China strengthening infrastructure along Tibet border: Himachal CM Jairam Thakur

Himachal PradeshCM JairamThakursaid China is doing “surveillance activities” in its border area.

The CM had visited the Indo-China border areas at Samdo in Lahaul-Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh recently.

Thakur said he went to the border areas following inputs after the violation of the state airspace last year by Chinese helicopters and some construction activities, including those of roads near the border.

Chandigarh-based startup Jupitice has developed the Worlds First Private Digital Court to facilitate speedy resolution of domestic as well as cross-border disputes under the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanism.

Promoted by lawtech experts, the Jupitice platform will offer dispute resolution through traditional ADR mechanisms such as mediation, assisted-negotiation, arbitration and conciliation, thus ensuring easy and affordable access to to people, business entities and medium and large corporates.

Jupitices Private Digital Court is a combination of the worlds first end-to-end digital justice delivery platform that facilitates all the participants involved in the dispute to perform tasks (case filing to Awards & settlement) online and on a single platform. Jupitice has also aggregated ADR professionals across the world to form its Marketplace which makes it even easier for justice seekers to connect with justice providers.

Now, 33.3% seats in all engineering, medical colleges in Bihar will be reserved for women

Now, minimum 33.3% seats in all engineering and medical colleges inBiharwould be reserved for Women.

CM Nitish Kumar ordered the officials of the science & technology and the Health & medical Education departments to take necessary steps to reserve minimum 33.3% seats for girls at the time of admission in all engineering and medical colleges.

Bihar would become the first state (in the country) to provide a 33.3% horizontal quota for girls in the technical college.

Nearly 50% villages in Chhattisgarh are now Corona-free

The has declared over 9400 Covid-free after no case was reported there for five days in a row. “Out of 20,092 villages, 9,462 have becomeCovidfree. Campaign for containment for Covid infection in rural areas is yielding positive results,” said government officials.

Health Infrastructure from district hospitals to primary health centers has been ramped up. Hospital beds were increased in the hospitals, treatment facilities were expanded to villages through new COVID care centers.

In Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan initiated a program called “Ankur”, under which citizens who plant trees during the monsoon will be rewarded. Citizens participating in the program will receive a Pranvayu award to ensure public participation in the program.

During the rainy season, saplings will be planted.

Participants must upload a photo while planting the sapling and then upload another image after 30 days of caring for the sapling.

Winners will be selected from each district after verification to receive the Pranvayu Prize.

Citizens can participate in afforestation activities by registering on the Vayudoot app, which was launched by the state to manage the activities of the “Ankur” program.

The World Health Organization (WHO) awarded Dr Harsh Vardhan the “WHO Director-General’s Special Recognition Award” to recognise his achievements in tobacco control.

The International Dairy Federation (IDF) has elected R S Sodhi who is a managing director of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd that sells branded products of Amul in India, to its board in the course of the typical assembly held on June 01. Sodhi is alumni of the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA). He joined Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (Amul) in the year 1982 after completing his post-graduation from IRMA.

IDF is a global non-governmental, non-profit association and represents the global sector. The federation ensures that proper policies, standards, practices and regulations monitor the production of dairy merchandise globally.

Rajasthan ranks 29th in rural piped water scheme out of 33 states

Rajasthanranks a lowly 29th among 33 states and Union Territories in tapwaterconnections in rural areas under the Centres flagship Jal Jeevan Mission Har Ghar Jal scheme as of May 31.

The countrys most water distressed state has added just 8.11 lakh tap water connections against 4.22 crore connections under the scheme since August 2019. For every 100 tap connections in villages, 0.6 were achieved in the state. Ideally, the figure has to be 5%. Since the beginning, the scheme has been embroiled in Centre-state trouble.

The Centre has allocated Rs 2,522 crore to the state under the scheme in 2020-21 while it is expected to give Rs 5, 500 crore under the head.