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Madurai plans single window system for poll-related nods

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

TheMaduraiDistrict Administration is planning to set up a single window system to provide permission for election-related issues, including campaigns as the https://exam.pscnotes.com/model-code-of-conduct”>Model Code Of Conduct for the local body Elections has come into effect, district collector S AneeshSekharhas said.

The collector said that 200 polling booths have been identified as vulnerable and they would be monitored by videographers and micro observers in addition to the CCTV monitoring.

Kerala: CIAL retains its position as third busiest airport

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Amid the rising number of Covid cases inKerala, theCochin International Airport Limited(CIAL) retained its position as the third busiest airport in India in 2021 in international sector. As per the latest statistics released byAirport Authority of India(AAI) on international travel, CIAL secured third position in December too, similar to previous months in the year.

As per the report, CIAL registered 301,338 international passengers during December 2021. WhileDelhi airportcontinued to top the list with 8,42,582 passengers and Mumbai airport retained its second spot with 4,51,212 passengers in the said period. CIAL is followed by

Chennai airport which handled 2,46,387 international passengers.

CIALs passenger volume has almost increased by a million in 2021 compared to that of 2020. The airport handled a total of 43,06,661 passengers in 2021 and 18,69,690 among them were international passengers.

Karnataka: 12th century inscriptions discovered in Udupi village

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Two Kannada inscriptions belonging to 12th-century Alupa era were found recently in Udupi district by a research team.

“We’ve confirmed that one inscription belongs to the period of Alupa King Kulasekhara I. The second inscription, discovered in less than a week from the same place, is also

from the 12th century. Only a few alphabets were visible on it,” said HISTORY and archaeology research student Shruthesh Acharya Moodubelle, who led the team.

The inscriptions were found in Bannadi village coming under Vaddarse panchayat of Brahmavar taluk in Udupi district. The 18-line inscription is found engraved on a granite plaque that is 5ft tall and 2ft wide. It was found on an agricultural land belonging to B Kusha Acharya.

Another inscription was discovered at the Hebbarvolal, about 1km from the place where the first inscription was found, in Bannadi village. This inscription was discovered under the guidance of SA Krishnaiah, director of Oriental Archives Research Centre, Udupi; Raghavendra Shenoy, an English teacher at Indira Gandhi residential school, Siddapura; and Shruthesh.

Telangana industries minister seeks Rs 14,000 crore for key projects

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Ahead of the Union Budget, which is to be presented on February 1, industries ministerKT Rama Rao has written nearly half a dozen letters to Union finance ministerNirmala Sitharamanseeking budgetary support of over 14,000 crore

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for key industrial projects set to come up in Telangana.

These include the projects like Hyderabad-Bengaluru, Hyderabad-Vijayawada, Hyderabad-Warangal andHyderabad-Nagpurindustrial corridors as well as theHyderabad Pharma Cityproject that has bagged the National Investment and Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) status.
KTRhas urged the FM to sanction additional nodes at Mancherial (3,000 acres) under the Hyderabad-Nagpur corridor, Huzurabad as part of the Hyderabad-Vijayawada corridor and Jadcherla-Gadwal-Kothaguda node under the Hyderabad-Bengaluru corridor.

He has sought provision of 5,000 crore for these three nodes in the budget estimates for 2022-23, including 2,000 crore for Mancherial and 1,500 crore each for Huzurabad and Jadcherla-Gadwal-Kothaguda nodes.

Discoms in the state have projected a sale of 66,530 million units of electricity for the 2022-23 financial year. TheAndhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commissionconcluded its (virtual) public hearings and state advisory committee meetings on tariffs and aggregate revenue requirements for the next

fiscal.

The electricity demand projected for Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and other agriculture allied Services is 19,819 MU for nearly

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19 lakh services.

As much as 38,199 MU (57% of the total energy demand projected for next year) is towards domestic and industrial categories. These two categories add up to 1.52 crore consumers, constituting 80% per cent of the total 1.91 crore electricity consumers in the state.

TheAPERChas strongly felt the need to balance the interest of consumers and discoms. It has stressed on a consumer-centric approach in the power sector, improving financial stability and operational efficiency of the discoms to ensure quality and reliable power supply.