DAILY CA 11,12 SEP
1.
PRADHAN MANTRI TB MUKT BHARAT ABHIYAAN LAUNCHED
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The
President of India, Droupadi Murmu virtually
launched the Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan to
reinvigorate the mission of Tuberculosis (TB) elimination from the country by 2025.
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The President also launched the Ni-kshay
2.0 initiative, a portal to provide a platform for donors
to provide various forms of support to those undergoing TB treatment.
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India has more than 25 percent of the
total TB patients of the world, whereas India’s entire population itself is
less than 20 percent of the world’s population.
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In 2020, the
Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) was
renamed as the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP) that
aims to eradicate TB by 2025 which is 5 years ahead
of Sustainable Development Goals 2030.
2.
INDIAN ARMY & INDIAN AIR FORCE CONDUCT JOINT EXERCISE
“GAGAN STRIKE” IN PUNJAB
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The
Kharga Corps of the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force (IAF) conducted the
joint exercise “Gagan Strike” in Punjab
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The joint exercise was led by Lieutenant
General Pratik Sharma, General Officer Commanding (GOC), Kharga Corps, and took
place over 4 days in various places of Punjab bordering Ambala in Haryana.
3.
INDIA’S TRUCK MARKET LIKELY TO GROW OVER 4-TIMES BY 2050
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According
to a National Institute for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog report
titled ‘Transforming Trucking in India: Pathways to Zero-Emission
Truck Deployment’, India’s trucking market is expected to grow
over 4 times by 2050.
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Due
to the increase in population, the rise of e-commerce and rising income levels,
the transport demand continues to grow and the road freight movement is
expected to increase to 9.6 trillion tonnes Kilometre by 2050.
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As
per the report, In India, the transportation costs is around 62 percent of
overall logistics, accounting for 14 percent of India’s GDP.
4.
KIBITHU MILITARY STATION NAMED AFTER GEN BIPIN RAWAT
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The
military camp in Kibithu,
Arunachal Pradesh and the 22 Km-road stretch from Walong to Kibithu have been
named in honour of General BipinRawat, India’s first Chief of Defence Staff
(CDS), who was killed in a chopper crash in December 2021.
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The military camp in Kibithu has been
renamed as ‘Gen Bipin Rawat military garrison’ and
the road was named as “Gen. Bipin Rawat Marg”.
5.
DELHI POLICE BECOME THE FIRST POLICE FORCE IN INDIA TO MAKE
FORENSIC PROBE MANDATORY
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Delhi
Police has become the first police force in India to make collection of
forensic evidence mandatory in crimes punishable by more than six years.
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The
order was created to provide guidelines for the use of forensic tools by all
Investigating Officers of the Delhi Police in offences carrying a sentence of
more than six years.
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According
to the order, each district of the Delhi Police will also have access to one
forensic mobile van, which will be used to provide
investigation officers with on-the-spot scientific and forensic support as
needed.
6.
GLOBALLY HALF OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES LACK BASIC HYGIENE
SERVICES- REPORT BY WHO & UNICEF
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According
to the Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) report by World Health Organization (WHO)
and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) titled “Progress on WASH in health care facilities 2000–2021: special focus on
WASH and infection prevention and control (IPC)”, in 2021, around
half of health care facilities (51%) across the world lack
basic hygiene services with water and soap or alcohol-based hand rub where
patients receive care and at toilets.
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The report states that around 3.85 billion
people across the globe depend on these facilities.
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This also includes the 688 million people
who receive care at facilities with no hygiene services at all.
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The report was launched at the World Water
Week, the annual conference held from 23rd August to 1st September 2022 in
Stockholm, Sweden.
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Globally, 4 in 5 health care facilities,
around 78%, had basic water services which mean the water was available
from an improved source on the facility in 2021.
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Around 1.7 billion people do not have
access to basic water services in their healthcare facility, including 857
million people across the globe who have no water service at their healthcare
facility.
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According to WHO and UNICEF, for hygiene,
data are now available for 40 counties, which represents 35% of the world’s
population, up from 21 in 2020 and 14 in 2019.
7.
DIAMOND LEAGUE FINAL: NEERAJ CHOPRA BECOMES FIRST INDIAN TO
WIN DIAMOND TROPHY
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Neeraj
Chopra became the 1st Indian to win the Diamond League Finals
Title, the prestigious title in the finale of the Diamond
League series in Zurich in men’s javelin with 88.44m throw.
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Czech
Republic’s Jakub Vadlejch won the second position with 86.94 m throw and
Germany’s Julian Webber is in the third position with 83.73m throw.
8.
WORLD SUICIDE PREVENTION DAY 2022 – SEPTEMBER 10
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World
Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) is annually observed across the globe on 10th
September to focus attention on the issue of suicide and reduce the stigma
around it.
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The theme of WSPD 2022 is “Creating
hope through action”.
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“Creating hope through action” is the
triennial theme for World Suicide Prevention Day from 2021 –
2023.
