NATIONAL NEWS
India to contribute Rs 4,500 cr to Bhutan for 12th five-year plan
India will contribute Rs 4,500 crore to Bhutan for the 12th five-year plan, announced Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The announcement comes during the official three-day visit of Bhutanese Prime Minister Lotay Tshering.
- He also revealed that the Mange-Dechchu project will soon be completed and the tariff of the project has also been agreed upon. Welcoming Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering and his delegation to India, Prime Minister Modi stated that his visit will strengthen and give momentum to India-Bhutan relations.
12th Annual ISDSI Conference Held in Mumbai
S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) hosted the 12th Annual Indian Subcontinent Decision Sciences Institute (ISDSI) Conference at SPJIMR, Mumbai. The theme of this international conference is “Data-Driven Decision Making in the Digital Age”.
- The main objective of this conference is to provide a platform for academicians, researchers and practitioners to disseminate research, providing insights into the challenges, opportunities, emerging strategies and analytical tools in the domain of decision making.
41st meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee held in New Delhi
The 41st meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee was held in New Delhi. In the meeting, the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs has approved the construction of another 3,10,597 more affordable houses for the benefit of urban poor under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban).
- The cumulative number of houses sanctioned under PMAY(U) now is 68,54,126. Uttar Pradesh has been sanctioned 1,08,135 houses while the sanction for Karnataka is 1,05,502 affordable houses.
President inaugurates centenary of world's oldest yoga institute in Mumbai
President R.N. Kovind inaugurated the centenary celebrations of The Yoga Institute, the world's oldest organized institute of yoga studies, which turned 100 recently.
- Acknowledged for its contribution to holistic development of Yoga for householders and families, it became the country's first Yoga school certified by the Quality Council of India, Ministry of AYUSH, and bagged the Prime Minister's Award 2018 for outstanding contribution for promotion and development of the ancient Indian science.
- The Yoga Institute has centres in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Japan, France, Italy, Finland, Brazil, Canada, Australia and other countries, and since 2008, has set up a first-of-its-kind museum dedicated to yoga.
Indian airports set to install body scanners from 2019
Airports in India will be able to use body scanners from next year and spare “clean” passengers physical frisking. The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) is soon going to come out with technical specifications of these scanners and then airports can install and machines meeting those norms.
- For infra-starved Indian airports handling way more passengers than their built capacity, this technology used widely abroad, especially the US, promises to speed up security checks as well as check spiralling security manpower costs.
- Extra info.:
The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) Headquarters: New Delhi
NHRC launches toll-free helpline 14433 facility to file complaint through CSC
The NHRC launched a toll-free number and also a facility to file complaints through Common Service Centre (CSC). Justice (retd) H L Dattu, the Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission, unveiled the toll-free number 14433 at a brief ceremony at the Manav Adhikar Bhawan, New Delhi.
- As a part of the collaborative programme with the Common Service Centre team, the NHRC, to begin with, has shortlisted 750 Common Service Centres with at least one each in a district.
- Extra info.:
National Human Rights Commission India HQ: New Delhi
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Pakistan set to issue 'Panda bond' in Chinese currency
Pakistan's cabinet has approved the issuance of first-ever renminbi-denominated bonds to raise loans from China's capital markets, as the country moved a step forward to give the Chinese currency a status at par with the US dollar.
- The 'Panda Bonds' was approved in a Cabinet meeting, led by Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad.
Japan decides to withdraw from IWC
Japan has decided to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and will resume commercial whaling July next year. Tokyo will officially inform the IWC of its decision by the end of the year, which will mean the withdrawal comes into effect by June 30.
- Leaving the IWC means Japanese whalers will be able to resume hunting in Japanese coastal waters of minke and other whales currently protected by the IWC.
- Extra info.:
The IWC, established in 1946 to conserve and manage the world's whale and cetacean population, introduced a moratorium on commercial whaling in 1986. - Extra info.:
International Whaling Commission HQ: Impington, England.
AWARDS
Madhya Pradesh’s Divya Patidar Joshi Crowned Mrs. India 2018 Title
The Mrs. India My Identity Beauty Pageant 2018 finale was held in Delhi and Divya Patidar Joshi was crowned with the prestigious honour. Hailing from Madhya Pardesh’s Ratlam, Divya won the crown of Mrs India this year from among 24 promising contestants.
- Now, in the year 2019, she would be representing for Mrs. Universe title.
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