DAILY G.A UPDATE : 27-08-2016
1. Sharmila Tagore among three appointed as BCCC member
1. Sharmila Tagore among three appointed as BCCC member
Film actress Sharmila Tagore, theatre activist Arundhati Nag and film studies academician Ira Bhaskar have been appointed new members of Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC), the self-regulatory body which hears complaints against TV content.
According to a statement released here, the Board of Directors of Indian Broadcasting Federation (IBF) headed by Star India chairman Uday Shankar has approved these appointments for a term of three years in the eminent person’s category in place.
The tenure of three other members’ retired IAS officer Bhaskar Ghose, actor Shabana Azmi and journalist Vir Sanghvi, had drawn to a close recently.
2. Finance Ministry sets up panel to suggest steps to promote card payments
With an aim to discourage cash transactions, the Finance Ministry has set up a high-level committee to suggest steps to promote card payments through incentives like tax rebates and cash back schemes.
The 11-member committee, headed by former Finance Secretary Ratan P Watal, will recommend various measures to "incentivise transactions through cards and digital means, e.g., through tax rebates/incentives, introduction of cash back/lottery," the ministry said.
The panel, which will review the payments system in the country and recommend measures for encouraging digital payments, has been set up following a decision taken by the Cabinet in February.
It will also study feasibility of creating a payments history of all card/digital payments and ensure that merchants/consumers can leverage the data to access "instant, low cost micro-credit" through digital means and create necessary linkage between the payment history and credit information.
The panel will also study and recommend need for changes, if any, in the regulatory mechanism under various laws, relevant for the purpose of promotion of payments by digital modes.
3. Jamia Millia Islamia faculty member wins Young Scientist INSA award 2016
Dr. Askandar Iqbal, a faculty member of Jamia Millia Islamia's biotechnology department has won the prestigious 'Young Scientist Medal' award of the ‘Indian National Science Academy' for the year 2016.
4. Athlete Lalita Babar, chessplayer Gagare to get SJAM awards
Maharashtra's sixth Chess GM Shardul Gagare, and steeplechase specialist Lalita Babar, who finished a creditable 10th in the Rio Olympics, have been chosen for the Sports Journalists Association of Mumbais (SJAM) Golden Jubilee Annual Awards 2016.
Ahmedanagar-based Gagare will receive the Sportsman of the year award and the Satara-based Lalita, the Sportswoman of the year award, said a media release from SJAM.
The awards presentation is to be held here on September 3 in which former India fast bowler Zaheer Khan would be chief guest and present the trophies and certificates. Mumbai and India middle-order batsman Ajinkya Rahane has been chosen for the International Cricketer of the Year award, Rohit Sharma for a special award for making the highest ODI score at Kolkata in 2014 while Shardul Thakur and Shreyas Iyer would share the Ranji Trophy Cricketer of the year award.
Mumbai Cricket Association has been chosen for the team of the year award. Mumbai won the Ranji Trophy for the 41st time, defeating Saurashtra in the final. Star Sports, IDBI Federal Life Insurance, Indian Oil and Payyade Sports Club are supporting the awards programme.
5. PM Narendra Modi announces task force to prepare for next three Olympics
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that his government would set up a task force to create a strategy to help sportspersons prepare for the next three Olympics. The task force would cover infrastructure, training and selection.
6. Union Minister Maneka Gandhi launches POCSO e-box
Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Sanjay Gandhi launched Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses, POCSO e-box, in New Delhi.
POCSO e-box is a platform where a child victim of sexual abuse can report such cases online. It is initiative of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, for direct online reporting of child sexual abuse.
Minister of State for Women and Child Development Krishna Raj and other dignitaries were also present on the occasion.
Key Highlights
• The e-Box is an online complaint management system for easy and direct reporting of sexual offences against children and timely action against the offenders under the POCSO Act, 2012.
• It is incorporated on the home page of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) website http://ncpcr.gov.in/.
• To register complain, a complainant will have to push a button named POSCO e-Box, which will navigate him/her to a page where he/she will have to select at least one picture option (describing the category of harassment).
