HIMACHAL PRADESH

 

• Govt initiates steps to empower poor women

 

• The Directorate of Women and Child Development has implemented several schemes for empowerment of women of the weaker sections in the state.

 

• BPL women are getting one-time grant of Rs 12,000 at the time of birth of a girl child under the “Beti Hai Anmol” scheme. They get additional Rs 5,000 assistance under the Mother Teresa Asahay Matri Sambal Yojana per child, per year.

 

• Similarly, the additional honorarium being paid from the state Budget to the anganwari workers, mini-anganwari workers and helpers has been increased by Rs 300 per month.

 

• To minimise the stunting growth among children, women and children get nutrition under the Prime Minister’s POSHAN Abhiyan. The scheme has been started in Chamba, Hamirpur, Solan and Shimla districts where the percentage of stunting, underweight and anaemic children and women has been found more.

 

• The government has launched namely Mahila Shakti Kendra to empower rural women through community participation.

 

INTERNATIONAL

 

• India, Africa Field Training Exercise (IAFTX)- 2019

 

• Indian Africa Field Training Exercise (IAFTX)-2019 is scheduled to be conducted at Aundh Military Station and College of Military Engineering, Pune from 18 March to 27 March 2019.

 

• The joint training exercise is being conducted with more than a dozen African countries & India.

 

• The IAFTX-2019 is a positive step towards growing political and military ties with the member nations of African continent and will boost the already strong strategic cooperation between the countries.

 

 

 

NATIONAL

 

• JNPT becomes the only Indian port to be listed amongst the world’s top 30 container ports

 

• The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), India’s premiere container port got listed amongst the top 30 container ports globally.

 

• JNPT notched up five spots, to be 28th on the list, compared to its previous ranking.

 

• JNPT is located in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

 

• It is the largest container port in India.

Gk bit – Ports in India

• Port of Kandlais one of the highest earning ports of India, another port in Gujarat is Mundra Port,India’s largest private port.

 

• India has 12 major ports, 200 notified minor and intermediate ports. The total 200 non-major ports are in the following States:- Maharashtra (48); Gujarat (42); Tamil Nadu (15); Karnataka (10); Kerala (17); Andhra Pradesh (12); Odisha (13); Goa (5); West Bengal (1); Daman and Diu (2); Lakshadweep (10); Pondicherry (2); and Andaman & Nicobar (23).

 

• Government of India (GoI) plans to modernise these ports and has approved a project called Sagarmala.

 

• Indian government has a federal structure, and according to its constitution, maritime transport is to be administered by both the Central and the State governments. While the central government’s shipping ministry administers the major ports, the minor and intermediate ports are administered by the relevant departments or ministries in the nine coastal states Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra and Gujarat.

 

• There are total 13 major sea ports of India,out of 12 are government and one, Ennore port of Chennai is the corporate one. Ennore Port is one of the major port of India located at Coromandel Coast of Tamil Nadu state along with Kakinada Port and private Krishnapatnam Port and Mundra Port.

 

The 12 Major ports are-

 

Kandla Port- Gujarat

Nhava Sheva- Maharashtra

 

Mumbai Port – Selcted for Cruise Tourism in India

Marmagao Port- Goa

Panambur Port- Karnataka

Cochin Port- Kerala

Port Blair- Andaman

Tuticorin Port- Tamil Nadu

Chennai Port

Vizag Port- Andhra Pradesh

Paradip Port- Orissa

Haldia Port- West Bengal

·         Arunachal govt declares Pakke Hornbill Fest as ‘state festival’

• Government of Arunachal Pradesh declared the Pakke Paga Hornbill Festival (PPHF), as a “state festival”.

 

• The first-ever PPHF was held on January 16–18, 2015.

 

• It is the only conservation festival of Arunachal Pradesh.

 

• The festival is organized to recognise the role played by the resident Nyishi tribe in conserving hornbills in the Pakke Tiger Reserve (PTR),

·         Second World Integrated Medicine Forum 2019 Inaugurated in Goa

ð  Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH, inaugurated 2nd World Integrated Medicine Forum 2019 in Goa.

ð  International drug regulators who are dealing with homeopathic or traditional medicines from various countries participated in the forum.

ð  It is organized by the Central Council for Research in Homeopathy under the Ministry of AYUSH along with World Integrated Medicine Forum.

ð  The theme for the forum is ‘ Regulation of Homeopathic Medical Products; Advancing global collaboration’.