THE EXAMS MADE SIMPLE: The Hindu and PIB News Combined NEWS Analysis : Daily Current Affairs : 21st January 2017

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The Hindu and PIB News Combined NEWS Analysis : Daily Current Affairs : 21st January 2017

21st January 2017

1)Health Ministry to launch population based prevention, screening and control programme for five non-communicable diseases .

What are Non Communicable Diseases??:
Non-Communicable diseases (NCDs) which are Cardiovascular Diseases (CVDs) such as heart attacks and stroke, Diabetes, Chronic Respiratory Diseases (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases and Asthma) and Cancer inter alia account for over 60% of all mortality in India.




WHICH 5 Diseases have been taken :

As part of the National Health Mission, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is launching population based prevention, screening and control programme for five common non-communicable diseases, namely Hypertension, Diabetes, and Cancers of oral cavity, breast and cervix. On February 4th coinciding with World Cancer Day.

2)A group of Hindi professors have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting not to add dialects of Hindi, like Bhojpuri and Rajasthani, in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution as full-fledged Indian languages.

Why??:- This development comes months after Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal had announced that Rajasthani will be added to 8th Schedule.

What they Fear??:- They fear that there will be eventually be no Hindi left if its key dialects are recognised as separate languages.

Since mostly  all the other languages have emanated from Hindi only (in India) Thus there will be no independent identity of Hindi Left.

3)The World Economic Forum (WEF), NITI Aayog, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Cornell University will work to develop an India Innovation Index to provide impetus to states to drive innovative spirit.

GII is co-published by World-Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Cornell University and INSEAD with CII as a Knowledge Partner.


4)The Union Ministry of Water Resources has constituted negotiations committee to assess availability and utilisation of waters of Mahanadi and its tributaries to resolve disputes over sharing of river waters among five states

These five states are Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Jharkhand.

Tributaries of Mahanadi River?:-

The major tributaries of Mahanadi are Seonath, Jonk, Hasdo, Mand, Ib, Ong, Tel etc. Seonath River: The Seonath River is the longest tributary of Mahanadi.

The committee will also examine existing water sharing agreements on river Mahanadi and will consider claims of the 5 states regarding availability and utilisation of waters of these rivers.



MAINS QUESTION:

1. Recently many Water Disputes have arisen even after having earlier Judgements. What in Your view can be a Permanent Solution to this Problem?

2. Discuss about the Poor State of Higher Education in India. What in your view can be done to improve it.

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