World Investor Week

The BSE and NSE kicked off the celebrations of “World Investor Week 2021,” a worldwide recognised event. Several educational activities will be held as part of the event.

World Investor Week (WIW) is being held by Central Depository Services (India) Ltd (CDSL) from November 21 to November 28, 2021, under the auspices of SEBI and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO).

WIW is a week-long international festival organised by the IOSCO. It is celebrated all throughout India to promote awareness about the significance of investor Education and protection.

Market Infrastructure institutions (MIIs) including stock exchanges, clearing organisations, and depositories will hold instructional events throughout the week-long celebrations.

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) participated in ‘Ring the Bell for Financial Literacy‘ to raise awareness about the need for investor education and protection.

75% of TB patients find donors under Ni-kshay Mitra

All officers of the cabinet secretariat, including the cabinet secretary, have adopted Tuberculosis (TB) patients in various parts of the country under the Ni-kshayMitra initiative launched by the Centre recently.

One out of every four TB patients in the world is in India. In absolute numbers, it stands at 26. 9 lakh Indians, as per latest data. A huge majority of those TB patients are poor. TB treatment is free, funded by the government, which also provides some for maintaining a proper diet. But this is a disease that hits the poor really hard because treatment calls for periods of rest and regular intake of nutritious food over a period of months, and both are often out of reach for those who live on modest daily incomes.

According to updates shared by thehealth ministryon nikshay. in, a portal

that maintains real-time information on the status of the adoption scheme, of the 13. 5 lakh TB patients who are on treatment currently, 10. 6 lakh (nearly 75%) had consented for adoption under the Centres scheme.

Smart meters helping discoms improve revenue, cut losses

Rapid roll-out of smart meters for power consumers are leading to a sharp improvement in the financial parameters of discoms (distribution companies), initial reports on the implementation of the Centre’s Rs 3.3 lakh crore scheme in states show.

According to a power ministry presentation made at a recent brainstorming session of state power ministers, discoms showed a sharp improvement in billing efficiency, recovery of arrears and actual consumption getting recorded in states replacing old meters with smart meters in earnest.

Though Bihar leads in penetration of pre-paid meters at 92%, UP has installed the highest number of smart meters (post-paid category) at more

than 11.5 lakh.
Bihar is a close second with 11 lakh smart meters installed, Rajasthan 5.5 lakh, Haryana 5.3 lakh, Assam 4.1 lakh and Delhi 2.5 lakh.

Set up tourist police, Union tourism ministry tells states & UTs

The Union tourism ministry has directed all states and Union Territories to implement the Tourist Police scheme, especially in places with high tourist footfalls, within the ongoing financial year.

States that have already rolled out the scheme have been instructed to scale up the schemes reach to cover more areas frequented by tourists, while those who are yet to start were given a lowdown this month on the best practices followed by states like Rajasthan, who have implemented the Tourist Police scheme successfully.

At presentAndhra Pradesh, Delhi, Goa,Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra,Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh have deployed tourist police in one form or another.

The Tourist Police scheme, meant to make a tourists experience in the country more hassle free, secure and seamless, was rolled out in 25 tourist destinations as a pilot project in 2019, but could not be implemented across the country due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Over 30 lakh govt. officials will be trained in artificial intelligence by 2023: Union Minister Jitendra Singh

Union Minister Jitendra Singh on October 21 said more than 30 lakh Central and officials will be trained and exposed to emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine Learning and blockchain by 2023 for effective Governance and service delivery at the grassroots.

He said there are 25 Central training institutions, 33 State-level administrative training institutions and other civil service training institutions, besides Capacity Building Commission and the Wadhwani Institute of Technology and Policy (WITP) which will jointly achieve this noble mission.

A Unique SPIN Scheme Launched By KVIC

Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) kick-started the (SPIN) Strengthening the Potential of India scheme to make potters self-sustainable.

Highlights:

Under SPIN, KVIC will help potters get easy loans from banks which helps to expand their activities and improve their income.

It is directed at by creating local self-EMPLOYMENT, joined with the Prime Ministers commitment to Job to Every Hand (Har Hath Me Kaam).

It will lessen their dependence on government subsidies and thus make potters self-reliant.

It is a no-subsidy program.

KVIC aids potters to get bank loans under Pradhan Mantri Shishu Mudra Yojana.

No financial burden on the bank.

Beneficiaries can repay the loans in easy instalments.

Himalayan Film festival will run for five days from September 24 to 28.

Ladakh is hosting the film festival as part of the celebrations of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to commemorate 75 years of Indias Independence.

