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January 9, 2020

Topic:-Agriculture and Economics

News:-Onion imports slip due to incessant rain at Attari.

Officials views:-

Officials said post-Pulwama attack, though there had been negligible import directly from Pakistan, onions and dry fruits.
It was still being imported from Afghanistan.

Importance of Onions at this time:-

70-80 trucks of onions from Afghanistan used to come regularly from the wholesale market of Kabul. The onion import played a vital role in tackling the scarcity due to heavy rain in MP, Maharashtra and southern states.

Another reason:-

Another reason was the shortage of labour as most of the workers were unable to join duty due to inclement weather conditions. The unloading pace too was sluggish.
In the absence of an automated truck scanner, the checking of goods is done manually, which is a time- consuming exercise and trucks remain stranded.

(Source:- The Tribune)

Topic:- Health

News:-

Punjab health and family welfare department have approved the setting up of three district early entertainment centre for children at Patiala, Gurdaspur and Ferozepur. D. E. Mother. C (District Early Entertainment Center).

Purpose:-

Its purpose is of providing treatment for 4 D-effects such as the delay of diseases, loss and development, as well as the delay of diseases, loss and development.
They also include 31 disability diseases.

(Source:- The Government News)

Topic:- Government Scheme

Bringing citizen-centric services to the fingertips of the people, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh today launched Punjab mSewa – a Unified Mobile Application that offers access to various services on Smart Phones.