CONTEXT:

• West Bengal government’s ‘Utkarsh Bangla’ scheme was awarded the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) award of the United Nations.
• Out of 1062 nominations in 18 categories from all over the world, #UtkarshBangla emerged No 1 in the Capacity Building category.
• The WB government had received another UN award in 2017 for its ‘Kanyashree’ project.
• ‘Utkarsh Bangla’ is to provide skilled courses for unemployed youth in Bengal.

Jadhav bagged bronze: AAC

• Asian Games gold medallist heptathlete Swapna Barman and the 4x400m mixed relay team clinched a silver each on the 3rd day of the Asian Athletics Championships.
• Sanjivani Jadhav won a bronze in 10000m race on 23 April 2019.
• Barman logged 5993 aggregate points from the seven events to finish second behind Ekaterina
• Vornina (6198 points) of Uzbekistan.