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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION - January 2019

Jan 2019

Sep 22, 2019

CM Launches 'Champions Campaign' Against Dengue

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched "champions campaign" in the fight against dengue and urged people to encourage their friends to inspect their homes to clean stagnant water.
Earlier, Kejriwal had launched a mega drive against dengue. Lakhs of Delhiites are joining the #10Hafte10Baje10Minute campaign against Dengue.

Sep 21, 2019

Ola Drivers To Get Healthcare Benefits Under Ayushman Bharat

Government's healthcare scheme — Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) — has partnered with Ola, a mobility platform, to extend the welfare to its drivers.
An MoU has been signed to extend the benefits of the Centre-sponsored healthcare scheme.

IIT Bombay Top Indian Institute in QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2020

The Indian Institute of Bombay (IIT-B) leads India's representation in the latest QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2020 with a 111-120 band ranking, up from 141-150 band in 2019.
At 151-160 band and 171-180 band, IIT Delhi and IIT Madras formed the three best ranked Indian institutes in the latest rankings.
The rankings covers world's top 500 universities and explores how employable a university is.
To explore the university-employability relationship, QS uses a unique five-metric method that captures each institution's regard among 44,000 employers worldwide, alma mater data from 29,000 highly successful individuals, institutional industry partnerships, employer presence on campus, and location-adjusted graduate employment rate.

Sep 19, 2019

IIM Skips Quota For PhD Course

The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, has invited applications from prospective researchers for its doctoral programme but the advertisement has no provision for reservation of seats for candidates from socially disadvantaged sections, triggering criticism that it was blatantly violating a central law.
The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act provides for setting aside 49.5 per cent of seats in institutes of higher learning — 15 per cent for Scheduled Castes, 7.5 per cent for Scheduled Tribes and 27 per cent for the Other Backward Classes.

Meghalaya Launches Health Insurance Merging it with Ayushman

Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma launched the Meghalaya Health Insurance Scheme (MHIS-IV) in convergence with that of the Centre's Ayushman Bharat scheme.
The MHIS-IV targets to cover more than 8 lakh households offering over 2300 medical and surgical packages and up to Rs 5 lakh per family.
The new scheme will be functional from February 1, 2020.

Govt, IBM Join Hands For Train-the-Trainer programme

To train the trainers in AI, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and IBM have joined hands with the aim to train 10,000 faculty members from ITIs across India.
The programme will involve 14 trainers across seven locations with over 200 workshops during a one-year period.
As part of the programme, ITI trainers will be trained on basic artificial intelligence (AI) skills towards using the technology in their day-to-day training activities.

Sep 18, 2019

10 Crore Beneficiaries Received E-Cards For Cashless Treatment Under Ayushman Bharat: Govt

Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan has said that 22 thousand health and wellness centres have been made functional and 10 crore beneficiaries have received e-cards under the Ayushman Bharat scheme.
The Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana provides cashless and paperless access to services for the beneficiary at the point of service.
It provides a health assurance cover of 5 lakh rupees per family per year for secondary and tertiary care for serious and catastrophic illnesses.
Since the launch of the scheme, over 45 lakh patients have been admitted to hospitals to receive treatment under the programme.
The Minister said, Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana is completing its first year of launch on 23rd September 2019 and is being celebrated as Ayushman Pakhawada since 15 September, 2019.

Sep 17, 2019

Wing Commander Anjali Singh Becomes India's First Female Military Diplomat

Wing Commander Anjali Singh has become India's first female military diplomat to be posted in any of the Indian missions abroad.
Singh has joined the Indian Embassy in Russia as the Deputy Air Attache.
Singh, who is trained on MiG-29 fighter aircraft, joined her new assignment on September 10, 2019.

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