• 11 Sep 2023

Jharkhand School Innovation Challenge-2023

Why In News?

The result of the Grand Finale of Jharkhand School Innovation Challenge-2023 organized by IIT ISM, Dhanbad, Jharkhand on September 9, 2023 has been released, in which Loyola School of East Singhbhum became the state champion.

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• It is known that plastic bottles thrown in the garbage have always been a matter of concern for environmentalists. They are always looking for ways to manage it properly. In this direction, the team of Loyola School of East Singhbhum has given a creative solution to this problem.
• Sagar Kumar and Sankalp Kumar, students of Loyola School, East Singhbhum, have developed a technology to convert used and waste plastic into useful material.
• A team of students from Loyola School, Jamshedpur has developed a 3D printer that can make useful items from plastic bottles thrown in the garbage. This 3D printer first cuts plastic bottles with the help of a machine and turns them into fine fibers, then molds this fiber and makes useful items from the 3D printer. This project is a creative way of waste management.
• IIT ISM's Naresh Vashishtha Center for Innovation and Tinkering (NVCTI) will assist in the marketing of this product.
• In the competition, the team of Mahendra Muni Saraswati Vidya Mandir of Madhupur in Deoghar district stood second and the team of Hill Top School of Jamshedpur stood third.
• Along with this, consolation prizes were given to the teams of DBMS English School, Jamshedpur and SDSM School, Jamshedpur, which stood fourth and fifth respectively.
• Teams from 10 schools from across the state had reached the grand finale. Of the five best ideas awarded, four are teams from Jamshedpur schools.
• Chief guest and Vice Chancellor of Jharkhand Technical University, Prof. (Dr.) DK Singh honored the winning team with a cash prize of Rs 50,000 and a trophy.
• The team of Mahendra Muni Saraswati Vidya Mandir (Aman Kumar, Anshu Kumar and Roshan Kumar) has together developed a firefighter drone. This drone is capable of automatically picking up water from a nearby water source and spraying it on the fire.
• Aman Kumar said that the idea of developing it came to him because of the fire that broke out in a school in Deoghar four-five months ago. All three started working together on this project about two months ago. The entire cost of developing this drone is Rs 14 thousand. 2200 mAh battery has been used in it. It supplies power to the drone.
• The team (Aarush Kumar, Darshil Tripathi and Siddharth Singh) from Hill Top Public School, Jamshedpur has developed the Khet Rakshak App to help farmers. This app will tell in time when locusts are going to attack the crops in the fields. With this, farmers can stop locust attacks by using pesticides in their fields in time.
• Also, this app is capable of identifying diseases occurring in crops. After this, farmers can take measures to protect their crops. This app will provide updated status of fields to farmers every five minutes through SMS along with WhatsApp.

Odisha-Jharkhand Expressway

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According to the information received from the media on September 9, 2023, the DPR of the expressway to be built from Littibeda in Odisha to Sithio (Ring Road) in Jharkhand's capital Ranchi has been prepared. Total 147 km. A long expressway is to be built, which will be a completely green corridor.

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• Out of this, 121 km is to be built in Jharkhand. Three phase work worth around Rs 3400 crore is to be done here. This also includes the amount of land acquisition. At the same time, about 26 km will be constructed in Odisha. Its cost will be around Rs 700 crore.
• With the construction of this road, it will be possible to reach Sambalpur from Ranchi in about two hours.
• It is known that the alignment of this road was not being finalized. Once it was amended by the Ministry of Forest and Environment. Once again there was objection to this. In such a situation, the DPR was changed several times.
• A corridor will be constructed for the passage of wild animals, elephants etc. To prevent wild animals from coming on the road, an eight feet high guardwall will be built. Many measures are being taken regarding security.
• Work is to be done in three phases in Jharkhand. In the first phase, work of about 30.35 km is to be done from Keriya to Kyondapani. In the second phase, 43.7 km from Kyondapani to Latra and in the third phase, about 47 km from Latra to Sithio (Ranchi). The work will be done.
• At the same time, in Odisha, the road will be built in two phases from Litebada to Jamtoli (Keria) via Zoram.

