J&K gets Indias 1st Tele-MANAS chatbot for 24X7 healthcare services

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha aunched India’s first Tele-MANAS Chatbot for the .

The initiative will ensure round-the-clock Services of Health Counsellors, Clinical Psychologists and Consultants.

The Lieutenant Governor also inaugurated the ‘J&K Health Conclave’ on Mental Health and Non-Communicable Diseases at Srinagar. On the occasion, J&K Health and Medical Education Department inked Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital & Research Centre and NIMHANS.

The MoU inked between J&K Health and Medical Education Department and Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre will provide significant technical support to improve cancer care services in the UT and help us to establish Preventive Oncology Service, Day Care Centres and Palliative Care Service at District Hospitals.

Per capita spending on the Health sector in J&K is among the highest in the country. During upgradation or building new Infrastructure, we have focused on three factors- effectiveness, accessibility and resilient system, the Lt Governor said.

Indian-Japan maritime exercise

In an effort to forge closer DEFENCE ties, the seventh edition of the bilateral Japan-India Maritime Exercise 2023 (JIMEX 23) hosted by the INDIAN NAVY is being conducted at and off Visakhapatnam from July 5-10. This edition marks the 11th anniversary of JIMEX, since its inception in 2012.

JIMEX 23 will witness the participation of INS Delhi, Indias first indigenously built guided missile destroyer, INS Kamorta, an indigenously designed and built anti-submarine warfare corvette, fleet tanker INS Shakti, a submarine, maritime patrol aircraft P8I and Dornier, ship-borne helicopters and fighter aircraft. JMSDF will be represented by the guided missile destroyer JS Samidare and its integral helicopters.

Implementation Strategy of BharatNet Project

The BharatNet Project’s implementation strategy has been revised.

Highlights:

The Cabinet approved the revised BharatNet implementation strategy through Public Private PARTNERSHIP mode in 16 states across the country.

The programme will be expanded to include all inhabited villages outside of Gram Panchayats (GPs)

The revised strategy also includes the creation, upgrade, operation, maintenance, and utilisation of BharatNet by the concessionaire, who will be chosen through a competitive international bidding process.

The Cabinet has given in-principle approval to cover all inhabited villages in the remaining states/UTs of the country. The Department of Telecommunications will work out the details separately.

iLEAP Program AIM

The first fintech cohort of the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), AIM-iLEAP, has concluded.

About AIM iLEAP:

This programme under the Atal Innovation Mission gives AIM-backed start-ups access to , markets, and investors.

The fintech cohort was formed through a series of thematic virtual demo days organised by AIM in collaboration with Startup Rseau and Visa as part of the AIM-iLEAP (Innovative Leadership for entrepreneurial agility and profitability) initiative.

The AIM-iLEAP programme invites technology start-ups from a wide range of functions to present their solutions to the corporate leadership and innovation team in order to enable market access and industry partnerships.

Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme

The Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme was approved by the .

About the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme:

It is a reform-based and results-oriented scheme to improve the operational efficiencies and financial sustainability of all DISCOMs/Power Departments, with the exception of Private Sector DISCOMs.

The scheme envisages providing conditional financial assistance to DISCOM to strengthen the supply Infrastructure.

Assistance will be based on meeting pre-qualification criteria and basic minimum benchmarks achieved by DISCOM. These will be evaluated according to an agreed evaluation framework related to financial improvement.

Rather than a “one-size-fits-all” approach, each state would develop its own action plan for implementing the scheme.

The scheme proposes to incorporate the ongoing schemes of IPDS, DDUGJY, and PMDP-2015 for the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

The scheme will be available until 2025-26.

REC Limited and Power Finance Corporation (PFC) serve as nodal agencies for the scheme’s implementation.

The scheme focuses on improving farmers’ electricity supply and providing them with daytime electricity through solarization of agricultural feeders.

India Ranked 10th in Global Cybersecurity Index

India has been ranked as the tenth excellent country in the world in the Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) 2020, launched by ITU (International Telecommunication Union). The GCI 2020 is the 4th edition of the annual index and ranked 194 countries. The GCI measures the dedication of countries to cybersecurity at a global level. Countries have been ranked on the foundation of overall performance on five parameters, which includes: legal measures, technical measures, organisational measures, capacity development, and cooperation.

Index:
India ranked at the tenth position, with 97.5 factors to rank amongst the top ten high-quality countries in the world.
The United States has topped the GCI 2020.
The United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia is tied in the second position
Estonia was ranked third in the index.

Shalini Singhmade history as she completed the mountaineering course in the Himalayan area of Uttarakhand as the countrys first femaleNCC cadet.Shalini Singh, a 20-year-old NCC cadet from Lucknow, has become the first female cadet in India to complete the advanced mountaineering course. She scaled a 15,400-foot peak in the Dring Valley in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand as part of the course.

By providing the required Resources and specialised training, Colonel Puneet Srivastava, commander of the 67 UP Battalion NCC Lucknow, enhanced her efforts.

IndiasTata Group, a leading multinational conglomerate, has entered into an outline deal to construct a lithium-ion cell factory inGujarat, India. With an investment of approximately 130 billion rupees ($1.58 billion), the plant aims to bolster the countrys electric vehicle (EV) supply chain and reduce its dependence on battery imports. The initiative aligns with Indias goal of achieving 100% electric vehicle adoption and curbing carbon emissions by 50% by 2030.

The memorandum of understanding, signed between Tatas unit Agratas Energy Storage solutions and the government of Gujarat, outlines the establishment of the EV battery plant in Sanand, northern Gujarat. Construction of the facility is anticipated to commence within three years. The initial phase will witness a manufacturing capacity of 20 Gigawatt hours (GWh), with provisions for doubling the capacity in a subsequent expansion.

The collaboration between Tata Group and the Gujarat government aims to accelerate electric vehicle production in the state, contributing to the nations Carbon Emission reduction targets. Gujarat intends to achieve a 50% decrease in carbon emissions and adopt 100% electric vehicles by 2030. The establishment of the battery plant in Sanand will play a pivotal role in achieving these goals, providing a localized and sustainable solution for battery production.

Celeste SauloofArgentinahas been appointed as thefirst female Secretary-Generalof theWorld Meteorological Organization (WMO).Saulo won a landslide vote at the UN Climate and weather agencys Congress in Geneva. Saulo has served as the director of Argentinas National Meteorological Service since 2014.

The Leadership election of the World Meteorological Congress takes place every four years. The agency plays a key role in coordinating international meteorological work. It relies on satellites and thousands of weather stations to measure key parameters of the , land and ocean.

World Bicycle Dayis an annual event celebrated onJune 3rd.It was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2018 to recognize the bicycle as a simple, affordable, reliable, clean and environmentally fit sustainable means of transport. The selection of this date is significant as it commemorates the anniversary of the invention of the bicycle byKarl von Drais in 1817.

The United Nations General Assembly officially designated this day in April 2018 to honor the bicycles exceptional qualities, durability, and versatility, considering it has been utilized as a practical mode of transport for over two centuries. The UN recognized the bicycle as a straightforward, cost-effective, dependable, eco-friendly, and sustainable means of transportation.