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Cabinet nod for funds for 10% quota for EWS category

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India facing shortages of Doctors, Nurses : Report

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Key findings of the report:

 Even when antibiotics are available, patients are often unable to afford them

 High out of pocket medical costs to the patient are compounded by limited government spending for
health service

 In India, 65% of health expenditure is out of pocket, and such expenditures push 57 million people in
poverty every year

 In India, there is one government doctor for every 10,189 people, whereas the World Health
Organization (WHO) recommends a ratio of 1:1,000, and the nurse: patient ratio is 1:483, implying a
shortage of two million nurses

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Resilient Cities Asia Pacific Congress 2019

 Resilient Cities Asia Pacific (RCAP) is the annual global platform for urban resilience and climate change
adaptation launched in 2010

 In this platform , dialogues are conducted to forge partnerships, with the ultimate goal of identifying
implementable solutions and creating lasting impacts for cities in the region

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Ministry Of External Affairs Sets Up Indo-Pacific Wing

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NGT forms Central Monitoring Committee to prepare national plan for polluted rivers

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Details of the Committee

 The committee would comprise a representative of NITI Aayog; secretaries of Ministry of Water Resources,
Ministry of Urban Development and Ministry of Environment; the director general of National Mission for
Clean Ganga and the Central Pollution Control Board chairman

 The Central Monitoring Committee will also co-ordinate with the River Rejuvenation Committees of the states
and oversee the execution of the action plans, taking into account the timelines, budgetary mechanism and
other factors

 The Committee may consider identifying experts, best practices and models for use of treated water

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Zinc deficiency rising in Indians

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 Key findings about India

 The highest rate of inadequate zinc intake was concentrated mainly in the southern and northeastern
States with rice-dominated diets: Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Manipur and Meghalaya

 The presence of zinc plays a critical role in human immune systems

 Inadequate zinc intake can have serious health consequences, particularly for young children, who are
more susceptible to contracting malaria, diarrhoeal diseases and pneumonia, when suffering from zinc
deficiency

 According to the Report , rising carbon dioxide levels in the coming decades could accelerate this trend.
National grain fortification programmes, increased dietary diversity, bio-fortified crops, and reduced carbon
dioxide emissions could all make a difference to slow or reverse the course

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WHO releases first guideline on digital health interventions

Key guidelines :
 Provide supportive environments for training, dealing with unstable infrastructure, as well as policies to protect
privacy of patients

 Encourage policy-makers and implementers to review and adapt to these conditions if they want digital tools to drive
tangible changes and provide guidance on taking privacy considerations on access to patient data

 Telemedicine allows people living in remote locations to obtain health services by using mobile phones, web portals,
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Job creation trebles to 8.61 lakh in February: EPFO payroll data

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Findings of latest data

 According to the latest data, the highest job creation was recorded in January 2019 at 8.94 lakh against the
provisional estimate of 8.96 lakh released last month

 During February 2019, the highest number of 2.36 lakh jobs were created in the 22-25 years age group, followed
by 2.09 lakh in the 18-21 years age bracket

 The data showed that 80.86 lakh new jobs were created in the 18 months period from September 2017 to
February 2019

 EPFO has revised downward the number of net subscribers added or new jobs created from September 2017 to
January 2019 to 72.24 lakh from 76.48 lakh released last month

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World Press Freedom Index 2019

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Findings about India

 India has been ranked at 140th position this year , dropping by 2 places from last year’s rank

 According to the findings , violence against journalists including police violence, attacks by Maoist fighters and
reprisals by criminal groups or corrupt politicians is one of the most striking characteristics of the current state of
press freedom in India

 The index has found an increased sense of hostility towards journalists across the world, with violent attacks in
India leading to at least six Indian journalists being killed in the line of their work last year

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U.S. ends waiver for India on Iran oil

 India is the second biggest buyer of Iranian oil after China and also the world’s third-largest consumer of oil
 85 per cent of the crude oil and 34 per cent of the natural gas requirements of India are being fulfilled by
imports
 In 2016, India imported 215 million tonnes of crude oil and at 13 per cent, Iran stood third among India’s
biggest oil suppliers, after Saudi Arabia and Iraq at 18 per cent each

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