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Sep 18, 2018

Mangrove Protection in Maharashtra Gets Boost

Mangrove protection in Maharashtra got a boost as the Bombay High Court said that all mangroves in the state are to be declared as protected or reserved forests, including those on land belonging to planning authorities like the City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) and Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA).

India's First Woman IAS Officer Dies

India's first woman IAS officer after Independence, Anna Rajam Malhotra, who served in the Madras State under then Chief Minister C. Rajagopalachari and at the Central government, died in Mumbai. She was 91.

Cong Stakes Claim in Goa

With Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar hospitalised, Goa's main opposition party, Congress, submitted a memorandum to Governor Mridula Sinha, staking claim to form an alternate government.

The move came at a time when the BJP high command has sent three senior leaders, Ram Lal, B. L. Santhosh and Vinay Puranik, here to meet the state party leaders and allies to take stock of the political situation.

Dolagobinda Pradhan Passes Away

Veteran freedom fighter and former Odisha Minister Dolagobinda Pradhan died at his residence in Bhubaneswar after a brief illness.

Pradhan, who was elected to the state Assembly twice from Cuttack Sadar constituency in 1980 and 1990, was a minister from 1989 to 1990.

Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi's ideals, he had left school in 1942 and joined the Quit India movement. He was also jailed during the freedom movement.

New Appointments

In a bureaucratic reshuffle, the government appointed senior IAS officers Sanjay Agarawal and Sanjeev Ranjan as Agriculture Secretary and NHAI Chairman, respectively.

According to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cleared the names of 30 officers, who have been appointed as secretaries and additional secretaries.

Sep 17, 2018

India and France Plan to Launch Satellites

India and France have planned 8-10 satellites as part of a "constellation" for maritime surveillance.

This will be India's largest space cooperation with any country.

The launch of 8-10 maritime surveillance satellites will focus on the Indian Ocean, a region that has been witnessing increasing Chinese presence.

France will also share its expertise with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on inter-planetary missions to Mars and Venus, the Indian space agency's two major missions.

Andhra Pradesh a Strategic Base

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has come up with major plans for Andhra Pradesh to make it a strategic base.

Prime among them are IAF's plans to set up a major helicopter training facility at Donakonda in Prakasam district.

The other plans put forth before the AP government are establishing a drone manufacturing facility in Anantapur district, a cyber security centre in Amaravati and making Rajahmundry and Vijayawada airports asset positioning bases.

Facial Scan to Replace Boarding Pass

Rajiv Gandhi Hyderabad International Airport will soon become the first airport in the country where passengers will not have to carry a boarding pass.

According to GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd that runs the airport, an automated facial recognition machine is being put in place to verify the credentials of the passenger.

First Local Elections Since 2011

Syrians in government-controlled areas cast their ballots in the first local elections there since 2011, when the country's ill-fated uprising erupted against President Bashar al-Assad's rule.

More than 40,000 candidates would compete for 18,478 seats on local administrative councils.

India's First Smart Fence Project

India's first 'smart fence' pilot project, which entails deploying laser-activated fences and technology-enabled barriers to plug vulnerable gaps along frontiers, will be launched by Home Minister Rajnath Singh in two 5-km each patches along the Indo-Pak border.

The new system provides for round-the-clock surveillance on the border and in different weather conditions be it dust storm, fog or rain.

Sep 16, 2018

Swachhata Hi Seva Campaign

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the "Swachhata Hi Seva" ("cleanliness is service") campaign, and took up a broom to clean a school named after Dalit icon B.R. Ambedkar. Union Ministers and BJP leaders and workers participated in similar exercises across the country.

According to religious leaders and noted personalities the sanitation coverage in India had increased from 40% to over 90% in the four years of the "Swachh Bharat" (Clean India) project.

Prashant Kishor Joins JDU

Election strategist Prashant Kishor joined the Janata Dal United (JDU) in the presence of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna, Bihar. Kishore joint the JDU at the party state executive meeting, attended by Senior JDU leader KC Tyagi, among others.

Sep 15, 2018

Uttarakhand's Plan to Boost Farm Production

The Uttarakhand government may soon take the help of foreign investors to boost the declining farm sector. Plans are on to lease out abandoned land to foreign investors to grow crops, which would boost the hill farmers' income and help check their forced migration.

Seoul, Delhi Etch Pact

The Delhi government signed a "Friendship and Cooperation Agreement" with the Seoul Metropolitan Government under which the two cities would exchange expertise for betterment in 12 fields including environment, transport, tourism, solid waste management and public health.

Donwa Dethwelson Lapang Quits Congress

In a major blow to the Congress in Meghalaya, five-time Chief Minister Donwa Dethwelson Lapang resigned from the party, accusing the leadership of adopting a policy of "phasing out" senior leaders.

India in UN's Human Development Index

Amid existing disparities, India has climbed one notch to 130 out of 189 countries in the latest human development rankings released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

India's Human Development Index (HDI) value for 2017 is 0.640, which put the country in the medium human development category.

SC Awards Rs. 50 lakh to ISRO Ex-scientist

The Supreme Court ordered the Kerala Government to pay within eight weeks a compensation of Rs. 50 lakh to former ISRO scientist S. Nambi Narayanan whose life got ruined after he was falsely implicated in the 1994 ISRO spy scandal.

Sep 14, 2018

Delhi Metro Stations Renamed

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced the renaming of metro stations falling in Haryana segment on Bahadurgarh to Mundka Metro line and on the Mujesar (YMCA Chowk) to Ballabhgarh Metro Corridor.

The Modern Industrial Estate (MIE) Metro Station, Bus Stand Metro Station, City Park Metro Station will be renamed as Pandit Shree Ram Sharma Metro Station, Bahadurgarh City Metro Station and Brigadier Hoshiar Singh Station respectively.

India's Next CJI

President Ram Nath Kovind has cleared the appointment of Justice Ranjan Gogoi as the next Chief Justice of India. He will take over from CJI Dipak Misra on October 3 and continue in office till November 17, 2019.

Justice Gogoi, who will take over as the 46th CJI, will be the first in the post from the Northeast. He is from Assam.

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