HARYANA

Hry to set up gau seva kendras to deal with stray cattle

Grappling with the large population of stray cattle roaming on the streets and causing accidents in the state, Haryana Government has proposed to set up “Gramin Gau Seva Kendras” to rehabilitate 100-200 cattle in a village.

The State Government has chalked out a plan to open 50 “Gramin Gau Seva Kendras” in villages of Haryana during the current financial year 2018-19.

Recently, the government had launched ‘Haryana Besahara Gauvansh Mukt Yojana’ to make the state stray cattle- free by the end of this year. The State Government has in the past failed thrice to achieve its ambitious target of making Haryana stray cattle-free.

As per government’s data, there are around 50000 stray cattle in the state.

There are around 430 gaushalas and nandishalas (shelter for bovine animals) in the state with strength of more than 3.40 lakh cattle.

At present, the cow shelters in the state are facing shortage of funds and several incidents of cow deaths due to lack of basic facilities at these shelters have been reported over the past few months.

Notably, Haryana was among the first states in the country to enact the Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Act in 2015, imposing a complete ban on the sale of beef in any form in the state and making cow slaughter punishable by up to 10-year imprisonment and with fine upto Rs 1 lakh.

INTERNATIONAL

· NASA introduced an app to take space selfies

NASA has introduced two virtual reality apps which will allow users to take selfies in front of gorgeous cosmic locations.
The two apps, the Selfies app and Exoplanet Excursions virtual reality app, were released to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the launch of NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.
The app will let you take snapshots of yourself in a virtual spacesuit, posing in front of gorgeous cosmic locations, like the Orion Nebula or the centre of the Milky Way galaxy. It also provides information about the science behind these stunning images.

NATIONAL

· WhatsApp bats for user privacy to the Centre

WhatsAppdisagrees with the Centre’s idea of over tracing the origin of fake messages.
Whatsapp, the messaging platform, said it will not comply with the demands set by the government. The move by WhatsApp said it will undermine the privacy of WhatsApp users. Building traceability would undermine end-to-end encryption.

· ICOMOS launched initiative to save cultural heritage damaged in flood-hit Kerala

The International Council on Monuments and Sites(ICOMOS), a global monument conservation body, has launched an initiative to assess the damage to the rich cultural and built heritage in flood-devastated Kerala and set up an emergency response platform.
ICOMOS is also an advisory body to the UNESCO for cultural heritage, in particular for implementation of the World Heritage Convention.

· Indians can make calls on flights starting October

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has reportedly said that people will be allowed to make calls and use the internet during flights (at 30,000 ft) from October.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) had earlier announced that Indian and international flights be allowed voice and data services within India’s airspace above an altitude of 9,850 ft.

· Doklam effect: trade at Nathu La dips 90%

The trade between India and China at the Nathu La border dropped by 90% in 2017 owing to the standoff at Doklam between the two countries.

According to the figures provided by the Department of Commerce and Industries, Government of Sikkim, the value of exports from India to China in 2016 was ₹63.38 crore and the import from China was ₹19.30 crore.

In 2017, exports dropped to ₹7.83 crore while imports from China dipped to just ₹1.02 crore.

Trade between India and China at Nathu La started in July 2006 when the Old Silk Route was re-opened. Since then about 100 traders from both sides have been crossing the Nathu La border, at an elevation of 14,140 ft, four days a week, Monday to Thursday. The border trade is allowed seven months a year, from May to November.

· Centre asks States to conduct survey of Anganwadi beneficiaries

The Centre has asked all State governments to carry out a survey to identify fake beneficiaries at various anganwadis after the Assam government uncovered over 14 lakh ghost beneficiaries of the scheme.
Anganwadi services are offered under the Centre’s Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS). An anganwadi worker provides supplementary nutrition, immunisation, health check-up, pre-school education and conducts growth monitoring. There are over 14 lakh anganwadis and 10 crore beneficiaries, including children from the age group of 0-6 and pregnant and lactating mothers.
The Centre has planned a host of activities across the country in September, which is being observed as ‘nutrition month’. Multiple stakeholders from district magistrates, self-help groups, volunteers from the National Service Scheme and National Cadet Corps, school teachers, ASHA workers to representatives from gram sabha and panchayati raj will be involved for better monitoring of the Nutrition Mission as well as for organising awareness campaigns.

The Nutrition Mission was launched by Mr. Modi in March at Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan. The mission aims to reduce stunting, under-nutrition, and low birth weight by 2% per annum, and anaemia by 3% annually.

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