MAHARASHTRA

Dr Cyrus Poonawalla, Chairman of the Pune-based vaccine maker Serum Institute of India (SII), has been chosen for the prestigious Lokmanya Tilak National Award for 2021.

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He has been named for his work at some point in the COVID-19 pandemic by manufacturing the Covishield vaccine. He will get hold of the award on August thirteen. The award contains a prize of Rs one lakh and a memento.

About the award:The Lokmanya Tilak countrywide award is given yearly considering 1983 on August 1, the death anniversary of Lokmanya Tilak, with the aid of the Lokmanya Tilak Trust. However, this year the date has been modified due to the coronavirus situation.

Eight years after it was set up in Mumbai, theMaharashtra National Law University(MNLU) will finally get a permanent address. The , through a recent gazette notification, has allotted a 70-acre plot of land in Pahadi Goregaon village near Versova Metro station to set up the university.

MNLU started from a smallspaceon the TISS campus in August 2015. After spending two years at TISS, the operations of the university moved to the Centre for Excellence in Telecom Technology and Management, an MTNL training institute building in Powais Hiranandani Gardens. Since then, the campus has been operating out of the Powai campus on rent.

The National Reorganization Act of 1956 redefines the boundaries of Indian states based on language. Maharashtra was established under this bill. Different languages are used in Mumbai, namely Gujarati, Konkani, Marathi and Kutch.

In 1960, Mumbai was divided into Gujarat and Maharashtra. Gujarat was established, where people spoke Gujarati and Kutch. Another area is called Maharashtra, where people speak Konkani and Marathi.

Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti is at the forefront of the movement to divide Mumbai into two states, .

Mumbai was created when India became independent. Before independence, it was called the President of Mumbai, which is roughly related to the current state of Maharashtra.

Samyukta Maharashtra Movement is commonly known as Samiti. It was established in 1956 and required the establishment of a Marathi-speaking country between 1956 and 1960.

Mumbai’s much-anticipated Water Taxi Services are expected to begin in January 2022.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to launch the water taxi service in the first week of January 2022. There are three operators available right now.

After their catamaran is certified fit, the fourth operator will join. Following Nitin Gadkari’s appointment as Shipping Minister, work on the Water Taxi Services project was accelerated.

The Mumbai (MbPT), Maharashtra Maritime Board, and City & Industrial Development Corporation have collaborated on the Water Taxi Service project (CIDCO).

This service will most likely connect the Domestic Cruise Terminal at Ferry Wharf with the terminals in Belapur and Nerul.

Several operators have been given the following routes:

International Cruise Terminal to Elephanta Domestic Cruise Terminal (DCT) to Karanjade, Rewas, and Dharamtar.