1)RIC Summit :-
•15th Russia India China trilateral Summit held in India.
•External Affairs Ministers of three countries will participate.
2)“Safe City Surveillance” scheme:= Bihar state government has approved a “Safe City Surveillance” scheme aimed at putting a check on eve-teasing and other crimes against women at public places across the state.
The scheme will bring all major public places under the watch of close-circuit television (CCTV) cameras and improve the overall crime control in the state.
3)Laqshya :- The government has launched “LaQshya – Labour Room Quality Improvement Initiative, a Safe Delivery Mobile Application for health workers who manage normal and complicated deliveries in the peripheral areas.
LaQshya is mobile app for health workers who manage normal and complicated deliveries in the peripheral areas.
Aim of the initiative:-The goal of this initiative is to reduce preventable maternal and new-born mortality, morbidity and stillbirths associated with the care around delivery in Labour room and Maternity OT and ensure respectful maternity care.
4)MeitY launches first NIC-CERT to prevent, predict cyberattacks on government utilities.
The Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) launched first NIC-CERT, a setup of National Informatics Centre (NIC) to prevent and predict cyber-attacks on government utilities.
It was launched by Union Minister of Law & Justice and Electronics & Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad in New Delhi as part of Digital India Initiative.
5)ASEAN-India Connectivity Summit (AICS):- New Delhi is hosting an Asean-India Connectivity Summit (AICS) on the theme “Powering Digital and Physical Linkages for Asia in the 21st Century”.
This is in line with India's ambition of connectivity with South East Asia in its Act East Policy.
The AICS aims to accelerate existing connectivity prospects, identify issues of concern, evolve suitable policy recommendations and develop strategies to enhance economic, industrial and trade relations between ASEAN and India.
Its focus areas are infrastructure, roadways, shipping, digital, finance, energy and aviation.
6)Researchers at the University of Illinois have announced an exciting finding — the discovery of a new form of matter: excitonium.
It is made up of excitons – unusual particles made up of an escaped electron and the hole it has left behind in a material.
7)Universal Health Coverage Day was commemorated on 12th December, 2017.
8)India’s First Ever Mobile Food-Testing Lab:
Goa state government has launched the country’s first ever mobile food testing laboratory. It is entirely funded by the Centre, which will also bear the maintenance cost for five years.
•15th Russia India China trilateral Summit held in India.
•External Affairs Ministers of three countries will participate.
2)“Safe City Surveillance” scheme:= Bihar state government has approved a “Safe City Surveillance” scheme aimed at putting a check on eve-teasing and other crimes against women at public places across the state.
The scheme will bring all major public places under the watch of close-circuit television (CCTV) cameras and improve the overall crime control in the state.
3)Laqshya :- The government has launched “LaQshya – Labour Room Quality Improvement Initiative, a Safe Delivery Mobile Application for health workers who manage normal and complicated deliveries in the peripheral areas.
LaQshya is mobile app for health workers who manage normal and complicated deliveries in the peripheral areas.
Aim of the initiative:-The goal of this initiative is to reduce preventable maternal and new-born mortality, morbidity and stillbirths associated with the care around delivery in Labour room and Maternity OT and ensure respectful maternity care.
4)MeitY launches first NIC-CERT to prevent, predict cyberattacks on government utilities.
The Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) launched first NIC-CERT, a setup of National Informatics Centre (NIC) to prevent and predict cyber-attacks on government utilities.
It was launched by Union Minister of Law & Justice and Electronics & Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad in New Delhi as part of Digital India Initiative.
5)ASEAN-India Connectivity Summit (AICS):- New Delhi is hosting an Asean-India Connectivity Summit (AICS) on the theme “Powering Digital and Physical Linkages for Asia in the 21st Century”.
This is in line with India's ambition of connectivity with South East Asia in its Act East Policy.
The AICS aims to accelerate existing connectivity prospects, identify issues of concern, evolve suitable policy recommendations and develop strategies to enhance economic, industrial and trade relations between ASEAN and India.
Its focus areas are infrastructure, roadways, shipping, digital, finance, energy and aviation.
6)Researchers at the University of Illinois have announced an exciting finding — the discovery of a new form of matter: excitonium.
It is made up of excitons – unusual particles made up of an escaped electron and the hole it has left behind in a material.
7)Universal Health Coverage Day was commemorated on 12th December, 2017.
8)India’s First Ever Mobile Food-Testing Lab:
Goa state government has launched the country’s first ever mobile food testing laboratory. It is entirely funded by the Centre, which will also bear the maintenance cost for five years.
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