The second phase of the Sari Festival VIRAASAT-Celebrating 75 handwoven Saris of Indiawill begin from 3rdto 17thJanuary 2023 at Handloom Haat, Janpath, New Delhi.
The first phase of VIRAASAT- Celebrating 75 handwoven Saris of India started on 16th December 2022 and concluded on 30th December 2022. The event was inaugurated by Honble Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman on 16thDecember 2022, along with Honble Minister of State Smt. Darshana Jardosh and other Women parliamentarians.
On mission mode, Indian Railways’ Freight loading for first nine months of this financial year 2022-23 crossed last years loading and earnings for the same period.
On cumulative basis from April – December 22, freight loading of 1109.38 MT achieved against last year loading of 1029.96 MT, an improvement of 8% over last year loading. Railways have earned Rs 120478 crore against Rs 104040 crore over last year which is an improvement of 16% as compared to the same period of last year.
Following the Mantra, Hungry For Cargo, IR has made sustained efforts to improve the as well as improve the service delivery at competitive prices which has resulted in new traffic coming to railways from both conventional and non conventional commodity streams.
The gross GST revenue collected during December 2022 isRs1,49,507 crore, of which CGST isRs 26,711crore, SGST isRs 33,357 crore, IGSTisRs 78,434 crore(including Rs 40,263 crore collectedon import of goods) and Cess isRs 11,005crore(including Rs 850 crore collected on import ofgoods).
The Government has settled Rs 36,669 crore to CGST and Rs 31,094 crore to SGST from IGST as regular settlement. The total revenue of Centre and the States after regular settlements in the month of December 2022 is Rs 63,380 crore for CGST and Rs 64,451 crore for the SGST.
Naatu Naatu from epic drama RRR wins Best Song at Golden Globe Awards 2023
ComposerMM Keeravani,along with singersKaala Bhairava and Rahul Sipligunj,has won theGolden Globefor Best Original Song, for the trackNaatu Naatu, from epic drama RRR.Naatu Naatu, a dance number featuring stars Jr NTR and Ram Charan, was competing against Taylor Swifts Carolina from Where the Crawdads Sing, Ciao Papa from Guillermo del Toros Pinocchio, Lady Gagas Hold My Hand from Top Gun: Maverick, and Lift Me Up from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, performed by Rihanna.
India previously made its presence felt in the Best Original Score category over a decade ago, when AR Rahman won for Danny Boyles Slumdog Millionaire.
The Bina (MP)-Panki (UP) Multiproduct Pipeline Project was inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi.
Highlights:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the 356-kilometer Bina Refinery (Madhya Pradesh)-POL Terminal at Panki (Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh) Multiproduct pipeline project.
It has a capacity of 45 million metric tonnes per annum, which cost Rs 1524 crore Rs. 1227 crores in UP and Rs. 297 crores in MP.
The project was completed and commissioned one month ahead of schedule, in December 2021 (3 years after PNGRB approval), and on budget.
It will allow for the safe and efficient evacuation of products from the Bina Refinery, as well as increased product availability in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, Central Uttar Pradesh, Northern Bihar, and Southern Uttarakhand.
The announced its prestigious “Sahitya Akademi Awards, Yuva Puraskar, and Bal Sahitya Puraskar” for 2021 in various languages on 30 December.
The award is given to authors of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 24 major Indian languages and 22 languages listed in the Indian Constitution’s Eighth Schedule.
In 1954, the award was established. In 20 Indian languages, the Sahitya Akademy Award 2021 was presented.
In English, it went to Namita Gokhale for her novel ‘Things to Leave Behind.’
On December 29, 2021, Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launched the India Semiconductor Mission.
Highlights:
Interested companies will be able to apply for the scheme beginning January 1, 2022, if they want to take advantage of the Rs 76,000-crore incentives set aside by the central government for developing semiconductors and demonstrating India’s manufacturing ecosystem.
In order to receive applications for the scheme, a portal has been created.
The India Semiconductor Mission is a government-led initiative to develop semiconductors in India (ISM)
Digital India Corporation’s ISM is a specialized and self-contained business division.
In China’s Shanghai Province, the world’s longest metro line was inaugurated on 31 December.
Highlights:
Shanghai maintains its position as the world’s largest metro Network with this inauguration. Line 14 and Phase One of Line 18 are the two new metro lines that the city has opened.
The total length of Shanghai’s metro network has now reached 831 kilometers. It maintains its position as the world’s longest network.
With the addition of two new lines, Shanghai now has a total of five fully automatic metro lines with a total operating length of 167 kilometers.
On December 30, 2021, Iran launched a rocket into space with a satellite carrier carrying three devices.
Highlights:
It’s unclear when this launch took place or what devices the carrier launched into space.
However, a spokesman for the Defense Ministry identified the rocket as “Simorgh, or Phoenix,” which launched the three devices into space at a distance of 470 kilometers.
The status of the objects is unknown, implying that the rocket failed to place its payload into the proper orbit.
The Iranian Space Agency (ISA) is the country’s space agency. In 2009, the country achieved orbital launch capability.
Road Transport and Highways Ministry has introduced a new registration mark for new cars i.e. Bharat series (BH-series).
The automobiles bearing the BH-series mark will now not have to require the task of a new registration mark when the vehicle’s owner moves from one State to the other state.
Earlier, under part forty seven of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, if a character strikes from one country to another, a character is allowed to maintain the vehicle for not more than 12 months in any kingdom different than the nation where the car is registered, but a new registration has to be made with the new state- registering authoritywithin the stipulated time of 12 months.
This facility is on hand on a voluntary foundation to Defense personnel, personnel of Central Government/ / Central/ State Public Sector Undertakings & private area companies/organizations, which have their places of work in 4 or extra States/Union territories.