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NATIONAL AFFAIRS - September 2015

Sep 2015

Mar 16, 2018

Health Ministry and WHO signed agreement for enhanced cooperation for healthcare

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of WHO met J.P. Nadda, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister in New Delhi. They discussed perspectives on national, regional and global public health program. To strengthen collaborative work between India and WHO in achieving improved health outcomes, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and World Health Organisation (WHO) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA).

PM Modi inaugurated the 105th Indian Science Congress in Manipur

PM Modi inaugurated the 105th Indian Science Congress (ISC) in Imphal, Manipur. Theme for 2018 is "Reaching the unreached through science and technology". He is also scheduled to lay down the foundation stones of different projects at Luwangpokpa Multi Sports Complex at Luwangshangbam and Mary Koms Boxing Academy in Imphal West district.

Annual Krishi Unnati Mela begins in New Delhi

The three-day annual Krishi Unnati Mela begun in New Delhi with a focus on doubling farmers' income. The objective of the event is to create awareness among farmers about the latest agriculture-related technological developments. Lakhs of farmers and agriculture scientists will participate in the mela. The main theme pavilion will be based on Doubling of farmers income by 2022. The theme area will display different kinds of organic farming techniques like natural farming and eco-farming.

Pune tops in improved quality governance

Pune came on top in the fifth edition of the Annual Survey of India's City-Systems (ASICS), edging out Thiruvananthapuram which had topped the previous two editions of the survey. Bengaluru was ranked at the bottom. Thiruvananthapuram dropped two ranks to be placed third out of 23 cities spread across 20 states in the survey done by urban governance watchdog Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy. The survey evaluated the quality of governance in India's cities by assessing laws, policies and institutional processes currently in place. The top 5 cities in the list are- 1. Pune, 2. Kolkata, 3. Thiruvananthapuram, 4. Bhubaneswar, and 5. Surat.

IATA partners with Civil Aviation Ministry in India

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) signed a MoU with the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the National Aviation University to enhance human resource availability in India's aviation industry. Under the agreement, the signatory institutions would also leverage "the existing infrastructure for training in India to expand the reach of vocational training in aviation disciplines".

Mar 15, 2018

Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurates Asia-Pacific Regional Conference of IACP

Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the two-day Asia-Pacific Regional Conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) in New Delhi. The theme of the conference is "Challenges to Policing in 2020 - How is Cyber Space shaping our approach to Cyber crime and Terrorism, how do we perform within it and take advantage of it".

Mar 14, 2018

RBI bans LOUs after misuse by Nirav, Choksi

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) barred banks from issuing letters of undertaking (LoUs), the instruments used by Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi to defraud Punjab National Bank (PNB), in a move that may deal a blow to trade financing in India and raise credit costs for importers. RBI also barred lenders from issuing letters of comfort (LoC) as trade credit for importing goods into India with immediate effect. It, however, allowed banks to continue to issue letters of credit and bank guarantees.

Karnataka's Belgaum is now home to India's tallest flag

India's tallest national flag was unfurled in Belagavi (also known as Belgaum) in Karnataka. The event was attended by leaders, schoolchildren, and leaders of Hindu, Muslim, Christian and Sikh institutions at the Kote Kere front. Where size is concerned, this flag in Belgaum beats the one at the India - Pakistan border at Attari in Punjab. Belagavi District Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi unfurled the 9,600 sq ft wide flag on a 110-meter-tall flagpole.

IndiGo, GoAir cancel 65 flights after grounding of faulty planes

Two Indian carriers, IndiGo and Go Air, cancelled at least 65 daily flights, a day after the national aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), grounded 11 Airbus A320 Neo (New Engine Option) aircraft over engine glitches. The country's largest carrier, IndiGo, cancelled 47 of its 1,000 odd daily flights. Twenty-five of these cancelled flights were from Delhi and the rest from Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and other cities.

Mar 13, 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Macron jointly inaugurate solar power plant at ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting French President Emmanuel Macron jointly inaugurated 101-megawatt solar power plant at Dadar Kala village in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh. The largest solar projects in the country have been set up by French company ENGINE. The company was awarded the project in 2016 with the cost of Rs. 680 crore. Solar Energy Corporation of India has signed Power purchase agreement for 25 years with the company.

Fugitive economic offenders bill and chit funds amendment bill introduced in Lok Sabha

The Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill 2018 introduced in the Lok Sabha. The Bill will help in laying down measures to deter economic offenders from evading the process of law by remaining outside the jurisdiction of Indian courts. The cases where the total value involved in such offenses is Rs. 100 crore or more, will come under the purview of the Bill. Minister of State for Finance, Shiv Pratap Shukla introduced the Bill. The Minister also introduced the Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill-2018. The amendment is aimed at facilitating the orderly growth of the chit funds sector and remove bottlenecks being faced by the industry and enabling greater financial access of people to other financial products.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate Delhi End TB Summit and to launch Tuberculosis Free In...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Delhi End TB Summit in New Delhi. The summit is being co-hosted by the Health Ministry, WHO South East Asia Regional Office and Stop TB Partnership. He will also launch Tuberculosis Free India Campaign. The campaign will take the activities of National Strategic Plan (NSP) for TB elimination forward in a mission mode. The NSP is backed by a funding of over 12,000 crore rupees over the next three years to ensure that every TB patient has access to quality diagnosis, treatment, and support. The new NSP adopts a multi-pronged approach which aims to Detect all TB patients, with an emphasis on reaching TB patients seeking care from private providers and undiagnosed TB in high-risk populations.

Central Government forms tribunal to solve Mahanadi Water Dispute between Odisha & Chhattisgarh

The Centre constituted a three-member Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal to adjudicate the dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh over sharing the river's water. Supreme Court Judge AM Khanwilkar will be the Chairman of the tribunal, with Justice Ravi Ranjan of the Patna High Court and Justice Indermeet Kaur Kochhar of the Delhi High Court being the other two members. The apex court had sought to refer the dispute to a Tribunal for adjudication under the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956.

Mar 12, 2018

Asian Development Bank, International Solar Alliance sign pact to promote solar energy

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the International Solar Alliance (ISA) signed a cooperation arrangement to promote solar energy deployment in Asia and the Pacific.The cooperation envisages solar power generation, solar based mini-grids, and transmission systems for integrating solar energy into grids, among others.

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