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1) Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya participate at UNAIDS Programme
What is UNAIDS?
•UNAIDS provides the strategic direction, advocacy, coordination and technical support needed to catalyse and connect leadership from governments, the private sector and communities to deliver life-saving HIV services. UNAIDS is leading the global effort to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Role of India
•Government of India is changing the scenario of health-sector, and the policy changes driven by Government for Affordable and Quality Health Access to All. The health needs, technologies and solutions to bridge economic inequalities in the health sector were discussed. The AIDS programme in India is implemented by NACO (National AIDS Control Organization). It formulates policy and implements prevention and control programmes of AIDS in the country. According to UNAIDS India is the third-largest country with the HIV epidemic in the world.
•NACO is the nodal organization to implement AIDS programmes of the Indian Government. Apart from this, it also conducts HIV estimation biennially along ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research). The first round of such estimation was conducted in 1998 and the last was done in 2017.
2) Agricultural land leasing policy will be implemented in Uttarakhand
•Now any institution, company, firm or NGO can take farmland on lease in villages, leasing a maximum of 30 acres of land on lease for 30 years. There is a provision to take more land in special circumstances. If there is government land around farmland, then it can be leased by paying the fee with the permission of the District Magistrate. The state government has made this policy in the wake of difficulties in the consolidation of land.
3) UN lowers India’s GDP growth rate to 5.7% for FY 2019-20
•UN has also projected India’s growth rate at 6.6% for FY 2020-21 and 6.3% for FY 2021-22. According to the UN, India’s growth rate for FY 2018-19 was 6.8%.
4) Gaganyaan Mission’s Flight Surgeons will be trained by France
•France has a well-established mechanism for space medicine. It also has the MEDES space clinic, a subsidiary of CNES, where space surgeons undergo training. The four shortlisted astronauts all test pilots from the Indian Air Force are currently in Russia for an 11-month training programme.
5) ACC appoints Challa Sreenivasulu Setty as MD of SBI
•Challa Sreenivasulu Setty is presently serving in the State Bank of India as its Deputy Managing Director.
6) Greenpeace India Report: Jharia most polluted city in India
•Delhi is the 10th-most polluted city in India, according to the report. As per the report, 6 of the top-10 polluted cities are in Uttar Pradesh comprising of Noida, Ghaziabad, Bareilly, Allahabad, Moradabad and Firozabad. Lunglei in Mizoram is the least polluted city in the country. The report is based on analysis of PM10 data from 287 cities across the country.
7) Ramnath Goenka Excellence Awards presented by President Kovind
•These are awarded to honour journalists across the country from print, broadcast and digital media who have maintained the highest standards of their profession and, despite immense challenges, produced work that sustains public trust in the media and impacts the lives of people. The award is named after Ramnath Goenka, who was an Indian newspaper publisher and founder of “The Indian Express” and Indian Express Group.
8) IMF has lowered India’s growth rate to 4.8% for FY 2019
9) Blockchain-Based “Vajra Platform” launched by NPCI for secure payments
The platform has three types of nodes:
•Clearing House node (CHN) for NPCI.
•UIDAI node for Aadhaar authentication.
•Participant node (PN) for all banks.
10) Indian shooters Divyansh & Apurvi wins gold medal at Meyton Cup
