1)NIMHANS raises volunteer corps to reach out:-
There is a gap in the availability, accessibility and affordability of mental health services, and the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) Centre for Well Being here is working to bridge it by grooming people from various walks of life — teachers, engineers, home makers and others — to take its programmes to those in need.
2)Longest road tunnel on the Jammu-Srinagar highway will be inaugurated on April 2.
The longest highway tunnel in India also happens to be Asia’s longest bi-directional highway tunnel with fully transverse ventilation system
It connects Chenani - Nashri (Tunnel Tube Length 9.2 Km)
3)Breather for untrained teachers:-
Background:
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, is effective from 1st April, 2010.
It envisages free and compulsory elementary education to every child in the age group of 6-14 years.
The Proviso to Section 23(2) of the Act specifies that all teachers at elementary level who, at the commencement of this Act, did not possess the minimum qualifications as laid down under the RTE Act, need to acquire these within a period of five years i.e., 31st March, 2015.
What has Happened Now:- Now The Union Cabinet has cleared an amendment to the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, to ensure that all teachers in position as on March 31, 2015, acquire the minimum qualifications till March 31, 2019.
4)25th March has been declared as Genocide day in Bangladesh.
What happened on March 25, 1971? :- On the night of March 25, 1971, the Pakistani army, launched Operation Searchlight in Dhaka aimed at curbing elements of the separatist Bengali nationalist movement. In this Pakistan spread barbrism over Bangladesh and many innocent People were Killed.
To Commemorate this event Genocide day has been decided.
5)Jaitley strongly defends PAN-Aadhaar link:-
Background:-There has been an Amendment to the Finance Bill, cleared by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, making an Aadhaar number mandatory for issuing a PAN card.
What Finance Minister has to Say:- Aadhaar, he said, would prevent individuals holding multiple PAN cards and evading tax.
Example:- “In a situation where it has come to light that one citizen has up to five PAN cards" so in future to prevent these sort of cases ,this PAN -AADHAAR Linking has been done.
6)Palestinians in Jerusalem seek Israeli citizenship:-
Recently a Report was released by United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia(UN ESCWA) which is currently a 18 Arab Member Body with Headquarter at Beirut(Capital of Lebanon).
The Report said that there are cases of "ISRAELI APARTHEID" or Racial Discrimination which is done by Israeli Govt. against Palestinians.
What Sort of Discrimination??:-
1) They are not given Israel's Citizenship.
2) Treated as 2nd Class Citizens.
3)Can not use Loudspeakers for Prayers etc...
So Now these Palestinians are demanding the Citizenship rights.
7)The Centre has decided to wind up eight tribunals that currently deal exclusively with disputes pertaining to employees’ provident fund or EPF, Competition law, Airports’ economic regulation, Information Technology law, National highways, railways, copyrights and foreign exchange.
The Proposed changes have been done in the Finance Bill 2017.
The EPF Appellate Tribunal’s remit would be transferred to the Industrial Tribunal that examines matters under the Industrial Disputes Act of 1947.
Cases under the Foreign Exchange Management Act of 1999 would be transferred from the dedicated tribunal for foreign exchange matters to the Appellate Tribunal constituted under the Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act of 1976.
Separately, the National Highways Tribunal that deals with disputes under the Control of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act of 2002 will be wound up.
Highway disputes will now be adjudicated by the Airport Appellate Tribunal set up under the Airport Authority of India Act of 1994, which is distinct from AERAAT.
The Railways Rates Tribunal for hearing matters under the Railways Act of 1989 will also cease to exist, with its workload transferred to the Railway Claims Tribunal set up under a 1987 law.
The Copyright Act of 1957, decisions under which are currently reviewed by the Copyright Board, will now be transferred to the Intellectual Property Appellate Board set up under the Trademarks Act of 1999.
8)Nuclear Recycle Board :
- The Nuclear Recycle Board was formed with the approval of the Cabinet during September 2009.
- Nuclear Recycle Board functions as an entity within Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) for execution of projects and operation and maintenance of nuclear recycle facilities in the back end of Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) fuel cycle.
- The Board operates under the purview of BARC Safety Council.
9)World kickboxing champion is 8-year-old Tajamul Islam From Jammu and Kashmir.
Tasks For the Day :
1) Read About UN ESCWA.
2)What are FEMA, FERA, FCRA Acts.
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