1) ESIC launched Mobile Clinic Services in AP and Telangana
•The Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) launched Mobile Clinic Services for the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
•Union minister of state for labour and employment Bandaru Dattatreya, launched the ESIC Mobile Clinic Services by flagging off 'Jan Suraksha Ambulances'.
•It is for the first time in the country that the ESIC Mobile Clinic Services are launched in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and the mobile clinics will be expanded and launched across the country by all ESI hospitals.
2) Union Petroleum Ministry launches MoPNG e Seva
•Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan launched MoP&NG e-Seva.
•It is a dedicated grievances redressal platform on Social Media for all queries and grievances relating to Oil and Gas Sector. This portal will be a single point interface for all customers to reach out to the government for addressing their feedback or grievances related to Oil & Gas Sector on social media.
3) Indian-American Vanita Gupta appointed president of ‘Leadership Conference’
•Indian-American Vanita Gupta has been appointed as president and CEO of ‘The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights’, becoming the first woman to head the prestigious organization.
•She headed civil rights division in the Department of Justice in the Obama Administration. She will replace Wade Henderson who is stepping down after more than two decades. Gupta, who will also lead its sister organization ‘The Leadership Conference Education Fund’, will begin her new role on June 1, 2017.
4) BSF gets first woman combat officer after 51 years
•Tanushree Pareek became the first woman combat officer to be commissioned in the 51-year history of the BSF, the country’s largest border guarding force.
•She will now be posted to command a unit along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab. A resident of Rajasthan’s Bikaner, she is the first woman to join the force in the officer rank after she was selected in the all-India exam conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) in 2014.
5) Odisha becomes first state to bring banking to remote rural areas through SHG
•Odisha became the first state in the country to carry financial inclusion and extend banking services to unbanked areas through Self Help Groups (SHGs).
•The state government signed an agreement with State Bank of India in this regard. In the first phase, SHGs would be engaged as Banking Correspondents in around 1,000 remote Gram Panchayats having no banking facilities. The system would be of great help to people in rural areas under social security schemes.
6) FIFA U-17 World Cup: Kolkata to host final
•FIFA confirmed that the Salt Lake stadium in Kolkata will be the venue of the final of the FIFA Under 17 World Cup to be held later in 2017.
•The 21-member FIFA delegation led by Jaime Yarza inspected all the six venues before arriving at the Salt Lake Stadium. The World Cup will get start from October 6, 2017 and the slogan of the tournament will be "Football Takes Over".
