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- Thaawarchand Gehlot to attend the 3rd ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) Conference
Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment left for Seoul (Korea).
- He is heading a 3-member Indian Delegation to attend the 3rd ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) Conference on ‘Global Ageing and Human Rights of Older Persons’ jointly organised in Seoul during 5th to 7th September, 2018 by the Republic of Korea and the National Human Rights Commission of Korea.
- The Conference will be attended by International Institutions including the United Nations, Regional Institutions such as UNESCAP, UNECE, European Union, ASEAN, GANHRI and also International NGOs, Experts etc.
- The International Aviation Summit held in New Delhi
International Aviation Summit in Delhi was organized by the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), the Airports Authority India (AAI) and International Air Transport Association.
- There was an overwhelming response to the summit which was attended by more than 700 delegates and leaders from global aviation fraternity.
- India and Bulgaria sign five agreements
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, reached Bulgaria on September 4, 2018 on the second leg of his state visit to three European nations – Cyprus, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic.
- President delivered an address at Sofia University on the theme “Education as an Instrument of Change and Shared Prosperity”.
India and Bulgaria have signed five agreements during President Kovind’s visit:
- An agreement between Invest India and Invest Bulgaria
- An agreement on cooperation in and facilitation of tourism
- An agreement on enhanced science and technology cooperation
- An agreement on civil nuclear research and cooperation
- An agreement between the Indian Council of Cultural Relations and Sofia University to promote Hindi studies
- Cabinet approves continuation of Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats scheme
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved continuation of the Centrally Sponsored Umbrella Scheme of Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats (CSS-IDWH)beyond the 12thPlan period from 2017-18 to 2019-20.
- The Scheme consists of Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Project Tiger (CSS-PT), Development of Wildlife Habitats (CSS-DWH) and Project Elephant (CSS-PE).
- The total outlay is Rs. 1731.72 crore as central share (Rs. 1143 crore for Project Tiger, Rs. 496.50 crore for Development of Wildlife Habitats and Rs.92.22 crore for Project Elephant) from 2017-18 to 2019-20.
- HRD Minister releases the curriculum on Experiential Learning – Gandhijis Nai Talim
Union HRD Minister Shri Prakash Javadekar released the curriculum on Experiential Learning – Gandhijis Nai Talim in New Delhi.
- This curriculum was brought out simultaneously in 13 languages i.e., Assamese, Tamil, Bengali, Odiya, Kannada, Malyalam, Punjabi, Marathi, Telugu, Gujarati, Urdu, Hindi and English in consultation with the state councils of educational research and training along with the universities in the country.
- IAF & French Air force Conduct Basic Training in India
Indian Air Force (IAF) recently participated in Exercise Pitch Black 2018 at Darwin, Australia.
- Sixteen different nations from across the globe, including French Air Force (FAF) participated in this exercise.
- On the return leg, Rafale fighter aircraft and transport aircraft of FAF staged through Air Force Station, Gwalior and Air Force Station, Agra from 01 – 04 Sep 18.
- During the staging period, FAF and IAF carried out basic joint training, which included fighter sorties by pilots in their respective aircraft with observers onboard each other’s transport aircraft supporting the missions.
- India retains WHO Regional Director position
India has retained the top WHO position in South-East Asia Region with DrPoonam Khetrapal Singh unanimously re-elected as Regional Director for another five-year term beginning February 2019.
- The elections were held at the ongoing Regional Committee meeting of WHO South-East Asia.
- Dr Singh is the first woman to have been elected to the position of Regional Director for WHO South-East Asia Region after an illustrious career in the Indian civil service, World Bank and WHO.
- Vice President Releases Book ‘Constitutionalizing India: an Ideational Project’
The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that we should salute the constitution-framers for giving us a constitution that strengthened parliamentary democracy and stood the test of times, even as it evolved through several amendments.
- He was addressing the gathering after releasing the Book ‘Constitutionalizing India: an Ideational Project’ authored by Shri Bidyut Chakrabarty.
The book reveals how the ideas with completely different socio-economic roots competed with each other in the making of a Constitution which was acceptable to all.
