• 14 Feb 2023

Higher Education Minister Inaugurates Exhibition Organized during G-20 Summit

Why In News?

On February 13, 2023, Yogendra Upadhyay, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Electronics and Information Technology inaugurated the exhibition during the G-20 conference held at Hotel Centrum, Sushant Gold City, Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh.

Key points

• A glimpse of Digital India has been shown in this exhibition. Exhibition stalls of other departments and institutions of the Government of India including Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Telecom, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Ministry of Heavy Industries have been set up in this conference.
• Stalls of other departments including IT and Electronics, Tourism and Culture, Agriculture, Agricultural Education and Research have also been put up in the exhibition. At the same time, private organizations have also set up their own digital stalls.
• The Education Minister mentioned Location Special (through which the location is obtained) by Maples India, Civil-20 (which provides information about the activities of voluntary organizations to the government), the farming drone made by Milendraj (which is 3 ft. Provides in-depth information on fertility), by Mighty visiting the stalls of Digital Experience Center (in which human experiences are shared through digital platforms) etc. and detailed information related to their stall from the stall operators and gained experience.

'Hall of Nuclear Power' to be Built in Jaipur

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Air-conditioned 'Hall of Nuclear Power' between Department of Science and Technology Rajasthan and Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (HPCIL) at Rajasthan Regional Science Center and Science Park, Jaipur on February 13, 2023, MoU has been signed for establishment.

Key points

• This hall will be constructed in the Regional Science Center and Science Garden located in Shastri Nagar, Jaipur to develop a better attitude towards nuclear power among the citizens and to spread science.
• The cost of this hall to be built in an area of 600 square meters will be around Rs 7 crore. An amount of Rs 4 crore will be made available as a grant from NPCIL for the expenditure on the construction of the hall.
• With the construction of this centre, the general public will get information about various applications of nuclear energy and the research and development done in this field in the country. In the gallery to be built here, information about nuclear power will be available through various panels, banners, models, placards, cut-outs, motion pictures, quizzes, games, films etc.
• The MoU was signed by M. Venkatachalam, Executive Director on behalf of NPCIL and Kailash Mishra, Head, Department of Corporate Communications and Science & Technology.

Inauguration of Yash Technology's IT Campus on Super Corridor in Indore

Why In News?

On February 13, 2023, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated the state-of-the-art and largest campus built by Yash Technology at Super Corridor, Indore.

Key points

• Built on 5 acres at a cost of Rs 250 crore, this campus is providing employment to 2,500 people and in future it will be expanded to 15 acres, and it is likely to provide employment to 12,500 people. In this, priority will be given to the youth of Indore and Madhya Pradesh.
• On this occasion, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan gave offer letters to 5 youth as a token.
• Yash Technology CEO Manoj Baheti told that he is a resident of Betul Bazar, a small place near Betul in Madhya Pradesh. Yash Technology was started in the US in the year 1996 after doing engineering from GSITS, Indore.

All India Police Duty Meet Inaugurated

Why In News?

On February 13, 2023, Madhya Pradesh's Urban Development and Housing Minister Bhupendra Singh inaugurated the 66th All India Police Duty Meet 2022-23.

Key points

• All India Police Duty Meet Sharing of action mechanisms against problems like terrorism, Naxalism and corruption at the will help the police in taking effective action on these problems.
• It is noteworthy that there has been a decrease of 2022 in total crimes in the year 19 percent compared to the previous year.
• Anti-Sabotage Check During these police meet, Scientific Investigation, Police Photography the knowledge of police personnel will increase in the subjects related to conducting examinations on subjects like, Videography, Computer Awareness and Dog Squad etc.
• Madhya Pradesh Director General of Police Sudhir Saxena said that police duty meets have been held twice before in Madhya Pradesh. In the meet, common problems of police of different states are discussed. Share each other's good deeds. All the competitions that will be held in the Police Duty Meet are related to day-to-day tasks.
• 24 teams from different states have participated in this police duty meet.
• Police Duty Meet in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, BSF, Chhattisgarh, CRPF, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, ITBP, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Railway Protection Force, SSB, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Teams from Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh have participated.

