surplus above a stipulated level. Its net purchases of foreign currency, too, also need to exceed –% of GDP over one year.
india (+italy, mexico, thailand and vietnam)
7 economies
2% of gdp
2% foriegn
Indian-American woman —- has became the first immigrant to hold the office of Lieutenant Governor in Maryland, Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. She stated that residents of Maryland chose Wes Moore as their Governor while she secured victory in the race to become Lieutenant Governor.
Aruna Miller
The —- provisionally agreed a $—- -billion support programme for Bangladesh, with the country’s finance minister saying the deal would help prevent economic instability escalating into a crisis.
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
4.5 bn to bangaldesh
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince — said, the kingdom would contribute $— billion to a green initiative in the Middle East over the next ten years, and host its headquarters. The Kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, will also aim for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the crown prince said in Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt, as world leaders gathered for the COP27 climate change conference
Mohammed bin Salman
also 2.5 bn
Surpassing traditional suppliers Saudi Arabia and Iraq, — has emerged as the top oil supplier to India in October.
russia (eralier iraq tha)
The —- has emerged as the top destination for India’s petroleum product exports such as petrol and diesel in the first half of the current fiscal year. This change comes in the wake of the Ukraine war, with India continuing to buy discounted crude oil from sanctions-hit Russia.
Netherlands
Iran’s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard launched a new satellite-carrying rocket, seeking to demonstrate the hard-line force’s prowess even as anti-government protests rage across the country. The —–, Iran’s first three-stage launch vehicle, will be able to place satellites weighing 80 kg (180 pounds) in an orbit — km (300 miles) from the earth’s surface, IRNA said
Ghaem 100
80 kg, 500 km
—- has become LinkedIn’s fastest-growing market as more companies and advertisers come online, with sales in the country rising at a 50% year-on-year clip. LinkedIn is a “The Microsoft” owned business networking service company
India has become LinkedIn’s fastest-growing market as more companies and advertisers come online, with sales in the country rising at a 50% year-on-year clip. LinkedIn is a “The Microsoft” owned business networking service company
In Nepal, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has elected for the consecutive —-th time from the home district of Dadeldhura. The counting of votes continues for parliamentary and provincial elections in the country. Senior Nepali Congress leader, Mr. Deuba defeated an independent candidate Sagar Dhakal by a margin of over 12 thousand votes.
nepal prez?
7th consec
Bidhya Devi Bhandari
The U.N. Human Rights Council voted to condemn the bloody crackdown on peaceful protests in — and create an independent fact-finding mission to investigate alleged abuses, particularly those committed against women and children.
iran
Malaysia’s veteran opposition leader —— has been sworn in as the country’s new prime minister, after several days of post-election deadlock. The new leader was appointed by King Sultan Abdullah, after elections over the weekend resulted in an unprecedented hung parliament
Anwar Ibrahim - malayasia
- Brampton city in — got its first turbaned Sikh deputy mayor with the appointment of —–, who represents wards 9 and 10, has been appointed deputy mayor from 2022-26. The deputy mayor presides at council and other committee meetings and assumes ceremonial and civic event duties on behalf of the mayor if the mayor is absent or unavailable
Harkirat Singh
canada
— has become India’s biggest fertilizer supplier for the first time. exporters reportedly grabbed a 21% share of the Indian fertilizer market in the first half of the 2022-23 fiscal year, overtaking —, previously India’s largest supplier.
russia
chna
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has secured a —-rd term in a snap election, winning 81.3 percent of the vote. The Central Asian nation’s Central Election Commission made the announcement citing preliminary data
akzakh pm?
2nd term
alikhan smailov
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar has joined the Emir of Qatar —- and other dignitaries in the inauguration of FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Dhankhar is in Doha for a two-day visit to represent India at the inauguration of FIFA’s showpiece event.
qtara currency?
Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
qatari rial
—–s voting age has been ruled discriminatory by the country’s highest court. The case was brought by advocacy group make it 16 in 2020, in a bid to lower the voting age from 18 to 16. an appeal by the ‘Make it 16’ group, formed in 2019.
voting age was previously lowered from —- to 20 in 1969, and then to — in 1974.
law: Bill of Rights Act, —
argentina, Austria, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, Guernsey, Jersey, Malta, Nicaragua, Scotland and Isle of Man allow voting from the age of 16
New Zealand’
21 -> 20 (1969)
20 -> 18 (1974)
1990 act
Natasa Pirc Musar, won the second round of —’s Presidential elections. Natasa Pirc Musar becomes the FIRST female President of the country. She won 58.86 percent of votes in the runoff, while the opposition right-wing politician and the former Foreign Minister Andze Logar won 46.14 percent of votes.
