MAHARASHTRA

• Three new airports in Maharashtra by next year

 

• The state would have three more airports by next year.

 

• The runway of the facility, as well as the terminal building is complete. Procurement of equipment, such as flight information display screens and x-ray scanners, is on. The airport is being built on a public-private partnership model. IRB Infrastructure Developers Limited has been given the responsibility of developing it.

 

• The state currently has fully operational airports in Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Nashik and Shirdi. Apart from these, there are many unserved and underserved airports and airstrips in the state with very few flights. Some of them are in Aurangabad, Nanded, Jalgaon and Kolhapur. Airports, like the one in Solapur, have unscheduled flight operations.

 

• The RCS or UDAN, which came into effect in 2017, has had a bumpy ride in Maharashtra. Only seven routes have started, though more than 29 airports and airstrips have floated bids for the airlines.

 

INTERNATIONAL

 

• UNESCO designates Mumbai as member of UCCN in field of Films, Hyderabad in field of Gastronomy
• UNESCO has designated Mumbai as a member of UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) in the field of Film and Hyderabad in the field of Gastronomy.

 

• UCCN, created in 2004, is a network of cities which are thriving, active centres of cultural activities in their respective countries.

 

• The UNESCO Creative Cities Network now counts a total of 246 cities.

 

• The member cities that form part of the Network come from all continents and regions with different income levels and populations.

 

• The 7 categories for recognition under UCCN are Crafts and Folk Arts, Design, Film, Gastronomy, Music, Media Arts and Literature.

 

• Previously, 3 Indian cities were recognized as members of UCCN, namely- Jaipur-Crafts and Folk Arts (2015), Varanasi-Creative city of Music (2015), Chennai-Creative city of Music (2017).

·       India, Uzbekistan to sign MoUs for military medicine and military education

 

• India and Uzbekistan are planning to sign two memorandum of understanding (MOUs) concerning military medicine and military education. The 2 MoUs were signed during the three-day visit of the Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to Uzbekistan, the Central Asian nation.

 

• Rajnath Singh paid tributes at a memorial of former Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri in Tashkent.

 

• He represented India at the Council of Heads of Government meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), which was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

NATIONAL

• Govt to set up anti-human trafficking units in all districts using Nirbhaya Fund

 

• The government will set up anti-human trafficking units in all districts with the help of the Nirbhaya Fund.

 

• This initiative will strengthen women safety and instil a greater sense of security among them.

 

• Mrs Irani expressed her gratitude to Home Minister Amit Shah for speedy intervention and ensuring efficacy in fructifying these initiatives.

 

• The empowered committee (EC) under the Nirbhaya framework has recommended setting up anti-human trafficking units and women help desks at a cost of 100 crore rupees each to be fully funded by the centre.

 

• Nirbhaya Fund was announced by the Centre in 2013 to support the initiatives of the government and the NGOs working towards the safety of women.

 

• Govt releases maps of newly-created UTs of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh

 

• The government released the maps of newly created union territories of Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh and the map of India depicting these union territories.

 

• The new map shows 28 states and nine union territories after the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir.

 

• The new union territories of Ladakh consists of two districts of Kargil and Leh and the rest of the districts of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir are in the newly created union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

 

• ‘41% milk samples unfit for consumption’

 

• In a nation-wide study conducted by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the apex food regulating body found 41% of the milk samples collected from Maharashtra were unfit for human consumption.

 

• To evaluate the quality of milk, FSSAI collected 6,432 samples from across 1,103 cities across the country. In Maharashtra, which produces 10,402 tonnes of milk each year, the FSSAI collected 678 samples from 98 towns. Out of these, 276 were found to be non-compliant with respect to quality and safety standards for consumption.

 

• South Africa defeat England to lift Rugby World Cup

 

• South Africa lifted the Rugby World Cup a record-equalling third time.

 

• It won the cup after a convincing 32-12 victory over England.

 

• Twenty-two points by Handre Pollard and second-half tries from wingers Makazole Mapimpi and Cheslin Kolbe ensured a comfortable win for the Springboks at the International Stadium Yokohama in Japan.

 

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