India’s 2nd Voluntary National review (VNR) at UN- HLPF
-NITI Aayog addressed the second Voluntary National Review (VNR) at the United Nations high-level political forum (HLPF) on sustainable development, 2020,
-themed as ‘Accelerated Action and Transformative Pathways: Realizing the Decade of Action and Delivery for Sustainable Development’
-The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) sectors would need an additional annual spending of 6.2 % of GDP until 2030, the report said, collaborative study done by NITI Ayog & International Monetary Fund.
-realisation of the 2030 Agenda needs an updated statistical and monitoring system
- as the National Indicator Framework (NIF), which monitors SDGs at the national level, did not include indicators for 36 out of the 169 targets, pointed the report.
-HLPF shows a review of progress on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
-47 member states are set to present their VNRs between July 10-16, 2020.
-HLPF meets in July every year for eight days, under the support of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the UN.
-NITI Ayog Chairman - Prime Minister Narenda Modi
NITI Aayog vice chairman -Dr. Rajiv Kumar,
NITI Aayog CEO -Amitabh Kant
_________________________________________________________________NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission launches ATL App Development Module
NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission today launched the ATL App Development Module for school children across the country.
Through six project-based learning modules and online mentoring sessions, young innovators can learn to build mobile apps in various Indian languages and showcase their talent.
The course ‘ATL App Development Module’ has been launched in collaboration with Indian homegrown startup Plezmo.
_________________________________________________________________Gadkari lays foundation stone for 11 highway projects in Haryana
-Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs Nitin Gadkari Inaugurated and laid foundation stone for 11 highway projects worth Rs. 20,027 crore in Haryana virtually.
Mr. Gadkari said the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) would spend Rs 2 lakh crore on the construction of new roads in Haryana in the next two years.
BSE signs MOU with IIT Alumni council
-BSE has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with IIT Alumni Council to encourage listing culture for startups and develop a ‘high investor depth’ startups platform
-To ensure entity transparency, governance improvement, market discovery of share price, provide liquidity for PE investors and enable retail participation.
Chhattisgarh's CM Darpan Portal and mobile app gets "Elites Excellence Awards-2020" at the national level
The state of Chhattisgarh has been awarded this honour by the country's prestigious IT institution Elites Technomedia under the 'Digital India initiative'.
A 3 virtual conference is being organised from July 10 to 12.by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari
Darpan - website and the mobile application have been developed by Chhattisgarh Infotech Promotion Society (CHiPS)
ISRO chief Dr Kailasavadivoo Sivan to be conferred 2020 von Karma Award
ISRO chief Dr Kailasavadivoo Sivan has been named as the recipient of the 2020 von Karma Award of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) and will be conferred with the award in 2021 in Paris.
is given annually to recognize outstanding lifetime achievements in any branch of science without limit of nationality or gender
Prior Indian winners were Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan and U.R. Rao have been recipients of the award.
________________________________________________________________INTEGRATED FARMING SYSTEM (IFS)
The Kerala Agriculture Department is promoting the concept of integrated farming systems (IFS) that could help small and marginal farmers in the State use their land and resources better.
Jaivagriham’ project under the Rebuild Kerala Initiative (RKI), envisaging an integrated system of agriculture, animal husbandry, poultry, apiculture and aquaculture for maximum utilisation of land, time and energy.
_______________________________________________________________ROKO TOKO CAMPAIGN
-Madhya Pradesh government will run a Roko -Toko campaign for those who do not wear masks. As the Use of masks is mandatory in all public places in the state.
-voluntary organizations will provide masks to the people who do not wear masks in public places and will charge an amount of Rs 20 per mask from the concerned.
________________________________________________________________CYCLES4CHANGE
- The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) opened registration for India Cycles4Change Challenge on July 10.
-challenge is open to all cities under the Smart Cities Mission, capital cities of states/union territories and all cities with more than 5 lakh population, from July 10 to 21.
-was launched on June 25, 2020, by Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri.
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