Current Affairs Question - 20 July 2019

Explanation :

• On July 19, 2091, Deeksharambh: Guide to Student Induction Programme (SIP) was released by HRD to help new students adjust and feel comfortable in the new environment at higher education institutions. It has been prepared by University Grants Commission (UGC).
• It is intended to empower aspirant learners to face competitive world with confidence, open new horizons of life leading to character building based on universal human values and assist in developing self-awareness, compassion and oneness.

It helps new students to learn about the institutional policies, processes, practices, culture and values, and their mentor groups are formed

Explanation :

• The country's first garbage cafe has been launched in Ambikapur in Chhattisgarh. Under this, the Municipal Corporation will provide food to the poor and homeless in lieu of plastic waste.
• Persons fetching 1 kg plastic waste will be offered a full meal while those collecting 500 grams waste will get a substantial breakfast.
• This scheme also is part of the city’s more extensive cleanliness campaign. Ambikapur, which has been selected as the second cleanest city after Indore, plans to use the plastic for construction of roads.

Explanation :

• On July 20^th, 2019, Telangana Government and World Economic Forum's Centre for Fourth Industrial Revolution Network signed MoU to launch ‘Medicine from the Sky’ project.
• The project, to run in partnership with the government of Telangana and Health Net Global, will include a comprehensive study of drone-based deliveries for blood, vaccines, medical samples and organs.
• The project will help facilitate better decision-making in healthcare supply chains, focus on alast-mile’ deliveries to augment national healthcare programmes, and address issues that affect the medical distribution system.

Source: Civil Services Chronicle Online