Chhattisgarh Affairs
Govt starts doorstep delivery of cooked food
Balod in Chhattisgarh has undertaken aninnovative initiative to provide hot cooked meals through ‘Home tiffin service’ to Women who are unable to visit Anganwadis for food.
The initiative has been taken under the government’s ambitious ‘Mukhyamantri Suposhan Yojana’ launched three years ago.
The move aims to ensure that pregnant and lactating mothers get nutritious food.
The scheme was earlier launched on October 2, 2019 to provide healthy and nutritious meals to malnourished children less than six years old and to anemic women and adolescent girls between 15 and 49 years of age.
Since its inception, 2.10 lakh children and around 1 lakh women have been made anemia-free.
A nutritious diet is extremely important for pregnant and lactating mothers. Lack of nutritious food causes anemia and Malnutrition in mothers and children.
National and International Affairs
Isro to launch 36 satellites in maiden commercial flight
TheIndian Space Research Organisation(Isro) is all set to make its maiden commercial launch of 36 broadband Communication satellites on-board the space agency’s heaviest rocket Launch Vehicle LVM3-M2.
The LVM3-M2 is dubbed as one of the heaviest for its ability to carry satellites weighing up to 8,000 kgs.
The mission is being undertaken as part of the commercial arrangement between NewSpace India Ltd and United Kingdom-basedNetwork Access Associates Ltd(OneWeb Ltd).
The LVM3-M2 mission would give a boost to the space agency’s commercial efforts and mark its entry into the global commercial launch service market.
NewSpace India Ltd, as part of its extended mandate, has at least six commercial missions planned in the next few months, including two GSLV-Mk3 (both for OneWeb) and three PSLV launch missions, and one dedicated satellite mission.
The Ministry of Education recently unveiled a draft’National Credit Framework’ (NCrF)which aims to bring the entire education system, from school to university, into the academic ‘credit’ regime and has sought public view.
According to the framework, an academic year will be defined by the number of hours a student puts in. Credits will be provided to them accordingly at the end of each academic year.
The framework has been formulated under the (Establishment and Operation of Academic Bank of Credits in Higher Education) Regulations, notified in July 2021.
The report of the high-level committee on the NCrF, put out in public domain, proposes credit levels from class 5 onward itself – which will be credit level 1, going up to credit level 7 and 8 with post-graduation and a doctorate, respectively.
415 million exited poverty in India in 15 years: UNDP
As many as 415 million people exited multidimensional <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/POVERTY-in-india”>Poverty in India in 15 years (2005/06 to 2019/21) with the incidence of poverty showing a steep decline from 55.1% to 16.4%, states the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2022. The United Nations Development Programme while citing this to be a “tremendous gain and a historic change” also highlights in the report the challenges as India continues to have the largest number of poor people worldwide at 228.9 million in 2020.
The report states that across states and UTs the fastest poverty reduction in relative terms was in Goa, followed by Jammu & Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.
The report also shows that West Bengal is the only state of the 10 poorest states in 2015/16 to move out of this category in 2019/2021. The rest- Bihar, Jharkhand,Meghalaya, MP, UP, Assam, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan-remain among the 10 poorest. However, Bihar, the poorest state in 2015/16, saw the fastest reduction inMPIvalue in absolute terms. The incidence of poverty in Bihar fell from 77.4% in 2005/06 to 52.4% in 2015/16 and further down to 34.7% in 2019/21. Deprivations in sanitation, cooking fuel, and housing declined the most from 2015/16 to 2019/21.
Turkeys latest disinformation law
The new law means those found guilty of intentionally publishing disinformation or fake news that the authorities claim spreads panic, endangers security forces or the overall Health of Turkish Society could be sentenced to up to three years in prison. The bill also specifies that sentences can be increased by up to half if anonymous accounts are used to spread alleged disinformation.
Turkeycurrently ranks149 out of 180 countries on Reporters Without Borders world press freedom index for 2022, and campaigners fear these additional restrictions will affect the medias ability to accurately cover Turkeys forthcoming election, expected in or before June.