Under the Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin (SBM-G), rural Uttarakhand and rural Haryana have declared themselves as the 4th and 5th Open Defecation Free (ODF) States of India.
The two states joined the league of Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala, which were the first three states to be declared ODF.
Nationally, the sanitation coverage has increased from 42% to over 64% since the launch of SBM.
With the total number of ODF States now rising to 5, more than 2 Lakh villages and 147 districts have also been declared ODF across the country.
NIUSAT
It is one of the nano-satellites from India sharing space in PSLV C-38 mission which carries CARTOSAT and 29 other nano-satellites from 14 countries.
NIUSAT was designed and developed by the Noorul Islam University in Tamil Nadu.
This nano-satellite is built for disaster management and crop monitoring, equipped with an RGB camera for multispectral imagery.
Operation Swarn
Operation Swarn is launched by the Railway Ministry to improve services in Rajdhani and Shatabdi Express trains.
Under the project, the Indian Railways will focus attention on 10 key areas — punctuality, cleanliness, linen, coach interiors, toilets, catering, staff behaviour, security, entertainment, housekeeping and regular feedback.
e-waybill
An e-waybill is an electronic bill documenting any transport of a good of a value of more than 50,000.
Though few items which may be exempted from GST, they would require generation of e-waybill for their transportation.
For e.g. The National flag, temple prasadam, Khadi fabric and Gandhi caps may be exempt from GST, but for their transportation, generation of e-waybill may be required.
Sensitive technology that goes into spacecrafts and satellites will be exempt.
Recently held GST council failed to reach consensus over the implementation of the e-waybill system and authorized the continuation of the current e-waybill system.
First Total Yoga Village
Kunnamthanam in kerala is the first total yoga village with at least one member of each family in the panchayat trained in yoga.
