1)The Supreme Court has appointed former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai as head of four-member Committee of Administrators to run Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
Other three members of the committee are noted historian Ramachandra Guha, Indian women’s team captain Diana Edulji and managing director of IDFC Limited Vikram Limaye.
2)The atomic clocks on the first satellite IRNSS-1A of the NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation), the indigenously built satellite-based positioning system, has developed a technical snag.
- One of the three crucial rubidium timekeepers (atomic clock) on IRNSS-1A satellites failed six months ago and the other two followed subsequently.
ISRO will soon launch one of its back up navigation satellites as a replacement to IRNSS-1A satellite.
3)The Union Government has launched nationwide “Sparsh Leprosy Awareness Campaign (SLAC)” on the occasion of Anti-Leprosy Day (observed on the last Sunday of January).
- The thrust of SLAC campaign is to promote community participation in diagnosis and treatment of leprosy in its early stages.
- It seeks to promote decentralised community-based demand-driven approach.
4)Task Force committee for preparing action plan for next three Olympic Games 2020, 2024 and 2028.
PM has given approval.
Some members are Abhinav Bindra and Pulella Gopichand.
5)Meghalaya’s first ever Apparel and Garment Centre inaugurated at Ampati.
6)Indian Post under Department of Posts (Union Ministry of Communications and Information Technology) received final payments bank licence from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
- With this, India Post became the third entity after Bharti Airtel and Paytm to receive final payments bank licence to roll-out of banking operations commercially under the permit.
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Mains Question:
What are the causes of low Female Labour Participation Rate ? How can we improve this?
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