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Militancy victims in J&K get Rs 1000 per month as pension etc

Jammu (NVI): Militancy victims in Jammu and Kashmir receive Rs 1000 per month in the form of old age pension, pension for disabled person and assistance for studies.

This was stated during a meeting held by the Lt Governor’s Advisor Farooq Khan to review functioning of J&K Rehabilitation Council (RC) of the Social Welfare Department here today.

The objective of the Council is to ensure physical, psychological and economic rehabilitation of the victims of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir with special focus on widows, orphans, handicapped and aged persons whose bread winner is killed or incapacitated as a result of militancy, the meeting was told.

Khan was told that Rs 5000 is being provided as tuition fees per annum to militancy victims while as Rs 7000 per annum is being given as hostel assistance for the same.

The meeting was also informed that the Council provides scooties to the disabled persons who have lost their lower limbs.

The Council also organizes All India tours for militancy victims where they are taken to famous cities and historical places across the country, the meeting was told.

Khan directed the Council to carry out a survey of people affected by militancy who need scooties and start the process of providing them same in due time.

He underlined the importance of mass awareness about several schemes so that the people at grass root level could get benefitted from these.

Khan asked the officials to launch mass awareness campaigns through print and electronic media so that the schemes and programmes would reach to the deserving lot.

Internet to be restored in Kashmir in phased manner: Lt Gov

Jammu (NVI): Internet service will be restored in Kashmir in a phased manner, Lt Governor G C Murmu said today as trade representatives of the valley voiced demand in this regard, saying it is required for the economic growth of the region.

Murmu said the government is aware of the difficulties faced by the trade community as well as the general public due to the internet ban and is actively considering the modalities to restore the internet service, an official spokesman said.

He stated this when a joint trade delegation of Kashmir met him and demanded restoration of internet.

The delegation members said internet is necessary to help the trade fraternity of Kashmir in timely filing of GST returns and updation of records, licenses and permits.

The Lt Governor said steps like restoration of internet in Hospitals and SMS service were already being taken.

The members of the delegation also voiced demands related to reduction of one-time token tax on vehicles, freight transport subsidy for raw material, designated parking slots, rehabilitation of house boat owners, industry status to Hotels and Restaurant units, establishment of custom office facilities in Srinagar and minimum two direct flights per week for the pilgrims going to Umrah.

They also highlighted the issue of high air fares charged by the Airlines especially during the closure of Jammu-Srinagar National Highway and grant of status of National Highway to Mughal Road for better and enhanced connectivity.

The Lt Governor assured the delegation that all the genuine issues raised by them would be looked into meticulously by the government and redressed at the earliest.

The delegation comprised representatives from several trade associations of Kashmir, including Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Hotel & Restaurant Owners Federation, J&K Tourism Alliance, Kashmir Automobile Dealers Association, Kashmir Economic Alliance, Federation of Chamber of Industries Kashmir, House Boat Owners Association, Kashmir Transporters Welfare Association and Information and Technology Association.

 Child deaths in Rajasthan hospital: Centre rushes team of experts

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Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan.
New Delhi (NVI): Concerned over the death of a large number of children at the J K Lon Hospital of Kota Medical College in Rajasthan, the Centre is rushing a multi-disciplinary team of experts, including top paediatricians, which will reach there tomorrow.
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said he has asked Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to take proactive steps to avoid these preventable casualties.
In the letter to the Chief Minister, Vardhan said the Central government is ready to provide any technical assistance in the matter.
Requesting the Chief Minister to assess the situation properly, Vardhan wrote, “We look forward to your continued support and cooperation for improving child survival in the country, so as to ensure that no child succumbs to preventable causes or due to lack of our health system capacity.”
He told reporters here that a multi-disciplinary team of experts is being sent by the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare to support the state government for gap analysis and quick measures to be taken.
The team of experts will carry out a joint gap analysis along with the state Government in terms of clinical protocols, service delivery, manpower availability and equipment for maternal, newborn and paediatric care services in the Medical College Kota, Rajasthan.
A joint action plan will be developed based on gap analysis for providing required technical and financial support to Kota Medical College through National Health Mission and State Medical Education Department.
Vardhan said available information from Special Newborn Care Units (SNCU) under the National Health Mission, and the state government have showed higher mortality rate of 20.2 per cent in J. K. Lon Hospital, Kota, during 2019 in comparison to the preceding two years — 14.3 per cent in 2018 and 4.3 per cent in 2017.

