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NATIONAL AFFAIRS - September 2016

Sep 2016

May 11, 2023

Union Health Ministry Launches SAKSHAM Learning Management Information System

SAKSHAM, the Health Ministry's online learning platform for health professionals in the country, was launched in New Delhi.
Rajesh Bhushan, Union Health Secretary, inaugurated the dedicated and unified platform, which aimed to provide training and medical education to all health professionals in the country via digital mode.
Developed by the National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW), New Delhi, the digital platform is envisioned to be utilised for all blended learning programmes in the future. Going forward, it will act as a central database of trained healthcare professionals in the country and will also serve as an enabler for case-based learning in the sector.
SAKSHAM stands for Stimulating Advanced Knowledge for Sustainable Health Management.
The platform currently offers 200 public health and 100 clinical courses in online mode.

Y20 Meet: Kashmir University Host Delegates from 10 Nations

The University of Kashmir hosted a two-day Youth20 event (Y20) on climate change that brought together delegates from 10 countries, including India according to Vice Chancellor Prof Neelofar Khan. It was a two-day event which concluded on May 11. It attracted about 17 delegates from nine foreign countries, with four delegates from Russia and Indonesia, two each from the US and Brazil, and one each from Turkey, Japan, South Korea, Nigeria and Mexico.
The theme chosen by the University of Kashmir was to address local issues of climate change and man-made disaster management.
The aim of the event was to generate new ideas for preserving the climate and mitigating the damage done to it.
The theme of the event was 'Climate change and Disaster Risk Reduction: Making Sustainability a Way of Life'.

Rathendra Raman New Chairman of Kolkata Port

Rathendra Raman, a 1995 batch Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer, took over as the new chairman of the Kolkata Port, now known as Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port (SMP).
He previously served as the Chief Freight Traffic Manager (CFTM) in the South Eastern Railway.
Raman has been awarded the General Manager's medal four times and the Railway Minister's medal in 2006.
He also served as the Chief General Manager of the Eastern Region for Container Corporation of India, where he achieved several notable accomplishments, including the movement of the first container train to Bangladesh and the container movement to Nepal through Jogbani and Batnaha Rail Terminal.

May 10, 2023

Israel and India Ink Agreement to Allow 42,000 Indian Workers to Work in Jewish State

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, who was in New Delhi, for a three-day visit announced cutting it short because of the security situation arising out of Israel's operations in the Gaza Strip, held talks with his Indian counterpart S. Jaishankar.
The ministers discussed ways to strengthen Indo-Israel ties by "adding direct flights, continuing cooperation in agriculture and water management, and expanding cooperation in the fields of artificial intelligence and cyber defence", according to a Hebrew press statement from the Israeli foreign ministry.
The ministers also signed agreements to allow the arrival of 42,000 Indian workers in the fields of construction and nursing.

May 09, 2023

Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy Inaugurates PM Jan Aushadhi Kendra

Union Tourism Minister G. Kishan Reddy inaugurated a PM Jan Aushadhi Kendra at Warasiguda in Secunderabad. Reddy said that these Jan Aushadhi Kendras provide affordable healthcare and generate self-employment opportunities for youth. The Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi scheme was launched to make quality generic medicines available to the common man at low cost.

Andhra CM Launches 'Jaganannaku Chebudam'

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy launched a toll-free helpline number 1902 as a part of the 'Jaganannaku Chebudam' programme.
The initiative aims at providing quality and prompt solutions to the grievances of people pertaining to welfare schemes and government services.
People can register their grievances round the clock and bring the issues to the notice of the Chief Minister through this programme. The programme also aims at creating awareness on government services and welfare schemes among the people.
The citizens, after registering their grievances, will be issued a YSR (Your Service Request) number. They will receive updates pertaining to the status of their grievances through IVRS and SMS-based communications. The people can also directly connect with the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) by dialling the helpline number, besides the Project Monitoring Units to get their grievances redressed.

ED Chief Sanjay Kumar Mishra's Tenure up till November, Centre tells Supreme Court

Defending the third extension given to Enforcement Directorate chief Sanjay Kumar Mishra, the Centre told the Supreme Court he would not continue in office beyond November.
"This officer is not some DGP of a state but an officer representing the country in a UN-like body and is in the midst of something. This court must not interfere with his tenure and from November onwards, he will not be there," Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told a three-judge Bench led by Justice BR Gavai.
"Mishra was given extension as FATF peer review is taking place and there are some guidelines which needed to be followed," Mehta said. FATF is a global anti-money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog that sets international standards aimed to prevent illegal activities, including terror financing.

May 08, 2023

Haryana Govt. to Introduce a New Feature on Haryana-eSamiksha Portal

Haryana Government will be introducing a new feature on the Haryana-eSamiksha portal to enable Administrative Secretaries and Head of Departments to monitor the follow-up action taken on decisions made during their meetings and presentations. This was discussed during a meeting led by the Chief Secretary, Sanjeev Kaushal, along with officers from the Human Resource Department and National Informatics Centre.
Kaushal informed that the portal will provide updates on file number, meeting date, chairperson, meeting description, and other documents such as the minutes of meeting (MOM), which can be accessed by officers of the concerned departments. Additionally, the portal facilitates the automatic tracking of action points, proposals, issues, projects, schemes, and targets, starting from online submission to compliance. The new feature will enhance the monitoring and tracking of important decisions thereby increasing accountability and transparency in the administrative processes.

Meghalaya: PDF Announces Merger with NPP

The People's Democratic Front (PDF) announced that it will merge with Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma's NPP. The PDF is a part of the NPP-led ruling coalition in the state, and has two MLAs in the assembly, whose current strength is 59. After the merger, NPP's tally will rise to 28. The decision to merge was unanimously taken at PDF's general council meeting, chaired by its president Gavin M Mylliem, who is one of the two MLAs.
The merger document was signed between NPP national chief Conrad K. Sangma and the PDF president, Lyngdoh.

May 07, 2023

It's Akashvani Now, Prasar Bharati Drops References to AIR

Public broadcaster Prasar Bharti decided to drop references to its radio service as 'All India Radio' and substitute it with 'Akashvani', as mentioned in the law.
An internal order issued by Akashvani Director General Vasudha Gupta seeks "compliance with immediate effect" to the statutory provision which had replaced the name of AIR (All India Radio) to Akashvani.
"This is a very old decision of the government which was not operationalised earlier. We are now operationalising it," Gaurav Dwivedi, Chief Executive Officer, Prasar Bharati said.
The Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990, mentions that 'Akashvani' means the offices, stations and other establishments, by whatever name called, which, immediately before the appointed day, formed part of or were under the Director-General, All India Radio of the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
The aforesaid statutory provision which has replaced the name AIR to the 'Akashvani' may be brought to the notice of all so that names and titles get in tune with the provisions of the Prasar Bharati Act of 1990 passed by the Parliament," the internal order said.
All India Radio was referred to as 'Akashvani' by renowned poet Rabindranath Tagore in a poem he had written for the inauguration of the Calcutta shortwave service in 1939.

Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari in Goa for SCO Meet; Becomes First Pak Foreign Minister to Visit India in ...

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari was in Goa and attended a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), becoming the first senior leader from the neighbouring country to visit India in almost 12 years.
Bhutto-Zardari's visit to India to attend the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) meeting came amid continuing strain in ties between the two countries on a host of issues including Islamabad's use of cross-border terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Pakistan Foreign Minister was received at the airport in Goa by JP Singh, the joint secretary heading the Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran division at the external affairs ministry.
In 2011, Pakistan's the then Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar visited India and held talks with her the then counterpart S. M. Krishna.

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