Important Facts for Prelims (7th December 2018) | 07 Dec 2018

Exercise Hand-In-Hand

• Exercise Hand-in-Hand is annual military exercise conducted between India and China.
• The joint exercise for the year 2018 will be conducted from 10 to 23 December 2018 at Chengdu, China.
• The aim of the exercise is to build and promote close relations between armies of both the countries and to enhance ability of joint exercise commander to take military contingents of both nations under command.

Ideate for India - Creative Solutions using Technology

• The National e-Governance Division of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in collaboration with Intel India has launched a National Challenge for Youths, “Ideate for India - Creative Solutions using Technology”.
• The aim of this National Challenge is to give school students across the country a platform and opportunity to become solution creators for the problems they see around them and their communities.
• It is open to students of classes 6 - 12 all across the country - all 29 States and 7 Union Territories and aims to reach out to at least 1 million youth over the next 3 months.
• There are 11 core theme areas on which students can share their ideas- healthcare services, education services, digital services, environment, women safety, traffic, infrastructure, agriculture, social welfare, disability and tourism.