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The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently announced that the African continent is completely free of Polio.
A commission headed by Rose Gana Fomban Leke has certified that no wild Polio cases occurred in the African region for the past four years. The threshold for eradication of poliovirus is also four years. Africa had earlier eradicated smallpox disease.

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The NITI Aayog has recently released a report on Export Preparedness Index 2020, in partnership with the Institute of Competitiveness. It ranked states on four key parameters namely Policy, Business Ecosystem, Export Ecosystem and Export Performance.
As per the report, Gujarat has topped the index, followed by Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. Among the top ten places of the list, six out of the country’s coastal states found place. Rajasthan topped among the landlocked states and Uttarakhand topped among the Himalayan states.

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The Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is to launch a new toll-free helpline for Mental health rehabilitation.
The new helpline will provide support to the callers regarding first-aid, psychological support, distress management among others in as many as 13 major languages. Several issues regarding the mental health of people are noted during the Covid-19 crisis.

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Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has recently announced that the Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) are permitted to first clear the goods imported by them through Customs and then pay Customs duty within 14 days.
This measure is a part of the ‘Turant Customs’ initiative which seeks to introduce a Faceless and Paperless Customs environment. This announcement will lead to faster clearance of the goods imported by the PSUs.

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Jammu & Kashmir has recently launched a new e-auction portal to promote e-trading of GI-tagged ‘Kashmir Saffron’ and provide access to quality saffron.
The Agriculture Department of the UT is under the aegis of India International Kashmir Saffron Trading Centre (IIKSTC). The portal has been developed in collaboration with NSE-IT, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the National Stock Exchange of India.