It is the ICT based multi-modal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation, involving Central and State governments.Nine projects worth Rs.54,675 crore concerning 15 states and PM Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Pariyojana were reviewed.
Till 34th PRAGATI,283 projects of Rs.13.14 lakh crore reviewed
It reviewed progress of ongoing bilateral projects in the North Eastern Region of India.Act East Forum provides for collaboration in the North Eastern Region under India’s "Act East Policy” and Japan’s vision for a "Free and Open Indo-Pacific".
Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla co-chaired it.
He is presently the Southern Army Commander & will be succeeding Lt General SK Saini on his superannuation.He is an alumnus of Rashtriya Indian Military College,Dehradun & National Defence Academy & a June 1982 batch Infantry Officer from Rajput Regiment.
He commanded a Corps in the Eastern Theatre post-Doklam incident
Prior to this, the Flag Officer held the coveted appointment of Director General Hospital Services (AF) in the office of DGAFMS.An alumnus of Armed Forces Medical College, Pune he was commissioned on December 17, 1983 in the Armed Forces Medical Services.
He was awarded Vishisht Seva Medal in 2015.
Prakash Javadekar & French Minister for Ecological Transition Barbara Pompili launched Indo-French Year of the Environment.Will focus on 5 main themes including environmental protection, climate change,biodiversity conservation,energy efficiency etc.
Prakash Javadekar is Union Environment Minister.
All persons above 60 years will be automatically selected as beneficiaries of old-age pension based on their annual income & Aadhaar using the app and pension will be paid through Direct Benefit Transfer.It was piloted in Udupi & Ballari districts.
Khajane is the online treasury software system of the state.
He was known as an institution builder & he considered the establishment of Asia Development Research Institute as his most important achievement.His contribution to development economics and development challenges of Bihar had received wide attention.
Made contributions as member of State Finance Commission as well
Uttar Pradesh was adjudged the best tableau among the 32 tableaux,17 from States/UTs,9 from various ministries,departments and paramilitary forces and 6 from Defence Ministry.It was based on the theme Ayodhya: Cultural Heritage of Uttar Pradesh.
Tripura was adjudged second and Uttarakhand third best.
Measures performance against 27 different indicators of personalised health across 4 categories called ''Vital Signs''.It include Policy Context, Health Information, Personalised Technologies and Health Services.India ranked 5th,10th,9th and 11th in each.
Singapore(1st),Taiwan (2nd), Japan (3rd) and Indonesia(11th).
India scored 40 points in the index which uses a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 is 'highly corrupt' and 100 is 'very clean'. A total of 180 countries were featured in the index.New Zealand and Denmark rank at the first position with scores of 88.
Somalia,South Sudan rank lowest at 179th position with score 12.
Among his major works are South India: Political Institutions and Political Change, The Emergence of Provincial Politics: The Madras Presidency, and Colonial India: A Social History. He was an eminent historian and professor at Trinity College.
He was director of Centre for Indian Studies,Oxford University.
An independent ICC Voting Academy comprising former players,broadcasters & journalists from around the world will team up with fans to vote for the ICC Men’s Player of the Month and ICC Women’s Player of the Month across all forms of international cricket.
ICC:
Chairman:Greg Barclay;
CEO:Manu Sawhney;
HQ:Dubai,UAE
It will address nutritional challenges leading to stunting,underweight & anemia amongst children and women & improve nutrition status in Jaipur,Rajasthan.Dept of Women & Child Development,Rajasthan supports it as it aligns with national nutrition strategy.
Aims to address nutrition intake in first 1,000 days of a child.
The initiative is aimed at making payments convenient for bank's customers,who can now visit their nearest CSC,to deposit overdues. CSC-HDFC Bank Correspondent will match loan account with registered phone number to cross check amt payable & issue receipt.
CSC is a SPV under Ministry of Electronics & IT.
CKYCR is now fully operational for individual customers in terms of the provisions Prevention of Money Laundering(Maintenance of Records) Rules, 2005.It has been decided to extend the CKYCR to Legal Entities.RBI in Dec 2020, issued similar circular.
CERSAI is authorised by govt to perform functions of CKYCR.
Brand strengths were determined through metrics of marketing investment, stakeholder equity and business performance.According to these criteria,Chinese mobile app WeChat usurped Ferrari to become the world’s strongest band.Russian bank Sber is third.
As per this 2021 ranking,Apple is the most valuable brand.
Since 5G spectrum bands in 3.5 GHz is yet to be auctioned, what Bharti did was that it used spectrum sharing technologies and operated 5G technology using its existing spectrum bands like 1800/2100/2300 MHz and sub-GHz bands 800/900 MHz.
Demonstrated 5G service over a commercial network in Hyderabad.
The satellite can detect fire and leaks on underground pipelines and collect info on bank thefts.ISRO is expected to launch this satellite, along with two other satellites built by JPR Institute,Chennai & GH Raisoni College of Engineering,Maharashtra.
A GHRCE ground station was inaugurated in the college as well.
Born in Mirpur, now in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir,was an elected member of the first Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir formulated in 1951 and finalised the separate constitution of J&K.He represented the Nowshera Assembly segment.
He was a stalwart of the Quit Kashmir movement.
Won best supporting actress Oscar for The Last Picture Show in 1971.She played a lonely wife.She is also known for her comedic delight as the fearsome Frau Blücher in Young Frankenstein and self-absorbed neighbor Phyllis on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
Leachman won eight Emmy Awards in her storied television career
China was excluded from due to lack of data.Index used data on daily figures like confirmed cases, confirmed deaths, confirmed cases per million people etc & scored countries from 0(worst) to 100(best).India's score was 24.3 & lowest was Brazil at 4.3.
Index by Sydney based policy think tank Lowy Institute
Considering the need to have a conservation paradigm for marine megafauna and marine turtles, the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) released ‘Marine Mega Fauna Stranding Guidelines’ and ‘National Marine Turtle Action Plan’.
Contains actions that are required to handle stranded animals.
