Rajasthan Bags Digital Leader of the Year Award

Rajasthan Bags Digital Leader of the Year Award

Rajasthan government has  recently bagged Digital Leader of the Year Award for bringing  digital revolution in the state. Amongst other states the desert state of Rajasthan has received four Digital India Summit Awards.

It was  facilitated with awards in four categories namely:

1.  Digital Leader of the Year - Hon'ble Chief Minister,                    Rajasthan

2.  eGovernance Initiative of the Year -Bhamashah

3.  Effective Use of Tech for Security & Safety - Abhay                    Command Centre

4.  Health Insurance Initiative of the Year - Bhamashah                    Swasthya Bima Yojana

Jaipur Development Authority of Rajasthan has launched a Smart  App. If someone wants to go in a certain area and wants to know about the security or road condition there, this app will give every such information. The government has claimed that such app is available in Jaipur only after Singapur.

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It is now difficult to leave unclaimed bag. Jaipur Metro Railway Station has installed such a system which will help in identifying the person, going back in past history just after some time of leaving the unclaimed bag, and the complete information will be transmitted into the command centre. 

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If someone is going to a mall or market, the person can book the parking before leaving the house. Not only that, Jaipur Development Authority can get the information about filled-up dustbins in the whole city so that the same can be unloaded.

There are  environmental censors in 15 areas of Jaipur. Here a project has been initiated for saving the electricity through digitalization. The vehicle will keep moving forward in the night and street light will go off behind.

Varanasi To Get India's First "Freight Village" Status

Varanasi To Get India's First "Freight Village" Status

Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport Varanasi
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A 'Freight Village' is a defined  area within which all activities relating to transport, logistics and distribution of goods , both for national and international transit, are carried out by various operators. 'Freight Village' includes an inter-modal terminal, which facilitates integration between different modes of transport.

As per government reports, being a strategic location  Varanasi provides the opportunity to make easy the transshipment of about 30 million tonnes of domestic freight as well as another nine million tonnes of export-import freight. 

Not only that. The project will provide connectivity to the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor, the country's longest waterways, and the national highway as well.

Ganga Ghat in Varanasi
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When completed, Varanasi will become the first 'Freight Village' of India, spread over around hundred acres. This big facility will not only bring investment but also generate jobs.

First Ever 18 from Jammu & Kashmir Crack Civil Services Exam

First Ever 18 from Jammu & Kashmir 

Crack Civil Services Exam 

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Srinagar Jammu & Kashmir

It is a moment for great pride  for not only Jammu & Kashmir but for whole of India as eighteen candidates of this state has qualified the coveted Civil Services Examination held in 2016. 

Name                                         Rank

1. Bilal Mohiuddin Bhat           10

2. Zaffar Iqbal,                                39

3. Ayushi Sudan                       65

4. Syed Fakhrudin Hamid         85

5. Bisma Qazi                            115

6. Suhail Qasim Mir                  125

7. Akhil Mahajan                       213 

8. Aditya Bhardwaj                   441

9. Saqib Yusuf                          472

10.Inab Khaliq                          604

11.Faisal Javed                         610 

12.Sahil Sarangal                      628

13.Vikrant Bhushan                  639 

14.Mohnish Digra                     776

15.Anayat Ali Chowdhary         808

16.Danish Agastam                   814 

17.Sahil Digra                            917

18.Amir Bhasir                           1087

Bilal Mohiuddin Bhat
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Bilal Mohiuddin Bhat has achieved the 10th position in CS Examintion 2016. He is sanguine that his achievement would encourage a lot of Kashmiri youths to come to the mainstream and work for the development of the nation. Bilal hails from remote border district of Handwara in North Kashmir.

Last year Athar Aamir ul Shafi Khan of Jammu & Kashmir  bagged the 2nd position in Civil Services Examination 2015.

Australia to be the First Country to Impose Travel Ban on Pedophiles

Australia to be the First Country to Impose Travel Ban 

on Pedophiles

Pedophile is a person who is sexually attracted to children. Australian pedophiles are notorious for taking inexpensive or affordable vacations to Southeast Asian and Pacific Island countries to abuse children there.

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There has been an increasing concern in Australian community about sexual exploitation of vulnerable children. It was pointed out if Australia can take passport from a bankrupt, why cannot  it stop the pedophiles from travelling Myanmar?

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It is reported that almost 800 registered child sex offenders travelled overseas from Australia last year and about half went to Southeast Asian destinations. 

There is a plan to cancel the passports of around 20,000 pedophiles on the national child sex offender register through a legislation. It will be  the world-first move to protect vulnerable children in Southeast Asia from exploitation. 

The new legislation will make Australia a world leader in protecting vulnerable children from child sex tourism.

Sikkim : Hundred Percent Organic State of India

Sikkim : Hundred Percent Organic Farming State of India

Sikkim is one of the states of North East India, host to Kanchenjunga, the  highest peak in India. Almost thirty five percent of the state is covered by the Khangchendzonga National Park inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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Sikkim is the largest producer of cardamom in India, and world's second largest producer of spice after Guatemala. The state has highest share of land dedicated to organic farming in India. It is also among the India's most environmentally conscious states in India, having completely banned  plastic water bottles. Sikkim has been adjudged the cleanest state, overall best in education and tourist destination. It has the population of around 6.5 lakhs only where as more than 10 lakhs tourists visited the state last year.

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Sikkim became India's first fully organic state in 2016. By implementing the practices and principles as per the guidelines laid down in National Programme for Organic Production, around 75,000 hectares  of agricultural land were gradually converted to certified organic land.

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It took nearly 13 years to fully implement organic farming since the idea was mooted way back in 2003. Today the demand for Sikkim's organic produce has soared and the farmer in the state are already earning 20% more than they did earlier.

There is an organic spirit that is running high in  Sikkim. Farmers are happy, youngsters are becoming entrepreneurs. Tourists are flocking. Business is flowing in from  all over the country. This upsurge is the result of transforming itself into fully organic state.

Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, declared Sikkim as the  first organic state of India. Shri Narendra Modi praised 'Sikkim being the first  fully organic state of India' again while addressing the Indian citizens in Germany on 30th May 2017.