Slovenia’s -
natasa pirc musar
Natasa Pirc Musar, won the second round of —’s Presidential elections. Natasa Pirc Musar becomes the FIRST female President of the country. She won 58.86 percent of votes in the runoff, while the opposition right-wing politician and the former Foreign Minister Andze Logar won 46.14 percent of votes.
Slovenia’s -
natasa pirc musar
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has agreed in principle to admit — as the group’s 11th member, the 10 member-bloc said in a statement, more than a decade after the country requested membership. (
East Timor - 11th member
Pakistan, —- and —- will be among the first recipients of funding from a G7 ‘Global Shield’ initiative to provide funding to countries suffering climate disasters, the programme announced at the COP27 summit in Egypt.
pak + Bangladesh+ ghana
— Inc. is the world’s first public company to lose a trillion dollars in market value as a combination of rising inflation, tightening monetary policies and disappointing earnings updates triggered a historic selloff in the stock this year.
amazon
Indian Foreign Service (2004), Shri —-, presently Ambassador of India to the Republic of Madagascar, has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the Union of the Comoros, with residence in Antananarivo. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly. The Comoros is an independent country made up of — islands in southeastern Africa.
bandaru Wilsonbabu - comros
3 islands in africa
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar has been invited by the Election Commission of — as an international observer for the forthcoming elections to Nepal’s House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly, the Election Commission said.
nepal
Russia and Ukraine have agreed to extend a UN-brokered grain export deal for another — days, officials announced. World leaders praised the breakthrough for
120 days
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has fined Air India $— million (around Rs 11.3 crore) for delaying refunds worth $121.5 million (around Rs 985 crore) to passengers whose flights were cancelled during the Covid-19 pandemic
1.4 mn/11.3 cr
India participated in the — Meeting of the Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan, which was held in Moscow on November 16. Special envoys and senior officials from Russia, China, Pakistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan also participated in the meeting. total mei?
4th moscow format
9 countries
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif appointed Lieutenant General — as the new army chief of the country, replacing incumbent General Qamar Javed Bajwa.
Asim Munir - nwq army chief of pak
QatarEnergy announced a —- -year natural gas supply deal with —, calling it the “longest” ever seen as it strengthened ties with Asia while Europe scrambles for alternative sources. The state energy company will send four million tonnes of liquefied natural gas annually from its new —- project to — Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec)
27 yr deal
china
north field east project
The central banks of India and — are discussing a concept paper on promoting bilateral trade in rupee and dirham with a view to reduce transaction cost, a top official said.
uae
problem among women and children in —, Chief Minister has launched AMLAN- ‘Anaemia Mukta Lakhya Abhiyan’ in the state. The state has formulated a multi-pronged approach for accelerated reduction of anaemia among targeted groups. The programme will be rolled out in 55,000 government and government aided schools and 74,000 Anganwadi Centres across the state.
he prevalence of anaemia as per the National Family Health Survey 5 (2019-21), is —- percent in men (15-49 years) and — percent in women (15-49 years). and , under-5 children (from 58.6 to —%)
odisha
men - 25%
women-57%
u-5 children = 67%
—- with a strong environmental record is planning to issue the nation’s first local government bond targeting individual investors, with proceeds used to fund a solar power project.
indore
India’s ——, an Assam-based wildlife biologist, is one of the five ‘Champions of the Earth’ for this year, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced.
The annual awards are the highest environmental honour that the UNEP confers on individuals and organisations whose actions have a “transformative impact” on the environment. She has been honoured in the —– category.
The other honourees include Arcenciel (Lebanon); Constantino (Tino) Aucca Chutas (Peru); Sir Partha Dasgupta of the United Kingdom and Cecile Bibiane Ndjebet (Cameroon).
