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CL’s Connect to Current-Daily Current
Capsules (Prelims Prep. Prominence)
19th November 2018

Drinking Water & Sanitation
Swachh Bharat Mission to celebrate World Toilet Day

What
   The Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) will celebrate the World Toilet
    Day tomorrow with mass awareness and mobilization activities across
    States and districts.
   The focus is on usage of toilets, which is closely linked to the Prime
    Minister’s call for a Swachh Bharat by October 2019.

Connect to the day
    The central part of the day’s celebrations is the the Swachh Bharat World
     Toilet Day Contest 2018 among all districts by organizing grassroots
     activities involving district, block and panchayat level teams,
     swachhagrahis and swachhata champions.
    The objective is to engage with communities and reaffirm the national
     resolve to a sustain the Sanitation achievement.
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    Since the inception of the Swachh Bharat Mission, the rural sanitation
     coverage of India has increased significantly, from 39%       in October
     2014 to over 96% today.
    Over 8.8 crore household toilets have been built by rural Indians.
    As a result, 25 States/Union Territories, 530 districts, and over 5.2 lakh
     villages have declared themselves free from open defecation.
    The number of people practicing open defecation in rural India has gone
     down from 550 million in 2014, to less than 100 million today through
     the progress made under the Swachh Bharat Mission
    In recognition to the work done by the Swachh Bharat Mission
     (Grameen), the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, is receiving a
     Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Toilet Summit in Mumbai
     tomorrow.
Connect to World Toilet Summit 2018
    World Toilet Summit-2018”, organized by the World Toilet Organisation
     co-organizer Ecosan Services Foundation on the occasion of the World
     Toilet Day.
    The event will take place on November 19-20, 2018, at Mumbai, India.
    Ever since its conception in 2001, the World Toilet Organisation has been
     part of several advocacy and awareness initiatives with the World Toilet
     Summit being one of the key elements.
    Having been hosted in over 12 countries (14 cities) so far, the summit has
     gained a substantial global footprint
    India itself has hosted the summit twice, in 2007 and 2015. Now, in its
     18th year, the Summit will yet again take place in India, in support of the
     Government’s ‘’Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’’ (Clean India Mission)
    The mission aims to achieve the ‘open defecation free status’ by 2019 and
     WTS 2018 aims to be a key motivational factor towards the successful
     completion of this mission.
    The summit will attract over 300 International and National /global
     experts from Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector, including

delegates from leading corporate houses, Government agencies, ULB’s,
    NGOs and social business delegates.
   The summit provides the participants, an international networking
    platform to exchange knowledge, and leverage media and corporate
    support in an effort to influence policy-makers and governments to
    promote clean sanitation and public health policies.

National
Qaumi Ekta Week begins tomorrow

What
   With a view to foster and reinforce the spirit of Communal Harmony,
    National Integration and pride in vibrant, composite culture and
    nationhood, the “Qaumi Ekta Week” (National Integration Week) will be
    observed all over the country, from tomorrow to 25th November, 2018.

The week long programmes to be observed during Qaumi Ekta Week will be as
under:
   November 19, 2018 will be observed as National Integration Day and
    programmes like meetings, symposia and seminars will be organized to
    emphasize the themes of secularism, anti-communalism and non-
    violence.
   November 20, 2018 will be observed as Welfare of Minorities Day and
    Items of the 15 Point Programme are emphasized on this day. In riot
    prone towns, special fraternal processions are taken out.
   November 21, 2018 will be observed as Linguistic Harmony Day.
    Programmes like Special literary functions and Kavi Sammelans will be

organized to enable people of each region to appreciate the linguistic
      heritage of other parts of India.
     November 22, 2018 will be observed as Weaker Sections Day and
      meetings and rallies will be organized to highlight programmes under
      various Governments which help SCs/STs and weaker sections with
      particular emphasis on the distribution of surplus land to landless
      labourers.
     November 23, 2018 will be observed as Cultural Unity Day and cultural
      functions will be organized to present the Indian tradition of unity in
      diversity and for promoting cultural conservation and integration.
     November 24, 2018 will be observed as Women’s Day. On this day, the
      importance of Women in Indian Society and their role in development of
      nation-building are highlighted.
     November 25, 2018 will be observed as Conservation Day and several
      meetings and functions will be organized to emphasise the growing need
      for awareness and action to conserve the environment.
Connect to the week
   The observation of the ‘Quami Ekta Week’ will help to highlight the
    inherent strength and resilience of our nation to withstand actual and
    potential threats to the eclectic and secular fabric of our country, and
    nurture a spirit of communal harmony in its widest sense.
   This occasion also provides an opportunity to reaffirm age old traditions
    and faith in the values of tolerance, co-existence and brotherhood in a
    multi-cultural and multi-religious society.
Connect to NFCH
   The National Foundation for Communal Harmony (NFCH), an
    autonomous organisation with the Ministry of Home Affairs, organises
    Communal Harmony Campaign coinciding with the Qaumi Ekta Week
    and observes the Communal Harmony Flag Day on 25th November.
   The Foundation promotes Communal Harmony and strengthens National
    Integration.
   It also provides financial assistance for relief and rehabilitation of
    children rendered orphan or destitute in communal, caste, ethnic or
    terrorist violence.

