1.Before the important meeting to be held in Paris, Pakistan peacefully amended its Anti-Terrorism Act :-
With the intention of avoiding the international sanctions, the Pakistan has made peacefully change its anti-terrorism law so that the organizations involved in the list of terrorist groups based in the United Nations include Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JUD) and Falah-e-Insariyat FIF) and other militant gangs to be brought under the purview of law. A news report of the media was told yesterday that Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain has issued a new Ordinance aimed at the United Nations-sponsored Saud-linked factions Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JUD) and Falah- There is legal action against A-humanity (FIF).
2.Need to eliminate all forms of discrimination against girls, make beneficiaries of Ujjwala plan work for cleanliness: PM :-
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stressed the need to eliminate all forms of discrimination with girls. The Prime Minister said this in a meeting with more than one hundred female beneficiaries of Prime Minister Ujjwala Yojna in New Delhi. Shri Modi encouraged them to keep cleanliness in the villages. He said that this will improve the entire village environment and in this way the Ujjwala plan will improve the health of the members of the family. In the interaction with the Prime Minister, the women beneficiaries also told how their life has improved with LPG. Shri Modi encouraged women to interact with different aspects of their daily life. In response to their response, the Prime Minister also mentioned about the good fortune of the Center for providing electricity to every household.
3.Defense procurement council approved the proposal of approximately one trillion rupees 60 billion for procurement of weapons according to military requirements :-
The Defense Purchase Council has approved proposals of nearly one trillion rupees 60 billion 35 million rupees. Capital purchase proposals were approved in the Council meeting held in New Delhi under the chairmanship of Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. It has been stated in the release of the Ministry of Defense that the Council approved the proposal for purchase of light machine guns at an estimated cost of 18 billion 19 crores for the three services.
The Defense Purchase Council has also approved the purchase of seven lakh 40 thousand assault rifles for the three services. These rifles will be made in India under Buy and Make ie Buy and Make Border Category. They will be built in private sector and government Ordnance Factories. It is estimated to cost a trillion billion rupees. In addition to this, the approval for the purchase of five thousand seven hundred and 19 sniper rifles for the Army and the Air Force for Rs 9 billion 82 crore has also been approved.
Defense Purchase Council has also approved the purchase of advanced torpedo decou system to enhance the anti-submarine war potential of naval ships.
4.While signing a National Ceasefire Agreement in Myanmar, its presence reflects its continued support for the peace process in the neighboring country: India :-
India has said that its presence at the time of signing a National Ceasefire Agreement in Myanmar reflects its continued support for the peace process in the neighboring country. External Affairs spokesman Ravi Kumar said that the wider peace and national reconciliation in Myanmar is in the interest of happiness and prosperity in the northeast states of India.
Mr. Ravish Kumar said that today’s incident is another step towards the peace process when the New Mon State Party and the Lahu Democratic Union signed a ceasefire agreement.
5.The Election Commission reviewed the preparations for the assembly elections in Nagaland :-
Chief Election Commissioner O. to take stock of preparations for Nagaland assembly elections The Election Commission’s team headed by P Rawat reached Kohima on Wednesday morning.
This team is interacting with officials of the state government and senior officials associated with law and order. Later, the commission’s officials will go there for a review of preparations for the Meghalaya assembly elections.
In addition to meeting with state government officials, a team of Election Commission will also hold several meetings with the Department of Income Tax, Excise Department, Reserve Bank and Narcotics Department.
6.President Ramnath Kovind asked agricultural scientists to develop new techniques to increase the income of the farmers :-
President Ramnath Kovind has said that farmers have a key role in nation building and scientists should discover new ways and techniques to increase their income. Inaugurating the International Conference on Agriculture – Egricon 2018 in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, he said this. The conference has been organized in Chandrasekhar Azad Agriculture and Technology University.
Our correspondent has said that in this four-day conference, various parts of the country and representatives of many other countries and agricultural experts will discuss the issue of how to increase the income of the farmers.
7.Center will set up a sanitary pad unit in every development block of the country for better health and health of women :-
The Center will establish at least one sanitary pad unit in every development block of the country for better health and health of women. These units will be set up through the network of common service centers. About 60 thousand women will get jobs in this. This announcement was made by the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad in a conference of Ministers of Information Technology, organized in New Delhi. He said that the government will also set up seven centers of excellence across the country which will empower the Digital India efforts and encourage new technology in different fields. These centers will be set up in Chennai, Guwahati, Patna, Bhubaneswar, Bangalore, Gururgram and Lucknow.
