Veena Nair won Prime Minister’s prize in Australia
Veena Nair won Prime Minister’s prize in Australia
Why In News
Indian-origin teacher in Australia has
received the 2022 Prime Minister's Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in
secondary schools.
Key Points
Indian-origin teacher
in Australia has received the 2022 Prime Minister’s Prize for
Excellence in Science Teaching in secondary schools.
Melbourne-based Veena Nair, who is ViewBank College’s Head of
Technology and STEAM project leader, has been awarded for demonstrating practical
application of STEAM to students, and how they can use their skills to make a
real impact in the world.
The winning project is then sent to the International Space Station. She also
supports the Young Persons’ Plan for the Planet program, a STEM-based
enterprise development program that gives students the opportunity to engage
with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals as changemakers at a global level.
Career of Veena Nair:
Nair began her teaching career in Mumbai,
where she provided computers to low socio-economic schools and taught students
how to code.
Nair’s students participate in the Swinburne Youth Space Innovation Challenge —
a 10-week program that sees secondary students competing to create the best
experiment to launch into space.
International Anti-Corruption Day observed on 9th December
International
Anti-Corruption Day observed on 9th December
Why
In News
The
world celebrate International Anti-Corruption Day on December 9. The main
motive behind marking this day is to spread awareness about a corruption-free
society.
Important
Points
Anti-Corruption Day 2022
The
world celebrate International Anti-Corruption Day on December
9. The main motive behind marking this day is to spread awareness about a
corruption-free society. Everyone knows that corruption affects every area of
society. The purpose behind a day of this kind is to make people aware of the
repercussions of indulging in corruption and motivate them to follow a
righteous path.
Theme
This year, the theme for International Anti-Corruption Day
is “Uniting the world against corruption.” The day seeks to highlight
the crucial link between anti-corruption and peace, security, and development.
At its core is the notion that tackling this crime is the right and
responsibility of everyone, and that only through cooperation and the
involvement of each and every person and institution can we overcome the
negative impact of this crime.
Significance
On
this day, each and every individual and even organisations for that matter,
pledge not to be a part of any kind of corruption. While combatting corruption
can be hard, it isn’t impossible if everyone decides to backout and refuse to
participate in corruption. Any act of bribery or misuse of public positions
that lead to the fulfilment of selfish motive is wrong. By saying no to
corruption, we can help create more employment opportunities, achieve gender
equality and secure wider access to essential services. Above all, we can make
a system fair for all.
International Anti-Corruption Day: History
On
31 October 2003, the General Assembly adopted the United Nations Convention
against Corruption and requested that the Secretary-General designate
the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) as secretariat
for the Convention’s Conference of States Parties (resolution 58/4). Since
then, 188 parties have committed to the Convention’s anti-corruption
obligations, showing near-universal recognition of the importance of good
governance, accountability, and political commitment.
The Assembly also designated 9 December as
International Anti-Corruption Day, to raise awareness of corruption and of the
role of the Convention in combating and preventing it. The Convention entered
into force in December 2005.
3rd Global High-Level Ministerial Conference on Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR)
3rd Global High-Level Ministerial Conference on
Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR)
Why In News
The Third Global Ministerial Conference on
Antimicrobial Resistance concluded in Oman, which aims to accelerate One Health
actions on antimicrobial resistance to achieve the 2030 SDG.
Important Points
The Third Global Ministerial
Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance concluded in Oman,
with the issue of The Muscat Manifesto, which aims to accelerate One
Health actions on antimicrobial resistance to achieve the 2030 Sustainable
Development Goals. Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare
Bharati Pravin Pawar had participated in the ‘Third Global High-Level
Ministerial Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance’.
Theme Of The Event:
The conference under the theme ‘The
AMR Pandemic: From Policy to One Health Action’ will enhance international
cooperation to tackle AMR and build on the success of the two previous
high-level ministerial conferences held in the Netherlands in 2014 and 2019.
The participants, who included more than 30 ministers and
representatives of more than 40 countries from around the world in the
fields of human, animal and environmental health, adopted the Muscat
Manifesto to commit to working towards achieving three goals.
Key Objectives:
To reduce the total amount of
antimicrobials used in the agri-food system by at least 30-50 percent from
the current level by 2030. This ambitious goal seeks to stimulate solid
political action at the national and global levels and unify efforts and
commitment. The scope of this target will allow countries the flexibility to
adapt it to their contexts, priorities and resources available, to reduce the
need for antimicrobials and strengthen animal health and safety systems.
The second objective is
that antimicrobials of medical importance for human medicine will not
be used permanently in animals for non-veterinary medical purposes or in crop
production and agri-food systems for non-phytosanitary purposes.
The third goal is to ensure that antibiotics included in the Access group make
up at least 60 percent of total antibiotic consumption in humans by 2030.
The Declaration:
The Muscat Manifesto
declaration called on the four-way alliance formed by the United
Nations, made up of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Food and
Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health
(WOAH) and their joint secretariats concerned with antimicrobial
resistance, to provide the necessary sectoral technical support and guidance in
setting standards and policies to implement these goals and procedures. This
includes the administrative boards of these organisations setting the relevant
provisions and the concerned authorities working in related human and animal
health and fields.