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- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued guidelines to improve the working conditions of nurses
- It is based on World health Organisation’s (WHO’s) global strategy on ‘Human Resources for Health: Workforce 2030‘
- This was adopted in 2014 under the Recife Political Declaration on Human Resources for Health
- GI Tag awarded to Mithila Makhana
- Botanical name: Euryale Ferox Salisb
- Mithila Makhana is a special variety of aquatic fox-nut cultivated in Mithila region of Bihar and Nepal
- When a product gets GI tag, other person or company cannot sell a similar item under that name
- GI tag is valid for a period of 10 years
- Silk Mark Expo innaugurated in Delhi
- Silk Mark certification aims at generic promotion of Silk and building brand equity of Indian Silk at home and abroad
- Certification scheme was founded by the Central Silk Board (CSB) of India in 2004
- Certification is managed by the Silk Mark Organisation of India, set-up by CSB under Ministry of Textiles
- Ministry of Textiles –> Central Silk Board of India–> Silk Mark Organisation of India –> Silk Mark
- Rashtriya Puraskar Portal (https://awards.gov.in/) launched to bring together all National Awards of the various Ministries/Departments/Agencies of the Government of India under one digital platform
- Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, launched the Online Market Place feature “Aqua Bazar” in the “MatsyaSetu” mobile app to help fish farmers and vendors
- India joins Pitch-Black Exercise in Australia
- It is joint air combat exercise of 17 nations
