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Supreme Court refuses to interfere with NGT Fiat on PVC Pipes

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to intervene with an order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to freeze its own directive to publish a warning about hazardous lead content I Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Pipes.
A Vacation bench of Justices A. M Khanwilkar and Indu Malhotra, however granted petitioner-advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay liberty to approach the Tribunal.

UNICEF has launched Data Visualization App, which provides user-friendly representation of complex analytics of the education scenario in the country.
The app is designed by the National Institute of Education Planning and Administration (NIEPA) and the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT), with Technical Inputs from UNICEF.
The app can be used as a visual tool by the Policy Makers, Senior Government Officials and Researchers to address gaps and monitor programs in the field of education.
The app makes the use of the Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE), the National Assessment Survey (NAS) and Demographic Data.

Former World Champion Tejaswini Sawant bagged gold in the 50 m rifle prone event at the Munich Grand Prix.
She shot 621.4, just beating the compatriot Anjum Moudgil by 0.2 Points. Olivia Hofmann of Austria received Third Position (Bronze) who was behind Anjum by just 0.1 Points.
In the men’s rifle prone event, Chain Singh won silver scoring 1 point behind the former Olympic and World Champion Mathew Emmons of the USA.

The 15^th Finance Commission constituted a high level group of eminent experts to look after the Health Experts.
The main objective of this panel is to examine the strengths and the weaknesses for the enabling the balanced expansion of the Health Sector.
The panel will also look into bringing the Best International Practices for the Health Sector to India.

The Indian Navy has inducted Landing Craft Utility LCU MK-IV vessel L54 at Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Island.
LCU MK-IV SHIP is an amphibious ship with its primary role being transportation and deployment of Main Battle Tanks, Armoured Vehicles, Troups and equipment from ship to shore.
The ship, commanded by Lieutenant Commander Munish Sethi has a complement of 5 officers, 41 sailors and is capable of carrying 160 troops in addition.