Second Subarnashila Samman

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On September 9, 2023, 'Subarnashila Samman', given every year by 'Vibhuti Smriti Sansad', a cultural literary organization of Ghatshila city of Jharkhand, for notable literary contribution in other languages including Bengali, this year the National Executive Member of Ghatshila's Literary Progressive Writers Association and State Deputy General Secretary Shekhar Mallik along with Dilip Chakraborty and Shanta Chakraborty have been announced.

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• It is known that last year this honor was given to important Hindi storyteller Ranendra ji.
• This year, along with litterateur Shekhar Mallik, senior Bengali writer, journalist Dilip Chakraborty (co-editor with Mitra Sen Majumdar of the book 'Untold Stories of IPTA and Niranjan Sen') and Bengali language poet Shanta Chakraborty are also being given this honour.
• It is known that 5 books of Shekhar Mallik have been published so far. The country's well-known writer Shekhar Mallik writes stories of social and political concerns. His novel Kalchiti on tribal life is very famous and stories like 'Dyanmari', 'Jungle More Duladia' are also popular.
• In the same year, Shekhar received the prestigious youth award of the Indian Language Council, Kolkata.
• Dilip Chakraborty is an honorary life member of the Kolkata Press Club. He has received the Kalam Sena honour. Some of the famous books of Dilip Chakraborty are 'Tahader Prem Katha', 'Lock Downer Dinguli' and 'Shreni Sangramer Sabyasachi' etc.
• Shanta Chakraborty writes poetry and does journalism. That source is the editor of Swamini Ichchamati. His poems have been highly appreciated in the Bengali speaking reader community.
• According to the information released by 'Vibhuti Smriti Sansad' Ghatshila, on the occasion of the 129th birth anniversary of Vibhuti Bhushan Bandyopadhyay, this felicitation ceremony will be organized under a literary gathering at Vibhuti Manch, College Road (Ghatshila) on September 12, 2023.
• In this Sahitya Sabha, famous theater director Probir Guha, Sahitya Akademi Youth Award winning English writer Souvendra Shekhar Hansda and many literary lovers and theater artists from Kolkata, Ghatsila and surrounding areas will gather.

The Chief Minister Performed Bhoomi Pujan of the New Hospital building of Raipur Medical College.

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On September 9, 2023, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel performed the bhoomi pujan of the new integrated hospital building with 700 bed capacity at Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Raipur.

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• The construction of a modern well-equipped hospital building for the hospital affiliated to the medical college at a cost of Rs 322 crore will start soon.
• The Chief Minister also inaugurated the diamond jubilee celebrations of the college at the Medical College Auditorium. Exactly 60 years ago, on September 9, 1963, the Government Medical College of Raipur was established.
• Deputy Chief Minister T.S. Addressing the program, Singhdev said that the 60 years of journey of Raipur Medical College has been wonderful. The hospital associated with this is a great hope for the people of the state. Asia's most advanced machinery is also available here. Singhdev said that approval has been given for the Genome Sequencing Lab in Raipur Medical College.
• Renu ji, Additional Chief Secretary, Medical Education Department. Pillay said in the program that Raipur Medical College is the largest tertiary care hospital in the state. In view of the continuously increasing number of patients here, the need for a well-equipped integrated hospital building was being felt for a long time. After the Bhoomi Pujan today, its construction will start soon.
• Dean Dr. Trupti Nagaria said that its journey started on this day in 1963 with 60 students. Now there are 230 MBBS seats and 150 PG seats. He informed that the capacity of the hospital affiliated to the medical college has increased from 700 beds to 1248.
• With the increase of 700 beds in the new integrated hospital building, the number of beds here will increase to around two thousand. This will be the only hospital in Central India with a capacity of two thousand beds. With increased facilities in hospitals, people will get better treatment.
• This is a big step by the state government in the direction of providing the benefits of state-of-the-art health facilities to the people of the state. With its construction, the citizens of the capital will be able to get the facility of a modern super specialty hospital.
• This 700 bed hospital to be built in Dr. Bhimrao Smriti Chikitsalaya Raipur will have seven floors apart from basement floor, lower ground floor and ground floor. In this hospital, patients will get all the facilities of a super specialty hospital.
• This integrated new hospital building will be constructed in 70 thousand 896 square meters. Provision for fire fighting system, HVAC system, IBMS system etc. has been made in the building.

