Chhattisgarh Affairs
Cgarh to open Atmanand Hindi School in each district
After the popularity of Swami Atmanand Government English Medium Schools, the Chhattisgarh government on Wednesday decided to establish at least one Hindi Medium School of excellence in each district.
A total of 32 new schools of Hindi medium will come into existence from the coming academic session, a government statement said.
The buildings of the earmarked schools will be refurbished and the schools would be transformed not only qualitatively but aesthetically too.
The schools named after Swami Atmanand will be upgraded into multipurpose schools, the statement said.
At present 171 English medium schools are functioning across the state with 74,000 students. A total of three such English schools have been started in the capital city.
The establishment of these schools proved to be grand success. Earlier, only 57 children were studying in Raipurs RD Tiwari School (Hindi) but after upgrading it as Swami Atmanand Government English Medium School, it has 1,000 students.
The children admitted to these schools are from economically weak families. The government bears the entire cost of the fees, books and uniforms of students.
National and International Affairs
Fintech Open Hackathon
The leading digital payments platformPhonePeannounced that, will host the first ever Fintech Open Hackathon by collaborating with it.
The first-ever open-to-all hackathon will be organised with the aim of showcasing path-breaking solutions for fintech
The Hackathon will provide an opportunity for digital creators, developers and innovators, from across India to think, ideate and code.
At the hackathon, Participants are required to use any open-data APIs such as PhonePePulse along with frameworks like Account Aggregator as a foundation to power use cases, such as:
Alternate risk models for lending,
Insurance or investments with a focus on Financial Inclusion
Innovative products that use power data signals for demographics and goes for broader adoption of financial Services;
Improved visualisation and derived intelligence based on digital payments data.
DefExpo 2022 Scheduled In March
The DefExpo 2022 is planned to be held from 10 March to 13 March 2022.
Highlights
DefExpo exhibition is India’s biennial marquee event for the defense manufacturing .
It has received confirmation from quite 900 exhibitors.
The final number is predicted to cross quite 1000. The event is held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, for the primary time.
During the event, drone shows are organized for the general public on the theme of the Expo.
INDIAN NAVY also will showcase a number of its assets and capabilities at the Sabarmati riverfront for a larger audience.
Integrated Plant Nutrition Management Bill
The central government has proposed a law to empower it to repair Fertilizers‘ maximum asking price and control their quality and distribution.
Highlights:
All stakeholders have been asked to comment on the Department of Fertilizers’ proposed Integrated Plant Nutrition Management Bill, 2022.
It is the convenient public interest that the central government should take under its control on distribution, price, and quality of standards of fertilizers.
The bill seeks to determine India’s Integrated Plant Nutrition Management Authority.
It aims to promote the development and sustainable use of balanced fertilizers, including , nano-fertilizers, bio-stimulates, and organic fertilizers.
INSACOG Network Extend To Neighbor Countries
Recently, India announced to increase its “SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) Network” to neighbor countries to fight against Covid-19.
Highlights
INSACOG may be a network of laboratories for genomic sequencing and surveillance.
India will also implement the “TRIPS waiver,” which is co-sponsored with South Africa to diversify its local manufacturing in regional markets.
As a part of India’s development assistance package amid pandemic, it’s conducted 17 training modules for around 60 countries focused on the entire spectrum of COVID management.
India will take its experience in testing, treating, and vaccinating an outsized Population across different geographies and terrains to make customized and tailor-made capacity building and technical training programs for healthcare and frontline workers in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
Munich Security Conference
Since 1963, the Munich Security Conference has been held in Munich, Germany, as an annual conference on international security policy. Mnchner Konferenz fr Sicherheitspolitik and Wehrkundetagung were the previous names for the conference. It is the largest meeting of its kind in the world.
The Munich Security Conference has developed into the most important independent venue for international security policy decision-makers to exchange ideas during the last four decades.
Every year, it brings together over 350 top officials from over 70 countries to engage in a discussion on various security concerns. Heads of state, international organizations, and governments as well as members of parliament, ministers, high-ranking military representatives, civil Society, science, the media, and business are among those expected to attend this conference.
The conference takes place every year in February in the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich, Germany.