Uttarakhand Affairs
Need to come up with new tourist locations, adventure sports for visitors: Uttarakhand chief secretary S S Sandhu
Uttarakhand‘s chief secretaryS S Sandhuheld a detailed discussion on the future possibilities in the tourism sector with the departmental officials.
“Along with the Char Dham yatra, other tourist places have been playing an important role in boosting the economy and EMPLOYMENT in the state. Maximum number of tourists come from Delhi-NCR throughout the year, especially on weekends, and after the construction of Delhi-Dehradun expressway, the number is expected to increase. So, we have to start preparations from now itself,” Sandhu said.
Instructions were given to prepare two categories of tourism activities according to the geographical and natural condition of the state. Activities in category ‘A’ would be the ones which can be started immediately and category ‘B’ would have activities which require some work before launch.
National and International Affairs
Rajya Sabhas productivity during winter session 102%:The final day of the winter session, the Rajya Sabha was adjourned sine die, with a productivity score of 102%.Jagdeep Dhankhar, the chairman of the Rajya Sabha, claims that in 13 sittings, functional time was 64 hours and 50 minutes as opposed to the entire allocated time of 63 hours and 26 minutes, and productivity was 102%.
1,920 unstarred questions were answered in the 13 sittings, while 82 starred questions were resolved.
After 28 hours of debate in which 160 members participated, nine bills were ultimately passed or returned during the session.
Although the term House of Elders is not listed in the official lexicon, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar had noted in my opening address on December 7 that it adequately captured the significance of this institution.
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The law also abolishes a restriction that banned lesbian couples from registering their children under both parents names and forbids the use of so-called conversion therapies to repress sexual orientation or gender identity.
Up until recently, transgender individuals required the diagnosis of gender dysphoria, a psychological disorder in which the patient does not feel that their biological sex matches their gender identity.