16.09.21

Battle of Saragarhi – 12th September

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The Battle of Saragarhi was fought 124 years ago on September 12th.

Highlights:

The Battle of Saragarhi was the last battle between the British Raj and the Afghan tribes before the Tirah Campaign.
Saragarhi was the Communication tower between Fort Gulistan and Fort Lockhart.
The 2 forts in the rugged Northwest Frontier Province were built by Maharaja Ranjit Singh but were renamed by the British.
On September 12, 1897, an estimated 12,000 24,000 members of the Orakzai and Afridi tribes attacked Saragarhis outpost and severed the connection between Fort Gulistan and Fort Lockhart
The 36th Sikh soldier led by Havildar Ishar Singh fought till his last breath, wounding 600 others and killing 200 tribes
In 2017, the Punjab government decided to make 12th September as Saragarhi Day as a holiday.

To increase the income of farmers from agri-horticulture and allied activities, Dr. Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry at Nauni in Solan district has started fish farming in the farm ponds at the university. Recently, the university introduced 3,000 fingerlings of four improved strains and varieties of fish at the university.

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These fingerlings were procured from the HP State Fishery Department Breeding Farm, Nalagarh. The introduced stock includes Hungarian Carp, Mrigal, Jayanti Rohu, and Catla. While Hungarian Carp and Mrigal are bottom feeders, Jayanti Rohu and Catla are column and surface feeders, respectively. The fingerlings have been introduced to promote poly-fish culture.

To provide better air connectivity to tourists, theUttarakhandgovernment is all set to upgrade 13 key helipads into heliports.

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The heliports, which will enable operation of more choppers, will be developed at a budget of around Rs 100 crore, officials said, adding the helipads that have been identified to be upgraded in places include Sahastradhara (Dehradun),Gauchar,Chinyalisaur, New Tehri, Srinagar, Almora, Nainital, Haldwani,Joshimath, Haridwar, Dharchula,RamnagarandMussoorie.

The project would be funded by the Centre under its Regional Connectivity Scheme. As per the proposal, the development of each helipad would cost between Rs 7 crore to Rs 8 crore.
Under the first phase of the project, the Uttarakhand government aims to set up heliport at Gauchar in Chamoli district and Chinyalisaur in Uttarkashi district. By the end of 2021, the government intends to complete the work at five key helipads, officials familiar with the matter said.

Even as crime against children declined, the offences committed by juveniles shot up by 23% in 2020, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) statistics.

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As many as 976 crimes were committed by children in 2019 which went up to 1,282 in 2020.
Data shows that 238 cases of crimes were committed by minors under the POSCO Act, followed by theft (219), burglary (75) and rape (54 cases).

Out of 1,282 minors booked in 2020, at least 575 had passed Class 10. As per the record of cities mentioned in NCRB report, Lucknow recorded 120 cases of crimes committed by juveniles in 2020, up from 63 reported in 2019. In Kanpur, 10 cases were committed by juveniles in 2019 which rose to 15 in 2020.

Jharkhand is planning to set up the states first herbalparkinDumkasoon. On Sunday, thestateagriculture department director, NishaOraon Singhmar, said the state government has already given its in-principle approval to their ambitious project and will start floating tenders soon.

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The park will be a one-stop destination for those doing research inherbalplants and itll help in promoting a range of organic and scientific planning among farmers. Its fairly a new concept and such parks dont exist in many places except in few states likeHaryanaandUttarakhand, she said.

The park will consist of an aromatic herb garden, a spice herb garden, kitchen herb garden, ornamental herb harden, cosmetic herb garden, along with the facilities for Irrigation Network and micro-irrigation system, post-harvest herb processing, a herb oil extraction unit and distillation, candy-making unit, herbal shampoo and soap-making units, among others.

Thedepartment of expenditure(DoE) under the Union finance ministry has allowed the Bihar government to raise Rs 1,699 crore through market borrowing, as it has met the target of achieving 15% of the capital expenditure that had been earmarked for the first quarter of the current fiscal. The amount will be incrementally increased during the remaining three quarters.

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On account of this, the 11 states have been allowed, as an incentive, an opportunity to raise Rs15,721 crore overall through market borrowing from financial institutions. The so raised will be spent as Capital Expenditure for the creation of assets like bridges, hospitals and other infrastructural entities, as well as to meet the costs of loan repayment and other such expenditures.

