Daily Current Affair - 7th Sep. 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe will lay the foundation stone of the proposed High Speed Rail Network — or, the bullet train — between Ahmedabad and Mumbai, here on September 14.

1993 Mumbai serial blasts verdict highlights

A Special Terrorism and Disruptive Activities Act (TADA) court on Friday found Abu Salem and Mustafa Dossa guilty of criminal conspiracy charges. Along with the two gqangsters, Firoz Khan, Karimullah Khan, Taher Merchant were also found guilty of conspiracy charges leveled against them.

 

Govt. To Take Help Of Antra Injection And Chaya Tablet for population

The Rajasthan government will launch free contraceptive injections for women in 14 districts from April 2017 under a central government programme called Mission Parivar Vikas, which aims to cover 145 districts in the country with high fertility rate. The injection named Antara will be an alternative to the current birth control methods such as intra-utrerine contraceptive device (IUCD), oral contraceptive pills and condoms.

Karnataka to introduce Arogya Bhagya scheme for all BPL and APL families

Karnataka government will now offer health facility 'Arogya Bhagya' to everyone, without any discrepancy among APL and BPL card holders. The state government will provide universal health card to avail benefits of the Arogya Bhagya scheme. The new scheme will be introduced all over Karnataka as soon as the cabinet approves it. Nearly 1.3 crore families will be the beneficiaries of the revised scheme.

Mrs. Surina Rajan, lAS (Haryana 1985 batch), has been appointed as Director General, Bureau of Indian Standards, Government of India. She is presently posted as Additional Secretary, Department of Defence Production.