According to the annual assessment report published by the National Academy of RUDSETI (Rural Development and Self EMPLOYMENT Training Institute), Bangalore, 99% of the youth enrolled with JSLPS have cleared the evaluation. Out of the total 9,629 candidates enrolled during the last one year, 9,593 have successfully passed their evaluation. A total of five nationalised banks, including StateBankOf India, Canara Bank, Bank Of India, Punjab National bank and Indian Bank, trained over 9,000 rural youths on self-employment program supported by JSLPS.
Bihar has more than 50 lakh patients of hepatitis that claims approximately 15 lakh lives across the world every year.
Revealing this figure on the occasion ofWorld Hepatitis Day, Dr Dineshwar Prasad, the principal ofGovernment Ayurvedic CollegeandHospital(GACH), claimed that 5 out of every 100 people suffered from the disease in Bihar.
Hepatitis, which may happen due to consumption of alcohol, epilepsy drugs, and AIDS or TB medicines, can be deadly in case of late detection. It has four types hepatitis A, B, C and E.
Har kadam betike sang, leadershipki tarang2021, a national-level girls education campaign conceptualized by an NGO, to bring out powerful leadership stories of girls and their families and caregivers that demonstrate resilience and leadership, despite all the challenges that have come and may come, is being run inChhattisgarhwith the collaboration of state government.
In 2021, the campaign is entering a new phase. This year we celebrate the countless efforts and initiatives taken by young girls to become a leader in their own right. Our girls have not only continued their Education but have become role models for their peers and communities.
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT),Indorehas set up a Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) aimed at creating an ecosystem to support development and commercialization of technologies facilitating modelling, simulation and visualization of Cyber Physical Systems (CPS).
Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) is a computer-based system where a mechanism is controlled or monitored by algorithms. The hub named as Driving Innovation through Simulation Hub for Technologies in Interdisciplinary Cyber Physical Systems (DRISHTI CPS), plans to lead in skill enhancement, technology development, product commercialization and joint initiations with partners.
It is ironic for a dry state but data tabled in Rajya Sabha recently indicated that about 4.3% of the population of Gujarat accounting to about 19.53 lakh persons are addicted toalcohol.The data, shared by A Narayanaswamy, MoS (social justice & empowerment), cited the figures collected during National Drug Use Survey 2019 by AIIMS.
According to the data, 4.3% of people in Gujarat had alcohol dependence. This is even higher than Rajasthan’s 2.3%, Bihar’s 1% and Jammu & Kashmirs 4%. The national Average however was 17.1%, mentioned in the answer.
The answer also said about 1.46% of the Population of Gujarat (6.64 lakh) was addicted to opioids, 1.38% to sedatives (6.28 lakh) and 0.8% to cannabis (3.64 lakh). Moreover, 36,000 (0.08%) were addicted to inhalants.
In all, the survey pointed at about 8% of the total population (about 36.5 lakh) addicted to either alcohol or drugs. The survey did not include tobacco dependency.
In an indication that people of the state breathe polluted air for most part of the year, the cities in Rajasthan have recorded a particulate matter (PM) 2.5 concentration more than the Central Pollution Control Boards (CPCB) safe limits of 40 ug/ m3 with only a few exceptions.
For the first four months (January-April) of this year too, all the monitored cities of -Ajmer, Alwar,Bhiwadi, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Udaipur and Pali have seen a PM 2.5 concentration of more than safe limits of 40 ug/m3 and more than triple the WHO limits of 10 ug/m3, according toNational Clean Air Programme(NCAP), the countrys flagship programme for better air quality in 122 cities, launched in 2019.
Among the operational Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS) in the state, the highest monthly Average PM 2.5 concentration of 103 ug/ m3 was reported at Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Corporation in Bhiwadi.
According to an assessment by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and theRajasthan Pollution Control Boardin December 2020, the Bhiwadi Industrial Area contributes around 65% to the industrial pollution load of the region (Jaipur-Alwar-Bhiwadiair shed). Bhiwadi has a total of 328 air polluting industries.
Meghalaya to create 5L jobs, says Conrad
Chief minister Conrad K Sangma visited theDon Bosco Technical School, Shillong, and distributed completion certificates and appointment letters to the students who passed, even as he said the government intends to create five lakh jobs.
He also said the government has a target of creating five lakh job opportunities in different sectors and assured that the government would partner with Don Bosco Technical School in a larger way to achieve this target.
Cachar 1st in health services in Assam
Cachar district ofAssamhas bagged the award for excellence in various fields of Health Services among 33 communities of the state in theSwasthya Seva Utsav, which was held recently as per the guidelines ofGunotsavof the Education department.
Cachar has the highest number of grade ‘A’ hospitals. Twenty-two government hospitals in the district have been adjudged grade A .
Nalbaridistrict holds the second position on the list. Twenty-two hospitals in Nalbari have also secured seats of excellence. However, their position is much lower than that of the Cachar district hospitals, reports BB Goswami.
States first hostel for transgenders to come up near city
In a first of its kind initiative, the Water Corporation ofOdisha(WATCO) has planned to build an exclusive hostel for transgender persons. Coming up at Rokat, on the outskirts of the city, this will be the first such facility for the community in the state.
In order to execute the project, WATCO has recently floated a tender to hire an architectural firm, which will conduct the site inspection as well as give a detailed architectural and feasibility plan to the corporation for the project.
The department of social security and Empowerment of persons with disability of the state has also been taking a number of initiatives to increase facilities and living standards of the transgender persons in the state.
Anna University in top 500 in QS world ranking
Anna Universityhas jumped more than 120 places compared to the previous year to break into the top 500 universities in the QS World University Ranking 2024 released on Tuesday. The technical university secured the 427th rank and found a place on the list of top 10 institutions in the country, mainly because of its improvement in the criteria of academic reputation and citation per faculty.
In the previous cycle, Anna University was ranked in the band of 551-560. Central institutions including seven IITs, IISc andUniversity of Delhifeatured above Anna University on the list. In the citation per faculty (CpF) criteria, the University got a score of 99.8, up from 85.2 it had secured last year.
On CpF, the university was ranked 12th in the world and second in the country afterIndian Institute of Science, Bengaluru which got a perfect 100. This criterion has a 20% weightage in the ranking.