Broadband internet services restored in 80 govt hospitals of J&K

Srinagar (NVI): Broadband internet services have been fully restored in 80 government hospitals of Jammu and Kashmir, the government said of the Union Territory said today.
The government has also directed restoration of internet broadband services in respect of all other government hospitals as well where local bottlenecks like connectivity status, billing problem etc are being worked out and fixed on priority, an official spokesman said.
Telecommunication and internet services have remained disrupted in J&K since August when the Centre revoked its special status granted under Article 370.
These services are being relaxed in a gradual manner and in the meanwhile, the government had established internet points at various places to enable people to use these.
“Around 6 lakh persons like students, tour operators, businessmen, contractors, etc were facilitated at 900 internet touch points established by the government at various places in each district headquarters of the valley,”  Principal Secretary Planning Rohit Kansal, who is also the government spokesperson, said recently.

Self Propelled Accident Relief Medical Vans set to improve disaster response of Railways

New Delhi (NVI): In an effort to improve response during disaster, Indian Railways is gradually replacing locomotive hauled Accident Relief Medical Vans (ARMVs) with Self Propelled Accident Relief Medical Vans (SPARMVs).

Specification of high speed Self Propelled Accident Relief Trains (HS-SPARTs) with speed of 160 kmph has been finalized and it is planned to be procured in addition to existing 110 kmph SPART.

Further, to improve the capacity during restoration, 175 Tonnes cranes are under procurement which is an upgradation over existing 140 T cranes available with Indian Railways.

The concept of golden hour has also been recognised to expedite response time during disaster.

The main areas of focus on disaster management like faster response better facilities and equipment, expanding resources to meet requirements in major accidents, coordination with other agencies of central and state governments training and preparedness

Indian Railways has an organized system of relief for managing accidents with its own resources.

It consists of more than 6 thousand trained breakdown staff, 176 Accident Relief Trains (ARTs) and 86 Accident Relief Medical Vans (ARMVs) made using passenger coaches.

All Accident Relief Trains and Accident Relief Medical Vans have pre-defined beats, inspection schedules and response time.

In addition, there are 90 break down cranes of various capacities over Indian Railway system.

All equipments in Accident Relief Trains and Accident Relief Medical Equipments have been standardized based on High Level Committee recommendations.

Some of the items being imported for rescue, relief and restoration are as follows:

Medical equipments like Augmented first aid box, body bags, foldable chairs, portable fire extinguishers, operation theatre equipments, etc.

Hydraulic re-railing equipments (HRE) emergency pneumatic air bags for lifting generators & electrical equipment, hydraulic rescue device (HRD)Wire rope sling & shackles, fire fighting equipments abrasive cutting tools, signaling & communication equipments

Indian Railways also conducts periodic mock drills with National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) for training and ensuring preparedness during disaster.

Government gives Swarna Jayanti Fellowship to 14 scientists

New Delhi (NVI): Fourteen scientists were today awarded the Swarna Jayanti fellowships by the government for projects containing innovative research ideas with potential of making impact on R&D in the respective disciplines.

They were selected from among 443 applicants.

 

The scientists, selected for the award through a rigorous three-tier process, will be allowed to pursue unfettered research with freedom and flexibility.

 

Under the Swarna Jayanti Fellowship scheme, a selected number of young scientists, with proven track record, are provided special assistance and support to enable them to pursue basic research in frontier areas of science and technology.

 

The awardees are supported by department of science and technology, for fellowship and research.

 

This will cover all the requirements for performing the research and include a fellowship of Rs 25,000/- per month as well as a research grant of 5 lakh Rupees for 5 years in addition to their salary.

