27-06-23 Daily-Himachal Pradesh-HPPSC Current Affairs

Himachal Pradesh Government is planning to set up a dedicated task force to combat the drug menace in the hill state.

The has taken up the issue of making the Narcotics Act more stringent with the Central Government so that the properties of drug peddlers can be confiscated and strict action can be taken against them, he said.

To tackle drug addiction and aid in the rehabilitation of affected individuals, the State Government plans to establish two State-of-the-art drug de-addiction-cum-rehabilitation centers in Himachal. About 50 bighas of land is being identified for setting up each center, which will focus on providing effective treatment and support to those in need, he said, adding that as the State Government continues its endeavours to combat drug abuse, Himachal remains committed to ensure the welfare and prosperity of its citizens.

Highlighting the importance of modernizing the Police Department, Sukhu said that the Government would extend full support to enhance the capabilities of law enforcement. He advocated the use of modern technologies like Artificial Intelligence to make the Police Department more efficient. The State Government has sanctioned four new police stations, with three to be located on the Kiratpur-Manali four-lane highway, and one in Bir in Kangra district.

Centre of Excellence to Accelerate Adoption of Energy Efficient Technologies in Indian

The Ministry of Power, Government of India has set up a dedicated Centre of Excellence to accelerate industry adoption of clean technologies and thus scale up Indias contribution to the global energy transition. Named UTPRERAK, short for Unnat Takniki Pradarshan Kendra, the Centre of Excellence to Accelerate Adoption of Energy Efficient Technologies seeks to play a catalytic role in improving Energy Efficiency of Indian Industry. The Centre, named otherwise as Advanced Industrial Technology Demonstration Centre (AITDC), has been set up bythe Bureau of Energy efficiency (BEE), Ministry of Power, at the Badarpur, New Delhi campus ofthe National Power Training Institute (NPTI), Ministry of Power.

UTPRERAK will also serve as a strategic capacity-building institution and seeks to be a one-stop solution provider for energy professionals from across India for trainings and Education in energy efficiency. It is expected to provide intensive training to more than 10,000 energy professionals from the industry and other potential sectors over the next five years.

815 eSewa Kendras have been made under 25 High Courts, benefiting all the stakeholders to avail citizen-centric Services of courts and case-related information conveniently.

About eSewa Kendras: eSewa Kendras have been rolled out to bridge the digital divide by providing e filing services to lawyers and litigants. Covering all High Courts and one District Court as pilot project, it is being expanded to cover all court complexes. The eSewa Kendras are being set up at the entry point of the court complexes with the intention of facilitating the lawyer or litigant who needs any kind of assistance ranging from information to facilitation and e filing.

On 30 October 2020, Indias first e-Resource Center was inaugurated at Nagpur in Maharashtra. The e-Resource Centre Nyay Kaushal will facilitate e-filing of cases in Supreme Court India, High Courts and District Courts across the country. It will also assist the lawyers and litigants in access online e-Courts services and shall be the saviour for those who cannot afford the technology. It will provide benefits in saving time, avoidance of exertion, travelling long distances, and saving cost by offering facilities of e-filing of cases across the country, to conduct the hearing virtually, Scanning, Accessing e-Courts services etc.

Originally designed as a competitive monitoring tool, Swachh Survekshan was introduced under the aegis of MoHUA in 2016, with an objective to sanitation, helping cities to achieve the goal of sustainable sanitation and Waste Management in a fast-track competitive manner. Swachh Survekshan has enthused cities with a healthy spirit of competitiveness to improve urban sanitation and ensure best service delivery to their citizens. It is expected to engage with a whopping 10 Cr citizens during this years assessment making it indisputably the worlds largest annual urban cleanliness survey. Conducted over four quarters, the first three quarters of assessment have already been completed successfully.

A new third quarter for Swachh Survekshan 2023 was introduced this year and the States/ cities geared up for the survey enhancing their activities and level of preparedness. Avoiding the acute heat wave conditions across the nation in the last two months, the fourth quarter is now being launched from 1 July, 2023.

PM Narendra Modi and President of Egypt Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi signed a pact to elevate the bilateral relationship between the two countries to a strategic PARTNERSHIP.

In a special ceremony, Sisi conferred PM Modi with the Order of the Nile, the highest civilian award of Egypt. This was the 13th state honour to have been conferred on PM Modi.

The two sides also signed three MoUs in the fields of <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture, archaeology and antiquities and competition law.