Bihar: Campaign launched to minimise dropouts in schools

Theeducationdepartment launched a fortnight-long state-level “Praveshotsava” (enrolment festival) in a big way. The campaign is aimed at ensuring 100% enrolment of boys and girls passing Class VIII examination into Class IX of their respective schools.

The minister said Education department officials would accompany the education rath and there would also be some cultural artists who will attract students towards schools by motivating their guardians.

He appealed

to the officials to organise the enrolment festival sincerely from July to 15 so that not a single student who has passed Class VIII examination this year is dropped.

Governments key aim to augment peoples income

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said the key objective of the is to hike the income of people.

He was addressing a public gathering in village Mukta in Sakti district’s Chandrapur assembly constituency.

Interacting with people during his Bhent Mulaqat Abhiyan (public interaction), Baghel sought feedback

on the flagship schemes of the government and status of implementation of welfare schemes.

He said the acreage and production of paddy has increased. The number of registered farmers has increased to 26 lakh. EMPLOYMENT opportunities are being created by setting up Rural Industrial Park in Gauthans.

He said the Chhattisgarh Model is a concept where villagers get benefits of all government schemes.

Tourism police soon to be constituted in MP

After the union tourism ministrys directive of setting up of Tourist Police in all state and union territories in places with high tourist footfalls, Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra has said that the government is going to constitute ‘Tourism Police’. It will be deployed at tourist places. They will take special care of the safety and convenience of the tourists.

He said that preference will be given in recruitment to such people, who have knowledge of many languages and dialects. Home Minister Narottam Mishra said this after he attended a contemplation camp on Internal Security on Thursday and Friday in New Delhi. It was addressed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Dr. Mishra said that in the direction

of realizing the vision of PM Modi, now the Madhya Pradesh government will form a tourism police.

Umesh Mishra appointed as new DGP of Rajasthan

The on Thursday appointed senior Ips officerUmesh Mishraas the new theDirector General of Police(DGP) ofRajasthan.
An officer of the 1989 batch of IPS, Mishra is currently posted as DG (Intelligence). As per the order issued by the department of personnel (DoP), he will take over the charge of DGP

from ML Lather upon the latter’s retirement on November 3.

Mishra’s appointment was as per the recommendation of the Empanelment Committee constituted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), and his tenure will be of two years.

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Forensic University to be set up in Tripura

The Centre has sanctioned the setting up of a full fledged National Forenic Science University (NFSU) in Tripura and forensic studies up to the post graduate level will begin in the present academic session in a temporary campus here, state Higher Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath said.

The central government has approved a proposal of the for setting up a National Forensic Science University in Tripura and the process for setting up the university has already started. Pending the construction of a full-fledged campus at Srinagar area here, academic courses up to master degree level will start

soon within the present academic session.

The state government has already allotted 49.2 acres at Srinagar area for setting up the permanent campus. Rs 100 crore will be invested for the NFSU, Tripura campus in the first phase.

Assam among 5 states vulnerable to extreme climate events’

Assam, which has witnessed rainfall deficit of over 20% for the sixth time since 2010, is among the five states that are highly vulnerable to extreme Climate events such as floods, droughts and , according to a new study by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW).

The study, “Mapping India’s Climate Vulnerability – A District-Level Assessment” done by Delhi-based think-tank CEEW, has faulted unsustainable landscape, lack of Infrastructure planning and human-induced microclimate change as the key drivers of this high vulnerability.

The northeastern zone, including Assam, Manipur, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh, is only highly exposed to extreme flood events.Kamrup, Lakhimpur, Karbi Anglong, Hailakandi, Tinsukia and Dhemaji districts are also the flood hotspots in India.

A surge in extreme events has been observed across India after 2005. Our sensitivity analysis shows that this is primarily triggered by landscape disruptions. Various studies have confirmed the impact of landscape changes on the incidence of extreme events (UNEP 2009),” the study said.

Centre asks Odisha to expedite land acquisition for highway projects

The Centre has requested the to expedite the land acquisition process as the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) plans to award tenders for some of the crucial highway projects in the state within the next one year.

Some of the key highway projects which are likely to be awarded in the next one year include theCapital Region Ring Road, Tangi-Ratanpur stretch of the coastal highway, six-lane of Chandikhole-Paradip stretch, Keonjhar-Duburi project,Cuttack-Paradipand Sambalpur ring road project.

Besides, two port connectivity projects like Chhatpur to Gopalpur and Jamujhadi to Dhamra port are also likely to be awarded for implementation by next year.
All these highway projects are proposed under the Centre’sBharatmala Pariyojanaand are significant in terms of faster movement of

goods and socio-Economic Development of the respective regions.

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin urges PM Modi to release wage liability of Rs 1,178 crore under MGNREGS

Chief ministerM K Stalin urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to releasewage liabilityof Rs 1,178.12 crore under theMGNREGStoTamil Nadu.

MGNREGS, one of the largest social security programmes, provides a maximum of 100 days of guaranteed EMPLOYMENT in a fiscal to every rural household. Hence, funds towards wage payment may be released immediately, particularly considering the festival season, the CM said, urging Modi to act on his request favourably.

Kerala University to set up international study centre

Higher Education minister R Bindhu has announced the governments decision to set up an international research centre in memory of physicist Thanu Padmanabhan.

The centre would come up underKerala University(KU), the minister said while inaugurating the student life cycle management system and a host of digital Services readied by KU. Bindhu said the decision to set up an international study centre in memory of the renowned physicist who

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Will rename Mumbai-Karnataka as Kittur Karnataka: CM Basavaraj Bommai

TheMumbai-Karnatakaregion will be renamed as ‘Kittur Karnatakaregion’ as there is no point in retaining the old name when border disputes often emerge, chief ministerBasavaraj Bommaisaid.

The CM was apparently referring to the repeated claims made by Maharashtra politicians demanding the merger of Belagavi district and a few border regions of Karnataka with Maharashtra owing to the

presence of a substantial Marathi speaking Population.

He argued that the changes in the region should have happened in 1956 when the State Reorganisation Act came into effect.

The CM said the government has given utmost importance to Kannada making the language compulsory in higher Education under the new National Education Policy.