Himachal Pradesh approves Sashakt Mahila Yojna

  • The Himachal Pradesh government has given its approval to implement Sashakt Mahila Yojna in the state.
  • The aim is to empower rural women by providing them an interface for organization and socio-economic development.
  • The scheme will also improve rural women’s skill through training programmes.

India’s first ‘Justice City’ being set up in Andhra Pradesh

  • Andhra Pradesh is building India’s first ‘Justice City’ within its new capital Amaravati.
  • The aim is to provide a state-of-the-art ecosystem built on latest technology for supporting the judicial system.
  • The goal is to provide speedy justice for litigants, easy and better access to justice for the masses and reduce pending cases.

IIT researchers develop smartphone-based system to detect adulteration in milk

  • Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad, have developed a smartphone-based system to detect adulteration in milk.
  • The system uses an indicator paper that changes colour according to acidity. This is used to measures acidity in milk.
  • A smartphone with a camera can be used to accurately detect the colour change, and hence determine whether milk is adulterated.

Andhra Pradesh launches ‘Bhudaar’ portal for land records

  • Andhra Pradesh has launched a web portal that makes land records available to those who have unique identification numbers.
  • The Bhudaar is an 11-digit unique identification code assigned to each agriculture land holding as well as rural and urban properties in the state.
  • Two types of Bhudaar cards are available: e-Bhudaar and M-Bhudaar.
  • Temporary Bhudaar numbers begin with 99, while permanent Bhudaar numbers start with 28. For government land, 28 is followed by 00.

World’s standard definition of kilogram, second and metre redefined

  • The 130-year-old “Le grand K – the SI unit of kg” has been redefined. It will now be defined in terms of the fundamental Planck constant (h).
  • The definition of a metre has been changed linking it to the speed of light.
  • The decision was made at the 26th meeting of the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM), at Versailles, France.

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