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NATIONAL AFFAIRS - November 2018

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Nov 18, 2022

Arunachal Pradesh Launches Drone-mediated Livestock Vaccines Delivery Service

In a bid to ease the transportation of essential medicines to remote areas, vaccines were delivered in Arunachal Pradesh through drones for the first time in the world.
Hyderabad-based vaccine maker, Indian Immunologicals Limited, successfully demonstrated the delivery of 'medicines from the sky'. IIL performed its maiden venture of transporting animal vaccines through the use of drones.
"Today for the first time livestock vaccines were delivered by drone from Kangkong to Paglam in the Lower Dibang Valley district. The exercise was done with the assistance of GoI and Techeagle Company," said Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu.
The vaccines provided by IIL were delivered by the drones of Redwing Aerospace. 'Medicines from Sky' is the brainchild of this Bengaluru-based company. The initiative is funded by the United States Agency for International Development and is currently in its initial phase.

Advisor Arvind Virmani Named as Full-time Member of NITI Aayog

Former Chief Economic Advisor, Arvind Virmani was appointed as a full time member of NITI Aayog. The other existing Members of NITI Aayog are V.K. Saraswat, Ramesh Chand and V.K. Paul. While Suman Bery is the Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog, Parameswaran is the incumbent CEO of the think tank. The Prime Minister approved the appointment of Arvind Virmani, Founder, Chairman, Foundation for Economic Growth & Welfare as Full-Time Member, NITI Aayog with immediate effect and until further orders, on the same terms and conditions as are applicable to Full-Time Members of NITI Aayog.
Virmani was Chief Economic Advisor in the Finance Ministry from 2007-09. He was Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) till end 2012. He served as a member of the Technical Advisory Committee of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on monetary policy from February 2013 to August 2016.

Nov 17, 2022

Centre Extends Tenure of DCGI Dr. V. G. Somani by another Three Months

The tenure of Dr. V. G. Somani as the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) was again extended by another three months, according to an order issued by the Union Health Ministry.
He was earlier given an extension in August 2022.
Dr. Somani was appointed the DCGI for a term of three years on August 14, 2019.
The DCGI heads the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), which is responsible for ensuring quality drugs supply across the country.It also has authority to give approval to new drugs and regulate clinical trials.

Assam Govt. Launches Mission Basundhara 2.0

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched the much-awaited Mission Basundhara 2.0 in an official ceremony held at Shrimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra Auditorium in Guwahati.
Sarma launched Basundhara 2.0 in Guwahati. Apart from formal launch of the service under Mission Basundhara 2.0, the Chief Minister also launched the National Generic Documents Registration System (NGDRS) and e-stamping facilities in the state.
It is worth mentioning that under Mission Basundhara 2.0, a total of eight services would be provided to the public in digital mode. The new services under Mission Basundhara 2.0 are the settlement of government Khas and ceiling surplus land, conferring ownership rights to occupancy tenants, settlement of transferred annual Patta land, settlement of village grazing reserve and professional grazing reserve, settlement of land for indigenous special cultivators, settlement of hereditary land of tribal communities, composite land transfer service and online payment of land revenue.
The first phase of Mission Basundhara was launched in 2021 to provide a time-bound solution to several services under the revenue department. It had wound up in May 2022, with six lakh people benefiting from it.

NCW Launches Digital Shakti Campaign 4.0 to Empower Women in Cyberspace

With a view to make women aware to stand against any illegal or inappropriate online activity, the National Commission for Women (NCW) launched the fourth phase of Digital Shakti Campaign, a pan-India project on digitally empowering and skilling women in cyberspace.
The NCW launched the campaign in collaboration with CyberPeace Foundation and Meta.
NCW mentioned the continuous efforts of the Commission for empowering women in every sphere across the nation.
Digital Shakti started in June 2018 to help women across the nation to raise the awareness level on the digital front, to build resilience, and fight cyber-crime in the most effective ways.

Nov 15, 2022

India, Finland Agree to Explore New Areas of Cooperation

India and Finland agreed to enhance partnership in areas such as digital partnership in Future ICT, Future Mobile Technologies and digital education.
Both the countries also emphasised on having institutionalised joint working groups on areas of mutual interest.
The decision was taken during a meeting between Finland's Minister of Education and Culture Petri Honkonen and Minister of Science and Technology Jitendra Singh at North Block in New Delhi.
He was accompanied by a high level delegation which later held a separate meeting with the Indian delegation in the presence of the two Ministers.
Honkonen's visit came in the wake of the announcement made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Finnish counterpart Sanna Marin during a Summit meeting on 16 March, 2021.

Nov 14, 2022

Power Minister R.K. Singh Launches Green Energy Open Access Portal

With an aim to ensure affordable, reliable, sustainable, and green energy for all and in continuation of several initiatives to promote clean and green energy by the Government of India, the Union Minister of Power and New and Renewable Energy, R. K. Singh launched the Green Energy Open Access Portal.
The Minister of State for Power Krishan Pal, also graced the occasion. Secretary (Power), Chairperson, CEA and CMD, POSOCO along with other senior officers were also present on the occasion.

PM Modi Unveils 108-feet Tall 'Statue of Prosperity' in Bengaluru

Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the 'Statue of Prosperity', the 108-feet tall bronze statue of Bengaluru founder Nadaprabhu Kempegowda on the premises of the Bengaluru International Airport, Karnataka.
It has been built to commemorate the contribution of Kempegowda towards development of the city.
No other airport in the world has such a tall statue of its founder and this goes as a record in the World Book of Records, Karnataka Higher Education Minister Ashwathnarayan said.
The project comprising the Kempegowda statue and a 23-acre theme park has been built at a cost of around Rs. 84 crore.

India, Cambodia Sign Four MoUs in Areas of Culture, Wildlife and Health

India and Cambodia signed four MoUs in the areas of culture, wildlife and health. The MoUs were inked following bilateral talks between Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on the sidelines of the ongoing ASEAN Summit at Phnom Penh. During the meeting, wide-ranging discussions were held on several issues.
Mr. Dhankhar extended warm appreciation to the Cambodian Prime Minister for the country's very successful chairmanship of the ASEAN Summit.

Nov 13, 2022

PM Gati Shakti Multimodal Waterways Summit Held in Varanasi

Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the two-day PM Gati Shakti Multimodal Waterways Summit. The PM Gati Shakti Multimodal Waterways Summit was held at the Deendayal Hastkala Sankul (Trade Centre and Museum) in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
The primary objective of the summit was to bring together greater awareness about the PM Gati Shakti National Masterplan with a focus on infrastructure development in the waterways.
PM Gati Shakti Multimodal Waterways Summit is a transformative approach for improving logistics efficiency and reducing logistics costs to ensure first and last-mile connectivity.

Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat releases Dynamic Ground Water Resource Assessment

Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat released the Dynamic Ground Water Resource Assessment Report for the entire country for the year 2022 in New Delhi.
As per the 2022 assessment report, the total annual ground water recharge for the entire country is 437.60 billion cubic meters (BCM) and annual ground water extraction for the entire country is 239.16 BCM.
The report further said that, out of the total 7089 assessment units in the country, 1006 units have been categorized as over-exploited.
The assessment was carried out jointly by Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), States and Union Territories, which can be used for taking suitable interventions by various stake-holders.

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