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Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) 2010

Also known as the National Solar Mission. Officially launched by Prime Minister of

India, Dr. Manmohan Singh in 2010.

Objective:To establish India as a global leader in solar energy, by creating the policy

conditions for its diffusion across the country as quickly as possible.

Mission:To have 20 GW of grid-connected solar power by 2022 and to make it as cheap

as electricity from conventional sources. Part of National Action Plan on Climate Change.

Adopted 3-phase approach:Phase I (2012-13), Phase II (201317) and Phase III

(201722).

The first phase with a target total of 1,200MW (off-grid and on-grid) ended inMarch

2013.(In the first phase, the off-grid solar energy target was only 200 MW).

The second phase has a target of 9,000 MW grid-connected and 800 MW off-grid solar

power by 2017.

The Justice Mukul MudgalCommittee **** IPL *** OCT 2013

The allegations of betting and passing of information against Mr.Gurunath Meiyappan

(the Son-in-Law of BCCI president N Srinivasan) stand proved.

More investigation is needed againstRajasthanRoyals ownerMr. Raj Kundra, who is

facing charges of betting and fixing the match.

The allegations of spot-fixing and match fixing against five playersSreesanth, AnkeetChavan, Ajit Chandila, Amit Singh and Siddharth Trivedion the basis of evidence

provided byDelhiPolice were facing criminal trial and adequate punishment has been

imposed upon them by the BCCI.

Constitution of IPL Governing Council, the two teams Chennai Super Kings andRajasthan Royals may be suspended.

As per the Clause 11.3 of the IPL franchise agreement in any case, if the team, official,

team owner or anyone else associated with the team tries to bring in bad image on theleague, then the team can be suspended immediately.

Sikkimbecame the only state inIndiato achieve 100% sanitationin ruraland urban households, schools, sanitary complexes and Aanganwadi centres.

o Under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan scheme, the Himalayan state, Sikkim has

constructed 98,043 individual household latrines against the target of 87,014 till

January, and achieved 112.67% of its target. The scheme was implemented by the

Union Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.

The state has also sensitized people to adopt a holistic approach to improve sanitation

and hygiene in a cleanenvironmentwhile accelerating its overall development.

Sikkim chief minister Pawan Chamlinglaunched a community-led total sanitation

campaign in 1999 for achieving full sanitation in the 7,096 sq km area of the state.

And, to encourage sanitation activities, the state government has instituted a Nirmal

Gram Puraskar (Clean Village Award).

Sikkim also topped the list among all states of the country in net performance

indicators.

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The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) is

developing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for the Central Reserve PoliceForce (CRPF) to track down maoists in naxal hit states viz.Chattisgarh,Jharkhand,etc. And

would demonstrate the operational capability of the first such vehicle, Nishant in Jagdalpur.

The UAVs being developed for CRPF would be able to help the forces trace and track

down the ultra Left operatives in even thick forests.

The Nishant, a multi-mission UAV developed by Indias AeronauticalDevelopment Establishment (ADE), a branch of DRDO, had already been inducted bythe army. (Nishant consists of an air vehicle supported by ground control station

equipment mounted on Tatra vehicles and it can be moved to any location

for launching whenever required making it very versatile).

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released draft report on enabling Public Key

Infrastructure (PKI) in payment system applications. Public Key Infrastructure enabledelectronic payment systems that has been introduced by the RBI are RTGS, NEFT, CBLO, FOREX

Clearing, Government Securities Clearing and Cheque Truncation System (CTS).

For the 2014 Worlds Childrens Prize, Pakistani teenage rights activist

Malala Yousafzai,John Wood from the USA and Nepalese child rights worker IndiraRanamagar are nominated for an award also known as the ChildrensNobel Prize.

Ms. Malala Yousafzainominated for her courageous and dangerous fight for girls righttoeducation.She started to speak out for girls rights at the age of 11, when the Taliban

banned girls from going to school in the SwatValley inPakistan.

Mr. John Woodnominated for his 15-year fight for childrens right to education. John

quit his job as a manager at the Microsoft company to fulfil his dream: to fight poverty by

giving children all over the world the chance to go to school. Ms. Indira Ramanagarnominated for her 20-year struggle for prisoners children in

Nepal.She has built up an organisation called Prisoners Assistance Nepal (PA), whichhas rescued over a thousand children from cramped, dirty prisons.

Indira Ramanagar and Prisoners Assistance:

Run three childrens homes, two schools, and youth programs on organicagriculture,artsand crafts, and more.

Support girls in villages to enable them to go to school. They are also given bikes, since

they often have a long journey to get to school.

Search for relatives and support them to take care of the children. Make sure that children get a chance to visit their parents in prison.

Run programs allowing children to go to school during the day and stay with their

mothers in prison at night. They also educate mothers in prison up to Year 5 level and

give them vocational training.

Support prisoners who have been released, so that they can be reunited with their

children.

Speak out for the weakest in society and fight for prisonersespecially women and theirchildrento be treated in a fair and humane way.

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IndiaandGermanysigned two umbrella agreementsfor financial and technical co-operation,under Indo German bilateral Development Cooperation framework. The Umbrella Agreements

were signed by Finance Minister P Chidambaram and German Federal Minister for Economic

Cooperation and Development Gerd Mueller during their bilateral meeting.

The pacts were signed during an official six-day visit of German President Joachim Gauck.

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