13 January

January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 352 days remaining until the end of the year (353 in leap years). This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Wednesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Monday or Tuesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Thursday or Saturday (56).

Events

532 - Nika riots in Constantinople.1435 - Sicut Dudum, forbidding the enslavement of the Guanche natives in Canary Islands by the Spanish, is promulgated by Pope Eugene IV.1547 - Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey is sentenced to death.1607 - The Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain.1793 - Nicolas Jean Hugon de Bassville, representative of Revolutionary France, lynched by a mob in Rome1797 - French Revolutionary Wars: A naval battlebetween a French ship of the line and two British frigates off the coast of Brittany ends with the French vessel running aground, resulting in over 900 deaths.1815 - War of 1812: British troops capture Fort Peter in St. Marys, Georgia, the only battle of the war to take place in the state.1822 - The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.1830 - The Great Fire of New Orleans begins.1833 - United States President Andrew Jacksonwrites to Vice President Martin Van Burenexpressing his opposition to South Carolina's defiance of federal authority in the Nullification Crisis.1840 - The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.1842 - Dr. William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.1847 - The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican-American War in California.1849 - Establishment of the Colony of Vancouver Island.1879 - In Mozart Gardens Brooklyn Ada Anderson completed a great feat of pedestrianism - 2700 quarter miles in 2700 quarter hours, earning her $8000.1888 - The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.1893 - The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.1893 - U.S. Marines land in Honolulu, Hawaiifrom the USS Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.1895 - First Italo-Ethiopian War: the war's opening battle, the Battle of Coatit, occurs; it is an Italian victory.1898 - Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.1908 - The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.1910 - The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci are sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.1915 - The 6.7 MwAvezzano earthquake shakes the Province of L'Aquila in Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 29,978-32,610.1935 - A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany.1939 - The Black Friday bush fires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.1942 - Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.1942 - World War II: First use of an aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter.1950 - British submarine HMS Truculent collides with an oil tanker in the Thames Estuary, killing 64 men.1951 - First Indochina War: The Battle of Vĩnh Yên begins.1953 - An article appears in Pravda accusing some of the most prestigious and prominent doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership.1958 - The Moroccan Army of Liberationambushes a Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera.1963 - Coup d'état in Togo results in the assassination of president Sylvanus Olympio.1964 - Anti-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta, resulting in 100 deaths.1964 - In Manchester, New Hampshire, fourteen

-year-old Pamela Mason is murdered. Edward Coolidge is tried and convicted of the crime, but the conviction is set aside by the landmark Fourth Amendment case "Coolidge vs. New Hampshire (1971)."1966 - Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member when he is appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.1968 - Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom State Prison1972 - Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana are ousted in a bloodless military coup by Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong.1974 - Seraphim is elected Archbishop of Athens and All Greece.1978 - United States Food and Drug Administration requires all blood donations to be labeled "paid" or "volunteer" donors.1982 - Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet, crashes into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists.1985 - A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa.1986 - A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden, South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties.1988 - Lee Teng-hui becomes the first native Taiwanese President of the Republic of China.1990 - Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia.1991 - Soviet Union troops attack Lithuanianindependence supporters in Vilnius, killing 14 people and wounding around 1000 others.1993 - Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.1998 - Alfredo Ormando sets himself on fire in St. Peter's Square, protesting against homophobia.2001 - An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800.2012 - The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks off the coast of Italy due to the captainFrancesco Schettino's negligence and irresponsibility. There are 32 confirmed deaths.

CCEA approves continuation of Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme
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▪️The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given its approval to continuation of Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) till term of 14th Finance Commission i.e. 2020.

▪️The continuation of scheme will entail annual allocation of Rs.3,950 crore and total outlay of Rs. 11,850 crores over next 3 years.

✔️ MPLAD Scheme

▪️The MPLAD Scheme is Central Sector Scheme launched in 1993-94. It enables Members of Parliament (both elected and nominated) to recommend works for creation of durable community assets based on locally felt needs to be taken up in their constituencies in area of national priorities like drinking water, education, public health, sanitation, roads etc.

▪️The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MSPI) is nodal ministry to coordinate work under scheme.

▪️The scheme is governed by set of guidelines (last revised in June, 2016). Under this scheme, the funds are released in the form of grants in-aid directly to the district authorities on receipt of requisite documents and as per these guidelines.

