Current Affairs 10th March 2020
1. Tamil Nadu tops in POSHAN
Abhiyan’s participants list
- in terms
of the number of participants in the POSHAN Abhiyan.
- Integrated
Child Development Scheme has been in force for long in the southern state that has
got rejuvenated with the Centre’s Poshan Abhiyaan mission.
- POSHAN
Abhiyan was launched on 8 March 2018.
2. Govt proposes to create 75
lakh SHGs in two years to support women to earn livelihood
- To enable
more women to get livelihood.
- Women’s
SHGs are the backbone of poverty alleviation programmes
- the
entire focus of the govt is oriented towards women’s emancipation.
- Rural
Development Minister- Narendra Singh Tomar.
3. MSDE launches Mahatma Gandhi
National Fellowship programme in the IIM, Bengaluru
- Minister
for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship = Mahendra Nath Pandey
- It is
launched as part of the SANKALP programme of the MSDE ministry to provide
skilled manpower.
- IIMB will
train 75 graduates for two years under this scheme.
4. “She inspires Us”
Indian Army conducts self-defence training for women
- As a
conscious to the increasing danger to the safety of women in society
- a unit of
Indian Army organized a demonstration on Self Defence
- Self
Defence themed = ‘Stronger You Stronger Society’
- Campaign is
a platform to showcase the work of woman.
5. NITI Aayog organizes the
Fourth Edition of the Women Transforming India Awards
- Since
2018, the Awards have been hosted under the aegis of NITI Aayog’s Women
Entrepreneurship platform.
- 2019 WTI
Awards received over 2,300 applications of which the Top 30 were shortlisted.
- Rajnath
Singh felicitates 15 winners on Women’s Day.
6. President of India Confers
Nari Shakti Puraskar for 2019
- At a special
ceremony held in Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi on International Women’s Day.
- Nari
Shakti Puraskar is an initiative of the Ministry of Women and Child
Development.
- The 2019
awards were conferred on 15 eminent women.
7. Uber India launches sponsorship
initiative for junior female employees
- a
diversity and inclusion sponsorship programme for women in India.
- This will
be a six to twelve-month engagement between a sponsor & sponsee
- Aim =
develop and advance junior-level female employees in their career.
- Idea is
to offer a structural engagement & intervention course.
8. MoST launches helpline for
women scientists, students, researchers
- Union
Science and Technology Minister = Harsh Vardhan
- launched
a helpline number for women students, researchers, entrepreneurs and scientists
- to get
their queries related to the S&T ministry’s programmes answered.
- Helpline
number is 011-26565285.
9. Default by some NBFCs on
secured debentures pushes SEBI to introduce reforms
- SEBI
proposed a detailed review of the regulatory framework for Corporate Bonds and
Debenture Trustees.
- Creation
of an identified charge by NBFCs will enable liquidation of asset and return of
debt quickly to the investors in the event of any default.
- SEBI
Headquarters : Mumbai,
- Chairman
: Ajay Tyagi.
10. World’s largest religious
congregation of women to be held in Thiruvananthapuram
- Attukal
Pongala- one of the largest all-women religious congregations in the world
- To be
held in Thiruvananthapuram.
- The Guinness
record holder of the largest women gathering in the world will be held under
strict guidelines in the backdrop of COVID-9.
- It is the
annual festival of the Attukal Bhagavathy Temple.
11. TIFAC under Ministry of
Science and Technology launches Vigyan Jyoti
- TIFAC =
Technology Information Forecasting and Assessment Council.
- Operating
under Ministry of Science and Technology launched Vigyan Jyoti.
- To
encourage women to take science as their career.
- The
scheme was announced to celebrate International Women’s Day.
- Vigyan
Jyoti was launched to promote STEM Education among girls.
12. Maharaja Ranjit Singh named
greatest world leader: BBC Poll
- The 19th
century ruler of the Sikh Empire in India, has named as the ‘Greatest Leader of
All Time’ in a poll
- Conducted
by BBC World Histories Magazine.
- Singh was
praised for creating a new tolerant empire, by 5,000 voted readers.
- African
Independence Fighter Amilcar Cabral is at the second.
13. Australia beat India to win
ICC Women’s T20 World Cup for record fifth time
- India
appeared in the world cup for the first time.