Jharkhand Municipal (Amendment) Bill-2022 approved

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On 13 February 2023, Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais has approved the Jharkhand Municipal (Amendment) Bill-2022.

Key points

• With the acceptance of this bill, reservation will be decided for the reserved category on the basis of population in the election of Mayor/Chairman in Municipal Corporation. That is, the election for the post of Mayor and President will not be done on the basis of roster.
• In this amended bill, the word rotation has been removed in ST/ SC / OBC. That is, the seats which were earlier reserved for SCs, those seats can now be reserved for ST or other reserved category.
• It is known that in this election, for the post of Mayor of Ranchi Municipal Corporation, it was removed from ST to SC. This was opposed by many organizations, so the state government brought a bill in the Jharkhand Assembly to amend the rule. However, this bill was also opposed by other parties including BJP.
• In December 2022, the Jharkhand Assembly had passed the amended bill and sent it to the Governor for his assent.

UGC Regulation-2018 (Amendment) Rules Approved

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On February 13, 2023, Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais has approved the UGC Regulation-2018 (Amendment) Rules.

Key points

• With the acceptance of this amended rules, the minimum qualification for appointment and promotion of teachers, officials and principals has been fixed.
• The requirement of PhD point on the basis of NAAC grading has been done away with for the appointment of Assistant Professor in universities. In such a situation, maximum participation of youth will be ensured in the appointment of Assistant Professor.
• Earlier, 30 points were fixed for PhD from 1 to 100 NIRF ranking or A/A+/A++ institute. Due to this the students of Jharkhand were lagging.
• Jharkhand Eligibility Test (JET) will now be organized by Jharkhand Public Service Commission for the appointment of Assistant Professor.
• Apart from this, those who pass NET till July 1, 2023, will be eligible for the appointment of Assistant Professor, but those who pass NET from July 2, 2023, it will be mandatory for them to do PhD. Only then they will be eligible for the appointment of Assistant Professor.
• Similarly, those who have become principals from August 6, 2021, will directly become professors after five years. But those principals who want to remain on the post of principal again, they will have to take approval from the Jharkhand Public Service Commission for the next five years. For Principal, the candidate must be at least Associate Professor.
• At least 19 years of service as Senior Scale shall be required for appointment to the University Officer.

Chhattisgarh Police State Level Sports Competition Started

Why In News?

On February 13, 2023, Chhattisgarh Director General of Police Ashok Juneja inaugurated the state level police sports competition at Mana PTS Parade Ground in the capital Raipur.

Key points

• 715 players from 10 police divisions are participating in this three-day sports competition.
• On the special initiative of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, this sports competition is being organized for the players of police divisions. This event is being organized for the players of the police department for the first time after the formation of the state.
• Raipur, Bastar, Durg, Surguja, Bilaspur, Chhasbal Central Division, Chhasbal Bilaspur, Chhasbal Bastar, Training PTS Mana, PTS Rajnandgaon, Police Headquarters, Radio, Rail and APTS Jagdalpur, Borgaon and CTJW of Chhattisgarh State Police on the inauguration of the sports activity's competitors. Did a pretty march previous of about 715 sportspersons from 10 divisions together with Kanker.
• On this event, together with organizing 100-meter race for ladies and men, warmth and canine present, horse driving, fencing video games had been additionally organized.
• Team Games Kabaddi (Men, Women), Football, Volleywal, Handball, Basketball, Hockey, Kho-Kho (Men, Women), Tug of War and Athletics in 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m within the sports activity's competitors lasting three days. m, 1500 m, 300 m, 5000 m, 10000 m, lengthy bounce, excessive bounce, discus throw, shot put, javelin throw, triple bounce, cart race and badminton (males, girls), desk tennis organized at Police Line Raipur, Kota Stadium Raipur, International Hockey Stadium Raipur, Pt. Ravi Shankar University Ground shall be held.
• This sports festival will give an opportunity to the players of the police department to perform better in various sports competitions held at the state and national level.

