11-05-23 Daily-Haryana-HPSC Current Affairs

Taking note of the status report showing that 4,360 acres of land is under unauthorized encroachment inHaryanamunicipal areas, the Punjab and Haryana high court has ordered that a copy of the report be sent to the Haryana chief secretary for appropriate action and for proceeding appropriately against those officials/employees who have committed lapses.

In Sohna area of Gurgaon, 1896.55 acres is under encroachment, while the figure in Kalka under Panchkula MC limits is 486 acres. There is illegal encroachment over 145.75 acres in Jhajjar’s Beri, 243.48 acres at Pehowa, 622.5 acres at Shahabad and 149.9 acres at Thanesar, district of Kurukshetra. It is also seen that nearly 230 acres of land is under encroachment inBhiwani’s Bawani Khera and the cases for clearing it are allegedly pending since 2016. There is encroachment over 24.62 acres of land inAmbalaCity and 90.6 acres of land in Ambala Sadar.
While more than 115 acres of land in Ambala is illegally occupied, no officer has been transferred to the post tasked with clearing squatters.

The Union Minister for Communications,Ashwini Vaishnaw, launched theSanchar Saathi Portalduring a function held inNew Delhi. This citizen-centric portal aims to empower mobile phone users by providing essential services, such as tracking and blocking lost mobile phones.

The Union Minister further emphasized how several reforms have positively impacted the telecommunications sector. The industry is now more robust and investment-oriented due to these transformations.

The main objective of this workshop is to promote the adoption of the NeVA platform by all State and Union Territory Legislatures. By utilizing technology, the aim is to bring transparency, accountability, and responsiveness to their legislative proceedings.

NeVA is part of the Digital India Programme initiated by the Government of India and is classified as one of the 44Mission Mode Projects (MMPs). Its purpose is to eliminate the need for paper-based operations in all State Legislatures, transforming them into digital entities. Currently, 21 State legislatures have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to implementNeVA.

Funding has been allocated for 17 Legislatures, and they have received the necessary funds to implement the project.

Microsofthas launchedJugalbandi,a generative AI-driven multilingual chatbot accessible via popular messaging platform, WhatsApp. The bot has been especially made to cover areas of rural India which arent easily penetrated through media and lack access to governments welfare activities. The chatbot has been developed by AI4Bharat in collaboration with IIT Madras. It is aimed at providing personalised assistance by understanding user queries in multiple languages, whether spoken or typed. The chatbot was launched in April and has been tested inBiwan,a village near Indias capital city of New Delhi.

According to Microsoft, Jugalbandi combines AI models from AI4Bharat and Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service, allowing seamless conversation between users and the chatbot.

These generative AI tools can synthesise vast amounts of data to generate text and other forms of content.

The online rural educationinitiative Pahalwas officially launched by Chief Secretary DurgaShankar Mishraat Government UP Sainik Inter College in Sarojini Nagar. This program, developed through a partnership between theDepartment of Secondary Education and IIT Kanpur,aims to provide education to rural communities through online platforms.

Mohammed Shahabuddin Chuppuhas become the22nd president of Bangladesh,taking over from Abdul Hamid, in a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, politicians, judges, and senior officials. The event was held at the historic Durbar Hall of Bangabhaban, where Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the oath to Shahabuddin. He was elected unopposed in February this year as the candidate of the ruling party, and after the ceremony, he signed the documents for the office of the president.

There are growing disputes between the ruling Awami League and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) regarding the electoral system as Bangladesh prepares for general elections. The elections are scheduled for December or January next year.