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Facts in news is published on a weekly basis that consists a gist of all crucial news articles from ‘The Hindu’ that may bear relevance to Civil Services Preparation.
Here is the Summary of all current happenings from around the world for the fourth week of September.
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| Private players may run rail lines | • The Union government is open to the idea of giving operations of railway lines to private players for enhancing competition. • The government is engaging with other countries to rapidly scale up the bullet train project. Purpose: • The country will be able to generate competition in the process and improve customer satisfaction. |
| SC lets States frame rules for PCBs | • The Supreme Court on 27th September, 2017 directed State governments to frame guidelines or recruitment rules within six months for appointment of suitable professionals in State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs). • It set aside an August 24, 2016 order of the National Green Tribunal laying down guidelines for SPCB appointments, saying it exceeded its jurisdiction. |
| Gurugram schools directed to implement 8-point security rules | • The local administration here on Tuesday directed all private schools in the city under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code to implement eight urgent points related to security of the students and to submit a compliance report within a fortnight. 8-point security: • The order said that any violation of law would be punished under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code. • constitution of school safety committees with two representatives being parents, • to ensure all fire equipment are in working condition, separate toilets for non-teaching staff, • installation of sufficient number of close-circuit television cameras at appropriate places, • deployment of women attendants at toilets for minors, • ramps and toilets for children with special needs, • installation of GPS and CCTVs in school buses along with deployment of women attendants, and • Police verification of non-teaching staff. |
| Centre forms group to work on plans for 5G roll-out by 2020 | • The government has formed a high-level panel to evaluate and approve road maps and action plan to achieve the target of rolling out 5G technology in India by 2020. • The Centre has created a support fund of about 500 crore to facilitate research and development for 5G. Purpose: • 5G technologies roll-out will help in increasing GDP, creating employment and digitising the economy. • The 5G will aim to have Indian participation in the process of defining global standards for the next generation of wireless technology. • Under the 5G technology, the government aims to deliver about 10,000 megabit per second (10 gbps) in urban areas and 1,000 mbps (1 gbps) in rural areas, the Minister said. • The ‘5G 2020’ forum will also aim to strengthen domestic telecommunication equipment manufacturing that is necessary for the technology, with the aim that local manufacturers should be able to capture 50% of the Indian market and 10% of the global market over the next five to seven years. Government schemes for electricity: • The Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana, or the ‘Saubhagya’ scheme, launched by Mr. Modi aims to make electricity accessible to every household by the end of 2018. Purpose: • Under the scheme, expected to cost a little over 16,000 crore, poor households that have no access to electricity will be provided electricity connections free of cost. • This builds on previous work carried out under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana launched in 2015, and the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana launched by the UPA government in 2005, both of which also aimed to provide free electricity connections to the poor. Benefits: • A free electricity connection can ease the financial burden on the poor to some degree, but it will not address the recurring burden of power bills. • The aim of improving affordability would require that supply be increased drastically to lower the price paid by retail consumers. |
| Modi to lay foundation stone of AIIMS Bilaspur | • Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of the upcoming All India Institute of Medical Sciences hospital at Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh on October 3rd, 2017. • The AIIMS would provide the much-needed tertiary medical services to Himachal Pradesh and its neighbouring States. |
| Colour blind get a shot at medical education | • The Supreme Court has opened the doors for colour blind students to pursue medical education. • The court said peculiar facts and circumstances of the case required it to invoke special powers under Article 142 of the Constitution. • Various colleges and the Medical Council of India were arbitrarily denying admissions to candidates suffering from Color Vision Deficiency, popularly called color blindness. Color Blindness: • Color blindness, also known as color vision deficiency, is the decreased ability to see color or differences in color. • Color blindness can make some educational activities difficult. • Buying fruit, picking clothing, and reading traffic lights can be more challenging, for example. |
| Ministry: sale of tobacco only through licensed shops | • The Ministry has asked all the State governments to develop a mechanism through the municipal authority to provide “permission/authorisation” to retail outlets selling tobacco products. • Shops authorised to sell tobacco products will not be permitted to sell any non-tobacco products such as biscuits, toffees and chips that are essentially meant for non-tobacco users, especially children. Purpose: • Such an initiative will prove to be beneficial in achieving the objective of preventing children/ non-user from exposure to tobacco products • Selling tobacco products through licensed shops will prevent mushrooming of outlets selling tobacco products and shrewd marketing of tobacco products to kids. |
| Anti-encroachment drive to start from today | • Special anti encroachment drive is being launched by the three municipal corporations. • Parking in unauthorized spots or along the roadside might cost as much as 1,000. • The drive will not only concentrate on illegal parking lots and roadside parking but will also remove encroachments along roadsides and on kerfs that block pedestrian passage. • The violators will not only be breaking the rules under the Motor Vehicle Act but also the Delhi Municipal Corporation (DMC) Act. Purpose: • The civic bodies, along with the Delhi Traffic Police, will target busy markets and other public places in an attempt to decongest the city. Motor Vehicle Act: • The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 is an Act of the Parliament of India which regulates all aspects of road transport vehicles. • The Act came into force from 1 July 1989. It replaced Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 which earlier replaced the first such enactment Motor Vehicles Act, 1914. • The Act provides in detail the legislative provisions regarding licensing of drivers/conductors, registration of motor vehicles, control of motor vehicles through permits, special provisions relating to state transport undertakings, traffic regulation, insurance, liability, offences and penalties, etc. • For exercising the legislative provisions of the Act, the Government of India made the Central Motor Vehicles Rules 1989. |
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