DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 08 JULY 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
“JIGYASA” – STUDENT-SCIENTIST CONNECT PROGRAMME LAUNCHED
i. ‘JIGYASA’, a student- scientist
connect programme was officially launched in New Delhi. Council of Scientific
and Industrial Research has signed Memorandum of Understanding with Kendriya
Vidyalaya Sangathan to implement this programme.
ii. MoU signing ceremony was held in
the presence of Dr. Harsh Vardhan – Minister of Science & Technology, Earth
Sciences, Environment, Forests and Climate Change and Minister of Human
Resource Development, Mr. Prakash Javadekar.
iii. Focus of ‘JIGYASA’ programme is to
connect school students and scientists so as to extend student’s classroom
learning with that of a very well planned research laboratory based learning.
2. HEALTH
MINISTRY HOLDS 4TH NATIONAL SUMMIT ON GOOD, REPLICABLE PRACTICES AND
INNOVATIONS IN PUBLIC HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
i. Ms. Sumitra Mahajan – Speaker of the
16th Lok Sabha inaugurated the 4th National Summit on Good, Replicable
Practices and Innovations in Public Health Care Systems at Indore, Madhya
Pradesh.
ii. C K Mishra, Secretary (Health)
mentioned that the summit has been held in the backdrop of two important
events, one, shifting of goals from Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable
Development Goals and the other is announcement of National Health Policy,
2017.
iii. During the Summit, the Health
Ministry also gave away awards to the States and UTs on the basis of Health
Indicators and Service Delivery.
3. GARIB
NAWAZ SKILL DEVELOPMENT CENTRES TO BE ESTABLISHED IN 100 DISTRICTS OF THE
COUNTRY: SHRI
MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI
i. The Minister of State for Minority
Affairs (I/C) & Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that Garib Nawaz Skill Development Centres
will be established in 100 districts of the country which will effectively
ensure employment oriented skill development of youth belonging to Minority
communities.
ii. In next 6 months, job oriented skill training centres in
various fields, will be established in Hyderabad, Lucknow, Noida, Jaipur,
Nagpur, Aurangabad and in many more states.
iii. Along with this, Ministry of
Minority Affairs will launch a mega education campaign Tahrik-e-Taleem. The
campaign will be launched on the birth anniversary of former President of India
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.
iv. The Ministry of Minority Affairs is
in the process to establish 5 world class educational institutions to provide
better education to students belonging to Minority communities in technical,
medical, Ayurved, Unani.