E N D
Sanitation a base of Singapore • Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s 1stprime minister, wanted to build a strong and prosperous country. • He understood the power of sanitation, and knew that a sick nation could not be productive. Singapore did not have the time or resources to build an expensive curative health-care system. • Yew, hygiene preventive health strategy, which was much cheaper and far more effective. therefore, and invested clean in toilet as water a
• Through an aggressive approach, the Singapore River, which was polluted from heavy boat traffic, and untreated animal and human waste, was cleaned up within 10 years. • By focussing on providing clean water and sanitation, Singapore created a healthy and productive workforce, ready for international business and commerce by the 2000s.
Download PDF https://www.facebook.com/PrashantTMavani https://twitter.com/PrashantMavani
Asiatic Lions • September 2018: 24 lions died • After the first 10 deaths in September, Gujarat claimed these deaths but was forced to backtrack after more deaths surfaced. were territorial • Medical reports of another 21 lions are positive for canine distemper virus (CDV). • Supreme Court 2013: ordered relocation of some Gir lions to the Kuno sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh.
• When an endangered species is clustered in a single geographical region the risk of its extinction is too high. • Lion population increased 27% from 411 in 2010 to 523 in 2015 • Mortality: 184 lions had died in 2016 and 2017. • Gujarat must not live in denial.
• The norms mining, tourism and other human activity in the vicinity of Gir is also facing questions. dilution to of environmental construction, allow • There comes a point where pride must yield to reason and science. • Infections like CDV and Babesia protozoa were possibly contracted when the lions came into contact with cattle and dogs outside the Gir sanctuary.
Enforcement Directorate attached valuables including cut and polished diamonds worth over 218 Crore rupees in the Punjab National Bank scam case. • ED various assets and • The assets belong to Mihir Bhansali, A. P. Gems and Jewellery Park, Hyderabad, Mehul Choksi, Nirav Modi and others. • Total attachment is nearly 4500 Crore rupees till date. The ED is probing this case along with the CBI.
CVC Central Vigilance handed • The Commission, analysis report of top 100 Bank Frauds to the Minister of State Minister's Office, Dr Jitendra Singh in New Delhi. formally over the Prime in • Dr Singh said that the documented report will serve as a reference material for policy planners, researchers. lawmakers and • Vigilance Commissioner T M Bhasin said, the entire exercise was mainly inspired by the rising trend in bank frauds which has become a cause of concern at all levels.
Booker Prize • Anna Burns has become the first Northern Irish writer and the first woman since 2013 to win Britain's renowned Man Booker Prize for her novel 'Milkman'. • The of three decades of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland, told through the voice of a young woman. novel Milkman is an exploration • The novel chronicles the struggles of a middle sister in a family as she confronts rumour, social pressures and politics amid violent sectarian community. divisions in her
VP • The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu today left for Belgium to attend the two-day 12th Asia- Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Brussels. • The theme of the ASEM Summit is ‘Global Partners for Global Challenges’. • The bi-annual event is considered the highest platform for dialogue and cooperation between Asia and Europe in the areas of trade, investment, security, tourism, climate change & terrorism. • 51 Heads of States/ Heads of Government are expected to participate in the Summit
Research topic • -
Subscribe . Hit: Notification Bell J A I Like Comment H I N D Download PDF notes of this lecture from my FB page or Twitter or our Telegram Channel Do you know? Do you know? no stopping of the gift of knowledge” gift share this lecture with your loved ones. Thanks Nalanda Nalanda = Na+alam+Daa Na+alam+Daa, , meaning “no stopping of the gift of knowledge So do gift share