RAJASTHAN

• First Parshurama panorama coming up in Chittorgarh
• Country’s first panorama on Lord Parshuram, the sixth avataar of Lord Vishnu as per Hindu mythology, would be set up at Matrakundiya in Chittorgarh district.

• Parshuram Jayanti would be a state holiday every year from this year and the panorama would be great place to visit as it would have a 342- year- old pictorial manuscript related to Hindu mythology and religious texts.

• Matrakundiya is the penance place where Parshuram came to expiate his sin of killing his mother when he was asked to do so by his father.

• The state government has undertaken an important project worth 550 crore rupees of restoration of places of worships and panorama galleries of historical and mythological personalities.

INTERNATIONAL

·        Bisket Jatra Being Celebrated In Nepal

• The Jatra begins in Nepal.
• It is believed that the festival started during Malla dynasty. In Nepal, the famous Bisket Jatra is being celebrated in Bhaktapur and other parts of Kathmandu valley.
• The nine-day annual festival marks beginning of Nepali new year.
• The Jatra begins four days before the start of new year.

·        FAO Designates 14 New Sites As GIAHS

• Fourteen new sites have been designated as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS),including the first ones in Europe.
• As with other designated sites, these systems highlight agricultural traditions that promote sustainability, safeguard biodiversity and protect the environment while supporting the social and economic development necessary for stable, decent livelihoods.
• The 14 new sites range from oases to rice terraces, wasabi cultivation to raisin production.

Gk bit – GIAHS

The objectives of GIAHS are

• To understand and appreciate the nature friendly agricultural practices of local and tribal populations around the world.

• To document indigenous knowledge.

• To conserve and promote these knowledge at global scale to promote food security, sustainable development.

• Twosites recognized in India and 6 more recognized as potential sites

The two sites are-

Koraput, Odisha

Kashmir Valley, Pampore region

Potential Sites are –

Kuttanand-Kerala

Ladakh – Jammu & Kashmir

Raika-The Raikas are a pastoral caste Camel herding is their heritage

Korangadu-Tamilnadu

Catamaran Fishing – Tamilnadu

Soppina betas syaytem-Western ghats

NATIONAL

• Vice President Launches Atal Amrit Abhiyan

• The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that there is a need to create health coverage schemes that provide widest coverage to the young, aged and infirm and those suffering from both critical acute and chronic ailments.

• He was addressing the gathering after launching the Atal Amrit Abhiyan by Assam Government, which seeks to provide access to quality medical care to 3.2 crore people, in Guwahati, Assam.

• The Governor of Assam, Prof. Jagadish Mukhi and the Chief Minister of Assam, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal were present on the occasion.

Gk bit – Atal Amrit Abhiyan

• The state government of Assam is implementing a health insurance scheme named as Atal Amrit Abhiyan in the state. Under the scheme, the government is providing an insurance coverage of up to Rs. 2 lakh per year to each family of the state. The scheme was originally launched on 25 December 2016.

• Launched to mark the 92nd birthday of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the scheme will offer coverage against 437 illnesses in six disease groups, namely, cardiovascular, cancer, kidney, neo-natal, neurological conditions and burns.

• Both Below Poverty Line (BPL) and Above Poverty Line (APL) families, with annual income below Rs 5 lakh, are eligible for the scheme.

• Bihar has highest rate of crime against SC/STs

• According to latest data released by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Bihar has the highest rate of crimes against Schedule Caste/Schedule Tribe population.

• As per NCRB data, crime against SC/ST is lowest in West Bengal.

• Madhya Pradesh reported the highest rate of crime (43.4%) against SCs specifically, while West Bengal had the lowest at 6%.

• Rajasthan reported the highest rate of crime (12.9%) against STs specifically, while West Bengal had the lowest at 1.6%.

• Govt plan a Rs 637-crore Clean Air Programme

• The Modi government has finalised a Rs 637-crore National Clean Air Programme to improve the air quality in India.

• The 20-point programme shifts the onus of fighting air pollution to the state governments.

• The programme, India’s first attempt at working out a coordinated system to curb air pollution, requires all the states to frame their own Clean Air Programmes.

·        Commerce Ministry Launches Digital Platform For MSME Exporters

• Commerce and Industry Minister launched the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) GlobalLinker platformfor MSME exporters in New Delhi.
• This move is aimed at assisting the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) engaged in exports.
• This initiative will help in expanding India’s multi-focused export strategy and also aid in connecting art and artisans to the market.
• FIEO GlobalLinker is setup with a view to making the business growth of SMEs simpler, more profitable and enjoyable.