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3 Bihar towns most polluted in country

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Air Pollution inBiharremained the worst in the country for the second consecutive day. The only three cities in country where air quality index (AQI) level was in severe category above 400-mark were in Bihar. The AQI was found to be in very poor category at 11 other places in the state on Saturday.
Motihari,Siwanand Darbhanga were the most polluted places in the

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country on Saturday with severe AQI of 419, 417 and 404, respectively, according to the daily AQI bulletin issued by theCentral Pollution Control Board(CPCB).
The AQI was in poor or above categories in all monitoring stations in Bihar. An AQI between 201 and 300 is considered poor, 301 and 400 very poor, and 401 and 500 severe. According to CPCB, severe AQI level can affect healthy people and seriously impact those with existing diseases, while the very poor air can cause respiratory illnesses on prolonged exposure.

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Cgarh bags national award for child rights

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The Chhattisgarh State Commission for Protection of Child Rights will be honoured in New Delhi with the SKOCH Award for its scheme Mor Mayaru Guruji.

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and Women and Child Development Minister Anila Bhedia congratulated the Commissions office bearers.

The Mor Mayaru Guruji was selected on Wednesday for the award (silver). It was announced virtually, an official Communication said.

The programmeundertakes training of teachers through Sports and other activities to make them aware of child rights. The training duration is 2-3 hours. The Commission has trained more than 2,000 state teachers.

Green energy is the only option to save environment

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The two-day National Seminar on Green Energy, Clean Energy organized under the aegis of Institution of Engineers India Jabalpur Local Center concluded here on Sunday. In this seminar,

eminent engineers and experts of the country gave lectures and there was a meaningful exchange of ideas.

In the seminar, expert engineers also gave their views about the

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environmental damage caused by conventional energy sources and how to harmonize between green energy sources and conventional energy sources so that consumers get the least amount of damage due to natural causes and provide polluted free Environment.

Centre of excellence for textiles, handicrafts

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Rajasthan Exports Promotion Councilheld a meeting with officials of Dysmech Competency Services Pvt. Ltd (DCS) to explore setting up centre of excellence (CoE) in sectors like handicrafts, jewellery, textile and agri business.

REPC chairmanRajiv Arorasaid it is necessary to adopt global benchmarks in terms of quality, finish and design.

Arora suggested places like Jaipur, Jodhpur,Barmerand Bansur for these COEs. Arora, however, said he has asked the company to rework the cost structure of the centres and make another presentation.

As per preliminary estimates, the consultancy firm proposed Rs 150 crore per centre as it will have all the machinery which can also be

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Northeast region has more potential to produce top athletes, says IOA chief Batra

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Indian Olympic Association (IOA) presidentNarinder Batra said there is more potential in the country’snortheastregion than in any other part to produce talented sportspersons.
He said that athletes from the northeast region are “immensely talented” and possess tremendous physical endurance to withstand the rigours of playing a competitive sport.
Batra stated that the northeast region would produce more and more top athletes in the future.

Batra also commended the work of the government which he said was developing Infrastructure and working at the grass root level and rural areas.
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Assam Police ranks third in country in smart policing index of the IPF

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

TheAssam Policehas ranked third in the country in overall rating in the index for public perceptions and citizen satisfaction in a survey for 2021 conducted by theIndian Police Foundation(IPF).

Based on the Philosophy underlying the Prime Minister’sSMART policingidea, IPF used six competency-based dimensions and three values-based dimensions of trust in the survey.

The SMART Scores are set on a scale of 1 to 10 and are indicative of the levels of citizen satisfaction, a score of 10 being the highest level of satisfaction. The levels of popular satisfaction with the quality of policing was highest in Andhra Pradesh (8.11), (8.10),Assam(7.89), Kerala (7.53), Sikkim

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(7.18), Mizoram (7.14) and Gujarat (7.04) in that order, with an index value of seven or above, 19 states and UTs scored an index value between six and seven, while three states scored between five and six.