▪️The funds released under the scheme are non-lapsable i.e. if the fund for particular work is not spent in that year, it will be carried forward to the subsequent years, subject to eligibility.

▪️The annual entitlement under the scheme per MP at present is Rs 5 crore. Role of MPs for the projects is only recommendatory i.e. they can only recommend their choice of works to concerned district authorities who implement these works by following the established procedures of the concerned state government.

✔️ Impact

▪️Since its inception of the scheme, a total number of 18,82,180 works for Rs. 44,929.17 crore have been sanctioned till August, 2017 from MPLADS fund. It has resulted into creation of various durable community assets which have impacted the social, cultural and economic life of the local communities in one way or the other.

☀️ Good Morning News : 19 Aug 2018
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- Israel PM Addresses India-Israel Business Summit in Mumbai

- PM Modi, Netanyahu Inaugurates 'iCreate Centre' in Ahmedabad

- Election Dates in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland Declared

- India Test-Fires Nuclear-Capable ICBM Agni-V

- Odisha CM Launches 'Mukhyamantri Kalakar Sahayata Yojana'

- India Attends its 1st SCO Military Cooperation Meeting in Beijing

- MoS RK Singh Attends ISA Forum in Abu Dhabi

- North and South Korea Agree to Jointly March Under Unification Flag in Winter Olympics

- Vice Admiral A B Singh Takes Over as Chief of Staff Western Naval Command

- ✴️HDFC Bank Becomes 1st Indian Bank to Cross Rs5 trillion Market Capitalisation

- ⭐️ Virat Kohli Named Captain of ICC’s Test and ODI Teams of the Year

- Madhya Pradesh achieves complete door-to-door garbage

- NHRC holds Open Hearing and Camp Sitting in Jaipur

- ✴️Kolkata Police introduces LED-fitted uniforms to ensure safety of traffic cops

- Government planning to set up of Cyber Warrior Police Force to tackle internet-related crimes

- ⭐️ President presents 2016 Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards

- ✴️10th Global Forum for Food & Agriculture held Berlin

- ⭐️ Maharashtra becomes first state to unveil Public Cloud Policy .

● First Phase of ESICS Pilot Project of Telemedicine Services inaugurated
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▪️The first phase of ESIC (Employees State Insurance Corporation) Pilot Project of Telemedicine Services was launched for providing specialist medical services at a distance to insured workers.

▪️It was launched by the Union Minister of State (MoS) for Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatreya in New Delhi.

✔️ Key Facts

▪️In the first phase, ESIC Model Hospital at Basaidarapur has been connected with three ESIS dispensaries at Katihar (Bihar), Unnao (Uttar Pradesh) and Rudarpur (Uttarakhand).

▪️ESIC has been launched as pilot project for telemedicine services at 11 ESI locations in coordination with C-DAC, Mohali.

▪️It was launched under the aegis of “Digital Inclusive and Smart Community (DISC)” which is a part of Digital India Programme of Union Government.

▪️Under it, three specialized ESIC Hospitals will be connected with eight ESI Dispensaries at remote locations of country where there are no specialized healthcare services available.

▪️In second and third phase rest of the two Hospitals and five Dispensaries will be connected for providing specialized health care services at the doorsteps of insured workers.

Apex court ordered all States to ensure that the law and order

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The Supreme Court stayed the notifications and orders passed by certain States to prohibit the exhibition of the Censor Board-certified moviePadmaavat , saying its “conscience is shocked” that States have guillotined creative rights.

The apex court ordered all States to ensure that the law and order situation is maintained during the screening of the film across the country.

Gujarat and Rajasthan had issued notifications on January 5 and 17, respectively, prohibiting the screening while Haryana had in principle agreed to a ban on exhibition. Madhya Pradesh had made statements that it intended banning the screening of the movie in theatres.

The movie portrayed the 13th century battle between Maharaja Ratan Singh and his army of Mewar and Sultan Alauddin Khilji of Delhi.

Many groups were up in arms about the portrayal of Queen Padmavati in the film.The court ordered the States to protect the artistes and the people involved in the movie from threats.

It further forbade States from passing any order, notification which amounts to a prohibition of the exhibition of the movie.

Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said a film may bomb at the box office or people may choose to not watch it, but the States cannot use their machinery to prohibit its exhibition citing risk to public order.