Chief Minister Paid Rs 23.93 Crore to the Beneficiaries of 'Godhan Nyay Yojana'

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On September 9, 2023, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel transferred Rs 23 crore 93 lakh from the Chief Minister's Residence Office to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries in the online distribution program under 'Godhan Nyaya Yojana'.

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• In the amount transferred online to the accounts of the beneficiaries of 'Godhan Nyay Yojana', Rs 5.36 crore was given to cow dung sellers, Rs 1.63 crore to Gothan committees and Rs 1.14 crore to self-help groups, along with Rs 12.32 crore to self-help groups. This includes an additional incentive amount of Rs 1.23 crore to cooperative societies and an honorarium amount of Rs 2.25 crore to the chairpersons and members of self-reliant Gothan committees.
• After payment of Rs 29 crore 93 lakh to the beneficiaries under Godhan Nyay Yojana, a total of Rs 581.24 crore has been paid so far.
• Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel made online payment of Rs 5.36 crore to cow dung sellers in lieu of 2.68 lakh quintals of cow dung purchased from August 15 to August 31 in Gothans. So far, 133.22 quintals of cow dung has been purchased in Gothans, in return for which Rs 261.08 crore has been paid to animal husbandry farmers. After payment of Rs 5.36 crore, the total amount of cow dung purchase has become Rs 266.44 crore.
• After the amount of Rs 2.77 crore paid to Gothan committees and women self-help groups, the amount to be paid to them has increased to Rs 275.01 crore.
• On this occasion, the Chief Minister announced a total of Rs 12 crore 32 lakh on the sale of compost to the self-help groups involved in the production of compost from cow dung at the rate of Re 1 per kilogram and a total of Rs 1 crore 23 to the cooperative societies at the rate of 10 paise per kg. Lakh rupees were released online as an incentive amount. The Chief Minister transferred Rs 2 crore 25 lakh as honorarium to 42 thousand 644 members of self-reliant Gothans in their bank accounts.
• It is noteworthy that under the Godhan Nyaya Yojana, the participation of self-reliant Gothan committees in the matter of cow dung procurement is continuously increasing. Out of 10288 Gothans built and operated in the state, 6252 Gothans have become self-reliant, and are purchasing cow dung from cow dung sellers with their own funds. Self-reliant Gothans have so far purchased cow dung worth Rs 76 crore 42 lakh with their own money.
• The Chief Minister said that by purchasing cow urine at the rate of four rupees per liter in Gothans, the women of women self-help groups are preparing Brahmastra and Jeevamrut from it, which is being made available to the farmers at concessional rates. Farmers have now started using organic pesticides Brahmastra and Jeevamrut instead of expensive pesticides.
• On this occasion, the Chief Minister said that the state government has made a record in paddy procurement every year. This year it is expected that 125 lakh metric paddy will be purchased.

Chhattisgarh Made World Record in Performing Setu Bandha Asana

Why In News?

On September 10, 2023, Chhattisgarh registered its name in golden letters in the Golden Book of World Records for the performance of Setu Bandha Asana.

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• At the Late Balbir Juneja Indoor Stadium in Budhapara, capital Raipur, more than 2000 yoga practitioners from all over the state, forming a pattern of the tricolor, collectively performed Setu Bandha Asana for a world record.
• It is known that this program was organized by Chhattisgarh Yoga Commission with the aim of making people aware of the importance of yoga and motivating them for a healthy lifestyle.
• Keeping people's health as priority, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel handed over an important responsibility to Chhattisgarh Yoga Commission. To fulfill this, the Commission has started about 50 regular free yoga practice centers in the state. Yoga is being propagated from village to village by providing training to yoga practitioners of all divisions.
• Giving priority to the health of common citizens, free yoga centers have been opened in more than 90 percent of the wards of his assembly constituency.
• In the group yoga practice program, along with Setu Bandha Asana, other asanas, pranayam and meditation were also practiced.

