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2023-06-04 14:22:01 Food Street Project

Reviewing of Food Street Project – to develop 100 healthy and hygienic food streets across the country.

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The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya reviewed the Food Street Project.

The aim of the project is to encourage safe and healthy food practices among food businesses and community members, thus reducing food-borne diseases and improving overall health.

The initiative is being implemented through National Health Mission (NHM) in collaboration with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, with technical support from FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India).

Financial assistance of Rs 1 cr per food street/district will be given to States/UTs.

The project envisages 100 such food streets in 100 districts across the country.

The Ministry of Health has taken several measures to improve the hygiene and food safety standards protocol for food street hubs.


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2023-06-04 14:21:01 Vaisakh Purnima

The Ministry of Culture and IBC will celebrate the auspicious day of Vaisakh Purnima on 5th May 2023.

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The Ministry of Culture along with the International Buddhist Confederation will celebrate the auspicious occasion of Vaisakh Purnima with reverence and piety on 5th May 2023.

One of the most significant festivals on the Buddhist calendar is Buddha Purnima, also known as Vaisakh Purnima or Buddha Jayanti.

In most countries in Southeast Asia, it celebrates the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and death and is observed on the full moon day of the Vaisakha month (April/May).

Millions of Buddhists around the world celebrate the festival, which is a time for prayer, meditation, and spiritual rebirth.

Since 1999, it has also been recognised by the United Nations as the “UN Day of Vesak”.


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2023-05-21 09:31:23 Bio-Electronic Uric Acid Detecting Device

A new flexible bio-electronic uric acid detecting device has been fabricated.

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A new flexible bio-electronic uric acid detecting device has been fabricated that can be used for various applications such as wearable sensors and point-of-care diagnostics.

About the device :

Researchers from the Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), fabricated this device made up of reduced phosphorene quantum dots, a new class of zero-dimensional functional nanostructures with distinct physicochemical and surface properties.

The device developed is simple, portable, cost-effective, and easy to fabricate for detecting uric acid with a limit of about 0.809 µM.

The device outperforms all currently available ones in terms of efficacy and cost as it does not need any enzymes.

Uric Acid :

The usual range of uric acid in blood ranges from 0.14 to 0.4 mmol dm-3, and for urine, 1.5 to 4.5 mmol dm-3.

Uric acid is one of the most important antioxidants that maintain blood pressure stability and reduce oxidative stress in living beings.

The fluctuation in the uric acid levels in the blood can result in gout disease, cardiovascular diseases, type-2 diabetics, renal disorders, hypertension and Lesch-Nyhan syndrome.


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2023-05-21 09:31:20 Launch of IFFCO’s Nano DAP (Liquid)

Shri Amit Shah, the Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation launched IFFCO Nano DAP (liquid).

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The Union Home Minister launched IFFCO’s liquid nano Di-Ammonia Phosphate (DAP).

The launch of IFFCO’s liquid DAP nano is an important beginning towards making India self-reliant in the field of fertilisers.

Nano DAP is manufactured by the cooperative major IFFCO.

Recently, the Centre had notified the Nano DAP in the Fertilizer Control Order, which regulates the sale, pricing, and distribution of fertilisers in the country.

In May 2021, IFFCO launched Nano Urea.

IFFCO has done extraordinary work in taking scientific research to the agriculture fields through the ‘Lab to Land’ approach.

The GoI has a goal to reduce the usage of granular DAP by about 90 lakh metric tons through liquid DAP.

The use of granular fertiliser damages the land as well as crops and the health of the people.

By using liquid DAP land will be minimally contaminated by the chemicals.


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2023-05-20 19:22:37 Logistics Performance Index (LPI), 2023

India jumps 6 places to rank 38 in World Bank’s LPI, 2023.

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The LPI is an interactive benchmarking tool developed by the World Bank Group.

India has improved its ranking on the World Bank’s Logistic Performance Index (LPI) 2023 by jumping to 38th position from 44th place among 139 countries in terms of investment in technology and logistic infrastructure.

This ranking has improved after significant investments were made in both soft and hard infrastructure as well as technology across the country.

On 4 out of 6 LPI indicators (Customs Score, Infrastructure Score, International shipment Score, Logistics Competence Score, Tracking and Tracing Score & Timeliness Score), India has seen remarkable improvement.

The GoI has taken several measures to improve the logistics infrastructure in the country :

PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan (PM Gati Shakti Scheme)

National Logistics Policy (September 2022)

NICDC’s (National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation) Logistics

Data Bank project applies radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to containers and offers consignees end-to-end tracking of their supply chain.

Its implementation started in 2016 in the Western part of India and was scaled up to the Pan India level in 2020.

With such initiatives of transparency, visibility, and ease of doing business, there has been significant improvement in cross-border trade facilitation.

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Other initiatives like Sagarmala and Bharatmala have played an important role in improving logistic efficiency of the country.


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2023-05-20 19:22:31 Promoting Millets in Diets: Best Practices Across States/UTs of India

NITI Aayog released a report titled ‘Promoting Millets in Diets: Best Practices Across States/UTs of India’.

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The report presents a set of good and innovative practices adopted by state governments and organisations in various aspects of the millet value chain, especially production, processing and consumption.

The report will serve as a guiding repository to revive and mainstream millets in our diets.

The report is in three themes :

State Missions and initiatives to promote millets;

Inclusion of millets in ICDS (Integrated Child Development Services);

Research and development and use of technology for innovative practices.

Millets are nutritionally wholesome crops.

With the rise of non-communicable diseases like diabetes, millets are coming back into our diets.

Millets have immense potential to ensure nutritional security in the country.


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