TCS named official technology partner for Virgin Money London Marathon

On 17 March 2016 Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) announced a 3 year partnership with the Virgin Money London Marathon.Aim of the partnership is to enhance the digital experience delivered to marathon participants.Under the terms of the partnership, Tata Consultancy Services will become the race’s official technology partner for the 2016, 2017 & 2018 events.

• The Virgin Money London Marathon is a long distance running event held in London, UK.

• The event was 1st run on 29th March 1981. Since then, it has been held in the spring of every year since.

• The race was founded by the former Olympic champion and journalist Chris Brasher or athlete John Disley.

• Set over a largely flat course around the River Thames, the race begins at 3 separate points around Blackheath & finishes in The Mall alongside St. James’s Park.

• The event has raised over 450 million pound for charity since 1981, and holds the Guinness world record as the largest annual fund raising event in the world.

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SC allows pictures of Chief Ministers, Governors, Ministers in Government Advertisements

Supreme Court has allowed publication of photographs of Governors, CMs and the Ministers of the department concerned in government advertisements. Ruling in this regard was given by a SC bench headed by the Justice Ranjan Gogoi on pleas by the Union Government and states which had sought review of Supreme Court judgement. This ruling of Supreme Court has been modified its earlier 2015 order which only had permitted photographs of President, Prime Minister & Chief Justice of India (CJI) in the government advertisements.
Background:

• Supreme Court in its May 2015 order had issued Guidelines on Regulating Government Advertisements based on recommendations of Prof. NR Madhava Menon Committee.


• These guidelines had barred publishing photographs of politicians even State Chief Ministers & bureaucrats.


• It also mandated that official advertisements should not carry the name of any political party, political symbol, logo and flag.


• The intention of SC for issuing these guidelines was to disassociate politicians with government policy and achievements in order to stop development of a personality cult that would in turn be the antithesis of democratic functioning.

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India Meteorology Department develops Drishti for providing real time visibility information to pilots

The India Meteorology Department has indigenously developed Drishti, an instrument that will provide real time c to pilots. Instrument will help pilots in quick decision making during critical landings and take offs of aircraft particularly during foggy and rainy days.
Key facts:

• Drishti has been developed by the surface instruments division of IMD based in Pune, Maharashtra.


• The system transfer the crucial visibility updates to the pilots in real time who can now use this information that will be updated every minute.


• Drishti is a transmissometer that takes in account the real time weather parameters like humidity, wind speed, temperature conditions, etc.


• along the runway in order to calculate the visibility distance offered at that particular runway. Generally due to the poor visibility,


• the aircraft operations would often get disturbed that affects passenger traffic during winter and monsoon seasons especially in Northern India.


• The first Dristi instrument was installed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi in 2015 on a trial basis.

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Union Government launches Depot Online System of state run FCI

The Union Government has launched Depot Online System of state run Food Corporation of India (FCI) to bring transparency and minimise storage losses of foodgrains. It was launched by the Union Food & public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan in New Delhi as part of Digital India initiative of the Union Government.
Key facts:

• Depot Online System will help real time monitoring of FCI operations & enhance transparency and efficiency.


• The project is being implemented in the FCI owned 553 depots and subsequently Food Corporation hired godowns will be also brought under the ambit of the project later.


• The system will bring automation of the entire process from entry & exit of foodgrains at Food Corporation of India depots.


• It would eliminate usage of manual registers and would help in better monitoring and supervision as would reduce leakages & losses.

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India inks $35 million loan agreement with World Bank for Madhya Pradesh project

India has signed loan agreement of $35 million with the World Bank(WB) for Madhya Pradesh (MP) citizen access to responsive services project. The loan has been sanctioned by World Bank’s concessionary lending arm International Development Association (IDA).
Key facts:

• The project size is $50 dollars, of which $35 million will be financed by the World Bank and the remaining amount will be funded out of State Budget.


• The objective of the project is to improve access and quality of public services in the state through implementation of the Public Service Delivery Guarantee Act, 2010.


• It is expected to deliver key results in terms of improving access to services or citizen outreach, performance management, simplification of govt.


• services & strengthening the capacity of implementing agencies. The duration of the project is Five years.

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India ranks 118th on United Nation’s World Happiness Index 2016

India ranked 118th out of 157 countries on the United Nations’ World Happiness Index (WHI) 2016. It was revealed by the 4th World Happiness Report 2016 published by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), a global initiative for the United Nation.
Key Highlights of Report:
Top Ten countries: Denmark (1st), Switzerland (2nd), Iceland (3rd), Norway (4th) and Finland (5th), Canada (6th), Netherlands (7th), New Zealand (8th), Australia (9th) and Sweden (10th). 5 Least happiest countries: Rwanda (152nd), Benin (153rd), Afghanistan (154th), Togo (155th), Syria (156th) and Burundi (157th). Among BRICS: Brazil (17th), Russia (56th), China (83rd), South Africa (116th) and India (118th). India’s Neighbours: Nepal (78th), China (83rd), Bhutan (84th), Pakistan (104th), Bangladesh (110th), Sri Lanka (117th) and Afghanistan (154th).

For the 1st time, the report has given a special role to the measurement & consequences of inequality in the distribution of well being among countries & regions. Countries where there was less inequality were happier overall. Top 5 countries have strong social security systems.
About World Happiness Report:

• The report aims at influencing government policy and is prepared based upon study undertaken by Gallup World Poll.


• The World Happiness Index ranks nations based upon score of different variables on a scale running from 0 to 10. These variables include real GDP per capita,


• healthy life expectancy, corruption levels and social freedoms India was ranked 111th in 2013 and 117th in 2015.

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NRDC the signed License Agreement with Kudos Laboratories for commercialization of anti diabetic drug Ayush 82

On 16th March 2016 National Research & Development Corporation (NRDC) signed a License Agreement with Kudos Laboratories India for commercialization of Ayush 82, an Ayurvedic formulation for prevention & management of diabetes.

The agreement will now allow Kudos Laboratories India to commercialize the drug under their trade name with due acknowledgement to Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India.
Ayush-82 was developed by the CCRAS

The CCRAS is an apex organization for research in Ayurveda under the Ministry of AYUSH.
About the Kudos Laboratories India:

• Kudos Laboratories India, a 100 years old organization, is engaged in marketing, manufacturing & exports of the widest range of Ayurvedic / Herbal products & range of Cosmetics.

• The company holds G.M.P & ISO Certifications.

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