Gift of Millet from the Women of Bastar to the First Lady who Came to G-20

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According to the information given by the Chhattisgarh Public Relations Department on September 10, 2023, the heads of state and their wives who came to the G-20 were given laddus made of Bastar millet, especially ragi.

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• First ladies and spouses of participating heads of G-20 countries were given a special invitation to an agricultural exhibition at the IARI complex on Pusa Road on 9 September.
• Sangeeta Kashyap, who came from Bastanar block of Bastar district, said that she had prepared dishes prepared from millet like millet laddu, ragi cookies, ragi chakli, kodo-kutki etc. He gifted a basket of dishes made from millet to the First Lady of Australia. The women of Bastar also invited the First Lady to visit Bastar.
• Rukmani Kottam, nodal officer of Chhattisgarh Agriculture Department, said that in the stall set up by Chhattisgarh Agriculture Department in Pusa, products made from bamboo like Supa, Tukni, Basket, Tuma, Chhatri as well as products made from millet were kept. Chhattisgarh's Dhokrakala and Kosa stalls made from natural dyes were also a center of special attraction for the visitors.
• Nirmala Bhaskar of the women's group of Gotul Munda village of Durgkondal block of Kanker gifted a basket of millet to the First Lady of New Zealand. This basket contained millet products prepared by a women's group of Chhattisgarh.

Fire Service will do Rescue in the Mountains with Modern ATV Vehicles

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On September 9, 2023, Uttarakhand Fire Service IG Neeru Garg said that the fire service personnel will not have to put in much effort to reach the inaccessible routes in the mountains. For this, the police department is soon going to purchase two All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) vehicles for the fire service.

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• These (ATV) vehicles will be capable of entering ditches, rivers and drains everywhere.
• At present, these vehicles will be purchased for Kedarnath Dham and Gangotri Dham areas. Big vehicles cannot reach these places. Nor are small rescue vehicles of the fire service able to reach the narrow roads here. In such a situation, an ATV is the only suitable vehicle for these places. If they are successful here then ATVs will be purchased for other hilly places also.
• It is known that fire service is the first service to reach not only in case of fire but also in case of any accident. This is why it is also called first responder. As of now, the fire service does not have a modern fleet of vehicles so that inaccessible places can be easily reached with less risk.
• For this, recently a proposal for purchase of two ATV vehicles from the fire service was sent to the government. The government has not taken any decision on this, but now the police have got new hope from the World Bank budget. The World Bank can soon approve the budget for this. The price of each vehicle will be around Rs 75 lakh.
• It is noteworthy that recently the National Disaster Management Authority has also recommended ATVs for hilly places. Along with this, the Government of India has also asked all the hilly states to purchase such vehicles, so that people's lives can be saved by reaching narrow roads easily and quickly.
• These vehicles will also have the facility of carrying water to extinguish the fire, that is, along with carrying the soldiers for rescue, these vehicles will also do the work of extinguishing the fire.
• To reduce the risk of life in extinguishing fires, the fire service will soon take the help of robots. Approval for this was given last year. Now tenders for the purchase of two robots have also been issued by the fire service. Bids have been invited from vendors till September 20. After the completion of the tender process, modern robots will join the fire service fleet.

E-office will be Implemented in All the Districts of Uttar Pradesh

Why In News?

On September 10, 2023, according to the information received from the media, the Uttar Pradesh government will conduct all government work across the state completely through e-office, hence e-office will be implemented in all the districts.

