UTTARAKHAND
Air quality across all 13 districts to be monitored
Uttarakhand Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board (UEPPCB) has decided to monitor air quality across all 13 districts under its ‘State Air Quality Monitoring Programme.’
At present, air quality of only six cities – Dehradun, Rishikesh, Haridwar, Kashipur, Haldwani and Rudrapur — is monitored under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme.
Water quality is currently monitored at 56 points under State Water Quality Monitoring Programme.
DefExpo 2020
Defence Expo in Lucknow was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The number of participating foreign companies has also increased to 172 from the previous figure of 160.
The main theme of the DefExpo India 2020 is ‘India: The Emerging Defence Manufacturing Hub’ and the focus will be on ‘Digital Transformation of Defence’.
The sub-theme of the exhibition is ‘Digital Transformation of Defence’ to highlight the future digitalization of the industry and align with the concept of the future battlefield. Manufacturing for the aerospace and defence sector through the application of newer technologies is also being focused. In addition to exhibiting products and technologies, Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) and industry are showcasing the land, naval, air and internal security systems.
DefExpo app was released by Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh on December 27, 2019, which is available on Apple App Store and Android Play Store. The main features of the app are to ‘inform, engage and feedback’. It provides detailed information about the day-to-day events; participating exhibitors; DPSUs, guest speakers of seminars/webinars; publications i.e., electronic brochures and e-books; maps and directions of the venues and city weather.