Under the three value-based dimensions of trust, Assam Police has ranked third in both “perception index of fair, unbiased and lawful policing” and “perception index of police accountability” but fourth in “perception index of Integrity and Corruption-free Services.”

Odisha govt to set up cyber security operation centre to protect applications

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

In a big leap towardscybersecurity, theOdishagovernment is all set to establish a robust mechanism to protect its websites and applications from hackers. Acyber security operationcentre (CSOC) is being built on the premises ofOdisha Computer Application Centre(OCAC) Tower to

prevent any cyber intrusion and defacement attempts.

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href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/network">Network (SWAN), and secretariat . Later, other government infrastructures will be integrated with CSOC.

CSOC will scan or monitor the network round the clock to flag any suspicious activities. The centre will issue alerts about emerging threats to prevent any harm. The CSOC will minutely examine each threat, discard false threats and ascertain real threats. In view of any threat, the centre would act as a first responder, performing actions like shutting down or isolating endpoints, terminating harmful processes or preventing them from executing and deleting files.

Tamil Nadu signs MoUs with 59 companies; 76,795 jobs to be created

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

TheTamil Nadugovernment signedMoUswith 59 companies attracting investments to the tune of Rs 35,208 crore across the state.

These include MoUs with seven companies for aerospace and DEFENCE systems manufacturing at an of

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Rs 485 crore. These MoUs were exchanged in the presence of chief ministerM K Stalinat an industrial conference in Coimbatore. Stalin said given the pace of investment and Growth for TN, the day was not far for the state to achieve the target of one trillion dollar economy.

The projects ranging from garment manufacturing, cement production to Dairy and defence systems manufacturing are expected to provide jobs to 76,795 people.

Stalin also laid the foundation stone for 13 projects worth Rs 13,413 crore and launched commercial production in ten projects that had come up at an investment of Rs 3,928 crore. Government authorities said that in all 92,420 people would get jobs through these 82 projects put together.

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Kerala primary school introduces unisex uniform for students

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Kerala, has taken things a step further and believes in a holistic approach to encourage gender neutrality in the state. And it wants to engage a crucial section of Population which matters the most children.

So while a section of the country went up in arms over a teachers training manual meant to make the nations schools more sensitive towards and inclusive of all genders, the Left government in

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this southern state has announced that it would back the idea of gender neutral uniforms in schools a concept that was perhaps hitherto unthinkable for students and academics alike.

Valayanchirangara government Lower Primary School, near Perumbavoor in Ernakulam district, which has a strength of 754 students has taken the first step towards gender neutrality and introduced a new uniform for their students a 3/4th shorts and shirt, irrespective of the gender.

The new dress code was planned in 2018 and was introduced in the lower primary section of the school and this academic year, when the schools were reopened after the pandemic induced lockdown, it has been extended to all students. General Education minister V Sivankutty said it was an admirable move and the government will promote such gender inclusive activities.

Karnataka celebrates Kanakadasa Jayanthi

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Karnataka celebrated Kanakadasa Jayanthi on November 22, 2021 to pay tribute to Shri Kanaka Dasa, who was the 15th century poet, saint and social reformer.

On the occasion, Chief Minister Basavaraja Bommai garlanded the photograph of Kanaka Dasa in Bengaluru.

Kanaka Dasa had advocated social and Justice through kirtans.

Kaginele was the birthplace of Saint Kanaka Dasa. Government of Karnataka refurbished it, for the convenience of public visiting there.

This festival is celebrated by people of Karnataka and Kuruba community in Karnataka. It is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of saint Kanaka Dasa, every year. In tribute to him, Government of Karnataka has declared this day as state holiday. Year 2021 marked the 527-birth anniversary.

Kanaka Dasa was a Haridasa, and a renowned composer of Carnatic Music, poet, musician and philosopher. He is famous for his

keertanas and ugabhoga, compositions for Carnatic Music. He used simple Kannada language for his compositions. He was born in Baada village, near Bankapura. The saint was warrior at Bankapura fort.