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• After this system is implemented at the government level, now this system will also be implemented in government offices located in districts and divisions.
• Recently, e-office has been completely implemented in Kannauj district and accordingly the movement of files is taking place in the offices there.
• Now the work of generating e-mail IDs of all the employees in the districts will start. After that they will be trained. Apart from this, there are preparations to implement the same system in all the government departments working at the divisional level. In a way, this will implement a paperless system in government work.
• It is noteworthy that in 2018, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had given orders to implement the e-office system in all departments, districts and divisions of the entire state. Under this, this work started in a phased manner.
• Recently, Chief Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra has asked to implement it in all districts and divisions. With this, file files in district collectorates and other government offices will be digitized. Through this, the work of government personnel will also be monitored.
• District Magistrate will be able to monitor any file and with this, the work of sending files from districts to the government will be done faster.
• Hundred percent e-office system has been implemented in 93 departments of the Secretariat. So far 8654 files have been issued through e-office. So far, e-office has been implemented in 46 out of 150 Head of Department offices and work is being done accordingly.
• This system has been implemented in only 35 out of 90 offices and departments related to the police, in which 8181 files have been issued so far. Currently, this system has not been implemented at any divisional level.
• What is an E-office?
  • E-office is a medium to achieve a simplified, responsive, effective, accountable and transparent functioning.
  • The speed and efficiency of e-office helps departments make informed and quick decisions. Through this system, time will be saved in government work and there will be transparency in government work.

Wetland Mitra (Caretaker) will be Selected for the Maintenance of Wetlands in Bihar.

Why In News?

According to the information received from the media on September 10, 2023, health cards of 45 wetlands are being made in Bihar and Wetland Mitra (caretakers) will be selected to look after the wetlands.

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• Health cards of 45 wetlands spread over 10 thousand 778 hectares in 10 districts of the state are being made. Its objective is to make an action plan for their development and utilization.
• These ten districts include Muzaffarpur, Begusarai, Khagaria, Samastipur, Purnia, Katihar, Bhagalpur, Munger, Lakhisarai, Buxar. Of these, Samastipur district has a maximum 11 wetlands covering about 3910 hectares.
• The state is preparing to send a proposal to the Central Government to declare four wetlands in four districts as Ramsar sites. These include Udaipur Lake spread over about 319.7 hectares in West Champaran district, Vikramshila Dolphin Sanctuary spread over about six thousand hectares in Bhagalpur district, Gogabil Lake spread over about 137 hectares in Katihar district and Gokul Reservoir spread over about 125 hectares in Buxar district.
• At present, Kanwartal of Begusarai district has been declared Ramsar site in the state.
• What is the Ramsar site?
• Ramsar sites are declared wetlands that meet international standards. Collaboration is done by other organizations of the world including UNESCO to conserve and promote the wetlands declared as Ramsar sites of the world. The Wetlands Conference was held in Ramsar, Iran in 1971. Many countries signed the treaty, in which India was also included.

Inauguration of Indira Rasoi Yojana (Rural)

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On September 10, 2023, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Priyanka Gandhi met former Prime Minister Late from Jhilaya located in Niwai in Tonk district. Under the 'Indira Rasoi Yojana (Rural)' brought in the name of Indira Gandhi, 400 rural Indira Rasoi were started in the entire state.

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• On this occasion, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said that due to the opening of Indira Rasoi near public, religious, commercial places and slums in the cities, labourer’s, students and working people are getting nutritious food for just Rs 8.
• To realize the concept of 'No one should sleep hungry', the state government has expanded Indira Rasoi in rural areas. Today, under the Indira Rasoi Yojana (Rural), 400 rural Indira Rasoi have been launched in the entire state. By September 25, their number will be increased to 1000.
• It is known that after the successful operation of about 1000 Indira Rasoi in the urban bodies of the state, the Chief Minister had announced in the budget 2023-24 to start 1000 kitchens in rural areas also in view of their utility. In this scheme, a target has been set to serve about 7 crore 30 lakh food plates to the needy in rural areas from 1000 kitchens in a year.
• Till now, more than 13 crore plates of nutritious and tasty food have been served to the common people from about 1000 Indira Rasoi in urban areas. Food can also be sponsored by Bhamashahs under Indira Rasoi Yojana.
• Through Indira Rasoi Yojana operated in urban areas, poor and needy people are getting nutritious food with respect in a convenient environment for just Rs 8. All sections of people including students and workers are getting the benefit of this scheme. In this era of inflation, it is proving to be a boon for the students and employees coming from outside and every needy person.