• Later, he/she will also have to fill a form with details such as mobile number, e-mail and description of the harassment followed by the ‘submit’ button, after which a unique auto-generated complaint number will be flashed.
Under POSCO Act, any human being up to the age of 18 years is recognised as a child.
According to a statement released here, the Board of Directors of Indian Broadcasting Federation (IBF) headed by Star India chairman Uday Shankar has approved these appointments for a term of three years in the eminent person’s category in place.
The tenure of three other members’ retired IAS officer Bhaskar Ghose, actor Shabana Azmi and journalist Vir Sanghvi, had drawn to a close recently.
2. Finance Ministry sets up panel to suggest steps to promote card payments
With an aim to discourage cash transactions, the Finance Ministry has set up a high-level committee to suggest steps to promote card payments through incentives like tax rebates and cash back schemes.
The 11-member committee, headed by former Finance Secretary Ratan P Watal, will recommend various measures to "incentivise transactions through cards and digital means, e.g., through tax rebates/incentives, introduction of cash back/lottery," the ministry said.
The panel, which will review the payments system in the country and recommend measures for encouraging digital payments, has been set up following a decision taken by the Cabinet in February.
It will also study feasibility of creating a payments history of all card/digital payments and ensure that merchants/consumers can leverage the data to access "instant, low cost micro-credit" through digital means and create necessary linkage between the payment history and credit information.
The panel will also study and recommend need for changes, if any, in the regulatory mechanism under various laws, relevant for the purpose of promotion of payments by digital modes.
3. Jamia Millia Islamia faculty member wins Young Scientist INSA award 2016
Dr. Askandar Iqbal, a faculty member of Jamia Millia Islamia's biotechnology department has won the prestigious 'Young Scientist Medal' award of the ‘Indian National Science Academy' for the year 2016.
4. Athlete Lalita Babar, chessplayer Gagare to get SJAM awards
Maharashtra's sixth Chess GM Shardul Gagare, and steeplechase specialist Lalita Babar, who finished a creditable 10th in the Rio Olympics, have been chosen for the Sports Journalists Association of Mumbais (SJAM) Golden Jubilee Annual Awards 2016.
Ahmedanagar-based Gagare will receive the Sportsman of the year award and the Satara-based Lalita, the Sportswoman of the year award, said a media release from SJAM.
The awards presentation is to be held here on September 3 in which former India fast bowler Zaheer Khan would be chief guest and present the trophies and certificates. Mumbai and India middle-order batsman Ajinkya Rahane has been chosen for the International Cricketer of the Year award, Rohit Sharma for a special award for making the highest ODI score at Kolkata in 2014 while Shardul Thakur and Shreyas Iyer would share the Ranji Trophy Cricketer of the year award.
Mumbai Cricket Association has been chosen for the team of the year award. Mumbai won the Ranji Trophy for the 41st time, defeating Saurashtra in the final. Star Sports, IDBI Federal Life Insurance, Indian Oil and Payyade Sports Club are supporting the awards programme.
5. PM Narendra Modi announces task force to prepare for next three Olympics
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that his government would set up a task force to create a strategy to help sportspersons prepare for the next three Olympics. The task force would cover infrastructure, training and selection.
6. Union Minister Maneka Gandhi launches POCSO e-box
Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Sanjay Gandhi launched Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses, POCSO e-box, in New Delhi.
POCSO e-box is a platform where a child victim of sexual abuse can report such cases online. It is initiative of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, for direct online reporting of child sexual abuse.
Minister of State for Women and Child Development Krishna Raj and other dignitaries were also present on the occasion.
Key Highlights
• The e-Box is an online complaint management system for easy and direct reporting of sexual offences against children and timely action against the offenders under the POCSO Act, 2012.
• It is incorporated on the home page of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) website http://ncpcr.gov.in/.
• To register complain, a complainant will have to push a button named POSCO e-Box, which will navigate him/her to a page where he/she will have to select at least one picture option (describing the category of harassment).
• Later, he/she will also have to fill a form with details such as mobile number, e-mail and description of the harassment followed by the ‘submit’ button, after which a unique auto-generated complaint number will be flashed.
Under POSCO Act, any human being up to the age of 18 years is recognised as a child.