The 5-day festival will comprise of several segments to capture audience and film buffs alike.

The five-day festival is being organised with the aim of creating an interactive and exposure platform in order to promote aspiring local filmmakers as well as to showcase Ladakh as an attractive film destination.

COP 26 – India Pushing for Climate Finance, Green Tech Transfer

In the Conference of Parties, India has been stressing and repeating its position on the transfer and finance of green technologies from developed countries to developing ones (COP 26).

Key points:

In November 2021, the UN https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) will hold its 26th meeting in Glasgow.

Green technology transfer is seen as critical to achieving an ambitious conclusion

at the next climate summit.

Critical climate activities on finance, mitigation, and adaptation were also considered during the meeting to address the global crisis.

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was developed as an Environment protection convention to address “human interference with the climate system.” It was formed in part by stabilizing the amounts of greenhouse gases in the Atmosphere. In 1992, 154 countries signed the agreement at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the Earth Summit.

International start-up hubs ranking 2021 was recently compiled and published by Start-up Genome for its annual Global Start-up Ecosystem Report 2021.

As per the comprehensive ranking of international start-ups, London,MumbaiandBangalorehave been featured among the worlds top start-up hubs.

London maintained the second-place ranking along with the New York for second consecutive year, despite Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic.

Bangalorehas also been ranked at 23rdposition, maintaining the position among top 30 global tech hubs.

Delhi was ranked at 36th

Mumbaihas been ranked at first position in the Emerging Ecosystems ranking, outperforming the fast-growing ecosystems in areas of performance, funding, talent and market research.

Karnataka is also the 4th largest technology and innovation cluster in the world and is Home to more than 400+ global R & D centres.

WHO Tightens Global Air Pollution Standards

The World Health Organisation revised its air quality guidelines for the first time since 2005 in keeping with WHO.

Highlights

Tightening the guidelines, WHO aim to spur countries toward clean energy and stop deaths and illnesses caused by pollution.

The new recommendations mainly target pollutants, including particulate and dioxide, found in fuel emissions.

Air Pollution kills a minimum of seven

million people prematurely each year.

Even at deficient levels, research has shown air pollution affects all parts of the body, from the brain to a growing baby during a mothers womb.

Lord Shiva to the Shankaracharya Temple

As per the age-old culture related to the annual Amarnath pilgrimage, the holy mace (Chhari Mubarak) of Lord Shiva used to be introduced to the ancient Shankaracharya Temple.

Highlights:

It is additionally recognised as the Jyoteshwar temple or Pas-Pahar via Buddhists. Persians and Jews name it Bagh-i-sulaiman or the Garden of King Solomon. Persian inscriptions are also determined inside the temple.

It is on the pinnacle of the Shankaracharya Hill (also referred to as Hill of Solomon) on the Zabarwan Mountain in Srinagar, Kashmir.

The temple is regarded as the

oldest temple of the valley of Kashmir.

It is dedicated to Lord Shiva The temple is at a peak of 1,000 feet above the undead and overlooks the town of Srinagar.

The temple dates to 200

BC, though the present structure probably dates to the ninth century AD.

It was once visited through and has been due to the fact that it has been associated with him; this is how the temple got the title Shankaracharya.

AnRTIreply from theministry of Environment and foreststo activist K Govindan Namboothiry stated that 474elephantswere electrocuted in the country from 2014 to 2020.

Maximum deaths were reported in 2018 at 81, while the Average was 70 every year until then. As many as 65 elephants died till December 2020 -13 inAssamand 10 inWest Bengal. The maximum number of deaths in these six years was reported in Assam (90), followed by Odisha (73),Tamil Nadu(68) andKarnataka(65).Keralareported 24 elephant deaths during this period.

National Monetisation Pipeline by Finance Ministry

Minister for Finance, Nirmala Sitharaman has launched the asset monetisation pipeline of Central ministries and public zone entities: National Monetisation Pipeline. Asset Monetisation, potentially a constrained period license/ lease of an asset, owned by the government or public authority,

to a private region entity for upfront or periodic consideration.

Highlights:

The National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) lists out belongings and asset classes, under various ministries, which will be monetised over a length of time. Which capacity belongings will be monetised.

This pipeline has been developed by NITI Aayog, in session with infrastructure line ministries, based totally on the mandate for Asset Monetisation underneath Union Budget 2021-22.

NMP estimates combination monetisation possible of Rs 6.0 lakh crores thru core assets of the Union Government, over a four-year period, from FY 2022 to FY 2025.