ASSAM

Majority of women in the state said financial independence is key to their empowerment, putting it above social reforms and curbing crimes against women.
In a survey conducted by the state government recently, in which women — had to choose the factors which they thought to be most crucial to their empowerment.

Only 4% of the voters thought easy access to primary healthcare and sanitation was as important financial self-dependence.

Only 2% of the voters thought encouraging women’s participation in sports would be empowering. The same went for pursuing advanced gender justice and expansion of women’s citizenship.

INTERNATIONAL

· World Rabies Day – 28th September

World Rabies Day is celebrated annually to raise awareness about rabies prevention.
The 2017 World Rabies Day theme is ‘Rabies: Zero by 30’.
This day also marks the anniversary of Louis Pasteur’s death, the French chemist, and microbiologist, who developed the first rabies vaccine.

· World Maritime Day – 28 September

The World Maritime Dayis celebrated across the world on 28 September across the world.
The theme for 2017 World Maritime Day is ‘Connecting Ships, Ports and People’.
The main aim is to do so by focusing on helping International Maritime Organization (IMO)member states to develop and implement maritime strategies to invest in a joined-up, interagency approach.

Russian and the United States space agencies, Roscosmos and NASA, have agreed to jointly build a“deep space gateway”,the first-ever astronaut-tended space station around the Moon.
It would help prepare for manned missions to deep space destinations including Mars.
NASA and Roscosmos are two of the major partners in the $100-billion Earth-orbiting International Space Station (ISS).

NATIONAL

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal confirmed that innovative techniques are soon being introduced to eliminate rail accidents.
It includes revamping the existing signaling system by use of TPWS – Train Protection and Warning System and MTRC, Mobile Train Radio Communication.
The electrification of rail tracks will be completed by next 4-5 years.
This will lead to savings in energy costs over 10,000 crores while reducing pollution and dependence on imported diesel.

The Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) of the Ministry of Women & Child Development has started a monthly “Jan Sampark” program to enable the public to have interaction with its officials and staff for seeking information related to Adoption as well as flagging their concerns.

The first of its kind programme was held in New Delhi. Nearly 150 Prospective Adoptive Parents (PAPs), Adoptive Parents and representatives of agencies participated in the session, which lasted for more than four hours.

President Ram Nath Kovind launched the ‘Adopt a Heritage’ initiative on World Tourism Day, under which heritage sites will be entrusted to public and private enterprises and individuals for maintenance.

The initiative — launched along with ‘Incredible India 2.0 Campaign’ — is an attempt to boost Indian tourism with “greater focus on digital presence and social media”.

Under the ‘Adopt a Heritage’ Project, those entrusted with the development of tourist amenities at the adopted sites would be known as ‘Monument Mitras’.

Hall of fame award for Best State / UT Comprehensive Development of Tourism: Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh

Best Maintained and Disabled Friendly Monument: Chowmahalla Palace, Hyderabad, Telangana

Excellence in Publishing – English: “The Heart of Incredible India” (Coffee Table Book) by Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi given its approval for implementation of umbrella scheme of “Modernisation of Police Forces (MPF)” for years 2017-18 to 2019-20.
The financial outlay for the scheme over the three year’s period is Rs.25,060 crore, out of which the Central Government share will be Rs.18,636 crore and the States’ share will be Rs.6,424 crore.
The central budget outlay of Rs.10,132 crore earmarked for internal security related expenditure for Jammu & Kashmir, the North Eastern States and left-wing extremism affected States.
It provides for setting up of State-of-Art forensic science laboratory in Amravati, Andhra Pradesh and up gradation of Sardar Patel Global Centre for Security, Counter-Terrorism and Anti-Insurgency in Jaipur and Gujarat Forensic Science University in Gandhi Nagar.