Home Affairs
8th National Conference of Women in Police

What
    The 8th National Conference of Women in Police (NCWP) will begin in
     Ranchi, Jharkhand tomorrow.
Organising agencies
    The two-day conference which is being organized by Bureau of Police
     Research &Development in collaboration with Jharkhand Police, is the
     only national level platform to address the issues of Women in uniform
     and create an enabling atmosphere for them to maximize and optimize
     their professional potential.
Efforts made by NCWP
    NCWP has been continuously working on strengthening and monitoring
     of mechanism to deal with sexual harassment in all the Police
     Organizations / CPOs by suggesting active ways and means.
    Sincere efforts have been made for issues related with gender
     sensitization for all police ranks, exclusive infrastructural development
     for women police like rest rooms, toilets, crèche etc., equal opportunities
     for women in career planning and other welfare measures like maternity
     and child care leave, police housing for women workforce etc.

Connect to BPR&D
    The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), was set up
     on 28 August 1970 in furtherance of the objective of the Government of
     India for the modernisation of police forces.
    It has evolved as a multifaceted, consultancy organisation. At present it
     has 4 divisions – Research, Development, Training and Correctional
     Administration

Business/Trade

India International Trade Fair begins with a focus on rural enterprises

What
    India is one among the very few nations who confer a unique identity to
     their small and medium industries.
    In India, the sector is called micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME)
     and the priority given to the sector allows the smallest enterprises to gain a
     global outreach.
    The theme of this year's fair is 'Rural Enterprises in India'.
    The 38th edition of the 14-day long IITF was unveiled
Connect to IITF
    IITF has become an awaited event for our exporters and importers in Delhi.
    The time has now come for the government to take care of more than 40 per
     cent manufacturers in the MSME sector, who hail from rural India
    More than 800 trade participants from 48 countries and all Indian states
     have assembled in Delhi to take part in this year's mega fair.
    Among the main countries represented in the fair were China, Italy,
     Germany, Mongolia, Thailand, South Korea, Tunisia, Kyrgyzstan and
     Myanmar among others.

 To mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, special
     significance was given to rural products and produce in the trade fair. More
     than 350 domestic traders will participate this year.
    The partner country for this year's fair is Afghanistan, with a contingent of
     80 traders.
    The focus country this year is Nepal and the focus state is Jharkhand. The
     hill nation and India's tribal state are taking part with considerable
     participation of rural artisans, craftsmen and SME entrepreneurs.
    India Trade Promotion Organisation has earmarked initial four days
     (November 14-17) for the business visitors. The fair will be open for public
     from November 18-27.

Elephant Hospital

Where - Mathura (Uttar Pradesh)

Promoted by - Wildlife SOS

Connect to the elephant hospital

The elephant medical centre has been equipped with wireless digital X-ray,
dental X-ray, laser treatment, thermal imaging, ultrasonography, hydrotherapy
and quarantine facilities.

It is located close to elephant conservation and care centre.

It is designed to treat injured, sick or geriatric elephants. It is equipped with
medical hoist for lifting elephants. It also has elephant restraining device with
dedicated indoor treatment enclosure for long duration medical procedures.

Connect to Wildlife SOS

It is conservation non-profit organisation established in 1995 with primary
objective of rescuing and rehabilitating wildlife in distress in country and
preserving India’s natural heritage.

It is currently one of the largest Wildlife Organisations in South Asia.

Works in which the organisation is involved with -

Rescue and rehabilitation of sloth bears and elephants.

Projects focused on mitigation of human wildlife conflict with regard to species.

Biodiversity and habitat conservation, awareness workshops and anti-poaching
operations

Sources – PIB, The Hindu , The week