ANDHRA PRADESH

Top priority to energy, water security: Naidu

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu expressed his wish to witness an integral development of the State in the next five years especially on the energy and water security fronts and focus on the construction of the capital city Amaravati.

Power cuts have become a thing of the past and transmission and distribution losses were reduced to single digits.

Emphasis had been laid on generating solar and wind energies on a larger scale than before and the energy savings achieved by the State won critical acclaim for it around the world.

Naidu sounded confident on achieving a 15 % growth rate in 2017-18, up from 11.72 % in the last financial year, which was more than double the national growth rate.

INTERNATIONAL

· World Rabies Day – 28th September

World Rabies Day is celebrated annually to raise awareness about rabies prevention.
The 2017 World Rabies Day theme is ‘Rabies: Zero by 30’.
This day also marks the anniversary of Louis Pasteur’s death, the French chemist, and microbiologist, who developed the first rabies vaccine.

· World Maritime Day – 28 September

The World Maritime Dayis celebrated across the world on 28 September across the world.
The theme for 2017 World Maritime Day is ‘Connecting Ships, Ports and People’.
The main aim is to do so by focusing on helping International Maritime Organization (IMO)member states to develop and implement maritime strategies to invest in a joined-up, interagency approach.

· Russia and US Partner to Build 1st Ever Space Station Near Moon

Russian and the United States space agencies, Roscosmos and NASA, have agreed to jointly build a“deep space gateway”,the first-ever astronaut-tended space station around the Moon.
It would help prepare for manned missions to deep space destinations including Mars.
NASA and Roscosmos are two of the major partners in the $100-billion Earth-orbiting International Space Station (ISS).

NATIONAL

· Indian Railways to soon introduce innovative techniques to eliminate rail accidents

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal confirmed that innovative techniques are soon being introduced to eliminate rail accidents.
It includes revamping the existing signaling system by use of TPWS – Train Protection and Warning System and MTRC, Mobile Train Radio Communication.
The electrification of rail tracks will be completed by next 4-5 years.
This will lead to savings in energy costs over 10,000 crores while reducing pollution and dependence on imported diesel.

CARA launches monthly “Jan Sampark” Program to facilitate adoption

The Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) of the Ministry of Women & Child Development has started a monthly “Jan Sampark” program to enable the public to have interaction with its officials and staff for seeking information related to Adoption as well as flagging their concerns.

The first of its kind programme was held in New Delhi. Nearly 150 Prospective Adoptive Parents (PAPs), Adoptive Parents and representatives of agencies participated in the session, which lasted for more than four hours.

President Ram Nath Kovind launches ‘Adopt a Heritage’ project

President Ram Nath Kovind launched the ‘Adopt a Heritage’ initiative on World Tourism Day, under which heritage sites will be entrusted to public and private enterprises and individuals for maintenance.

The initiative — launched along with ‘Incredible India 2.0 Campaign’ — is an attempt to boost Indian tourism with “greater focus on digital presence and social media”.

Under the ‘Adopt a Heritage’ Project, those entrusted with the development of tourist amenities at the adopted sites would be known as ‘Monument Mitras’.

National Tourism Award 2017

Hall of fame award for Best State / UT Comprehensive Development of Tourism: Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh

Swachhta Award: Telangana

Best Maintained and Disabled Friendly Monument: Chowmahalla Palace, Hyderabad, Telangana

Best Tourist Friendly Railway Station: Ujjain Railway Station, Madhya Pradesh

Best Heritege City: Chanderi and Warangal

Best Tourist Guide: K Kasinath Rao, Telangana

Excellence in Publishing – Hindi: सिंहस्थ 2016

Excellence in Publishing – English: “The Heart of Incredible India” (Coffee Table Book) by Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board

· Union Cabinet approves umbrella scheme of Modernisation of Police Forces

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi given its approval for implementation of umbrella scheme of “Modernisation of Police Forces (MPF)” for years 2017-18 to 2019-20.
The financial outlay for the scheme over the three year’s period is Rs.25,060 crore, out of which the Central Government share will be Rs.18,636 crore and the States’ share will be Rs.6,424 crore.
The central budget outlay of Rs.10,132 crore earmarked for internal security related expenditure for Jammu & Kashmir, the North Eastern States and left-wing extremism affected States.
It provides for setting up of State-of-Art forensic science laboratory in Amravati, Andhra Pradesh and up gradation of Sardar Patel Global Centre for Security, Counter-Terrorism and Anti-Insurgency in Jaipur and Gujarat Forensic Science University in Gandhi Nagar.

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