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CLAT 2021 21 Year Experienced Team

f Education Minister of Tripura, Ratan Lal Nath launched the 'Auro Scholarship Programme' of Sri Aurobindo
Society for all the students of the state. Auro Scholarship Programme provides the monthly micro-
scholarship to the students in order to motivate them towards achieving better learning outcomes once
students achieve benchmark performance in 10-min curriculum-aligned Quizzes.
f Puducherry has achieved the target of 100% piped water connection in rural areas under the Jal Jeevan
Mission (JJM). Earlier, Goa, Telangana and Andaman & Nicobar Islands have provided tap water supply to
every rural home under Jal Jeevan Mission. So, Puducherry is the fourth State/UT to provide assured tap
water supply to every rural home under Jal Jeevan Mission.
f Delhi Police has launched a helpline number for senior citizens who are struggling with their essential
needs amid Covid-19. South District Police of the national capital has launched a COVI Van Helpline (012-
26241077) for senior citizens in the neighbourhood amid the coronavirus situation here.
f Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has declared Malerkotla as the 23rd district of the state on May 14,
2021, on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. Malerkotla is a Muslim-dominated area and has been carved out of the
Sangrur district of the state. The government had promised that Malerkotla will be declared a district soon
f The Uttarakhand Police has launched a drive called "Mission Hausla" to help people get oxygen, beds,
ventilators, and plasma for Covid-19 patients. Besides these, police will also help the public to get
medicines meant for Covid-19 management as part of the mission and rations.
f The Telangana Government declared a complete ban on the controversial herbicide, Glyphosate, which is
used rampantly by farmers to kill weeds in HTBt cotton crop. The reason for the ban is that the excess use
of this herbicide by farmers is causing harm to soil and human health. Anybody violating the ban will be
punished under the Insecticide Act 1968.
f New Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma declared Ajanta Neog as Assam's first woman Finance
Minister.
f The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted permission for emergency use of antiCOVID-19
therapeutic application of the drug 2- deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) developed by Institute of Nuclear Medicine
and Allied Sciences (INMAS), a lab of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), in
collaboration with Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (DRL),Hyderabad.
f Himachal Government has launched the 'Ayush Ghar-Dwar' program to keep the home isolated Covid-19
positive patients healthy by practising Yoga. This program has been started by the Department of AYUSH
in collaboration with the Art of Living organisation. Yoga Bharti's instructors would provide their services
in the program. During the launch, about 80 home isolated Covid positive patients from all over the state
were also connected virtually.
f Black Fungus has been categorised as a notified disease in Haryana, making it imperative that
government authorities be informed about each case. This will allow in the tracking and management of
an outbreak. The COVID-19 pandemic in India has catalysed the spread of black fungus or mucormycosis,
which can disfigure people even when it is not fatal.
f Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has launched a smartphone application “Manipur Organic Mission
Agency (MOMA) Market” for home delivery of fresh vegetables to ensure that people get fresh vegetables
at their doorsteps during the COVID-19 induced curfew.
f The Telangana government has selected 16 primary healthcare centres (PHCs) spread around Vikarabad
area hospital for pilot testing the ambitious 'Medicine from the sky', the first-of-its-kind project involving
delivery of medicines through multiple drones. The area hospital has been selected as the central point

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