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The Central Government has appointed 12 eminent artists and musicians to the Kalakshetra Foundation’s governing board.Highlights:

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The Kalakshetra Foundation is a cultural and arts academy.
It is dedicated to the preservation of traditional values in Indian art and crafts, particularly in the fields of dance and Gandharvaveda music.

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It is headquartered in Chennai.
It was established in the year 1936.
It was founded by Rukmini Devi Arundale and her husband, George Arundale.
The Kalakshetra Foundation was designated as a “Institute of National Importance” by an Act of the Parliament of India in 1994.
Rukmini Devi Arundale’s Kalakshetra style of Bharatanatyam is known for its angular, straight, ballet-like kinesthetics and avoidance of Recakas and uninhibited throw (Ksepa) of the limbs.

Kerala government includes foreign job & study aspirants in priority list of Covid vaccination

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

TheKerala governmenthas included those who are going abroad for studies and EMPLOYMENT purpose, in the prioritised group under the 18-45 years age category for the Covid-19 vaccination.

An immediate decision has been taken in this regard as many foreign countries have madevaccination compulsoryfor those arriving there for study and job purposes,HealthMinister Veena George said.

Besides them, 10 othercategorieswere also included

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in the prioritised group and an order was issued for the same, she said. Field staff of various government departments including food and civil supplies, postal, social , Women and Child Development, Fisheries and teachers assigned for the valuation ofSSLC, Higher Secondary and Vocational Higher Secondary examinations were among those newly added to the prioritised group.
As many as 32 categories of people belonging to the age group were earlier included in the priority category after considering them as frontline fighters against Covid-19.

Karnataka govt clears projects worth Rs 13k cr amid pandemic

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The state high level clearance committee (SHLCC), headed by chief minister BS Yediyurappa, on Wednesday cleared projects worth Rs 13,175 crore amid the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Prominent among the cleared projects include a major in the production of liquid Oxygen by Jindal Steel Works (JSW).

At a time when JSW is the single largest source of medical oxygen in the state, close to 440 MT at full capacity, an added facility is likely to benefit Karnataka in the long run and add to the capacity of the steel manufacturing major.

The project, sub-leased fromJSW Steel Ltd, will be executed by a subsidiary of its

under the name of JSW Techno Projects Management limited at a cost of Rs 892 crore inTorangallu,Ballari.

Another major project which recieved clearance from

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the SHLCC was that of a single unit complex ofIndian Oil Corporationlimited (Iocl) in Chitradurga for storage and dispatch of petroleum on a 130 acre land parcel.

T now among top five for vax administration in India

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

While cost of Vaccines have led to a political war of words, a look at the statesvaccineadministration data shows that number of vaccinations have gone up in the last three days, touching the two-lakh-mark.Telanganais now among the top five states in the country for vaccine administration.

Close to 35 lakh doses of Covishield doses have been administered while a little over 5.8 lakh Covaxin doses have been given. At present, the vaccination rate in the state stands at

6,000 per million a day. Data shows that so far just over five lakh doses of the over 40 lakh administered have been second doses of the vaccine.

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Chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy disbursed Rs 119.88 crore into the accounts of 1,19,875 fishermen families, crediting Rs 10,000 each for the third consecutive year under the YSR Matsyakara Bharosa compensating the off-season ban on marine fishing.

Speaking on the occasion, the chief minister said that the programme, benefiting as many as 1,19,875 families, was taken up for the uplift of fishermen who were struggling for livelihood during the lean period from April to June every year. The scheme was initiated in 2019 increasing the financial assistance from Rs 4,000 to Rs 10,000, and the had spent around Rs 332 crore alone on this scheme.

With the welfare of fishermen being the priority, the chief minister said the government had increased the fuel subsidy from Rs 6 to Rs 9 per liter which can be redeemed instantly at 100 recognised petrol bunks. The government has also provided power at a subsidised cost of Rs 1.50 per unit to the

aqua farmers despite being burdened with Rs 780 crore annually.

In case of an accidental death, the state government has enhanced the ex gratia from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh to support the family of the deceased and so far, 67 fishermen families have been provided with an assistance of Rs 6.7 crore. The chief minister said the previous government had completely neglected the welfare of fishermen and aquaculture in the state.

In order to support aqua farmers, the state government is setting up 100 aqua hubs at a cost of Rs 332.9 crores, where each hub will have 120 retail shops to sell their produce directly. Currently in phase one, 25 aqua hubs are being set up across the state and works on these are in progress.