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NATIONAL AFFAIRS - May 2018

May 2018

Sep 26, 2022

Senior IAS officer Rajendra Kumar Appointed ESIC Director General

Senior bureaucrat Rajendra Kumar was appointed the director general of the Employees' State Insurance Corporation, as part of a senior-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre.
Kumar, a 1992-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, is currently an additional secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

Sanjai Kumar Appointed as New Chairman & MD of Railtel

RailTel Corporation of India announced that its board approved the appointment of Sanjai Kumar as chairman & managing director of the company.
Sanjai has over 29 years of experience of working as an officer of IRSSE including over 20 years of experience of managing projects and marketing departments in the company.
He is an officer of the Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE1). He was currently working as director of networking, planning & marketing at the company.

K. Raja Prasad Reddy Elected INS President

K. Raja Prasad Reddy of Telugu media group Sakshi was elected president of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) for 2022-23. He succeeded Mohit Jain of the Economic Times. INS, the apex body of publishers of newspapers, magazines and periodicals in the country, also elected Aaj Samaj's Rakesh Sharma as deputy president and Mathrubhumi Arogya Masika's M. V. Shreyams Kumar as vice-president. Amar Ujala's Tanmay Maheshwari was named the honorary treasurer of the Society for 2022-23.
The secretary general of the society is Mary Paul.

Sep 25, 2022

PM Inaugurates National Conference of Environment Ministers in Gujarat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the National Conference of Environment Ministers at Ekta Nagar in the Narmada district of Gujarat via video conference.
This two-day conference on September 23 and 24 aimed at creating further synergy among the central and state governments on various issues, such as climate change, tackling plastic waste, wildlife and forest management, among others.

Sep 24, 2022

Congress Issues Notification for Party President's Poll

The Congress' central election authority issued a notification for the party presidential election, setting in motion a process to elect successor to the party's longest-serving leader, Sonia Gandhi.
Election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry issued the notification, which said that the process of filing nominations will be held from September 24 to 30.
The date of scrutiny of nomination papers would be October 1. The last date for the withdrawal of nominations would be October 8.
If there is more than one candidate, the election will take place on October 17. The counting of votes and declaration of results will be on October 19.

Sarbananda Sonowal Inaugurates Conference on Consciousness

An international conference -- Exploring consciousness non-duality to non-locality: A man-machine debate -- was inaugurated at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS). The conference's vision is to exchange ideas and debate information in the domain and understand its importance in the scientific community.
It was inaugurated by Union Minister of Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal, in presence of NIMHANS director Dr. Pratima Murty. Many national and international speakers from physics, biology, neuroscience, AI, allied fields and Indian spiritual schools discussed and debated on various topics. International experts like Dr. Terrence Deacon, professor, University of Berkeley; Dr. George Northoff, Royals Institute of Mental Health Research, Canada, and others were present.

Nagaland Prison Department Introduces Mobile Attendance Application

Nagaland Prison Department went digital by introducing the mobile attendance application for Prison staff. Advisor for Prisons, Printing & Stationery, H. Haiying launched the Prison staff Attendance App at the District Jail, Kohima. The mobile app was initiated by the State Prison Department in collaboration with Excellogics Technology Solution Private Limited.
The Prison Staff Attendance is a mobile app along with an admin portal that aims to provide a comprehensive attendance management system that can make processes hassle-free and provide a seamlessly integrated system for monitoring and tracking the employee's attendance.

Sep 23, 2022

Dharmendra Pradhan Introduces SCALE app to Advance Leather Industry Skills

The SCALE (Skill Certification Assessment for Leather Employees) app was unveiled by Minister of Education and Skill Development Dharmendra Pradhan at the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)-Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) in Chennai. This app provides a one-stop solution for the education, testing, and employment requirements of the leather sector.
The Leather Skill Sector Council built the SCALE android app to revolutionise how skill development programmes are planned and delivered to trainees in the leather industry.

Centre Appoints Retired Gujarat IFoS Officer Bharat Lal as Director General NCGG

The Union Government appointed senior bureaucrat and retired Gujarat cadre IFoS officer, Bharat Lal as the Director General, National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG).
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi cleared the appointment on contract basis, initially for a period of one year.
Bharat Lal had served as Gujarat government's resident commissioner in Delhi and has been known to be close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the then Chief Minister of the state.
Earlier, during December 2021, Lal was appointed as the Secretary to the Lokpal.
The National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) is an autonomous institute under the aegis of Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Government of India. Its head office is at New Delhi and the branch office at Mussoorie.

Sep 22, 2022

Maharashtra Government to Establish a NITI Aayog-like Body

Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that an institute on the lines of NITI Aayog would be set up in Maharashtra for comprehensive data analysis and to make studied decisions on various sectors.
Fadnavis said that the institute would be named Maharashtra Institution for Transformation (MITRA), "which would be another milestone in the journey of fostering cooperative federalism under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
NITI Aayog has also carried out an extensive study on similar issues and developed a tool, where inter-related data from various departments is collectively analysed for a better decision-making process.

Bru Agreement

The Central Government agreed to extend the deadline for the resettlement of Bru while reviewing the implementation of the Bru agreement.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed the implementation of the Bru agreement with Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha.
They found significant progress being made in the resettlement process of Bru people, who were displaced from Mizoram, in Tripura.
Under the agreement, the Bru community currently living in temporary relief camps in Tripura will be settled in the state.
The Bru, who returned to Mizoram in the eight phases of repatriation since 2009, cannot return to Tripura under this agreement.

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Signs 5 'Non-controversial' Bills

Amidst escalating tussle with the Kerala government, Governor Arif Mohammed Khan signed five Bills passed by the Assembly, but left out the contentious ones, including the Lok Ayukta (Amendment) Bill.
As per reports, the files which Khan signed were "non-controversial" ones.
He did not give his nod to the University Laws Amendment Bill, which aims at curtailing the powers of Governor as the Chancellor of universities.
After the conclusion of the Assembly session, a total of 11 Bills, including the contentious Lok Ayukta (Amendment) Bill and University Laws (Amendment) Bill, were sent for the Governor's assent.

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