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Implementation of POSH Act far from satisfactory: Women panel

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Expressing concern over rising incidents of sexual harassment at coaching/educational institutions, the https://exam.pscnotes.com/national-commission-for-Women“>National Commission for Women (NCW) has stated that the implementation of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, on the ground is far from satisfactory.

It has further said non-implementation of the guidelines/provisions of the Act amounts to violation of the Fundamental Rights of a woman under Article 14, 15, 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India.

She has also urged him to direct all coaching institutes to take steps to prevent sexual harassment of students attending coaching either from fellow students or teachers, besides ensuring that these coaching centres are registered with the authorities concerned and background of those running such centres be checked thoroughly.

More fast track courts for NRIs to be set up in Punjab, says Dhaliwal

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Punjab Cabinet minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal on Thursday said that he will meet the Chief of Punjab and Haryana High Court for the opening of more fast track courts for matters related to the NRIs.

Dhaliwal, who is the NRI affairs minister in the Punjab government, said he will meet the chief justice shortly to work out the modalities to expedite the process for setting up more NRI fast track courts.

Notably, several Non-Resident Indian (NRI), who originally hail from Punjab, had sought from the State Government to set up fast track courts for redressal of their issues, including property related disputes during the recently held NRI meetings.

Dhaliwal also gave instructions to depute legal advisors to provide requisite legal aid to NRIs.

He also ordered deputy commissioners concerned to resolve around 50 per cent of the grievances brought during these NRI milni programmes (Punjabi NRIs meet) through their nodal officers appointed specially for the cases of NRIs.

Policy to save crops from stray animals on cards

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Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Minister Chander Kumar said the government would soon frame a policy to protect crops from stray and wild animals.

The minister made the comments while addressing his first public meeting at Jawali Assembly segment, from where he was elected. A new animal tagging system for domestic animals will be introduced to identify the owners. Heavy penalties will be imposed on people who abandon their , Kumar said.

To boost farming, he said experts had been directed to conduct Soil tests and, guide farmers to cultivate crops as per the quality of soil of the farm. Expressing concern over lack of interest among youth toward farming activities, the minister said, It is a major challenge. Motivating youth for adopting progressive agriculture and Dairy farming, along with their principal occupation, will be a priority, he said. He directed officials of various departments to be more transparent in their functioning.

Advantage Uttarakhand’ showcases policies & perks for investors

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The on Thursday apprised investors about various policies and perks in the offing for them at a day-long event “Advantage Uttarakhand” inDehradun.

Major thrust would be given upon natural products derived out of Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture, Organic Farming, Horticulture and eco-tourism as the state has abundance of it, officers said, adding that overall Environment naturally enables the state to outperform others in these fields.

The investors were also told that the state has an electronics manufacturing cluster, a pharmaceutical park and one aroma park.Agriculture minister Ganesh Joshisaid the state has a single window system for giving clearance for industrial investments.

CM gives away essential devices to divyangjans

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Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that assistive devices ensured that divyangjans led a normal lifestyle.

While attending the Atal Health Fair-3 Seva hi Sarkar on the occasion of the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the chief minister interacted with the divyangjans and distributed artificial limbs and tricycles, wheelchairs and other essential devices to them.

For the last three years, the Atal Health Fair has been held. In the first fair more than 7,500, in the second more than 10,500 and this time in two days, thousands of people availed health benefits in the fair.

At the conclusion of the two-day fair, the chief minister met the specially-abled children, distributed them essential equipment including blankets, tricycles, wheel chairs.

Improving rural economy key to progress: Soren

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Chief ministerHemant Sorenon Wednesday felicitated 400 members of self-help groups hailing from ultra poor household community for overcoming odds to learn livelihood earning skills.

The occasion was the graduation ceremony of the first cohort of 400 Women hailing from Lohardaga, Gumla and Latehar districts who were provided various livelihood skills through a three-year programme by the Bangalore-based The/Nudge Institute under its End Ultra POVERTY programme. It was supported by theJharkhandState Livelihood Mission and Union rural development ministry.

Officials of the institute on the occasion said that the End Ultra-Poverty aims to contribute to the governments efforts to target the ultra-poor at large scale. The programmes journey started in Jharkhand in 2018. KPMG, L&T Infotech and The Rockefeller Foundation are key partners of the programme enabling The/Nudge to create impactful change in the lives of the women in Jharkhand and across India.

Collectively in all the three district, this programme is supporting around 4,000 households since three years.
The/Nudge started this programme in Jharkhands three district in 2019 targeting 4,000 households in the first phase. The first batch of 400 rural women who graduated from the ultra-poverty programme have done so through their resilience despite the twin waves of Covid-19, said officials.

10 worst polluted cities in country from Bihar

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All the top ten cities with worst air quality in the country on Sunday were from Bihar. Patnaites breathed the worst air of the season as its air quality index (AQI) plunged to 402 in the ‘severe’ category due to poor dispersion of pollutants owing to weak winds, moisture incursion, drop in temperature, road dust or dust from construction sites and vehicular emission.

Begusarai recorded the worst AQI level at 474, closely followed by Darbhanga (446), Katihar (442), Siwan (429), Purnia (404), Saharsa (404), Patna (402) and Samastipur (399). Greater Noida and Ara had AQI at 398 and Bhagalpur at 388 while Delhi had it at 353.

As per the CPCB, severe AQI level can affect healthy people and seriously impact those with existing diseases.

Malaria-free Cgarh campaign: API 0.92

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The last six phases of the malaria-free Chhattisgarh campaign have yielded good results.

The Annual Parasite Index (API) of Chhattisgarh, which was 2.63 in 2018, has fallen to 0.92 in 2022, said the Director of Epidemic Control, Dr. Subhash Mishra.

The Health and Family Welfare Department organized the seventh phase of the malaria-free campaign and detected 7,930 people positive out of 9,30,820 screened in four districts, he said.

Mishra said in the seventh phase, 1,959 survey teams checked 1,83,796 houses in Bijapur, Dantewada, Narayanpur and Sukma districts.

The digital ad film focuses on Nexus Malls

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Nexus Malls recently announced Amitabh Bachchan as their Happyness Ambassador. In the Digital Ad film which they released earlier today, Mr. Bachchan is seen helping choose a hottestest purple dress from one of the malls in the Nexus Malls portfolio.

The digital ad is a part of the larger campaign roll out which Nexus Malls has planned with Mr. Bachchan for this festive season. Nishank Joshi, CMO, Nexus Malls said, As we continue to build our brand, we are certain this campaign will help us further strengthen our position in the minds of our customers. Our campaign with Bachchan is our commitment to stay true to our brand promise of bringing a Ab Har Din Kuch Naya experience for our customers, every time they visit our malls.

Mines dept to map dist-wise mineral base

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Theminesdepartment is undertaking a district-wise survey of mineral reserves and Resources to map availability, demand, exploration, and extraction. The district survey report will be prepared in 21 days by a third party appointed by the department.

As part of the plan, the district collector will put the survey in the public domain for comments and suggestions. There after the report will be sent to the state Environment-impact-assessment”>Environment Impact Assessment and state expert committee, the department will undertake activities like exploration, delineation of plots and auction.

The District Survey report (DSR) will contain data published and endorsed by various departments and websites about geology of the area, mineral wealth details, existing leases, mining activities, details of forests, rivers, , Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture, road, transportation, and Climate etc.

The survey will help in a big way to harvest the riches, creating jobs at the local level, unleashing entrepreneurial activities and earning revenues for the state.