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NATIONAL AFFAIRS - November 2019

Nov 2019

May 05, 2020

Centre Completed Integration of Cold Chain Projects

The Union Minister of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal held a video conference with the promoters of the completed Integrated Cold Chain Projects on 4 May, 2020. The promoters of 38 cold chain projects participated in the Video Conference.
The projects are supported by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) in Maharashtra.

May 04, 2020

African Swine Flu Detected in Assam

The Assam government said the first instance of African Swine Flu has been detected in the north eastern state which has already killed around 2,500 pigs across 306 villages.
Despite a go-ahead from the Centre, the state will not resort to culling of the pigs immediately and will adopt alternative mechanisms to prevent the spread of the highly contagious disease, state Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Minister Atul Bora said.
The National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD), Bhopal has confirmed that it is African Swine Flu (ASF).

May 03, 2020

IDEAthon Launched by Jal Shakti Ministry

On May 2, 2020, the National Mission for Clean Ganga operating under Ministry of Jal Shakti launched "IDEAthon".
It focuses on "The Future of River Management" to explore how the COVID-19 crisis will change the river management strategies.

May 02, 2020

Kisan Sabha App

The Kisan Sabha application was launched by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Road Research Institute (CSIR-CRRI) on May 1, 2020. The application will connect farmers to freight transportation management and supply chain amid COVID-19 lockdown.
The farmers are presently facing difficulty in transporting their harvest to the market or procuring seeds or fertilizers in the wake of the nationwide lockdown. Hence, proper supply chain management is required to facilitate the timely delivery of the produce at the best pricing.

ECI decides to conduct Biennial Election to the Maharashtra Legislative Councils MLAs

ECI decides to conduct Biennial Election to the Maharashtra Legislative Councils by the members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) on 21st May 2020.
Election Commission reviewed the matter concerning feasibility of conduct of biennial election for the 9 vacant seats of the MLC by MLAs in the state of Maharashtra.

CAIT to Launch National E-commerce Marketplace 'Bharatmarket' for Retail Traders

Traders' body Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has announced to launch a national e-commerce marketplace 'bharatmarket' soon for all retail traders in collaboration with several technology partners.
The marketplace will integrate capabilities of various technology companies to provide end-to-end services in the logistics and supply chains from manufacturers to end consumers, including deliveries at home.

May 01, 2020

YASH launched by Department of Science and Technology

On April 30, 2020, programme YASH was launched by Department of Science and Technology.
YASH is Year of Awareness on Science and Health. The awareness is being created to focus on COVID-19.
The initiative aims at encouraging public engagement and enable communities to increase their sense of awareness against COVID-19. By this, the governments can take informed decisions and mange associated risks.

Ministry of Shipping Launches New Website

Ministry of Shipping has revamped its website shipmin.gov.in and launched it on 30th April, 2020. The new website is based on open source technology and is deployed on NIC cloud Meghraj.
The website is designed as per Guidelines for Indian Government Websites (GIGW) issued by Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Government of India.
The new website has a well designed and dynamic Homepage. Social Media Integration with better video uploading facility is a new feature in this website.

Maharashtra, Gujarat Celebrates State Formation Day

Maharashtra Day and Gujarat Day is celebrated in the Indian states of Maharashtra and Gujarat on 1 May every year. The day commemorates the formation of the state on this day in 1960.
In 1960, the Bombay Reorganization Act, 1960 was passed by India's Parliament to divide the multilingual state of Bombay into Gujarat and Maharashtra. Bombay formerly consisted of speakers of different languages such as Gujarati, Marathi, Konkani, and Kutchi.
As a result of the Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti movement, the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat were formed.

Nitin Gadkari Launches Research Portal on MSMEs

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari today launched bank of schemes, ideas, innovation and Research portal - http://ideas.msme.gov.in on MSMEs. The portal gives access to all schemes of Union, States and Union Territory Governments and has the provision for uploading ideas, innovations and researches in the sector.
It has unique features of not only crowd sourcing of ideas, but also evaluation and rating the ideas by crowd sourcing. It can also facilitate inflow of venture capital, and foreign collaboration. Besides, the portal will benefit the potential entrepreneurs as one stop compendium of ideas, innovation and research ready for commercialization.

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