Purnima Devi Barman
Entrepreneurial Vision categort
Purnima Devi Barman:won the award this year in the ‘Entrepreneurial Vision’ category, for her trail-blazing work in protecting the greater —-, called ‘—-’ in Assamese. Hargilas are five-foot-tall birds that dwell in wetlands in some parts of southeast Asia including India and Cambodia.
iucn status?
adjutant stork
hargila
endangered
The Ministry of — has set up a high-level panel to strengthen the assessment and accreditation of higher educational institutions, on November 4, 2022. The panel will be headed by Dr K Radhakrishnan, Chairperson, Board of Governors, IIT Kanpur. He is also the chairperson of the Standing Committee of IIT Council.
education
Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, —- unveiled the booklet ‘Agenda for Members of Panchayati Raj Institutions for Rural Development’. The ‘Agenda for Members of Panchayati Raj Institutions for Rural Development” booklet will provide information about all the schemes such as MGNREGA, Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojna- National Rural Livelihood Mission, PM Awas Yojna- Grameen, PM Gram Sadak Yojna, etc. will be available to the representative and the general public
Giriraj Singh
The central government appointed chairperson and members of the Law Commission over two and a half years after it was constituted. new LC is –nd ed. Retired Karnataka High Court Chief Justice —- appointed as the chairperson of the commission.
22nd LC
Rituraj Awasthi
(her + Justice Krishna Dixit and Justice JM Khazi - in ktaka hc case)
The Law Ministry describes the Law Commission of India as a non-statutory/statutory???? body that is constituted by a notification of the Government of India, with definite terms of reference to carry out research in the field of law. The Commission makes recommendations to the Government (in the form of Reports) as per its terms of reference. te Law Commission was first constituted in —, and has so far submitted 277 reports.
The tenure of the 21st Law Commission, which was headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice —-, came to an end on August 31 2018 (est in 2015)
An official release at the time of Cabinet clearance had said the Commission would have a tenure of — years from the date of publication of the Order of Constitution in the Official Gazette.
non-statutory
1955
bs chauhan - 21st
3 yrs tenure.
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) launched startup applications for registration on the —— portal, the National Mentorship Platform by Startup India. The purpose of the application is to provide a further boost to the startup ecosystem by catalyzing the startup culture and building a strong and inclusive ecosystem for innovation and entrepreneurship in India
maarg PORTAL
The Ministry of —-e unveiled the National Suicide Prevention Strategy — the first-of-its-kind policy formulated by the government to prevent suicides as a public health priority. According to the ministry, the policy that will set the stage for promotion of mental health and prevention of suicides in the coming decade.
Health and Family Welfare
India’s Union ——- minitsyy has formed a panel to revamp its only job guarantee scheme in the hope of directing more work to the country’s poorer regions, a senior government official said.
rural development ministr
—— is a month-long campaign envisioned as a ‘Jan Andolan’ or people’s movement. The ‘Nai Chetna’ campaign is launched by the Ministry of —- and involves sensitizing women, especially in rural areas. It seeks to enable women to acknowledge, prepare, and take support in situations of comprise
Nai Chetna’,
Rural Development
Capital markets regulator —– has set up a high-level panel to review the takeover norms in a move to simplify and strengthen the current rules by adopting appropriate global practices. Also, the regulator will assess the current rules in the light of past judicial pronouncements and various informal guidelines issued by the capital markets regulator.
sebi
Ministry of Power has launched a scheme for procurement of aggregate power of — MW for five years under — Policy. The Ministry said that the scheme will help states that are facing power shortage and help generation plants to increase their capacities.
4500 mw
shakti
Tripura chief minister Dr —– his government is working to ensure all central and state-sponsored schemes reach every doorstep and launched a new portal, ‘—–’, to act as a bridge between the people and the government. A total of 78 departments, including the panchayat department, has been included in the webportal
Manik saha
Amar Sarkar portal
The National Commission for Women (NCW) launched the —th phase of the Digital Shakti Campaign, a pan-India project on digitally empowering and skilling women and girls in cyberspace. Digital Shakti started in June — to help women across the nation to raise the awareness level on the digital front, to build resilience, and fight cyber-crime in the most effective ways. The Digital Shakti 4.0 is focused on making women digitally skilled and aware to stand-up against any illegal/inappropriate activity online. NCW launched the campaign in collaboration with CyberPeace Foundation and Met
4th phase
2018-digital shakti campaign
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog has launched Woman centric challenges under phase-II of the —nd edition of the Atal New India Challenge (ANIC). ANIC is an initiative by AIM, NITI Aayog targeted to seek, select, support and nurture technology-based innovations that solve sectoral challenges of national importance and societal relevance, through a grant-based mechanism of up to INR 1 crore.
2nd ed of ANIC