Top Headlines 24th December 2019: EducationBro |
Top Headlines 24th December 2019: EducationBro
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1. India's Urban Areas of 35 states / UTs ODF - 4,167 cities certified ODF through Third Party Verification
- Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) has achieved its target of creating Urban India ODF. Urban areas of 35 states / UTs have become ODF.
- In all, 4,320 cities (out of 4,372) have declared themselves ODF, of which 4,167 cities have been certified through third party verification.
- This has been achieved by the construction of nearly 65.81 lakh Individual Household Toilets against Mission target of 59 lakhs and 5.89 lakh seats of community / public toilets against Mission target of 5.08 lakh seats under the Mission.
2. 32nd Intelligence Bureau (IB) Centenary Endowment Lecture held in New Delhi
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah delivering the 32nd Intelligence Bureau (IB) Centenary Endowment Lecture, in New Delhi.
- IB as the 'brain' of the national security apparatus, the Home Minister said that they have always helped to ensure Zero Tolerance to Terrorism and Naxalism.
3. Harsh Vardhan Shringla appointed as Foreign Secretary
- The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Harsh Vardhan Shringla (IFS: 1984), Ambassador in Washington D.C. as Foreign Secretary with effect from 29.01.2020 upon completion of the two year term of Vijay Keshav Gokhale as Foreign Secretary on 28.01.2020.
4. First Annual Meet of State Nodal Agencies for Ecoclub programme held in Gujarat
- In a first, Annual Meet of the State Nodal Agencies implementing the National Green Corps ‘Ecoclub’ programme of the Ministry of the Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), organized by the Ministry’s Environment Education Division, in collaboration with the GEER Foundation, Gujarat was held from 20th to 21st December 2019 in Kevadia, Gujarat.
5. IAF Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria visit to Egypt from 24 to 28 Dec 2019
- Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria PVSM AVSM VM ADC, Chief of the Air Staff is on a bilateral goodwill visit to Egypt from 24 to 28 Dec 2019.
- The Chief of Air Staff is scheduled to visit various operational and training establishments of the Egyptian Air Force and also interact with senior officials of the Egyptian Armed Forces.
- The visit would provide an impetus towards enhancing defence cooperation between the two Air Forces as well as strengthening the long standing bilateral relations between India and Egypt.
6. Minister Anurag Thakur holds Pre-Budget Consultation with representatives from Health, Education and Rural Development Sectors
- Union Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur held 10th and final Pre-Budget Consultation meeting with the leading representatives from Health, Education and Rural Development Sectors here today in connection with the forthcoming General Budget 2020-21.
7. Minister Harsh Vardhan inaugurates 11 OPD services at AIIMS, Bathinda
- Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurates 11 OPD services at AIIMS, Bathinda
- Dr Harsh Vardhan also announced that the satellite centre for PGI Chandigarh will come up at Firozpur at a cost of Rs. 450 cr, and this shall be operational by 2022.
- While inaugurating the OPD services, Dr Harsh Vardhan stated that AIIMS Bhatinda will be fully functional by June, 2020 and PGI Chandigarh is the mentor institute supporting it.
8. Nityanand Rai inaugurates a State-of-the-Art DNA Analysis Centre at CFSL, Chandigarh
- Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai, inaugurated a State-of-the-Art DNA Analysis Centre at CFSL, Chandigarh. This new Advanced Forensic DNA Analysis Lab has been set up under the Nirbhaya Fund scheme, with an allocation of Rs.99.76 crores.
- This Centre will provide State-of-the-art facility for (i) Sexual Assault and Homicide Unit (ii) Paternity Unit (iii) Human Identification Unit and (iv) Mitochondrial DNA Unit. DFSS has ensured that this Centre is fully equipped with modern DNA Profiling tools and equipment. This Advanced Forensic DNA Analysis facility has a capacity of examining 2000 cases per year.
9. Army Technology Seminar held in New Delhi
- Indian Army in its quest for modernisation through use of emerging technologies, conducted Army Technology Seminar on the theme 'Technologies for Non Contact Warfare' at Manekshaw Centre, Delhi Cantonment on 23 December 2019.
- This event was attended by Army Chief General Bipin Rawat, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India Prof K Vijay Raghavan, Vice Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General MM Naravane, President SIDM Jayant Patil alongwith other dignitaries from the Ministry of Defence, three Services, DRDO, leading academic institutions and industry.
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