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Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) and Ministry of Skill development & (MSDE) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for creating a collaborative ecosystem, which will imparting skill development training in Capital Goods sector.

PARTNERSHIP between MHI and MSDE aims to facilitate training in several engineering trades.

Training will be facilitated through Qualification Packs (QPs), that have been developed by MHI related Sector Skill Councils (such as Infrastructure, Automotive, Instrumentation and Capital Goods).

Such QPs have been developed under phase two of the Scheme for Enhancement of Competitiveness in Capital Goods Sector.

The National Health Authority (NHA) and IRDAI has decided to develop a National Health Claims Exchange.

The National Health Claims Exchange will be developed as a digital platform, for settling the health claims.

National Health Authority implements Indias public health Insurance or assurance scheme called Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY)

In the index, four Indian cities viz., Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Delhi, and Mumbai, have been ranked among top 20 sustainable cities.

In it, 36 cities were ranked on the basis of Urbanisation pressure, carbon emissions, Climate risk, and government initiatives.

Index has been topped by Singapore.

It is followed by Sydney, Wellington, Perth, and Melbourne.

These are the top five green-rated cities in commercial real estate in Asia-Pacific region.

Among the Indian cities, Bengaluru was ranked first. While in the Asia-Pacific region, it has been ranked 14^th.

Psychiatrists who are part of Tele Mental Health Assistance and Networking Across States (Tele-MANAS), which is operating in about 27 states andUnion Territories, will soon be able to prescribe medicines. This thanks to the programmes upcoming integration with e-Sanjeevani platform, the Union health ministrys flagship telemedicine service.

Till the last week of April, Tele-MANAS, the nodal centre of which is Bengaluru-based Nimhans and which facilitates in-person and telephonic counselling, has handled one lakh calls. It was launched in October 2022.

However, as Tele-MANAS provided only for audio consultation, psychiatrists couldnt prescribe medicines and would ask those needing the same to visit in person. Telemedicine practice guidelines also mandate a video session for the prescription of drugs.

The Dr. Ambedkar Award is an annual award presented to individuals who have made significant contributions to Society in the areas of Education, social welfare, and economics, in the spirit of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was a renowned Indian jurist, economist, social reformer, and politician who played a pivotal role in the drafting of the Indian Constitution and fought for the rights of the oppressed sections of Indian Society.

The Shasan Aplya Dari initiative aims to eliminate the difficulties faced by citizens when availing government Services and benefits. Often, individuals have to navigate through various bureaucratic processes and visit multiple offices to access the schemes they are entitled to. This new drive seeks to simplify the process by bringing the government directly to the peoples doorsteps.

The potential for Japan to join UPI is significant. It would be the first major country to adopt the system, and it could help to boost digital payments in both countries. It would also be a sign of the growing cooperation between India and Japan in the digital space.

In another scientific milestone for India, Asias largest 4-metre International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) was inaugurated at Devasthal inUttarakhand.

The telescope is located at an altitude of 2,450 metre on the Devasthal Observatory campus of Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), an autonomous institute under the Science and Technology (DST) department, in Nainital district. The ILMT, which achieved its first Light in the second week of May 2022, is now ready to explore the deep celestial sky. The telescope was designed and built by the Advanced Mechanical and Optical Systems (AMOS) Corporation and the Centre Spatial de Liege in Belgium.

The International Golden City Gate Tourism Awards 2023 in the categories of TV/Cinema Commercials International and Country International were won by the Indian Ministry of Tourism and Government of India, respectively. As part of a global effort on advertising in the post-Covid period to reopen opportunities in India, the award has been granted to promotional films/television ads made by the Ministry.

Each year, the tourism and hospitality industries compete for the Golden City Gate Tourism Multi-Media Awards in a number of categories. The Golden City Gate is an international creative multi-media competition for nations, cities, regions, and hotels. An international panel made up of professionals in the film and tourism industries judges the submissions submitted for the prizes. The premier tourism trade show in the world, ITB Berlin, is the location of the yearly award presentation.

Thegovernmenton Monday told the Lok Sabha that theincome tax departmenthasseized assetsof over Rs 8,800 crore during the 5,931 search operations conducted by it between 2014-15 and 2021-22.

648 disclosures involving undisclosed foreign assets worth Rs 4,164 crore were made under the one-time three months compliance window, which closed on 30 September. 2015. Penalty and tax from this added up to Rs 2,476 crore.