Facts in News

                                  Facts in News

Tribal Health Collaborative ‘Anamaya’

• It is a multi-stakeholder initiative launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
• It will converge various government efforts to enhance the health and nutrition status of the tribal communities.
• It envisions to build a sustainable, high-performing health ecosystem to improve the health of tribal populations and will play a crucial role in achieving the ultimate goal of ‘Health for All‘.
• The Ministry will undertake several activities such as:
  • Setting up of the National Council on Tribal Health to drive policy initiatives in tribal health.
  • Establishment of a Health Cell to closely monitor healthcare delivery in the tribal areas, devising mechanisms to implement the Tribal Health Action Plan, etc.
• Tribal population still lacks access to health facilities and health care providers due to cultural and language differences, poor treatment-seeking behaviour, shortage of human resources, difficult terrain, etc.

Lab On Wheel

• It is a customised bus with computers, televisions, 3D and normal printers, cameras, laptop, etc. It is Wi-Fi enabled, with 100% power back up and is fully air-conditioned.
• It is part of Delhi Technological University’s (DTU) ‘Education Reaches You’ scheme.
• Students of DTU will travel in it across Delhi to teach government school students and underprivileged children.
• It will give educational lectures, tutorials and teach school students in the domains of maths, science and advanced technology.

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Cyber Yuan

• China is turning its legal tender into computer code as digital currency, which will be regulated by its central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC).
• It is designed to replace cash in circulation and not money deposited for long-term in bank accounts.
• It will negate the anonymity for the user and will be a legal tender.
• Unlike cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, the cyber yuan will not use blockchain, distributed ledger technology which allows transactions to be validated without the need for banks.
• Significance for China
  • Track spending in real time.
  • Help in Chinese aim of internationalising its currency and easier to encourage users in other countries to use it.
  • Provide tools to monitor both the economy and the people.

Clean Ganga Fund

• It was formed in 2014 for cleaning up of the Ganga, setting up waste treatment plants and conservation of biotic diversity of the river.
• It began as an initiative to harness the enthusiasm of people for Ganga and to bring them closer to the Ganga and inculcate a sense of ownership.
• It is envisioned as a source of funds from private companies, individuals and institutions.

•  It aims to utilise the collection for various activities under the ‘Namami Gange’ programme for cleaning the holy river.

Features

• Open to all – domestic as well as international(NRI & PIO).

• The donation would be recognized more than resource mobilization and this fund will help bring innovation and technological know-how and connect you with this national cause.

About Namami Gange Programme:

• It is an umbrella programme that integrates previous and currently ongoing initiatives by enhancing efficiency, extracting synergies and supplementing them with more comprehensive & better-coordinated interventions.
• It is implemented by the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), and State Programme Management Groups in the states.
  •  NMCG is the implementation wing of the National Ganga Council established in 2016 which replaced the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NRGBA).
• It works under the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti.

The main pillars of the programme are:

• Sewerage Treatment Infrastructure & Industrial Effluent Monitoring.
• River-Front Development & River-Surface Cleaning
• Bio-Diversity & Afforestation
• Public Awareness

Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur

• He was born in 1621 in the holy city of Amritsar in a house known as Guru ke Mahal.
• He was the fifth and the youngest son of Sri Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji and Mata Nanki Ji. His childhood name was Tyag Mal.
• He was the ninth Sikh Guru.

• He had resisted forced conversions of non-Muslims to Islam during Aurangzeb’s rule
  • He was publicly killed in 1675 on the orders of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in Delhi
• Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib and Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib in Delhi are the sites of his execution and cremation.

Contributions

• He contributed many hymns to the Guru Granth Sahib including the Saloks, or couplets.
• He is known to have travelled extensively to preach the teachings of Nanak.
• He is remembered for his selfless service to people.
• He had set up community kitchens and wells for the local people wherever he went.

• Anandpur Sahib, the famous holy city and a global tourist attraction in the foothills of the Himalayas, was founded by Guru Tegh Bahadur

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Madhu Kranti Portal

• The Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister launched the Madhukranti portal.
• This portal developed for online registration to achieve a traceability source of Honey and other beehive products on a digital platform.
• This will also help in checking the quality and source of adulteration of honey.
• It is an initiative of the National Bee Board under the National Beekeeping and Honey Mission.

• An MoU between National Bee Board and Indian Bank was signed for this project.