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India  cycles 4change movement ( Urban development in India ) The India Cycles4Change challenge was launched last year under the Smart Cities Mission by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on 25 th  June, 2020, as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic that was gaining ground in the country. Over the last year, a cycling revolution has taken over India, with cycling being seen as an important mode of safe and healthy personal transport medium that ensures social distancing, while being environmentally sustainable. The key intervention areas identified for  solutions are : 1. Identifying barriers to cycling by listening to the people 2. Making streets and neighbourhoods safe and fun for cycling 3. Creating a cycling community            4. Empowering women to cycle . 5. Changing everyday behaviour through campaigns Note- Cycling can play an important role to address this as a sustainable and equitable mode of transport. Moreover, in the fut...

Bird Flu   Recently, China's national health commission declared a new type of virus H10N3 found in human blood that was transmitted from poultry( e.g., cocks,hens) which nowhere detected earlier in the world. Before this China and rest world have been facing different different types of cope of virus such as: in February last year China found H5N8 Avian influenza and in April a highly pathogenic H5N6 avian flu in wild bird. Prevention:  People should not consume(eat) any contaminated,  sick, or died avian of any type such cock,hen, pigeon etc. Prevent themselves to come in contact with live birds. We should pay attention on our food hygiene. Wear mask Check fever and and respiratory symptoms.  Adenovirus: Infects chimpanzees causes flu   Avian Botulism: It was first recognised in birds of sambhar lake at Rajasthan  Ebola: it causes  human death was recognised in Africa continent. Anti ebola drug is "remdesivir.  Nipah virus: a pathogen that is ...

The Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) SAGY was launched by the Indian government in 2014 to develop model villages with various social, economic and environmental eminities. Under which every MP(sansad) would pick or choose every year a new village to develop it as a model village in their parliamentary constituency by utilizing existing MPLAD( member of parliament local area development) fund provided for five year for local area development. It every Mp every year will have to transform a village into a model resulting in 5 villages will become model villages in 5year. Note Every year each MP is availed 5crore rupees under MPLAD SCHEME  MPs are free for discrete use on public project any where in their constituencies.  Under the program a various types of project can be sanctioned for a model village. For example, Road construction  School development  Skill development  Hand pump establishment  Pond cleaning  Plantation  Gram park  Hospital...

  Mid day meal Government of India has sanctioned additional 1200crore rupees for the Mid Day Meal to the students by direct benefit transfer (DBT)in their bank account directly.  This decision will help safeguard the nutritional levels of children and aid in protecting their immunity during the challenging pandemic times. The Central Government will provide additional funds of about Rs 1200 crore to State Governments and UT Administrations for this purpose. This one time special welfare measure of the union Government will benefit about 11.8 crore children studying in class I to VIII in the 11.20 lakh Government and Government aided schools across the country.

 National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) NDHM was announced by the Indian prime minister on the eve of independence day on 15th August 2020 from the red fort to create a digital infrastructure for health care services delivery to the people of India across. This is a digital health tech revolution in India .  It is based on greater inclusivity, efficiency and transparency in health care sector. BASIC FEATURES:  It is a digital platform and future app based service delivery system .  It is created a electronic health ID of individual patient. It have registered service provider such as doctors, hospitals,  diagnostic laboratories, and pharmacies, etc It provides telimedicine services to patients in which they can communicate with various doctors by online mode without going there.  It records individual heath data and stored are  shared by individual's consent to others and can be denied to share data any time as individual think fit.  It transfered...

BIOFUELS   Biofuel -  Any liquid fuel made from bi omass - means biological organic component such as trees/plants, grasses, algae , waste matters, animals excreta, sugarcane, corn, excluded kitchen waste, cooked oil etc . Biomass =bio( biological/organic matters) + mass ( quantity in weight or Volume at lar ge ) Producing Biofuels   There are many different biofuels in production or under development and, even the same biofuel might be made in more than one way. Purpose : To help protect, our planet from climate change.  Feedstock :  The feedstock is just the plant or other organic material used to make a biofuels . Agriculture : Most biofuels come from farms. Good farming practices can help trap extra carbon in the soil.  On the other hand, many fertilizers release Green House Gases into the atmosphere. Oil crops : oil crops are the base the production for biodiesel production. For example, rapeseed in UK, soybean in USA for biodiesel,Argentina, Brazi...

Neem & Its Uses Neem (scientific name: Azadirachta Indica)  In India a tree that is most famous  available across the country and regarded as the domestic beneficial tree that protect from illnesses and provide better environment surrounding, now the scope of its use being increased for different purposes in India in different sectors as  it has antifungal, anti-bacterial properties. Some of the most important uses are : Neem toothbrush :   most of the Indian people prefer a small, enough thick and soft stick Neem brach for cleaning of teeth in the morning by crushing that looks like a brush and then rubbed teeth by it. It is usually known as 'Datoon'. Datoon is used as green toothbrush instead of plastic  and rubber made materials. There is a traditional practice that in days of fasting only datoon is used as toothbrush and demand icreses in month of holy ramzan.  It provided multiple benefits to the users that are given below:  It saves teeth fro...