 

22 tableaux to participate in main R-Day parade this time

New Delhi (NVI): A total of 22 tableaux from 16 states and Union Territories and 6 central ministries and departments will participate in this year’s main Republic Day parade to be held here.

The 22 tableaux were selected from among 56 proposals — 32 from states and UTs and 24 from ministries and departments – received by the Defence Ministry.

The country’s main Republic Day parade is witnessed by the President, the Vice President, the Prime Minister and a host of other dignitaries, which includes a foreign leader.

The tableaux proposals received from various states and UTs, central ministries and departments are evaluated in a series of meetings of the expert committee comprising of eminent persons in the field of art, culture, painting, sculpture, music, architecture, choreography etc.

The expert committee examines the proposals on the basis of theme, concept, design and its visual impact before making its recommendations, according to the Defence Ministry.

The selection process in vogue, leads to participation of the best tableaux in the parade.

The tableau proposal of West Bengal government was examined by the Expert Committee in two rounds of meetings but was not taken forward for further consideration by the expert committee after deliberations in the second meeting, the ministry said.

West Bengal’s proposal was shortlisted for participation in Republic Day parade last year as an outcome of the same process, it said.

Bit improvement in Delhi temperature

New Delhi (NVI): The cold wave conditions eased in Delhi today, with the minimum temperature rising to 5.8 degrees Celsius from 2.4 degrees Celsius recorded yesterday.
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The minimum temperature of 5.8 degree Celsius is three degrees below normal, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

The maximum temperature today is expected to be around 16.0 degree Celsius, it said.

The weatherman stated that there could be slight increase in temperatures over the next few days, as cold north-westerly winds are slowly getting replaced by easterlies, due to a change in the wind direction. But the conditions will still remain very cold.

“Not just Delhi, but neighbouring Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, and Faridabad are also facing severe cold conditions,” IMD stated.

‘Cold day’ conditions are declared when the day’s maximum temperature is below normal by more than 4.4°C. A ‘severe cold day’ is when mercury remains more than 6.4°C below normal through the day.

Meanwhile, the air quality in national capital worsened today, remained in the “severe” category.

According to System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR),the Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital stood at 426 which falls in the “severe” category.

The worst affected areas are Dhirpur, Delhi University, Chandni Chowk, Pusa, Lodhi Road, Mathura Road, IGI Terminal 3 and the neighbouring Noida.

PM to inaugurate 5 DRDO labs tomorrow

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

New Delhi (NVI): Five DRDO Young Scientists Laboratories will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow with an aim of giving boost to indigenous research capabilities in the defence sector.

The Prime Minister will unveil a plaque to mark the occasion and address the scientists at the event being organised at the Aeronautical Development Establishment, DRDO in Bengaluru.

DRDO will also showcase some of its innovative products to the Prime Minister at an Exhibition on the occasion.

In 2014, Modi had suggested that at least five DRDO labs should be identified exclusively for innovation from young scientists up to the age of 35 years.

He had also called for involving youth in defence research related activities in a big way, to ensure that India remained abreast of global technological advancements in the field.

‘Efforts underway to promote adventure sports, tourism in J&K’

Srinagar (NVI): Jammu and Kashmir is making efforts to promote adventure sports and tourism in a big way so that the Union Territory becomes one of the most sought after destinations globally.

This was stated by the Lt. Governor’s Advisor K.K. Sharma at a function organized by the Indian Institute of Skiing and Mountaineering at Gulmarg today.

The Advisor said the Union Territory is replete with all the necessary topographical and geographical features, which are necessary for promoting adventure sports, tourism and the requisite mechanism has been put in place for roping in major international players.

He said the same would ensure that Jammu and Kashmir emerges as one of the most sought after destinations in this category, which would in turn give the tourist industry a much needed boost and fillip.

While enumerating the measures being taken for promotion of the overall tourism in the Union Territory, Sharma said several promotional activities and fairs have been done recently in different parts of the country for ensuring that the tourist flow to this part of India increases.

“This would in turn contribute to the economy besides generating employment opportunity to the locals and skilled youth,” he added.

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