29.09.21 Daily [Andhra Pradesh] APPSC Current Affairs

The state government has extended the term ofRathnakar Pandugayalaasspecial representative of APfor North America, by another year.

Rathnakar has been mobilising, financial, technical and human resources from North America for economic, social, cultural and tourism development of Andhra Pradesh since 2019 with the rank of cabinet minister.

Taking the services of Rathnakar into consideration, the chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy had decided to give him extension till October, 2022.

Rathnakar is from Kadapa and resident of Marlborough, Connecticut in USA. He had been serving as director of several IT services firms and is founder of Kadapa Innovations LLC. He played a crucial role in making Jagan Mohan Reddys US visit a success in 2019.

Aapda Mitra scheme will soon be launched in 350 districts of India by National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). Under this scheme, more than one lakh young volunteers from 350 districts will be trained. So far, 5500 Aapda Mitra and 5500 Aapda Sakhi have been trained, who can extend help in case of disaster or natural calamity like flood in remote places. All these volunteers would get life insurance by the government.

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar launched Amul Honey on September 28, 2021. Amul Honey is a product of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd.

This product was launched under cooperation with the National Bee Board (NBB).

During the event, Tomar emphasized on importance ofNational Beekeeping and Honey Missionin increasing the income of small farmers.

National Beekeeping and Honey Missionis being implemented in India to double the income of farmers or beekeepers through beekeeping.

Budgetary allocation ofRs 500 crores have been made for this mission.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had put forward his desire to bring in a sweet revolution in the state of Gujarat. Amul Honey was launched to fulfil this.

In India, quality of honey is a major concern. To ensure the quality, 5 large scale Regional Honey Testing Labs and 100 Mini Honey Testing Labs are being set up across the country.

Amrit Grand Challenge Programme titled CARE was launched by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh.

This programme will identify 75 Start-Up Innovations in Telemedicine, Digital Health, Block Chain, mHealth with BIG Data, Artificial intelligence and other technologies.

Launch of Grand Challenge coincides with the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, it has become more imperative for Young Start-ups and entrepreneurs to come out with Innovative Ideas and Solutions for healthcare challenges in India.

Under this initiative, 75 Best Chosen Start-ups will be an asset for India to lead it in the next 25 years.

The fourth Indo – U.S. Health Dialogue commenced on 27 September was Hosted by India.

Highlights:

The Indo – U.S. health Dialogue commenced on 27 September in New Delhi

The Dialogue was led by Indian Delegation, Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar and the U.S. delegation, Ms Loyce Pace, Director, Office of Global Affairs at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

The two-day Dialogue platform deliberates upon multiple ongoing collaborations between both countries in the health sector.

The two-day Dialogue was worked as a platform to consider multiple collaborations in the health sector between the two countries.

The First MoU was signed for collaboration in the field of Health and Biomedical sciences.

The other MoU was signed for cooperation with the International Centre for Excellence in Research (ICER) and the NIAID (NIH), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

Union Health Minister Shri Mansukh Mandaviya delivered a remarkable speech on the last day of the 4th Indo-US Health Dialogue.

Scientists have excavated the remains of an ancient eagle near a barren, dried-up lake in Southern Australia.

This majestic bird is believed to be 25 million years old when the land of southern Australia was teemed with lush forests.

For eagle, this part of the land was teemed with helpless prey.

It was found near Australias Lake Pinpa, which is now-deserted.

Discovery includes a whopping 63 well-kept fossils which also comprises the entirety of the eagles skeleton.

Koala-hunting eagle was slightly smaller and leaner than the wedge-tailed eagle. However, its the largest eagle known in Australia, found about 25 million years ago. They are known as wedge-tail, or wedgies in Australia. They had a broad-winged bird of prey, similar to size of bald eagle of America.

While addressing the celebrations, minister noted that, India is moving towards creating a disaster management system to ensure than not a single life is lost, no matter how severe a disaster gets.

On the occasion, he released training manual of Aapda Mitra Scheme as well as plan documents of Aapda Mitra & Common Alerting Protocol.

Foundation Day of NDMA was celebrated under the theme- Stopping Impact of Disaster Incidents in the Himalayan Region.