World Day for Safety and Health at Work observed today
The World Day for Safety and Health at Work to promote the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases globally observed on 28th April every year.
The day is observed mainly by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) as an awareness-raising campaign to raise awareness of safety in the workplace.
It is intended to focus international attention on creating a safety and health culture can help reduce the number of work-related deaths and injuries.
The theme of this year is ‘Optimize the collection and use of OSH data’.
Union Minister Uma Bharti launches 'Jal Sanrakshan Karyakram-Bundelkhand'
The Union Water Resources and River Development Minister 'Uma Bharti' has launched the "Jal Sanrakshan Karyakram - Bundelkhand " at Baandri in Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh.
This programme is a part of special efforts being made by the union govt for speedy implementation of water conservation schemes.
The work of development of water bodies to improve socio-economic situation in drought prone areas has been undertaken through Jal Sanrakshan Karyakram in the country.
Around 1,300 percolation tanks, 69,000 small check dams and 24,200 recharge pits have been identified.
ISRO develops "Solar Calculator" Android App
An android App 'Solar Calculator' has been developed by Space Applications Centre (SAC), ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) Ahmedabad for the computation of solar energy potential.
It is a very useful tool for installation of PV solar panels for tapping solar energy.
The App provides monthly/yearly solar potential (in kWh/m2) and minimum/maximum temperature at any location.
It also displays the location on the satellite image and provides azimuth/elevation angles as well as day length over different time periods in a year.
The App can be downloaded from “New and Renewable Energy” section at vedas.sac.gov.in
Puducherry farmers to get free power
The Pondicherry govt. has announced that, the farmers of UT (Union Territory) will get free power supply from this month for pump sets used for irrigation purpose.
The move has been adopted in the current fiscal year 2017-18
Tamil actor ‘Vinu Chakravarthy’ passes away
Veteran Tamil actor and scriptwriter Vinu Chakravarthy (71-year) passed away in Chennai after prolonged illness.
Chakravarthy has acted in over 1,000 Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Badaga and Malayalam languages films playing villain, comic roles and supporting characters.
He well known for his unique stentorian voice and trade mark pauses in dialogue delivery.
El Salvador becomes 1st country in world to ban metals mining
El Salvador has become the first country in the world to ban the mining of metals for environmental protection.
The new law entered into force after being signed by President Salvador ‘Sanchez Ceren’.
It will protect poor rural communities threatened by proposed mining projects.
Haryana govt. appointed BS Sandhu as state’s DGP
The Haryana government has appointed ‘BS Sandhu’ (1984 batch IPS) as new Director General of Police (DGP) of the state.
Earlier, Mr. Sandhu was Chairman and Managing Director(MD) of Haryana Police Housing Corporation.
The former Haryana DGP ‘K P Singh’ has been shifted to Prisons department as Director General, Prisons.
Bhubaneswar becomes 1st Indian city to win Pierre L’enfant Awards-2017
Indian city ‘Bhubaneswar’ (Capital of Odisha) has won Pierre L’enfant Planning Excellence and Achievement Awards-2017, instituted by the American Planning Association.
The smart city ‘Bhubaneswar’ has received this award for good and advanced town planning and engaging its residents in the planning process.
Earlier, the association selected five excellence award recipients, which will be honoured at an awards luncheon at the association’s National Planning Conference in New York.
Paytm launches ‘Digital Gold’, Makes Gold Investment Digital
‘Paytm’ has launched the first wealth management product ‘Digital Gold’ on its platform to allow customers to buy and sell gold through electronic platform.
‘Digital Gold’ has been launched in partnership with gold refiner MMTC-PAMP.
Now, Consumers can purchase 24K 999.9 purity gold online and store it in MMTC—PAMP’s secure vaults free of charge.
It offers a real-time international pricing mechanism for the customers.
