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Assam govt signs pacts with Centre of DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics
Assam government inked two pacts with the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD), Hyderabad, in presence of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to forge collaboration in the field of forensic sciences, healthcare and diagnostics
In a bid to make
the state crime free, the Assam government has initiated several steps to bolster forensic science and thanked the CDFD for entering into an agreement.The MoU on healthcare and diagnostic Services will help in joint research programmes where faculty from both the Assam government and CDFD can collaborate on projects based on mutual interests
Odisha records highest human kills in 3 yrs
The April, May, June quarter of 2023, compared to last nine years,has seen a26 % rise in number of human- elephant encounters which resulted in more human kills and injuries than ever before,a rise of 50% above the highest human kills of last year.
According to Wildlife Society of Orissa secretary Dr Biswajit Mohanty, the escalating figures each year also indicate that elephants are straying out of their habitats more often due to huge levels of disturbances caused by quarries and crushers and night movement of trucks and tractors. There is also a lack of adequate forest fodder and amarked shift towards consumption of farm cropsand food grains stored inside villages.
Palm fruits which are their prime source of food during June and July havebecome scarce due to massive felling of palm trees for inter-State trade to Nadu. Dhenkanal, Angul and Deogarh districts have lost thousands of palm trees since the last three years as organised timber traders camp there and decimate the trees.
Dhenkanal has recorded a ten-fold jump in diversion of elephant habitat for black and laterite stone quarries, stone crushers and steel/power Plants between 2011 and 2021. The Wildlife Wing has failed to take any action in view of growing demands to shut down the quarries.
Odisha happens to have a dubious record of more number of human kills among all other States despite an elephant Population of 1,976 compared to Karnatakas 6,049, Assams
5,719, Keralas 3,054 and Tamil Nadus 2,761 as per the last national level census carried out in August, 2017.Anna univs calibration lab gets NABL accreditation
Anna Universityhas achieved a significant milestone by becoming one of the first technical institutions to receivethe NationalAccreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) recognition for its state-of-the-art medical equipment calibration laboratory.
The
Centre for Calibration and Testing of Medical Equipment (CCTME), a part of the DST-supported National Hub for Healthcare Instrumentation Development (NHHID), will now be able to calibrate up to 50 essential medical equipment items, including ventilators, ECG machines, pulse oximeters, patient monitors, infant incubators, and defibrillators. The lab is equipped to conduct calibration across 40 different parameters.District reports almost 40% of state’s daily dengue cases
Ernakulamhas been reporting almost 40 to 45% ofKerala’s daily dengue cases. Along with dengue cases, fever and chickenpox cases are also increasing.
The situation may worsen due to unresolved garbage issues and flooding, especially in the city area, and there may even be an increase in leptospirosis cases too.
Lack of sunlight and humid weather may bring several monsoon diseases. The spread of monsoon diseases is either through air, water or mosquito
bites.Heavy rains may help reduce dengue cases as larvae may be flushed away from drains. But the downside is that rainwater will collect in other unattended places, which can become a breeding ground for mosquitoes. Also, heavy rains may help bacteria spread faster and wider and even people who are not directly involved with Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture or gardening or roadside cleaning might also suffer.
Karnataka govt’s 2 guarantees ‘Anna Bhagya’, ‘Gruha Jyothi’ came into effect
Two additional guarantee schemes promised by the Congress government in Karnataka have been put into effect.
The first scheme involves providing cash to beneficiaries instead of the extra five kg of rice under the ‘Anna Bhagya’. The second scheme, called ‘Gruha Jyothi’, offers 200 units of free electricity to households.
The government has already fulfilled one of its five election promises, named “Shakti,” by introducing free Services for Women in public transport buses.
Chief minister Siddaramaiah said that the payment to beneficiaries under the Anna Bhagya scheme for this month is expected to commence after July 10. On the other hand, the Gruha
576 512">The benefit is calculated based on Average consumption for Financial Year 2022-23, plus 10 percent increase, but total amounting to less than 200 units.
The remaining two guarantees which the government is taking steps to implement soon are — Rs 2,000 monthly assistance to the woman head of every family (Gruha Lakshmi); and Rs 3,000 every month for unemployed graduate youth and Rs 1,500 for unemployed diploma holders (Yuva Nidhi).