Daily News Notes

· The Lok Sabha will not take up the impeachment motion against Justice Soumitra Sen as Justice Sen has already resigned from his post. Justice Sen was charged with misappropriation of funds to the tune of over 24 lakh rupees.
· The government has released more than four thousand crores rupees to the States for providing adequate health care and medical facilities in the backward and tribal areas (264 districts) under National Rural Health Mission, NRHM. 461 districts in different states have been equipped with more than 1500 mobile medical units to provide health care services to unserved and under served areas. Centre has provided 70 thousand crore rupees to the States under the mission during the 11th five year plan for infrastructure development.
· The government today assured the Lok Sabha that funds will be provided to the farmers for tapping renewable energy sources to operate water pumps for irrigation purpose with the help private sector participation in setting up renewable energy projects. Jawahar Lal Nehru National Solar Mission last year to enable large scale capital investment in solar energy application.
· The Government has said that a number of measures (such as children are entitled to one set of textbooks and two sets of uniforms under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan which also provides for 75 percent seats in Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas, KGBVs, for girls belonging to SC/ST, other backward classes and Minority communities) are being undertaken to encourage the children belonging to Scheduled Casts and Scheduled Tribes to enroll and continue their education. In addition, SSA provides for a district Innovation Fund, under which States are encouraged to undertake context specific interventions for such children.
· The government will soon bring a new legislation to curb illegal mining across the country in which sustainable development framework and seven principles including incorporating environmental and social sensitivities in decision on leases and strategic assessment in key mining regions will be incorporated. It also addresses the issues such asncommunity development, resettlement and mine closure and post. 453 mines have been closed by court directions on account of environmental hazards.
· There is an overall reduction in train accidents attributable to human failure. It has come down from 161 in 2003-2004 to 59 in 2010-11 but still human failure continues to be one of the major causes of train accidents. Prevention of accident can be done by development of manpower, regular training, timely replacement of over-aged assets, adoption of suitable technologies for up gradation and maintenance of track, rolling stock, signaling and interlocking systems and safety drives.
· The Centre has said that the production, sale and use of insecticide Endosulfan has been banned in the country by the Supreme Court in May this year on the recommendation by joint committee which conducted a scientific study of any serious health hazard to human being and environmental pollution. Committee has also been suggest alternatives to Endosulfan, but costlier then previous.
· The President today called upon the state governments and industrial leaders to synergize their efforts for the development and sustainable growth of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, MSMEs, while Speaking at the National Award function of MSMEs.
· The Supreme Court today agreed to hear the plea of Maharashtra government against the acquittal of the two accused (Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed, the alleged Indian conspirators) in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack. The court, however, refused to pass any order on Ajmal Kasab.
· The CBI has told the Supreme Court that the probe in the 2G spectrum allocation scam has shown violation of norms during the NDA regime when late Pramod Mahajan and Arun Shourie were the Telecom Ministers and said that the then Finance Minister Jaswant Singh would be examined.
· An unidentified militant was killed and two Army soldiers were injured in an encounter in Kupwara district of Kashmir today.
· In Bihar, no case of polio has been detected in the state during the last one year.
· In Nepal, the UCPN (Maoist ) handed over the keys of the arms containers to the Special Committee members at cantonment sites.
· Kolkata is gripped by Football fever and game-lovers are looking forward to see the Messi magic. The world best footballer will lead Argentina in a friendly match against Venezuela for the first time in Kolkata this afternoon.
· The three day 23rd National Junior Athletics Championship began in Bhopal today. About twelve hundred athletes of all four zones are participating in the events in four categories.
· Today is being observed as the World Coconut Day(2^nd Sep).
· In Gujarat, the famous Tarnetar fair featuring rural folk and traditions begins today