Published on: September 25, 2021

SNIPPETS – 25 SEPTEMBER 2021

SNIPPETS – 25 SEPTEMBER 2021

  • The Legislature Committee on Privileges, state legislative of Karnataka has dropped its proceedings against IAS officer.Article 194 deals with the powers, privileges and immunities of the State Legislatures, their Members and their committees.
  • The President of India presented the National Service Scheme Awards for the year 2019-20 NSS awards was Instituted by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports in 1993-94 to reward outstanding contributions towards voluntary community service reward outstanding contributions towards voluntary community service.
  • SAUBHAGYA completes FOUR years of successful implementation.radhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana – ‘Saubhagya’ scheme was Launched in September, 2017 with a aim of universal household electrification in all parts of the country.
  • The Ministry of Defence (MoD) Thursday said it has placed an order worth over Rs 7,500 crore to Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF), Chennai for supply of 118 units of Main Battle Tank (MBT) Arjun’s Mark-1A variant for the Indian Army.
  • A clear improvement in air quality was recorded on Church Street on pedestrianised weekends in terms of the PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations, which were within the limits of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for most of the weekends, revealed authors of a scientific report on the pedestrianisation of Church Street
  • Former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa was on Friday presented with the award for best legislator instituted by the Legislative Assembly.The award was presented to him by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla at a special programme held in the Assembly
  • The chief marketing officer of United Breweries, Debabrata Mukherjee, was unanimously elected chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for 2021-2022