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Kerala govt ensures that innovative industries thrive here, says CM Pinarayi Vijayan

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Chief ministerPinarayi Vijayanhas said thatKeralais the best industrial-friendly destination in the country. TheLDFgovernment is committed to ensuring an investor-friendly for all those who are showing interest in investing in the state.

The chief minister tweeted this as a reply to the tweet ofRPG Enterpriseschairman Harsh Goenka. In his tweetHarsh

Goenkahad said that RPG is the largest employers in Kerala. We find the Local Government very supportive

The reply made by the CM is seen as an apparent response toKitexmanaging director Sabu M Jacob who had levelled serious allegations against thestate governmentfor the continuous raids his company had to face in the last one month. Jacob had come out in open criticizing the Attitude of the State Government in insulting the investors by ordering continuous raids. Meanwhile, Industry ministerP Rajeevecame down heavily against Jacob and said if he had any complaints he should have approached the government first.

Sharp rise in child abuse cases in Karnataka amid Covid

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Childrencontinue to be vulnerable on all fronts. While they may be less susceptible to the virus, the pandemic has unleashed an uptick in cases ofchild abuse.

Data shared by the Karnataka Commission for Protection ofChild Rights(KCPCR) has revealed that children below 18 years faced emotional, physical and online abuses after the lockdown was lifted after the first wave. Experts have suggested a comprehensive action plan to protect kids from these kinds of challenges. Between October 2020 and January 2021, children from the state faced instances of such abuse.

According to the data, in October 2020, 55 children faced were subject to various forms ofemotional abuselike using abusive or foul language, humiliating or threatening them, withholding support etc. November saw 38 such cases, December 42 and January 2021 saw 60, the highest in four months.

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Telangana government takes back 1,960 acres land from 65 firms

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Cracking the whip on 65industriesfor not setting up their units even after land was allotted for free many years ago, theTelanganaState Industrial Corporation (TSIIC) has taken back 1,960 acres from them. The government now wants to reallocate the resumed land to industrialists who are ready to set up their units.

The area of the resumed land ranges from one acre to 250 acres. Most of the land resumed was in theHyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority(HMDA) limits such as Fab City SEZ at Raviryala, Hardware Park at Mamidipally, IT Park in Nanakramguda, Automotive Park, IDA Nacharam, Pashamylaram, Patancheru, Biotech Park at Karkapatla, Adibatla SEZ and IT Park, Madikonda in

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Despite Andhra Pradeshs concerns, power generation on at Pulichintala project

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Not with standingAndhra Pradeshs appeal,Telanganacontinuedpower generationat Pulichintala project for the fourth consecutive day.

Pulichintala project was chiefly built to regulate theKrishnadelta ayucut spread over 14 lakh acres in Krishna, Guntur and West Godavari districts. The project has only around 23tmc wateragainst its full capacity of storage 45 tmc. According to AP officials, the government is utilizing nearly 6,500 cusecs for power generation which would dip existing water reserves. The outflows from the power generation centre has resulted in heavy inflows at Prakasam barrage prompting the AP Irrigation authorities to lift

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the gates of Prakasam barrage and let out water to downstream.

Goa-based scientists find extreme rainfall link to Arctic melting

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The rapid melting of the frigid Arctic nearly 9,000km away is likely to have caused the extremerainfallwitnessed in the Indian sub-continent over the past few decades, sayscientistsat the Goa-based National Centre for Polar and OceanResearch(NCPOR).

A recentstudyby researchers from India and Norway found that the periods of increasing extreme rainfall events in India during June to September coincide with rapidly declining summer sea ice in the Arctic.

The findings from the study show that the upper atmospheric circulation changes due to Arctic sea ice loss facilitate enhanced moisture supply and convection over the Indian landmass and cause increased extreme rainfall events.

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Maharashtra Bamboo boards Rs 1.12 crore machines lying unused, rusting

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

In acolossal waste of government ,Maharashtra Bamboo Development Board(MBDB) procured eightbamboo chemical treatment plantsfor over Rs1.12 crore, but none of these are operational.

Further, the Plants are a safety hazard as they do not meet the quality norms laid down under the Maharashtra Factories Rules, 1963, and Bis. One plant was also procured by the Bamboo Research & Training Centre (BRTC), Chichpalli, which is claimed to be one of the biggest training institutes in the country.