This has been done after the first review of the capital expenditures made by the respective state governments. Subsequently, the reviews will be made in December to assess the capital expenditure made till September, followed by that in March next year, and finally in June.
The Centre allows the states to raise money from the open market, but the cap on the total amount that can be raised in a financial year is 4% of the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP).
During the 2021-22 budget presented in the state assembly on February 22, the estimated GSDP was put at over Rs7.57 lakh crore. The estimated outlay for capital expenditure for the creation of assets and loan repayment was Rs41,231 crore, including Rs30,786 crore for expenditure on the creation of productive assets, sources said.

Bihar and the states concerned will be allowed to raise money in an incremental manner over the current fiscal in consonance with the achievement made in the subsequent quarters.

Chhattisgarh will soon draft a policy on electric vehicles (EV) in collaboration, which will be the best in country, said state transport minister Mohd Akbar.

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Akbar mentioned that such programmes shall help the department to attract in the state and help them implement the policies – which are in the pipeline to the general masses.

He said that there are subsidies and incentives offered by the state governments in other states to encourage selling of EVs.

Madhya Pradeshis among the top states in crimes against children, even those unborn. As per theNational Crime Records Bureaureport for 2020, released on Wednesday, MP not only has the maximum incidents of rape against children 3,259 but also has the highest numbers (271) of foeticide, miscarriage and abandonment.

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In crimes against children, MP has the maximum cases 11,322, or 14%, of the 77,382 such cases underIPCincidents in the country. MP also accounts for a shocking 11.8% of child rapes in the country 3,259 of 27,001.

When it comes to crime against infants and the unborn, 271 incidents of miscarriage, infanticide, foeticide and abandonment were reported in Madhya Pradesh in 2020. This is nearly 18% of all such cases in India.

MP tops in cases of abandonment of newborns (186) and is second, afterGujarat(24), in infanticide (17).

In foeticide, its 4th with four cases.

The NCRB report says in table 1A.4 that 2,339 cases of rape were reported in MP in 2020, and table 3A.3 specifies that this number includes two girls aged below 6 years, 7 aged below 12, and one above 16 but below 18 years. Table 4A.2 of the same report says that 3,259 incidents of child rape were registered in MP . If the cases under IPC section 376 are listed under the first column (2,339), how is it that cases of child rape outnumber it? Cases underPocso Actdraw IPC 376.

Florence Nightingale Award to Bhanumati Gheewala

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The Florence Nightingale Award will be conferred to a nurse, Bhanumati Gheewala, from Sir Sayajirao General Hospital, Gujarat. She has been in charge of COVID-19 fantastic pregnant womens deliveries as properly as baby care. She worked in the gynaecology branch as well in the paediatric ward. In 2019, when the wards of the medical institution were waterlogged due to flooding. She carried her obligation in the gynaecology branch and the pediatric ward.

About the Florence Nightingale Award:

The Florence Nightingale Award is given with the aid of the Indian Nursing Council. This is a statutory employer beneath the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, to comprehend the contributions of healthcare workers.

The delegates at the 8th International Conference of Red Cross Societies created this commemorative International Nightingale Medal. It was set up in London in 1907. This medal was intended to be awarded to those who have excelled in the career of nursing.

In 1912, the Red Cross committee created the award. It is to nurses or nursing workers. It is given for exceptional braveness and devotion to the wounded, sick, or disabled, or to civilian victims of a war or disaster or exemplary Services or a creative and pioneering spirit in the areas of public fitness or nursing Education.

Joshi Laboratory Excellence Award by QCI

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QCI (Quality Council of India) launches Prof. S.K. Joshi Laboratory Excellence Award. This is Indias first laboratory excellence award. The Excellence Award has been instituted to promote Laboratory Quality and performance improvement in the country.

Highlights:

The award has been incepted to ensure the laboratorys dedication to attain excellence in presenting high precision checking out and calibration offerings in line with the universal national/international high-quality structures legislations, inclusive of Health, Safety & Environment.

This award will be open to all presently operational laboratories pertaining to Testing, Calibration & Medical along with their Proficiency Testing Providers & Reference Material Producers positioned in India.