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NATIONAL AFFAIRS - September 2015

Sep 2015

May 28, 2020

World Gold Council (WGC) Report Released

A World Gold Council (WGC) report said that there is an ample scope for retail demand of gold jewellery in the country as around 37 per cent of Indian women have never bought gold but would consider purchasing in the future.
The World Gold Council's 'Retail Gold Insights: India Jewellery' report also noted that 60 per cent of the Indian women already own gold jewellery and it is the second most popular item among 'fashion and lifestyle' shoppers, preceded only by designer clothes and silk sarees.

May 27, 2020

Uttarakhand Forest Fire

Indian state of Uttarakhand has been burning since 4 days, as per individual accounts on social media.
People took to social media, revealing pictures of the Uttarakhand forest fires, to bring attention to the tragedy facing the hill state amid coronavirus outbreak.
As per the information available, different regions of Uttarakhand witnessed the outbreak of wildfires.
Over 50 hectares of land have already been destroyed by the forest fires.

India Combats Locust Attack Amid Covid-19 Pandemic

An invasion by desert locusts has hit large swathes of India and Pakistan in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
Large and aggressive swarms of these crop-devouring short-horned insects have invaded more than two dozen districts covering more than 50,000 hectares of desert areas of western India. Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat are the worst affected states.
In neighbouring Pakistan, authorities declared a nationwide emergency in February, 2020 saying locust numbers were the worst in more than two decades.

Nitin Gadkari Inaugurates the breakthrough Event of Chamba Tunnel under Chardham Pariyojana

Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSMEs Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the breakthrough event of Chamba Tunnel under Chardham Pariyojana through video conference mode.
Border Roads Organisation (BRO) achieved this major milestone by digging up a 440 m long Tunnel below the busy Chamba town on Rishikesh-Dharasu road Highway (NH 94).
This Rishikesh-Dharasu-Gangotri road in Uttarakhand has a very significant role from socio economic and religious point of view.

May 26, 2020

In a First, Uttarakhand Releases Report on Conservation of Endemic, Threatened Floras

Uttarakhand has become the first state to release a unique report highlighting its conservation efforts to save over 1,100 rare plants from extinction.
Herbs like 'Ashwagandha', 'Giloy', 'Kalmegh' and 'Chitrak', which are presently part of scientists'' research to find a possible cure to coronavirus, are included in this conservation programme.
As many as 1,145 plant species have been conserved out of which 46 species are endemic to Uttarakhand and 68 species are rare, endangered or threatened, under red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) or under state biodiversity board, under this project by the research wing of the state forest department.

May 25, 2020

Former SC Judge Justice Sikri Inaugurates Indian Dispute Resolution Centre

Former Supreme Court judge Justice A K Sikri has inaugurated the Indian Dispute Resolution Centre (IDRC), which provides a paperless dispute resolution environment.
The e-inauguration of IDRC centre offers offline as well as e-alternate dispute resolution (ADR) facility through its state-of-the-art e-arbitration, e-meditation and e-conciliation software portal.
The e-inauguration was followed by a panel discussion on ''Adhoc v. Institutional Dispute Resolution''.

Mizoram Grants 'Industry' Status to Sports

The northeastern state of Mizoram has accorded 'industry' status to sports.
The Cabinet cleared the Sports and Youth Service department's proposal to recognise sports as an 'industry' in the state.
Mizoram is known for its love for sports — especially football which is played competitively through the Mizoram Premier League, the state's highest football league.
Through the new status, the government hopes to commercialise sporting endeavours and woo investors.

RITES Signs Pact to Acquire 24% Stake in Indian Railway Station Development

State-owned RITES Ltd has signed an agreement to buy 24% stake in Indian Railway Station Development Corp. Ltd, (IRSDC), the company tasked with redeveloping railway stations across the country.
RITES has also resumed operations at most of its offices and project sites after the government eased the covid-19 induced lockdown rules across the country.
It has achieved more than half of its capacity and will scale up its activities going forward.

IMD Launches Weather Services in UMANG App

Seven services hosted on website of Indian Metrological Department, IMD have been onboarded to UMANG application.
These services are Current Weather, Nowcast, City Forecast, Rainfall Information, Tourism Forecast, Warnings, Cyclone.
The Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance, UMANG, is a unified, multi-channel, multi-platform, multi-lingual, multi-service mobile app.

May 22, 2020

State Includes 2,092 Villages in Western Ghats Eco-Sensitive Area

The Maharashtra government included more villages in its proposed final Western Ghats eco-sensitive area (ESA) notification, but has excluded previously identified villages falling in crucial wildlife corridors, sanctuary buffer areas and near tiger reserves.
The state's final proposal requests the Centre to include 2,092 of 2,133 villages or 15,359 sq km of the originally proposed 17,340 sq km, thereby excluding 11.4% of the draft ESA area.
Declaring an area as ESA means putting restriction on mining, quarrying, thermal power plants, setting up of industries and construction to ensure buffer areas of a protected zone, in this case, the Western Ghats, remains protected.

President Ram Nath Kovind Accepted Credentials from Ambassadors and High Commissioners of Seven C...

In a first, the new envoys of seven countries presented their credentials to President Ramnath Kovind via video conference.
They were from North Korea, Senegal, Trinidad and Tobago, Mauritius, Australia, Côte d'Ivoire and Rwanda.
The move comes amid the current novel coronavirus pandemic that has infected more than five million people worldwide since it first emerged in China in December 2019.

Govt Releases Rs 170 Crore as MGNREGA Wages

Ahead of Eid ul Fitr, the Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj has disbursed Rs 170 crore into the accounts of beneficiaries under MGNREGA.
The department has disbursed around Rs 183 crore to benefit the poor which have been otherwise rendered jobless due to the prevailing lockdown.
Since April 20, 2020, the Department has taken up more than 14000 development projects under MGNREGA which include 1670 water conservation and irrigation works, 4000 rural infrastructure works and 8300 PMAYG houses generating as many as Rs 5.28 lakh person-days in J&K.

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