Jharkhand Affairs
Jamshedpur Eye Hospital (JEH) kicked-off the New Year 2023 with the inauguration of its first Satellite Mobile Eye Clinic on Van as part of its larger community outreach programme to eliminate avoidable visual impairment among the local population. JEH will also be starting its new software-assisted Lazy Eye Therapy, in collaboration of Bynocs Solution, in which selected cases of adult amblyopia, a condition leading to loss or lack of development of clear vision in one or both eyes, to treat by a six-week software assisted Video Gaming Program.
The inauguration of the new programmes and facilities took place today at a special event in the JEH complex. The event saw the presence of officials from the hospital, key members of the Rotary Club and officials from Tata Steel Foundation (TSF) and Tata Steel. The new Satellite Mobile Eye Clinic on Van is being launched in collaboration with Rotary Club of Jamshedpur & TSF.
Chief Guest of the function Ruchi Narendran said, JEH has been at the forefront of providing the best eye care Services in the Jamshedpur area for more than six decades now. What started with a mission to provide comprehensive eye care services with utmost compassion, quality and affordability to all, is today a full-fledged super-specialist eye hospital in and around Indias Steel City. Over these many years, we have invested in the best in class eye care , doctors and paramedics to eliminate all avoidable visual impairment in the local community we operate in. We are starting the new year with a host of new services with which we expect to reach out to more people and continue to improve the quality of our services and outcome in the years to come.
National and International Affairs
Implementation of Seed Scheme
The Ministry of Social and Empowerment is implementing a Scheme for Economic Empowerment of DNTs (SEED) for Development and Welfare of DNTs. In order to ensure that the benefit of the scheme reaches to the real targeted beneficiaries, the Ministry has also developed and opened the portal for SEED in September, 2022 calling for applications.
About 4700 applications available on the portal have been extracted from the portal and forwarded to State Governments for verification.
Space Tech Innovation Network
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Social Alpha to establish a SpaceTech Innovation Network (SpIN).
Social Alpha is a multistage innovation curation and venture development platform supporting activities concerning Science and Technology. It supports innovators and entrepreneurs who are involved in the creation of social, economic and environmental impact to address Indias developmental challenges. It operates through a nationwide network of technology and business incubation , with the sponsorship from Tata Trusts, the Indian Government, and other academic, philanthropic and corporate partners.
Climate Investment Opportunities in Indias Cooling Sector report
The report said that as temperatures steadily rise in India due to <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change, keeping spaces cool using alternative and innovative energy efficient technologies can open an Investment opportunity of $1.6 trillion by 2040.
This also has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions significantly and create nearly 3.7 million jobs.
The report has found thatshifting to a more energy efficient pathway could lead to a substantial reduction in expected CO2 levelsover the next two decades.
Indias cooling strategy can help save lives and livelihoods, reduce carbon emissions and simultaneously position India as a global hub for green cooling manufacturing.
The report suggests a sustainable roadmap for cooling that has the potential to reduce 300 million tons of carbon dioxide annually by 2040.
Sebi asks exchanges to set up Investor Risk Reduction Access platform
Markets regulator Sebi asked to set up an Investor Risk Reduction Access (IRRA) platform to give investors an opportunity to square off their position or cancel pending orders in case of disruption of trading Services provided by trading members.
It said in recent times, with increasing dependence on technology in the securities market,
there is a rise in instances of glitches in trading members systems, some of which lead to
disruption of trading services and investor complaints.
As per the provisions, trading members, upon facing technical glitches which lead to disruptionof trading services, can request for enablement of the IRRA service.
India to assume chairmanship of Wassenaar Arrangement on January 1, 2023
India will assume chairmanship of the plenary of the Wassenaar Arrangement for a year on
January 1, 2023, just five years after joining the 42-member voluntary export control regime
that monitors transfers of conventional weapons and dual-use goods.
The body is a multilateral export control regime that works to promote transparency and
greater responsibility in transfers of conventional arms and dual-use goods and technologies
Through regular exchanges of information among its members.
Membership of the Wassenaar Arrangement has also bolstered Indias efforts to gain access to ensitive goods and technologies from leading players in the West.
World Bank hints that Global Economy on a steep Slowdown
Global economy on a steep Slowdown: According to the most recent study, the
global economy is experiencing a sharp decline after almost a year of uncertainty in 2022. TheWorld Bank report noted that the COVID-19 pandemics repercussions are still being felt todayin the form of Education losses, worldwide Inflation, supply chain disruptions, and other issueson a global scale.
The economy of the three biggest economies in the worldthe United States, China, and theeuro zonehave been rapidly slowing.
It went on to say that given the situation, even a slight blow to the world economy over the
course of the ensuing year may send it into a Recession.
In its study, the World Bank also noted that the escalating intensity of natural disasters
continues to shed Light on the social and economic effects of <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change.