1 Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressed the Lakhpati Didi Sammelan in Jalgaon, Maharashtra
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi attended the Lakhpati Didi Sammelan in Jalgaon , Maharashtra . He felicitated and gave away certificates to 11 lakh new Lakhpati Didis who have recently become Lakhpatis during the third term of the present government. The Prime Minister also interacted with Lakhpati Didis from across the country. Shri Modi released a revolving fund of Rs 2,500 crore which will benefit about 48 lakh members of 4.3 lakh Self Help Groups (SHGs). He also disbursed bank loans worth Rs 5,000 crore which will benefit 25.8 lakh members of 2.35 lakh SHGs. Since the launch of the Lakhpati Didi Yojana, one crore women have been made Lakhpati Didis and the Government has set a target of three crore Lakhpati Didis.
2 Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addresses the closing ceremony of the Platinum Jubilee events of Rajasthan High Court in Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressed the closing ceremony of the Platinum Jubilee program of Rajasthan High Court in Jodhpur , Rajasthan . The Prime Minister also inaugurated the Rajasthan High Court Museum. Initially, Prime Minister Modi inaugurated the museum located in the High Court premises through remote and dedicated e-service Tatkal to the public. Rajasthan High Court has become the first court in the country to start e-service Tatkal. On this occasion, Governor Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde released the stamp issued by the Department of Posts on the Platinum Jubilee year of the High Court and presented it to the Prime Minister. State Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma , Supreme Court Senior Justice Sanjeev Khanna , Union Minister of State for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal and Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court Manindra Mohan Shrivastava also addressed the program.
3 Telegram app founder and CEO Pavel Durov arrested in Paris
Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the popular messaging application Telegram, was arrested at Le Bourget airport outside Paris . French authorities have said that Durov was arrested under a warrant related to crimes related to the Telegram platform . The investigation focused on the lack of moderation on Telegram that allowed criminal activity. After Durov’s arrest, the Russian Embassy in France is taking immediate steps to gather more information about the situation. Pavel Durov (Telegram CEO Pavel Durov) is a Russian citizen . Pavel founded Telegram in 2013. Telegram worked very fast on privacy and encryption.
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Majhi has unveiled the Subhadra Yojana , a landmark initiative of the BJP government. Under the scheme , Rs 50,000 has been promised to one crore women aged between 21 and 60 years in the next five years , with a total budget of Rs 55,825 crore . The amount will be distributed in annual installments of Rs 10,000 , which will be divided into two installments of Rs 5,000 on Rakhi Purnima and International Women’s Day. The Subhadra Yojana will start from the financial year 2024-25 and continue till 2028-29. Eligible women will get ₹50,000 in five annual installments, which will benefit one crore women of the state.
5 Vaccine-derived polio detected in a two-year-old child in Meghalaya
Vaccine – derived polio (VDP) was recently identified in a child in Meghalaya . VDP occurs when attenuated strains of the poliovirus used in the oral polio vaccine (OPV) mutate and regain the ability to cause paralysis . VDP usually occurs in areas with low vaccination coverage, poor sanitation or in immunocompromised individuals. More than 90% of VDP cases are caused by wild poliovirus type 2 (WPV2) present in OPV. The Government of India does not list Vaccine-Associated Paralytic Poliomyelitis (VAPP) as polio, as cases are very rare and pose little or no risk to others. The World Health Organization declared India polio-free in 2014 . It is noteworthy that this new case that has surfaced recently will not have any impact on India’s polio free status .
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has committed a US$500 million loan package to improve access to quality and affordable tertiary health care services and medical education in Maharashtra . This will help establish four medical colleges in underprivileged districts with features that are climate and disaster resilient, gender sensitive and socially inclusive. It will reduce out-of-pocket expenditure (direct expenditure made by households to health care providers) and support policy action to recruit and retain quality medical staff. It envisages recruitment of at least 500 new doctors for four new government medical colleges. It will also support the establishment of India’s first state-led Centre of Excellence (CoE) in health care and medical education.
7 GAIL and Petron to set up 500 KTA bio-ethylene plant in India
State-owned gas firm GAIL (India) Ltd said it has signed an agreement with US biofuel producer Petron Scientech to explore the possibility of setting up a 500 kilo tonnes per annum bio-ethylene plant in India.The memorandum of understanding (MoU) provides for exploring the possibility of setting up a bio-ethanol based plant in a 50:50 joint venture between the two companies, GAIL said in a statement.
8 Fastag recharge: RBI allows e-mandate for auto-replenishment
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced an update regarding FASTag . RBI has decided to integrate FASTag and National Common Mobility Card with e-mandate . After this, now if people’s FASTag balance goes below the prescribed limit, money will be automatically added to it. This means that now FASTag users will not need to recharge FASTag again and again.
9 Goldman Sachs cuts India’s 2024 and 2025 GDP growth forecast
Goldman Sachs Group has decided to reduce India’s GDP forecast for the year 2024 and 2025. The bank has taken this decision due to the reduction in government expenditure. Goldman Sachs has cut its forecast by 20 basis points and projected GDP to be 6.7 percent in 2024. Goldman Sachs has reduced its GDP forecast for the next calendar year 2025 and the bank believes that it will grow at 6.4 percent next year. and the bank believes that the Indian economy will register growth at the rate of
10 Badminton: Tanvi Patri won the Under-15 Girls Singles title at the Asia Junior Championship
India’s top junior badminton player Tanvi Patri won the Under- 15 girls singles title at the Asia Under-17 and Under-15 Junior Championships in Chengdu, China . Tanvi defeated second seed Nguyen Thi Thu Huyen of Vietnam 22-20, 21-11 in the final. The 13-year-old shuttler won the title without losing a single game. Earlier, in the semi-finals, Tanvi defeated sixth seed Kungkaew Kakanik of Thailand with a score of 21-19, 21-10. In the Under-17 boys singles, Gyan Dattu TT lost to Indonesia’s Raditya Bayu Wardana with a score of 9-21, 21-13, 21-13 and won the bronze medal .