Reply to another RTI query revealed that the MBDB, which is the nodal agency in the state to implement the National Bamboo Mission (NBM), was sanctioned Rs33.12 crore in 2018-19, but it received over Rs16 crore, which was distributed for implementation of various schemes to promote bamboo cultivation under the guidance of experts.

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In a bid to boost the purchase of electric vehicles in the state, Haryana Government has proposed to waive off road tax, registration fee, state toll tax and provide an incentive of upto at least Rs one lakh for new vehicles.

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The draft electric vehicle policy chalked out by the to provide the much needed impetus to the electric mobility sector and reduce carbon emissions, is also aimed at generating EMPLOYMENT in Haryana.

The electric vehicle (EV) draft policy has proposed 100 percent exemption of road tax on EVs purchased within Haryana state, applicable over the period of the validity of policy. The state will also exempt SGST on purchase of EVs manufactured within the state under certain conditions.

Apart from this, other proposed incentives include 100 percent interest free loans to the State Government employees for purchase of EVs in the state, exemption from paying state toll tax, 30 percent subsidy on

road price of EVs in form of reimbursement directly to the buyer in the state on purchase of EVs and to the financer, if the electric vehicle is hypothecated, the dealers of EVs (non-transport) will be exempted from submitting of bank guarantee of Rs one lakh for Online Dealer Point Registration in the state and the EVs will also be registered on priority basis with a minimum token fee of Rs 100.

Under its ambitious policy, the State Government has proposed to convert 100 percent of bus fleet owned by State Transport Undertakings in Haryana into electric buses (battery electric vehicles or fuel cell EVs) by 2029, with the first phase of 100 percent conversion of bus fleet in Gurugram and Faridabad by 2024. It also proposed phasing out all fossil fuel based commercial fleets and Logistics vehicles in Gurugram and Faridabad by 2024 and all cities by 2030.

In one of its kind initiatives, SAS Nagar (Mohali) District Administration is to commence home-vaccination for the old, infirm, disabled, and differently-abled persons making it the first district in the country to start need based door-to-door vaccination.

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Though our top priority is elderly and disabled, but for the ease of people, if a Residents Welfare Association (RWA) seeks Home-vaccination but does not have sufficient number of senior citizens, it will be provided the service on the condition that at least half of the total number of people to be vaccinated are aged (60 plus), disabled, or differently-abled, and the remaining can be anyone over 18 years of age.

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Fee regulation Bill unjust: Himachal pvt schools

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The Himachal Pradesh Private Schools (Regulation of Fee and other Related Matters) Bill, 2021 is unconstitutional and unjutst as it deprives the school managements of a chance to seek from courts, said Dev Raj Verma, president of the Private Schools Management Association, here today.

Verma said that the private schools charged a monthly fee of Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,500 per student while the government was spending over Rs 6,000 on every student but still the private schools performed better than the government schools. If the Bill was passed, a large number of teachers of the private schools would lose their jobs and students would lose the opportunity of better

Education, he added.

He said that it was unfair to have only one representative of the private schools in the six-member committee. He added that the Bill proposed only a six per cent annual hike in the fee while the Inflation rate was higher than it.

Black-bellied Coral Snakes in the Forests of Uttarakhand

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Indian researchers have identified Black-bellied Coral snakes in the forests of uttarakhand for the first time in HISTORY.

Highlights:

The snake is associated with the Elapidae family and Sinomicrurus genus. Its scientic name is S. nigriventer.

The snake was observed in the Bhadraj Block of Benog Wildlife Sanctuary in the Mussoorie Forest Division.

At present, there are 107 species of coral snakes in the world. In India, only 7 coral snake species are found.

As per the report by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare on the management of snakebite, there are more than 2000 species of snakes in the world.

About 300 of these species are found in India, of which

fifty-two are venomous. Venomous snakes of India belong to three families Elapidae, Viperidae and Hydrophidae (sea snakes).

All snakes are protected with the aid of the law. Cobra, Rat snakes, and Checkered keelback are included in Schedule II of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, and the relaxation are blanketed via Schedule IV.

Snakes are essential for clinical reasons and ecological regions. They maintain the food web in balance and their venoms are used to make antivenoms.