Chief Minister Shiksha Gaurav Alankaran honored Excellent Teachers

Why In News?

On February 13, 2023, a teacher felicitation ceremony was organized by the State Education Department at Shaheed Vinod Choubey Memorial Auditorium of Dr. Baldev Prasad Mishra Government Higher Secondary School Basantpur under Chief Minister Education Gaurav Alankaran in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh.

Key points

• 30 teachers from 9 development blocks of Rajnandgaon, Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki and Chhuikhadan-Gandai-Khairagarh districts were honored under Chief Minister Shiksha Gaurav Alankaran at the teacher's felicitation ceremony.
• In this, Gyandeep Award from the year 2022 to teacher LB East Secondary School Buchabota Sunderlal Sahu of Chhuria development block, Madhulika Vishwakarma, teacher of LB East Secondary School Badhera and teacher of Khairagarh development block, Niharika Jha, teacher of LB East Secondary School Sandi, teacher of Rajnandgaon development block. 7 thousand rupees per teacher and citation have been awarded in the form of shawl and respect.
• Along with this, in the year 2022, a total of 27 teachers were felicitated with the Shikshadoot Award, Rs. 5,000 per teacher and a citation, in which a total of Rs 1 lakh 35 thousand has been paid to 27 teachers.

Chief Minister Inaugurated 06 New police Stations and 20 Police Posts

Why In News?

On February 13, 2023, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami virtually inaugurated 06 new police stations and 20 police outposts in the state from the Secretariat.

Key points

• These six police stations comprise 661 grams and 20 outposts comprise 696 grams. These areas were earlier under the revenue police, now regular police arrangements have been made in them.
• The six new police stations inaugurated include Police Station Yamkeshwar in Pauri, Police Station Chham in Tehri, Thana Ghat in Chamoli, Police Station Khansyun in Nainital and Police Station Deghat and Dhaulchhina in Almora.
• The 20 new outposts include Lakhamandal in Dehradun, Birokhal in Pauri, Gaja, Kandikhal and Chamiala in Tehri, Nauti, Narayanbagh and Urgam in Chamoli, Chowpata and Durgadhar in Rudraprayag, Sankri and Dhauntri in Uttarkashi, Aukhalkanda in Nainital, Dhanachuli, Hedakhal and Dhari, Majkhali, Jageshwar and Bhaunkhal in Almora and Barakot in Champawat.
• Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that with the development and changes in the arrangements, regular police arrangements are being made in a phased manner in the areas of the state where regular police are needed in place of revenue police.
• The Chief Minister said that by 2025, the Uttarakhand Police would have to work continuously to make Uttarakhand a drug-free state, along with a cleanliness campaign, and other works of social concern.
• Significantly, the police system is a mirror of the law and order of the state. The police have a big responsibility to maintain security and law and order.

Inauguration of Chief Minister Antyodaya Free Gas Refill Scheme

Why In News?

On February 12, 2023, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami launched the Mukhyamantri Antyodaya Free Gas Refill Scheme from Kandolia Maidan in Pauri Garhwal.

Key points

• The Chief Minister launched the scheme by giving the benefit of gas refill to 23 women.
• Under this scheme, Antyodaya families 01 year and about will be given the benefit of 03 free gas refills in 1 lakh 76 thousand Antyodaya card holders will get the benefit of this scheme.
• The Chief Minister Antyodaya Free Gas Refill Scheme will bring a welfare change in the lives of women of Uttarakhand. This scheme will give a boost to realize the vision of smoke free India and make the life of women healthier and easier.
• Earlier, the Chief Minister had also talked about making an action plan for the distribution of sugar and salt at cheap rates from the cheap street shop and for the scheme to provide oil and spices at cheaper rates. It is in this context that this scheme has been launched.