Decisions of the Council of Ministers Headed by the Chief Minister

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In the meeting of the Council of Ministers held on September 9, 2023, under the chairmanship of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, at the Chief Minister's residence 'Samatva Bhawan', many other important decisions were taken along with the approval of 'Mukhyamantri Ladli Brahm Awas Yojana'.

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• In the meeting of the Council of Ministers, it was decided that 'Mukhyamantri Antyodaya Awas Yojana' will now be known as 'Mukhyamantri Ladli Behna Awas Yojana'.
• This scheme will be accepted for eligible houseless families of all categories. In future, whenever the unit cost of housing construction increases under 'Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Rural', then the unit cost under this scheme will also be increased.
• The Council of Ministers has decided to increase the current monthly honorarium of the kitchens engaged in the 'Pradhanmantri Poshan Shakti Nirman Yojana' operated under the Panchayat and Rural Development Department from Rs 2,000 to the new honorarium of Rs 4,000 per month. 2 lakh 10 thousand cooks will benefit from this.
• The time limit of the special recruitment drive to fill the backlog/carry forward posts of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Persons with Disabilities has been extended by one year from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024, by the Council of Ministers. .
• The Council of Ministers has approved doubling of the monthly honorarium given to guest teachers. The honorarium currently received by Class-1 has been increased from Rs 9,000 to Rs 18,000, the honorarium of Class-2 has been increased from Rs 7,000 to Rs 14,000 and the honorarium of Class-3 has been increased from Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000.
• Council of Ministers for relief and rehabilitation of the victims of mob lynching and their dependents in the state. It has been decided to implement Mob Lynching Victim Compensation Scheme 2023.
• Under this scheme, the crime of mob lynching involves causing harm or harm to any person or persons on the basis of religion, caste, sex, place of birth, language, food, sexual orientation, political affiliation, ethnicity or other such ground or grounds by a crowd of five or more persons. Any act or series of acts of violence capable of causing harm is included.
• Under the scheme, a provision has been made to provide compensation to the victims in the case of mob lynching.
• In compliance with the announcement made by the Chief Minister on August 27, 2023 by the Council of Ministers, all women having gas connections under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana and dear sisters having gas connections under Non-PMUY will be given gas refill for Rs 450 in the month of Shravan (04.07.2023 to 31.08.2023). It has been decided to make it available. Subsidy will be payable on refills done in the month of Shravan on gas connections issued in the name of beloved sisters.
• The Council of Ministers approved National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) , Gandhi Nagar Bhopal has decided to allot a total of 4.8540 hectares of government land to village Barkheda Bondar Tehsil Huzur, Bhopal for educational purposes at free interest and Rs 1 land rent under the terms and conditions of government. .
• has abolished the obligation of students admitted in government, autonomous and aided engineering institutes of Government of India and their universities to obtain rank in JEE Mains examination. .

Governor Mangubhai Patel will be Honored in London

Why In News?

According to the information given by Madhya Pradesh Public Relations Department on September 8, 2023, Governor Mangubhai Patel has been honored by the World Book of Records London Chapter.  Will be honored.

key points

• Governor Mangubhai Patel will be honored at a ceremony to be held at the British Parliament, London on September 14, 2023.
• During his stay in London, Governor Patel will also participate in the program of Friends of Madhya Pradesh.
• It is known that World Book of Records Limited, UK is an organization which lists and verifies extraordinary records across the world with authentic authentication.
• It is a foremost international organization, which inspires people to showcase their talent. It encourages people to break or set new records at the global level.

Now Janaushadhi Centers will open at Railway Stations, 50 stations Selected in the First Phase