Published on: March 11, 2022

SNIPPETS – 11 MARCH 2022

SNIPPETS – 11 MARCH 2022

  • The Food and Civil Supplies Department will start the distribution of fortified rice from April 1 in 14 districts of the state under ‘Poushtika Karnataka’ (Nutrition Karnataka) programme to eradicate malnutrition
  • The 13th edition of the Bengaluru International Film concluded recently. Doddahatti Boregowda and Pinki Elli? won the top honours in the Kannada cinema section for 2021 and 2020 respectively. Yuvarathna won the best Kannada popular entertainment award for 2021.
  • Ex DHARMA GUARDIAN-2022, an annual exercise between Indian Army and Japanese Ground Self Defence Force culminated at Foreign Training Node, Belgaum
  • Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike has finally been brought within the ambit of the Karnataka Local Fund Authorities Fiscal Responsibility Act, 2003
  • Karnataka government has launched Women@Work (W@W) programme. It aims to provide 5,000 jobs for women with the necessary employable skills by 2026.
  • A webinar on Captive Employment Policy under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) was recently held. CAPTIVE EMPLOYER is any employer or industry who provide employment to candidates in their own organization or one of its subsidiaries and has suitable in-house training facilities
  • Union Ministry of Power has launched the Virtual Smart Grid Knowledge Center (Virtual SGKC) and Innovation Park. Smart grid is electrical Grid with Automation, Communication and IT systems established by POWERGRID
  • Care at work report was released recently by International Labor Organization
  • The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup 2022 was held in Cairo, Egypt
  • Haryana state budget has announced a ‘Sushma Swaraj Award’ for women for their significant achievements or contribution in different walks of life in the international and national spheres.
  • Sahitya Akademi’s Festival of Letters known as Sahityotsav is India’s most inclusive literature festival. It is being held in New Delhi
  • A floating solar project at Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu has been set up by leading fertilizer manufacturer Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation Ltd (SPIC)