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भारत में पहली बार देश के 15 प्रतिशत विश्वविद्यालयों को ऑनलाइन डिग्री वितरित करने का अधिकार प्रदान किया जाएगा जिससे छात्र एवं एग्जीक्यूटिव को कहीं भी व किसी भी समय सीखने का अवसर उपलब्ध हो सकेगा। केंद्रीय मानव संसाधन विकास मंत्री श्री प्रकाश जावडे़कर ने नई दिल्ली में केंद्रीय शिक्षा सलाहकार परिषद् (CABE) की 65वीं बैठक के दौरान इसकी घोषणा की। उनके मुताबिक मंत्रालय इस संबंध में दिशा-निर्देश तैयार कर रहा Read More …
-Indian Medical Association as well as some doctors are opposing the proposed National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill, 2017. Recently some doctors from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) invited the Union Health Minister for open debate on the bill. Currently this bill has been reffered to Parliamentary Standing Committee. Why Doctors are opposing the bill? -These doctors call this anti-poor, anti-people and putting the medical education in the hands of Read More …
The Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) on its 65th meeting, on 15 January, 2018 passed a resolution to take steps towards Operation Digital Board (ODB) on the lines of Operation Blackboard of 1987. The idea behind ODB is to prove better digital education in all schools. This will offer new opportunities and new ways of teaching and learning to schools. According to the Union HRD Minister, Operation Digital Board would be Read More …
As per the SRS bulletin (Sample Registration System) 2016, released recently, India achieved a significant decline in under-five child mortality rate. According to this bulletin, under-five child mortality (U5MR) of India showed an impressive decline by 9%, a 4 points decline from 43 per 1000 in 2015 to 39 in 2016. The rate of decline has doubled over the last year. Number of under-five deaths for the first time in the Read More …
-A three member bench headed by the Chief Justice of India Justice Dipak Mishra, on January 11, 2018 directed the central government as well as Tamilnadu and Kerala government to to set up a special committee to exclusively prepare disaster management plans. for 122 years old Mullaiperiyar dam. -The new committee will restrict itself to disaster management plans and it will not consider the safety and lifespan objectives. Since a committee Read More …
After surfacing various reports of data theft through Aadhar number, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on January 10, introduced a two layer security system: The UIDAI has introduced the concept of a Virtual ID, which an Aadhaar holder can use in lieu of his/her Aadhaar number at the time of authentication, besides sharing of ‘limited KYC’ with certain agencies. A Virtual ID (VID) will be a temporary 16-digit Read More …
-The Union Cabinet Committee on January 10, approved the continuation of Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) till the term of the 14th Finance Commission i.e. 31.03.2020. -The Scheme would entail an annual allocation of Rs. 3,950 crore and a total outlay of Rs. 11,850 crores over the next three years with an additional annual allocation of Rs. 5 crore per year for monitoring through independent agency(ies) and for Read More …
Two scuba divers, namely Balaram Naidu and dive master Anil Kumar on December 21, 2018, spotted a rare 200 year old shipwreck below the sea surface in Bheemunipatnam, 45 km from Visakhapatnam. -The wreck was located just six metres below the sea surface, that is why it can fascinate scuba divers of India. -The scuba diving team found parrot fish, yellow back snappers, sweet lips, ribbonfish, moray eel and lion fish among Read More …
Why in the news: Supreme court of India on January 9, 2018 issued a notice to Government of India, to consider on alternate options of hanging in India keeping in mind the dynamic progress in modern science. In his oral affidavit the central government said that there are not any viable methods of hanging. As per the government, sometimes lethal injection has failed. What is the issue: Honorable court was Read More …
-The Central Government is in the process of declaring Sammakka-Sarakka/Saralamma Jatara a national festival. Recently Central Ministry of Tribal Affairs released Rs. 2 crore as Centre’s contribution towards conducting this Jatara. -Sammakka-Sarakka/Saralamma Jatara is held in Medaram village of Jayashankar Bhupalpally district, Telangana. -This Jatra is held bi-annually to honour the twin goddesses Sammakka and her daughter Sarakka. -The central government had declared Vanaj, a tribal dance and music festival, as national Read More …
-Mayurbhanj District administration Odisha, had initiated an effort to provide Mankidia tribe a recognised habitat rights under forest right act (FRA). However state forest department latter denied the habitat right to Mankidia, on the ground of tiger attack. -Mankidia is a a semi-nomadic primitive tribal group. They live in the dense forests of Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district. They have been recognised as the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG). -The district administration has initiated Read More …
-According to Recent data released by the Union Health Ministry’s Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), 312 of the 1,649 outbreaks reported till the third week of December 2017 were due to acute diarrhoeal disease (ADD) and 242 were due to food poisoning. -As per the IDSP data, the incidence of ADD and food poisoning is high in those places where food is cooked in bulk, such as canteens, hostels and wedding Read More …
Ministry of Communication has completed the first phase of Bharat Net project. Under Phase-1, more than one lakh Gram Panchayats of the nation have related to high speed optical fibre network as per the deadline 31 December 2017. The network built under Phase 1 will deliver high-speed broadband services in over 2.5 lakh villages and more than 200 million rural people will benefit by this network. Second phase of the Read More …
The central government on January 5, 2018 tabled ‘The New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC) Bill, 2018’ in the Lok Sabha to set up an international arbitration (or dispute resolution) centre in New Delhi. This initiative is the first step towards making India an ‘international hub for institutional arbitration in the East’, after Singapore and Hong Kong. Through this Bill, NDIAC will be created as “an institution of national importance” Read More …
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi on January 5, 2018, interacted with Collectors and Officers-in-charge of aspirational districts, at a Conference organized by NITI Aayog at the Dr. Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi. These are those 115 districts, that are lagging on specific development parameters. The Union Government has embarked upon a major policy initiative for the rapid transformation of these 115 aspirational districts. To coordinate the efforts of Read More …
