05-11-22 Daily-Punjab-PPSC Current Affairs

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann announced to spruce up government healthcare across the state for providing state-of-the-art medical treatment and diagnostic Services to people.

During the run up for Elections, we had promised a guarantee of quality healthcare to the people and no stone is being left unturned for this noble cause, said the Chief Minister, addressing after dedicating newly-built mother and child care hospital.

The Chief Minister said that strenuous efforts are being made to equip the government hospitals with the ultramodern facilities. Likewise, he said that a massive recruitment drive has been embarked to fill all the vacant government posts in the Health Department.

The Chief Minister envisioned that the newly-constructed Mother and Child Hospitals will act as a Catalyst to impart quality healthcare to the pregnant Women and newly born child. He said that the move is aimed to ensure that people get quality health services in these hospitals. He said that more such hospitals will be constructed across the State in coming days.

National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) organized Ganga Utsav – The River Festival 2022 on 4^thNovember at New Delhi in two sessions.

Ganga Utsav 2022 is dedicated to theAzadi ka Amrit Mahotsavthat is being observed to commemorate the 75 years of Indian Independence. As Ganga Utsav 2022 is held in the 75^thyear of independence, it is planned to have 75 separate events in Ganga and its tributary basin cities and towns, by August 2023, 3-day events in 15 major cities like Haridwar, Mathura, Delhi, Kanpur, Varanasi, Patna, Bhagalpur, Kolkata etc., 1-day events in 60 smaller towns/cities, in which local and pan-India culture based events will be promoted.

The Army has approved five Project Sanction Orders (PSOs) for development of Niche technology by the Indian under Make-II route of DEFENCE procurement. The projects include High Frequency Man Packed Software Defined Radios (HFSDR), drone kill systems, Infantry Training Weapon Simulator (IWTS), Medium Range Precision Kill Systems (MRPKS) and 155mm Terminally Guided Munitions (TGM).

Make II projects are essentially industry funded projects involving design, development and innovative solutions by Indian vendors for development of prototypes. An assurance of order is given after successful prototype development.