Chhattisgarh

• 10 Dec 2021

Institute of Driving and Traffic Research Inaugurated

Why in News

• On December 9, 2021, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel inaugurated the Institute of Driving and Traffic Research Chhattisgarh at village Leopard in Atal Nagar, Nava Raipur.

Key Points

• The Institute of Driving and Traffic Research, equipped with all modern facilities for teaching, has been established at a cost of Rs. 17 crore on a vast land area of 20 acres in village Leopard.
• On this occasion, the Chief Minister announced a 50 percent concession in training fee to women and third gender candidates getting training in IDTR and free of cost training to disabled candidates.
• Transport Minister Mohammad Akbar said that the candidates getting training in this training institute will be supported in providing employment. Those who get training here will be given priority in recruitment to the post of driver in the government department. Licenses will be given to those who complete the training.
• Kenichi Ayukawa, CEO and MD, Maruti Suzuki India, said that in the last 20 years, 39 lakh people across the country have been trained in driving by his institute. This IDTR located at Nava Raipur is the 8^th organization of Maruti Suzuki in the country.

Life Time Achievement Award

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• Recently, Professor Dr. Nirmal Verma has been honored with LifeTime Achievement Award at the 8th Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine (IAPSM) South Central Zone Conference held in Bhopal district of Madhya Pradesh.

Key Points

• Professor Dr. Kamlesh Jain, who has done better and commendable work in the field of public health, has also been honored with Dr. MC Mittal Samman.
• In this conference, subject experts selected for the LifeTime Achievement Award, who have done very credible and remarkable work in public health for a long time, were also honored with Public Health Expert Late Dr. MC Mittal and Late Dr. VB Saxena Samman.
• Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine is the association of PSM experts.
• At present, Preventive and Social Medicine is known as Community Medicine and in colloquial language, Public Health, that is, Public Health.

International Para Badminton Competition-2021

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• Abhijeet Sakhuja and Nihal Gupta of Chhattisgarh state have won gold medals in Under-16 Youth Asia Cup Para Badminton Competition-2021 held recently in Bahrain.

Key Points

• Abhijeet with left foot is the youngest (16 years) of the International Para Badminton tournament and the first player from Chhattisgarh to participate in the said event.
• Abhijit Sakhuja and Nihal Gupta defeated the Indian pair of Palak Kohli and Jyoti in the Under-16s to register a 21-13, 21-11 win in the final.
• In the semi-finals of the said event, the pair of Abhijeet and Nihal defeated the pair of Spanish players and entered the final.
• Abhijeet also won silver medal in singles and doubles category in the national para badminton competition held in Uttarakhand in the year 2018.