Belgium Announced Four-day work Policy
- Belgium has announced plans to implement a four-day-a-week work program. Following this, Iceland, Spain and Japan announced a four-day work program on a trial basis. However, it was the Western United Arab Emirates that first officially implemented the four-day workday in December 2021.
- Section 138 of the Federal Motor Vehicle Act, 1989 has been amended to provide for new rules for the transport of children under the age of 4 in two-wheelers. Details regarding this amendment have been published in a notification dated February 15th. One year after the date of publication of this notice, the new rules will come into force.
- According to the new amendment rules, children under the age of 4 who are carried on a two-wheeler will be required to wear a helmet and have the driver tie the child to his or her body with a safety strap.
- Also, at 40 km / h. The Union Ministry has said that the vehicle should not be driven above the speed limit. The Union Ministry also said that the safety belt was "magnified with two straps, one of which should be worn on the child's body and the other should be worn by the driver on his shoulder".
- In his inaugural address at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that our goal is one sun, one world, one path and that the energy demand of Indians will double in the next 20 years.
- The Green One Grid, the first international network of interconnected solar power grids worldwide, is the Sun One World One Grid (GGI-OSOWOG)
- The Supreme Court has recommended the appointment of six Chennai High Court lawyers as judges. A panel meeting was held in the Supreme Court on the appointment of judges.
- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma has presented businessman Ratan Tata with Assam's highest award, the Assam Pipew Award. Tata was unable to attend the awards ceremony on January 26 due to old age and some personal reasons.
- ‘New India Literacy Program, New Education Program for Adults 2022-27 has been approved by the Central Government. It will cover all aspects of adult education in line with the new Education Policy 2020 and Budget Announcements 2021-22. This Adult Education and Lifetime Education Plan is recommended by the National Education Policy 2020.
- As announced in the 2021-22 financial statement, the adult education program will be introduced with more facilities, including an online education system.
- The aim of the program is not only to provide basic education, but also to teach 21st century people the aspects of life skills, career development and employment.
- The project will be implemented online. Training and workshops will be conducted directly. The lessons will be taught digitally on TV, radio, cell phone, processor and internet.
- Uneducated people over 15 can join the scheme. This 5-year basic literacy and numeracy program will educate 5 million people online at an annual rate of 1 million in collaboration with the National Information Center, the National Education Research and Training Council, and the National Center for Open Schooling.
- The cost of the New India Literacy Project is estimated at Rs 1037.90 crore. Of this, the share of the central government is Rs 700 crore from 2022 to 2027. Rs 337.90 crore share of state governments.
- The Finance Commission has launched the Fintech Open Hackathon in association with Bonbe as part of the FinTech Open Monthly events to promote financial technology. This is the first hack event for everyone to create the most creative solutions for FinTech.
- This hack will give innovators, digital creators and developers across India the opportunity to think, express ideas and create coding.