The three-judge Bench, led by the Chief Justice, said in a detailed order that it is “the duty and obligation of the State to maintain law and order."

Global index of talent competitiveness
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India has moved up on a global index of talent competitiveness to the 81st position

India has improved its position from 92nd last year

India was at the 89th place in 2016 on the index

About the index

The index measures how countries grow, attract and retain talent

It is released every year on the first day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting

The study was released by Adecco, Insead and Tata Communications this year

"Road kills” app – Wildlife Conservation Trust

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‘Roadkills’, launched on January 21 by the ildlife Conservation Trust, will help citizens report such wildlife deaths by uploading geotagged photographs to a public forum.

The data generated can be used to identify crucial road or rail stretches that urgently require mitigation measures.

‘Roadkills’, an easy-to-use android app, accesses location information from phones and permits users to upload photographs of a dead wild animal on a road or a railway line.

The geotagged photographs, users can also include what taxon the animal belongs to (bird, mammal, reptile or amphibian), the species’ name (if known) and the area where the roadkill was seen.

The information from all records reported from across India with this citizen science initiative will be compiled as a database, which can soon be viewed on a map on the campaign’s website (www.roadkills.in).

The Wildlife Conservation Trust (WCT), an NGO which developed the app, will also share detailed data free of cost and under a Creative Commons licence to students, wildlife researchers or infrastructure agencies who may need it to study patterns of wildlife deaths on roads and railway lines.

The information generated from the application can help identify crucial sections of roads or railway lines where animal deaths are high to pinpoint regions that require urgent mitigation measures.

The data can also help determine what species are more at risk on specific road or rail stretches and plan the ideal mitigation measures suited for the location – from underpasses or overpasses for large mammals to canopy bridges for arboreal ones, such as monkeys.

“Unplanned development of roads and railway lines is the major cause of wildlife roadkill,” wildlife biologist Milind Pariwakam of WCT said.

The app has had 500 installations so far and will soon be launched as an IOS application. It will also cater to regional language users in future.

The World Inequality Report findings (by the World Inequality Lab) released late last year – “Income inequality in India has reached historically high levels with the share of national income accruing to India’s top 1 per cent earners touching 22 per cent in 2014..”

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Oxfam report findings:

The richest 1 per cent in India cornered 73 per cent of the wealth generated in the country last year. Besides, 67 crore Indians comprising the population’s poorest half saw their wealth rise by just 1 per cent.
The situation appears even more grim globally, where 82 per cent of the wealth generated last year worldwide went to the 1 per cent, while 3.7 billion people that account for the poorest half of population saw no increase in their wealth.

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Those who think passively believe they are weaker than they actually are. With a small shift in perspective, they can really take control of their lives. I want to nail down the difference in these perspectives, so I’m going to give some thought examples. If the passive thinking examples resemble your thinking today, imagine how your behavior might change if you decided to think like the powerful example.

🌹Passive thinking: I should exercise today, but I’m a little tired and, oh, maybe I should do laundry. I should have done it yesterday. Are my new shoes coming in today?
🦋Powerful thinking: I will exercise today no matter what.
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🌹Passive thinking: Wow, I’ve been in such a rut lately. Ugh, I should be doing better than this. I just feel so drained, and now I’m in a bad mood, which makes me feel even worse. Uggghhhhhh. Why can’t my life be [better, different, like his/hers, etc.]? What am I doing wrong?
🦋Powerful thinking: That’s not how I wanted to start the day, but what’s done is done. I’m going to salvage the day (choice). I’ll work on the spreadsheets, meditate for 5 minutes, call James and Tim, and then head to the gym (all deliberate choices).
The Difference: Passive thinking focuses on their feelings of shame, disappointment, and inadequacy. It’s weak on solutions and strong on excuses. Negative feelings will loop, because it feels bad to feel bad. Comparison is also common, to another person’s life or to what they feel life should be like. Powerful thinking, however, may acknowledge a slow or undesired recent past, but then the mind will quickly recognize that these events have expired and are no longer worth thinking about. The powerful thinker will quickly begin making choices to shape their day into something they want.

🌹Passive thinkers observe their life and comment on it. They’re passengers.

🦋Powerful thinkers actively shape their lifestyle by making firm choices. They’re drivers.