1. Anukreethy Vas Crowned Femina Miss India 2018.
Anukreethy Vas, a 19-year-old Tamil Nadu college student, has been crowned Femina Miss India 2018 in a grand ceremony in Mumbai hosted by filmmaker Karan Johar and actor Ayushmann Khurrana. Anukreethy Vas, who was previously crowned fbb Colours Femina Miss Tamil Nadu, beat 30 contestants to bag the top honour in front of a judges panel that included Miss World 2017 Manushi Chhillar, who awarded Anukreethy Vas her crown.
Meenakshi Chaudhary from Haryana was the first runner-up while Shreya Rao Kamavarapu from Andhra Pradesh secured the second runner-up position.The judges panel included cricketers Irfan Pathan and KL Rahul and Bollywood actors like Malaika Arora, Bobby Deol and Kunal Kapoor.
The glamourous evening saw performances by stars like Madhuri Dixit, Kareena Kapoor and Jacqueline Fernandez.Manushi Chhillar, along with Miss United Continents 2017 Sana Dua, and Miss Intercontinental 2017 Priyanka Kumari, crowned their respective successors.
2. Ministry Of Women & Child Development Received SKOCH Award.
auding the achievements of the Ministry of Women and Child Development in delivering the promises made and for its significant achievements and initiatives from the last 4 years, SKOCH has conferred the ‘Best performing Social Sector Ministry’.
Beti Bachao Beti Padhao- a huge success
1. Flagship schemes like Beti Bachao Beti Padhao have achieved huge success within a very short period of time.
2. Under this scheme, efforts were made at National, regional and local level which led to behaviour change which is reflecting in the improved sex ration at birth.
Other lauded Initiatives of MoWCD
1. 6 months maternity leave,
2. Sexual Harassment at Work Place Act,
3. SHe-box,
4. One stop centers,
5. Universal Women helpline (181),
6. 33 percent reservation in police etc.
Forensic Analysis for Sexual assault cases
1. Stressing that forensic analysis plays a critical role in nabbing the culprits in sexual assault cases, the foundation of Sakhi Suraksha Advanced DNA Forensic Laboratory was laid in Chandigarh.
2. 5 more advanced forensic labs would come up in Guwahati, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Pune and Bhopal.
3. Special forensic kits for rape cases will be provided to all police stations and hospitals.
4. The funds for these kits will be provided from Nirbhaya Fund.
3. Economist Lawrence Haddad, Dr David Nabarro Awarded World Food Prize.
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The World Food Prize will be awarded this year to two men who have dedicated their careers to improving the availability of nutritious food for pregnant women and children in an effort to reduce the effects of malnutrition in developing countries.
Lawrence Haddad, who is a British economist and food policy researcher, and Dr. David Nabarro, who has worked with the World Health Organization and United Nations on health and hunger issues, were named the 2018 prize recipients in a ceremony Monday at the US Department of Agriculture in Washington.
The World Food Prize was created by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Norman Borlaug in 1986 to recognize scientists and others who have improved the quality and availability of food.
Haddad and Nabarro were recognized for their work to improve nutrition for mothers and children from pregnancy to a child’s second birthday — the most critical time for proper nutrition in a child’s development. Their leadership and advocacy is credited with helping to reduce the world’s number of children stunted from malnourishment between 2012 and 2017.
“There are 10 million fewer children who are physically and mentally stunted as a result of under-nutrition,” said Kenneth Quinn, World Food Prize president.
Haddad lives in England and is executive director of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, a Swiss-based nonprofit launched at the United Nations to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition.
He is credited with using economic and medical research to persuade development leaders to make child nutrition a priority.
Haddad said improving nutrition of citizens in many developing countries was seen as a nice outcome of a nation’s economic improvement a decade ago, but through combining science, politics and communication, he managed to show leaders that improved nutrition can drive development.
“We really forged something that was compelling and hard to ignore. We said if you ignore nutrition, you’re ignoring development,” he said. “Kids entering the labor force malnourished will not do as well in school or in the labor market, they will not be entrepreneurial and you will not get this industrial transformation.”
4. ‘Sagarmala’ Receives Gold Award At 52nd Skoch Summit 2018.
The Ministry of Shipping’s flagship programme for port-led-prosperity ‘Sagarmala’ received the ‘Gold Award’ in infrastructure sector in the recently concluded 52nd Skoch Summit 2018in New Delhi, recognizing the programmes’s contribution to India’s socio-economic transformation and it`s role in propelling fast-track growth and infrastructure development. The Sagarmala Programme also received the ‘Order of Merit’ at the Summit. The Secretary (Shipping) Sh. Gopal Krishna shared the award with Minister for Shipping, Road Transport & Highways, Water Resources, River Develooment and Ganga Rejuvenation Shri. Nitin Gadkari today.
The Skoch Awards recognize leadership and excellence in accelerating socio-economic changes. These awards have become a benchmark of best practices in India in the fields of governance, infrastructure, finance, banking, technology, corporate citizenship, economics and inclusive growth.
The Joint Secretary (Sagarmala), Ministry of Shipping, Sh. Kailash Kumar Aggarwalreceived the award from Shri SameerKochar, Chairman, Skoch Group and Shri Gopal Krishna, Secretary, Ministry of Shipping, who was the Chief Guest at the valedictory session of the awards ceremony. The ‘Order of Merit’ was received by Shri. Abhishek Chandra, Deputy Secretary (Sagarmala) Ministry of Shipping.
Sagarmala is the flagship programme of the Ministry of Shipping for port-led-development of the country through harnessing India’s 7,500 km long coastline, 14,500 km of potentially navigable waterways and strategic location of India on key international maritime trade route. The Sagarmala Programme hinges on four pillars, namely; Port Modernization, Port Connectivity, Port-linked Industrialization and Coastal Community Development. The programme aims to double the share of domestic waterways (inland & coastal) in the modal mix, generate logistic cost savings of Rs. 35,000-40,000 Cr per annum, boost merchandize exports by USD 110 Billion and enable creation of 1 Crore new jobs, including 40 Lac direct jobs, in the next 10 years.