Rajasthan launches Annapurna Milk Scheme under Mid Day Meal scheme
- Students of government’s primary and upper primary school will be served milk under the mid-day meal scheme.
- Chief minister Vasundhara Raje will launch ‘Annapurna Doodh Yojana’ on July 2 by offering a glass of milk to a student at Rajasthan Adarsh Senior Secondary School at Dahmi Kalan near Jaipur, according to the school education and language department.
- Special parents-teachers meeting will be organised at each school on the day, said Vasudev Devnani, the minister of state for education.
- Devnani will preside over the inaugural function and home minister Gulab Chand Kataria will be the guest of honour on the occasion
Cauvery authority directs Karnataka to release water
- The Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA), directed Karnataka to release water to Tamil Nadu and other States but did not discuss Karnataka’s decision to challenge the constitution of the CWMA in the Supreme Court.
- The Karnataka government decided to file an appeal in the Supreme Court against the setting up of the CWMA and the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) on the grounds that the move should have been discussed in Parliament.
To appoint DGP, States should consult UPSC: SC
- State governments should henceforth send their proposals for DGPs to the Union Public Service Commission three months before the incumbent is due to retire.
- In 2006 reforms were introduced to free the police from political influence, the Supreme Court restricted the choice of State governments in appointment of Directors General of Police (DGPs).
- Instead, State governments should henceforth send their proposals for DGPs to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) three months before the incumbent is due to retire.
- The UPSC will prepare a panel of officers fit to be DGP in the State concerned and send them back. The State shall “immediately” appoint one of the persons shortlisted by the UPSC.
- A Bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra passed a series of directions on an application for the modification of a September 22, 2006 judgment pronounced by the court in a petition filed by former IPS officer Prakash Singh for reforms and transparency in the functioning and appointments in the State police forces.
- Minimum tenure of two years
- The court also directed the States to “ensure that DGP is appointed through a merit-based transparent process and secure a minimum tenure of two years.”
- Attorney General K.K. Venugopal submitted that of 24 States only five — Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana and Rajasthan — have implemented the 2006 directions.
Koala bear genome decoded for first time
- The koala is classified as ‘vulnerable’ due to habitat loss and widespread disease
- The koalas of Australia are not just famous for their cuteness. They have been an unsolved mystery among scientists for their strange eating habits — they enjoy the leaves of eucalyptus that would be toxic or even fatal to most mammals — and their exceptional parental care.
- An international team of scientists has successfully sequenced the marsupial’s whole genome and answered burning questions about the critter. The study published in Nature Genetics was authored by 54 scientists from seven countries and the whole genome was found to consist of over 26,000 genes.
- Researchers found expansions within a particular gene family (P450 gene) and reported that these genes help the koala detoxify the eucalyptus leaves.
- Researchers also found novel lactation proteins in the koala bears. They reported that these proteins protect the young ones in the pouch and help it develop a strong immune system
- Koala bears are born after just 34-36 days of gestation without an immune system and spend almost six months developing in the pouch.
Tania Sachdev wins Commonwealth Chess Championship
- Grandmaster and former world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta has added another feather to his cap by retaining the Commonwealth Chess championship crown in Colombo, Sri Lanka, while International Master Tania Sachdev also finished with a gold medal.
- In fact, all the medals in the senior category were won by the Indians players.
- Grandmasters S L Narayanan and Deep Chakkravarthy got the silver and bronze medals respectively in the open section, while Mary Ann Gomes and Kiran Manisha Mohanty reached the podium in the women's section.
- Despite finishing a very impressive overall fourth in the event, Nandhidhaa had to be content with the gold medal in junior girls' category.
Rewa mega solar power project starts operations, to serve Delhi Metro:
- The 750 MW Rewa Solar Power Project in Madhya Pradesh (MP) started operations from July 6, 201,8 said the state-run Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd (MPUVNL).
- The plant, spread over 1,590 acres and being operated by Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Ltd, is among the largest single-site solar power plants in the world.
- This is the first project in the country supplying power to an inter-state open access customer -- Delhi Metro.
- State discoms will get 76 per cent of the power produced from the Rewa solar plant, while the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will benefit from the remaining 24 per cent.
51 lakh houses approved under PMAY (Urban) in 3 years
- Over 51 lakh houses have been approved under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) in the three years of its implementation.
- Out of 51 lakh sanctioned houses, over 28 lakhs houses are already in various stages of construction. Over 8 lakh houses have already been completed.
- This is a huge jump in comparison to the erstwhile housing scheme wherein only 12.4 lakh houses were approved in around 9 years of its implementation.
- Use of Global Housing construction technology-The Global Housing construction technology has been proposed to use the opportunity of large scale construction under PMAY-U.The best available global construction technologies which could ensure delivery of houses at a minimum cost, in minimum time while ensuring maximum number of houses in a given area.
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International Round Table Conference on “Data for New India’’
- The Ministry of Statistics &Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is organising a two-day International Round Table Conference at New Delhi during 9-10th July, 2018.
- The objective of the Round Table Conference is to identify innovative ideas for improving the statistical system in India, taking cue from the best practices followed in advanced countries like Canada, UK and Australia. Such a Conference is being organized in India for the first time.
- In the Conference, the experts from National and International agencies would deliberate on key statistical issues, such as data governance structure and capabilities, organizational issues, managing data systems in a federal structure and resource mobilization for ensuring quality statistical products to be produced.
- The conference is expected to suggest measures paving way for initiating the reform process in the Indian Statistical System.
Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, who retired from the Supreme Court of India has been appointed as the new Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal (NGT). He has been appointed to the position for a term of five years, as per an order issued by the personnel ministry.
HDFC Bank has gone past Russia's Sberbank to become the most valuable bank in the emerging market outside China. HDFC Bank’s current market capitalisation is $78.4 billion against Sberbank's $74.4 billion. Chinese banks are leading the pecking order in the emerging market, with Industrial & Commercial Bank of China topping the list with a market cap of $273.4 billion.
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The telecom ministry approved the merger of Vodafone India and Idea Cellular Ltd. that will create the country’s largest mobile services operator. The Department of Telecom has cleared the Vodafone-Idea merger, but both companies will have to meet conditions for final approval. The department has asked Idea Cellular to pay Rs 3,926 crore in cash for Vodafone spectrum and furnish a bank guarantee of Rs 3,342 crore.
BrahMos supersonic missile successfully test-fired from ITR at Chandipur
- Supersonic cruise missile BrahMos was test fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, Odisha.
- Under life extension program BrahMos is the first Indian missile whose life has been extended from 10 to 15 years.
- The Indian Army has already inducted three regiments of BrahMos in its arsenal. All are equipped with Block-III version of the missile. The land-attack version of BrahMos has been in operation in the Indian Army since 2007.
- Dubbed as one of the most lethal weapons systems that currently exist in the world, BrahMos is capable of flights at supersonic speeds, making it hard for enemy radar to track.
- Developed by an Indo-Russian joint venture,the missile can be fired on three different targets or in a variety of other combinations near simultaneously.
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Acid attack victims included under disability in Madhya Pradesh
- Victims of Acid Attack, autism, mental Illness will get quota in central government job in Madhya Pradesh.
- In case of direct instrument 4 percent job will be saved for the benchmark disability in Group A, B, C.
- Benchmark disability means a person with not less than 40 % of the Disability.
- Under new law all government offices will be asked to appoint ‘Grievance Redressal officer’ to look into the complaint.
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