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Shimla: Reward scheme for excellence in cyber crime probe

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The Himachal Police have launched a Cyber Crime Investigator Badge, which will be one of a kind initiative among all states police forces in the country to reward those excelling in investigation in such cases.

It will be a new reward scheme for cyber crime investigation and will be given twice in a year by the DGP to young police officers who excel in the upcoming field of cyber-crime investigation. It will motivate them to specialise in the field of cyber-crime investigation and also give them a unique identity.

Uttarakhand: Schools with fewer students to be merged with big ones

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Theeducation departmenthas decided to merge schools having less than five students in the hills and less than 10 in the plains with the nearest larger ones across the state from the 2023-24 academic session to better utilise Resources and resolvestaff crunch.

Officials said block Education officers in every district have been tasked with identifying such primary and high schools and a final list will be compiled by January 2023. While the exact number of such schools was yet to be determined, the officials said, adding the figure could be around 3,000. According to theRTE rules, a primary school should exist at every km, a middle school every 3 km, high school every 5 km and intermediate at every 7 km.

Uttarakhand has around 16,500 schools, where over 11.5 lakh students are enrolled. The student teacher ratio is 16:1 that officials said they were working to improve.

Govt subsidy to industry on basis of job creation

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To create jobs for people fromUttar Pradesh, the has decided to provide subsidy to industries on the basis of the EMPLOYMENT they generate.
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanathhas asked officials to visit industries regularly to ensure they are meeting the criteria for providing local employment.

The policy also has the provision for a booster subsidy on employment of 75% Women, besides meeting the minimum requirement.

In addition to the subsidy laid out in the policy, large and mega industries would get an additional subsidy of 2% each, while super mega and ultra mega industries will get booster subsidies of 4% each if they employ at least 75% women in their work force. This subsidy may also be extended to industries if they employ 2-3 times as much work force as has been assigned to their category.

Jkhand to roll out smart agro village scheme soon

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The state Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture department is soon going to launch smart agro village scheme to develop several pockets into model agri-centres which will promote latest farming techniques and boost farmers income.

Local MLAs have been asked to recommend sites for the scheme in their respective constituencies.

Detailing on the scheme, he said, Under this project, we aim to develop the identified hamlet into a model and zone.

Ease processes for filmmakers in Bihar: Nitish Kumar

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With places of scenic beauty going untapped, the has initiated a variety of measures to promote shooting of films in a bid to cultivate its fairly new image before the world.

Chief ministerNitish Kumar, who reviewed the works of the arts, culture and youth affairs department at a meeting held here on Thursday, asked the officials concerned to simplify the official processes for clearance and provide all facilities to the interested filmmakers so that they don’t face any problems in film shooting in the state.

The CM said filmmaking in the state would not only promote tourism, but also provide opportunities to local artists and create new job opportunities.

The state government is setting up a film city in Rajgir, a prominent tourist town in Nalanda which is the Home district of Nitish, while several other sites located amid hills and other natural surroundings are being developed to draw the attention of filmmakers. Shekhodewra, a village located in Nawada district, is one such location which has been especially developed for the purpose in the state.

Maternal mortality rate in Chhattisgarh dips to all time low

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The Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) in Chhattisgarh has fallen to an all-time low of 137.

A communiqu from the Health Department said that MMR, which was 159 between 2016-18, fell due to special attention given to the health of pregnant andlactating Women as well as infants.

A special bulletin from the office of the Registrar General on Monday said the MMR has dipped 22 points.

MMR is defined as the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births due to pregnancy or termination of pregnancy, regardless of the site or duration of pregnancy.

The maternal mortality rate is used to represent the risk associated withpregnancy among women.

Between 50 to 98 percent of maternal deaths are caused by direct obstetric causes (hemorrhage, infection and hypertensive disorders, ruptured uterus, hepatitis and anemia). Deaths are also linked toillegally induced abortion

153 government schools to get smart classrooms in Madhya Pradesh

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As many as 153government schoolsacross the state to havesmart classroomsfor students of classes one to eight for the academic session 2022-23 under the ICT and digital initiatives for e-Learning. While there are as many as three forIndoredistrict, over 20 are allocated for the schools of Indore division.

Among the districts of Indore, Barwani will have one smart classroom, Alirajpur, Burhanpur and Khandwa districts have been allocated four classrooms each. Dhar district is to get three smart classrooms and as many as two are planned for Jhabua and Khargone districts.

A budget of Rs 2.40 lakh has been allocated for each school as per the plan to procure two desktop computers (i3-12 generation), two LED TV 65” (Smart TVandroid), and two UPS 600 VA (30 minutes back-up). The department has also stated the technical specifications of the items that are to be procured.

PM lauds significant decline in Maternal Mortality Ratio

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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has lauded the significant decline in the Maternal Mortality Ratio from 130 per lakh live births in 2014-16 to 97 per lakh live births in 2018-20. The Prime Minister emphasised that all aspects relating to Women‘s Empowerment remain very strong.

As per the statistics derived from Sample Registration System (SRS), the country has witnessed a progressive reduction in MMR from 130 in 2014-2016, 122 in 2015-17, 113 in 2016-18, 103 in 2017-19 and to 97 in 2018-20.

Upon achieving this, India has accomplished the National Health Policy (NHP) target for MMR of less than 100/lakh live births and is on the right track to achieve the SDG target of MMR less than 70/ lakh live births by 2030.

The outstanding progress made in terms of the number of states which have achieved Goal (SDG) target, the number has now risen from six to eight leading with Kerala (19), followed by Maharashtra (33), then Telangana (43) and Andhra Pradesh (45), subsequently Tamil Nadu (54), Jharkhand (56), Gujarat (57) and lastly Karnataka (69).

History of Indian Science and Technology Project

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The (ICHR) and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to launch the project titled HISTORY of Indian Science and Technology. Similar project will be launched by the ICHR to trace the economic history of India. The ICHR will also launch another project in collaboration with the AYUSH Ministry to trace Indias contributions in the field of medicine.

The History of Indian Science and Technology project aims to trace the history of Indias contribution to the field of science and technology using evidence from ancient scriptures. Its goal is to establish India as a vishwa guru (global leader) in various scientific domains.

The project will enable historians to tap into the vast information provided by religious scriptures in India and understand their historic and scientific content.

States using only 65% Krishna basin

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TheCentral Water Commission(Cwc) has found that only around 65 per cent of the total water available in the Krishna basin is utilized by different states. Absence of reservoirs and flash floods are resulting in loss of nearly 40% water flowing in the river.

The CWC in its latest study found that more water is going into the ocean in the last few years due to the downpour in the river basin in a short duration. Although the CWC did not spell out anything about the impact of https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change, experts are of the view that it was the result of climate change.