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Trade ties between UP, Italy to deepen, says Liberatori

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The decades-old economic relations between UP and Italy will not only deepen but will go forward at the speed of a bullet train, said Italian Embassy’s Trade Commissioner Alessandro Liberatori on Saturday at the Italy Partner Country Session at UP Global Investors Summit-2023.

Citing the similarity in trade synergy between Uttar Pradesh and Italy, he said that there were unlimited possibilities of trade between the two. With the new policy brought by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to set up industries in UP, Uttar Pradesh will emerge as

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a new hub of and Italian industries will play an important role in this, Liberatori said.

The Italian embassy’s trade commissioner said that Italy would also help Uttar Pradesh to become a circular economy as Italy recycles more than 79 per cent of its urban waste. Not only this, UNESCO will play a leading role in preserving the sites and world heritage regions.On the other hand, by promoting Space Technology, leather processing

in the state, it will help UP to be recognised in the global market, he said.

Hemant Soren government appoints Ajay Kumar Singh as new DGP

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The appointedAjay KumarSingh as the new director general of Police (DGP), ending the prevailing suspense of a headless police force after the retirement of the outgoing incumbent Neeraj Sinha last week.
The state Home, prison and Disaster Management department issued a notification of transferring Singh, who was serving as the chairman-cum-managing director of theJharkhand PoliceHousing Corporation Limited with the additional charge of the director general of the anti-Corruption bureau, as the new DGP.

Singh, an Ips officer of the 1989 batch, was among the three officers approved by the Union Public Service Commission for the post.

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Number of obese kids on rise in Bihar: Survey

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Junk foods and change in life-style have led to an increase in the number of obese children across the globe. Even inBihar, the Percentage of obese children has almost doubled. As per the data of national family Health survey (NFHS-4), only 1.2% of children below five years of age were found obese in the state, but this has now doubled as per the NFHS-5 survey, with 2.4% children being obese.
City-based paediatricians too pointed out at the huge increase in the number

of overweight children in the state and cautioned about arming health issues which these children may face as they grow.

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Youth gets admitted to sports academy on CMs initiative

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Ramnarayan Shrivas, a student of a hamlet in Korba district, got admission to a Sports academy in Bilaspur on the initiative of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel.

He can achieve his dream of becoming a good athlete after completing his training.

Shrivas of Bastipara Baniya village had a special interest in athletics. In school, he stood first in 800 meters race and second in 1,500 meters race. But due to a lack of proper training, he could not make it to the state-level competitions.

During the Bhent-Mulaqat programme of the Chief Minister in village Pipariya, Shrivas interacted with Baghel. Baghel promised him that he would be recommended to get admission into the Bahtarai Sports Academy in Bilaspur.

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Spending point to MPs infra boost

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The economic survey report presented in the MP assembly says that the figures of revenue and fiscal expenditure on development clearly indicate the priority of the State Government.

It further said that from the year 2018-19 to 2021-22, financial help for water and cleanliness has increased 142% and 35% in the Energy sector. The state has properly adjusted its fiscal expenditure to its gross state domestic product (GSDP). In the last 5 years (from 2017-18 to 2021-22), it has on-an-Average invested 4.8% of GSDP on projects entailing fiscal expenditure. The state has spent 15.08% on Irrigation, 13.68% on water and sewage, 9.6% on roads, 8.07% on rural development and 5.78% on Education.

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Rs 1,000 crore for Rajkot power infrastructure

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The central government has allotted Rs 1,000 crore for strengthening the electricity distribution in the Rajkot district. The power ministry allotted the fund under a revamped distribution sector scheme.

The central government has allotted Rs 1,000

crore for strengthening the electricity distribution infrastructure in

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the Rajkot district. The power ministry allotted the fund under a revamped distribution sector scheme.

MoUs worth Rs 1.36 lakh crore inked, 17,000 jobs likely

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

As part of InvestRajasthan initiative, the signedMoUsworth Rs 1.36 lakh crore in sectors like RENEWABLE ENERGY, tourism and Industry. These projects are expected to generate EMPLOYMENT for 17,000 people.
A total of 26 MoUs were signed during the event in the presence of chief ministerAshok Gehlot, who said due to several investor friendly policies, industrialisation in the state is growing rapidly.

Ongc singed an MoU to invest Rs 25000 crore for setting up 5GW renewable energy project. Similarly, Tepsol Sun Sparkle Pvt Ltd will invest Rs 25000 crore to set up 5.2GW renewable energy.Greenkois another renewable energy company that will invest Rs 13500 crore for upstream closed loop pump storage project to generate 2650 MW to renewable energy. ReNew Power will invest Rs 10,000 crore for a pump storage project.

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Land-swap deal of Assam & Meghalaya hits satra wall

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

For the ruling BJP inAssam, safeguarding the Vaishnavite satras (monasteries) and namghars (prayer halls) was the prime agenda in 2021 assembly polls, where it registered a thumping win.

Many Vaishnav-inhabited areas voted decisively in favour of the saffron coalition in an election, which was a battle of two civilizations for the BJP to resist the one

represented by migrant Muslims. Eight months after the poll results, as Assam andMeghalayagovernments finalised a land-swap agreement to settle the decades-long border land disputes, it is the Vaishnavite satras in the fringe villages under West Guwahati constituency that have opposed handing over of Assam lands where their disciples prevented Meghalayas

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firmly upholding the Vashnavite culture propagated by the satra and namghars.

Guwahati may have crossed 3rd Covid wave peak: Experts

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Assam capital Guwahati, the gateway to the northeast, might have crossed the peak of the third wave on January 18 and 19 when the overall daily positivity rate had surged beyond 20% inKamrup(Metro) that alone logged nearly 2,000 cases or one-fourth of the states total cases.

Health experts said the rate of infection has shown a continuous declining trend in the last five days here, indicating that the peak may be over. Even after uniform testing during mid-January, the highest 1,996 and 1,929 cases were detected in Kamrup (Metro) on January 18 and 19 respectively. The last 15 days have been most alarming so far as the third wave in the city is concerned. The positivity rate touched 10.12% on January 10, more than double of the states positivity rate of 4.49% on the same day, which set alarm bells in thestate

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health department. At an uneven trend, the positivity rate continued to hit worrying figures for the next one week and shot up to 20.62% on January 18, followed by 20.17% on January 19.

Odisha: Coal-based projects to boost state

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Odisha, which has the second largest coal reserves after Jharkhand, has reasons to cheer the Budget announcement by finance ministerNirmala Sitharamanof four pilot projects for coal gasification and conversion of coal into chemicals for the , feel industry insiders.

A director ofWestern Coalfields Limitedand vice-president of Utkal Chamber of Commerce and Industry Limited, said Jharkhand, which has the countrys highest coal reserves (27%) followed by Odisha (24%) andChhattisgarh(17%), would have the highest opportunities for coal-based projects. Coal gasification if successfully implemented will immensely help these states, he said.

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