# DMK manifesto

• DMK’s manifesto for the assembly election released on saturday said a law would be enacted to reserve 75% of jobs for tamils in industries in the state.

• DMK announced a sum of 1000 crore rupees for restroration and consecration of temples. Although DMK is considered a anti-hindu party.

• DMK also announced 25,000 rupees in grant for one lakh people to undertake pilgrimage.

• Manifesto also announces 200 crore rupees for restoration of churches and mosques.

# Burqa ban

• Srilanka will soon ban the burkha or faceveil.

• Srilanka used the controversial prevention of terrorism (PTA) law to deal with religious extremism.

• There is also a proposal to shut over 1000 madarsas.

# Ayushman yojna

• The “Aap ke dwar ayushman” campaign of the National health authority (NHA) recorded more than 4.7 lakh beneficiary verification in a single day on march 10 for free healthcare services under the ayushman bharat pradhanmantri aarogya yojna (AB-PMLAY).

• On wednesday, atleast 477105 beneficiary records were created in the ongoing drive.

• Bihar was the first state to activate the verification process in the mission mode.

# Raman effect

• Researchers at IIT madras have demonstrated that by using raman thermometry on fibre optic cables, they can achieve monitoring of power transmission cables.

• The work is part of a larger ongoing project on distributed fibre sensors and has been published recently in IEEE sensors journal.

• Interestingly, they achieve this by using the optical fibres that are already embedded in the power cables for establishing optical communication.

# India fintech valuation

• India’s financial technology firms are poised to become three times as valuable in the next five years, reaching a valuation of $ 150-160 billion by 2025, according to a report.

• The report unveiled on saturday details the findings from the study that Boston consulting group (BCG) and FICCI undertook to size the value-creation potential and identify imperatives for India’s fintech growth.