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• The list of 101 embargoed items comprises of some high technology weapon systems like artillery guns, assault rifles, corvettes, sonar systems, transport aircrafts, LCHs, radars and many other items to fulfil the needs of the defence Services.
  
  
• The list also includes wheeled Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFVs) with indicative import embargo date of December 2021, of which the Army is expected to contract almost 200 at an approximate cost of over ₹5,000 crore.
  
  
• The embargo on imports is planned to be progressively implemented between 2020 to 2024. 
  
  

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• In a short span of time since November 2019, tele-consultation by eSanjeevani and eSanjeevaniOPD have been implemented by 23 States (which covers 75% of the population) and other States are in the process of rolling it out.
  
  
• eSanjeevani, the Tele-Medicine platform rolled out by Health Ministry, has completed more than 1,50,000 tele-consultations enabling patient to doctor consultations from the confines of their home, as well as doctor to doctor consultations.
  
  
• This eSanjeevani platform has enabled two types of telemedicine services viz. Doctor-to-Doctor (eSanjeevani) and Patient-to-Doctor (eSanjeevani OPD) Tele-consultations. The former is being implemented under the Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centre (AB-HWCs) programme. 
  
  

All India Powerloom Board:

• The All India Powerloom Board was first constituted as an advisory board in 1981. It was reconstituted for a period of two years in 2013.
  
  
• It had representatives of central and state governments, Powerloom Federation and was headed by the Union minister of textiles.
  
  
• The decision to disband the boards follows an assessment that they failed to impact policy-making and became vehicles of “political patronage”
  
  

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• The BEEG is developed in collaboration with Agnys Waste Management Private Limited (start-up at IIT Kanpur).
  
  
• The Seed Balls are comprised of indigenous variety of seeds, compost, and clay. There is no need for digging pits for planting  saplings . These seed balls are to be thrown at aimed places and they will germinate  when come into contact with water.
  
  
• BEEG is enriched with the right ingredients and seeds to germinate early, and are the best way to utilise Monsoon and plant as many trees as possible without risking lives by social gathering during Covid 19.
  
  

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• AIM has joined hands with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Wadhwani Foundation for launching it.
  
  
• AIM iCREST has been designed to enable the incubation ecosystem and act as a growth hack for AIM’s Atal and Established incubators across the country.
  
  
• Under the initiative, the AIM’s incubators are set to be upscaled and provided requisite support to foster the incubation enterprise economy, that will help them to significantly enhance their performance.
  
  
• This will be complemented by providing training to entrepreneurs, through technology driven processes and platforms.