The completion of the project will bring great relief to lakhs of commuters as it will connect the busy Howrah and Sealdah RAILWAY stations as well as the north-south line of the Kolkata Metro at Esplanade. Another attraction for travellers will be the twin tunnels under the width of the river. Passengers will pass under the water for half a kilometre in less than a minute, giving them a one-of-a-kind experience.
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Dairy Development Policy
In order to complement and supplement the efforts of the States and UTs, the Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Government of India is implementing following animal husbandry and development schemes for strengthening Infrastructure across the country for enhancing milk production and procurement in the potential districts and States:
National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD)
Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF)
Supporting Dairy Cooperatives and Farmer Producer Organizations engaged in dairy activities (SDCFPO)
Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM)
National Livestock Mission (NLM)
Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF)
Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachand to be Nepals Prime Minister third time
Pushpa Kamal Dahal has been elected as the Prime Minister of Nepal again on December 25,2022.
President Bidya Devi Bhandari named Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ of the CPN-Maoist Centre as Nepal’s next Prime Minister.
Prachanda has been chosen as Prime Minister of Nepal under Article 76 Clause 2 of the Constitution.
Upstream of Polavaram Dam
A breach in the Godavari bund, located upstream of the Polavaram dam in Andhra Pradesh, was caused by increased inflows and stagnant backwaters.
About the Polavaram Irrigation Project:
It is a multi-purpose irrigation project located in Andhra Pradesh near Polavaram village on the Godavari River.
Once completed, it will provide irrigation benefits, generate hydroelectric power, and provide drinking water.
It will make an inter-basin transfer to the Krishna river basin via its Right canal.
Indirect benefits include the advancement of pisciculture (fish breeding and rearing), tourism, and Urbanisation.
In 2014, the Union Government designated the project as a national project (under Section-90 of ).
The Godavari River flows from Trimbakeshwar near Nasik in Maharashtra to the Bay of Bengal.
Drainage Basin: Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, as well as smaller portions of Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, and Puducherry.
Tributaries includes: Pravara, Purna, Wardha, Manjra, Wainganga, Penganga, Pranhita, Indravati, Maner, and the Sabri.
First LNG Facility Plant of India
The Union Minister inaugurated India’s first LNG facility in Nagpur, Maharashtra. Baidyanath Ayurvedic Group (private sector) has established the country’s first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility plant on Kamptee Road, near the Nagpur-Jabalpur Highway.
About Liquified Natural Gas (LNG):
LNG is a clear, colourless, non-toxic liquid formed by cooling natural gas to -162oC (-260oF).
The cooling process reduces the volume of the gas by 600 times, making storage and shipping easier and safer.LNG will not burn when it is liquid.
When LNG arrives at its destination, it is converted back into a gas at regasification Plants.
It is then piped to homes, businesses, and industries to be burned for heat or electricity generation.
LNG is also becoming a more cost-effective and environmentally friendly transportation fuel, particularly for shipping and heavy-duty road transport.
It has the potential to reduce costs while also creating numerous job opportunities.
LNG is the fuel of the future, and it will transform the transportation Industry.
World Malala Day – 12th July
The United Nations has declared 12th July as World Malala Day to honour the younger activist, Malala Yousafzai. Malala Day is commemorated, the birthday of Malala Yousafzai, to honour girls and childrens rights around the world. On October 9, 2012, Malala was once shot in the head by Taliban gunmen after she publicly advocated for the Education of girls. Despite the attack, Malala soon lowered back to the public eye, fiercer in her views than before and persevered in her advocacy for gender rights. She established the Malala Fund, a non-profit organization to help younger ladies go to school and also co-authored a e-book titled I Am Malala, a global bestseller.
In 2012, she was awarded the first-ever National Youth Peace Prize with the aid of the Pakistan government.
In 2014, at age 17, She grew to be the youngest-ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her efforts for childrens rights which had begun even before she was shot.
The UN has declared her as the most well-known teenager in the world in its Decade in Review document in late 2019.
World Population Day is discovered globally on eleventh July every year. This day is found to increase awareness amongst human beings about the affect of a developing population and troubles which include gender equality, the significance of household planning, poverty, maternal health, human rights, etc.Theme:the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on fertility
In 1989, World Population Day used to be installed by using the Governing Council of the United National Development Programme as an outgrowth of the activity generated with the aid of the Day of Five Billion, which was once found on eleven July 1987.
Centralize all medical admissions across India, moots NMC
TheNational Medical Commissionhas proposed 100% centralised admissions in medical institutes across the country government, private and deemed.The single-step counselling processis intended to save students the anxiety of the long-drawn admission process through which more than 1 lakh MBBS seats are filled up every year.
The process of admission is currently divided between the Centre 15% all-India quota seats and 100% deemed university seats and states: 85% seats in government colleges and all seats in private medical schools.
India-made satellite to launch on SpaceX Falcon 9 on June 13
Azista BST Aerospace (ABA), which aims to mass manufacture satellites in India for the global market, will launch its first satellite ABAFirst Runner (AFR) onboard a SpaceXFalcon9 rocket on Tuesday (June 13) at 2.49am as part of the Transporter 8 Mission.
ABA is a joint venture between Azista Industries and Berlin Space Technologies. The firm owns and operates a factory in Ahmedabad, India, for manufacturing small satellites.
The firm is already in the process of realising the next set of satellites to demonstrate its capabilities with versatile payloads with its modular satellite buses. Several of these satellites will be launched within the next 12-24 months to establish space heritage and solidify vertically integrated production capabilities from India.
Tiger conservation efforts bring carbon benefits worth Rs 769 crore
2015 A pilot study by the Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal, & NationalTiger ConservationAuthority (NTCA) revealed the economic value of sixtiger reserves Co rbett, Kanha, Kaziranga, Periyar, Ranthambore, and Sundarbans ranged from Rs 8. 3-17. 6 billion annually.
2019 A similar study of 10 Anamalai, Bandipur, Dudhwa, Melghat, Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam, Pakke, Palamau, Panna, Similipal, and Valmiki revealed their economic value was between Rs 5,095 crore and Rs 16,202 crore. However, this is not the end. Effective tiger conservation in India can also help keep the planet cool.
Biodiversity conservatio n is increasingly being recognized as an important co-benefit in clmate change mitigation programmes that use nature-based Climate solutions. However, the climate co-benefits of Biodiversity conservation interventions, such as habitat protection and restoration, remain understudied.