Supreme Court constitutes committee to look into jail reforms

  • The Supreme Court of India has constituted a three-member committee to look into jail reforms across the country and suggest measures to deal with them.
  • The committee is headed by former SC judge Justice Amitava Roy.
  • The panel will look into the various issues that the country is facing, such as over-crowding in prisons.
  • The committee will also look into various issues concerning women prisoners.

AP, Odisha, MP win award for Ease of Living Index

  • Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh were awarded best performing States at the National Dissemination Workshop on Ease of Living Index, 2018.
  • Andhra Pradesh has topped the charts in the Ease of Living Index, and was followed by Odisha and Madhya Pradesh.
  • The Ease of Living Index is a transformative initiative of the Ministry to help the cities assess their liveability vis-à-vis national and global benchmarks.
  • The Ease of Living Index aims to encourage cities to move towards an ‘outcome-based’ approach to urban planning and management.

President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurates centenary celebrations of Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha

  • The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the centenary celebrations of the Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha (DBHPS) in New Delhi.
  • DBHPS is national organisation that aims to improve Hindi literacy among the non-Hindi speaking population in South India.
  • The president has said that every Indian should try to learn an Indian language other than his or her own mother tongue.
  • The DBHPS has already developed a network of approximately 20,000 Hindi campaigners.

India, Nepal agree to use satellite images in boundary survey work

  • India and Nepal have agreed to explore the possibility of using high-resolution satellite images in boundary survey work.
  • Both sides also agreed to continue mapping the no-man’s land encroachment and cross-border occupation.
  • These decisions were taken during the 5th meeting of Nepal-India Boundary Working Group (BWG) in Kathmandu.

Nepal to become first country to double its tiger population

  • Nepal is set to become the first country in the world to double its tiger population.
  • The nation is part of the World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) ‘Tx2’ programme, which aims to double the number of tigers all over the world.
  • Nepal has announced that there are now an estimated 235 wild tigers in the country, nearly double the number in 2009 (121 tigers).

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