Parents are expected to be more interested to enrol their children in Government schools instead of private schools. In the first phase, the CM had dedicated 10 such schools in Sheragada and Hinjili blocks
of Ganjam district on August 21.Patnaik said, “Our children in Odisha are no less than talented.” They have a lot of potential. They can make HISTORY if given the opportunity. The programme was moderated by 5-T Secretary VK Pandian from the Lok Seva Bhawan in Bhubaneswar.
The Consulate General of Israel to South India in collaboration with United Planters Association of Southern India (UPASI), Jain Irrigation Systems and NaanDanJain Irrigation
(Israel) launched a smart IoT irrigation project in a tea plantation (a first of its kind in the tea plantation in the country) near Ooty.has been in vogue for tea for many years though. Smart IoT irrigation is an innovative Israeli technique that uses water judiciously and helps farmers achieve higher levels of crop yield with minimal amount of water.
The irrigation system has been installed on a 5-acre tea garden in the United Nilgiri Tea Estates Company Pvt. Ltd. (Chamraj group) in Allada Valley near Ooty.
WithVegetable and Fruit Promotion Council Keralams (VFPCKs) trials of sendingnendranto Europe and theMiddle Eastproving successful, experts say that it opens immense opportunities for farmers inKeralain tapping the export market forGI-tagged foodproducts from the state.
People from other states and countries usually prefer Robusta variety of banana, but it is Malayalis who prefer nendran the most, so where there is a considerable number of Malayalis, Kerala could find an easy market worth tapping, she added.
However, farmers and exporters
India Post has planned to introduce special covers on Geographical Indication (GI) products in Karnataka. Initially, it will choose 10 products having GI tags, includingByadagi chilli. In this regard, the authorities have already conducted a meeting with Byadagi APMC authorities and others.
According to the department, special covers have philately value. The other products in the pipeline are Dharwad pedha, Sirsi supari, Huvinahadagali jasmine, Kinanal toys, Kalaburagi bark, Navalagunda dhurries, Sandur lambani embroidery and others.
The project will be launched underAtma Nirbhar Scheme, and print at least 1,000 special covers. We recently conducted a meeting with Byadagi APMC authorities and traders association and collected details about the produce.
Chief secretary Somesh Kumar has directed officials to submit an integrated conservation and management plan for the development ofKakatiya Rudreshwara(Ramappa) temple at Palampet in Mulugu district. Chairing the first meeting of state-levelTelangana State Heritage Authority, Somesh Kumar discussed various heritage issues pertaining to the 26 protected monuments, includingQutb Shahi TombsandGolconda Fortin the city.
TheCSdirected the officials to prepare a brief status note on the protected monuments with photographs and submit inspection report to take further action.
The committee also directed officials to submit draft guidelines on buffer zones for Qutb Shahi Tombs toGreater Hyderabad Heritage and Precincts Committee.
The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has lauded the efforts of theAndhra Pradeshgovernment in handling the investigation of the murder of engineering student Ramya inGuntur.
The commission had also decided to recommend the names
of Police officers for Awards to the Union Government.The commission observed that they would recommend all the states to take AP as a model to handle the attacks against the SCs.
A cause of concern for environmentalists is that while the National Centre for SustainableCoastalManagement (NCSCM) has used toposheets to prepare the draft CoastalZoneManagementPlan(CZMP), the agency has carried out no independent study to determine the states coastal geomorphology.
Environmentalists are of the view that this renders the draft plan inadequate as dressing or altering sand dunes, hills, natural features, including landscape changes for beautification, recreation and other such purposes, is among the prohibited activities within the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) as
per the CRZ notification 2011.Hilly areas and natural features are prohibited from being altered as per the CRZ notification 2011. These have to be identified and marked by using topographic sheets.
Regional office of Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) here has begunair qualitymonitoring to gauge pollution spread byChandrapurSuper Thermal Power Station (CSTPS).
Wadettiwar, while reviewing Environmental Degradation in Chandrapur city and surrounding areas, had blamed CSTPS for
512">Expressing concern over the rising diseases like skin ailment, asthma, cancer and other respiratory disorders, he had directed MPCB regional office to check pollution caused by CSTPS and take appropriate action to bring the situation under control.
The amendment, which essentially allows to speed up the land acquisition process for development projects, was passed after the rejected the demand of Congress to send it to the Select Committee of the House for greater scrutiny.
It was among the six Bills passed by the State Assembly, on the last day of the monsoon session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha. Terming the bill as anti-farmers, former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that with the amendment, the government has removed the clause of the prior Consent of at least seventy per cent of those affected families for public private PARTNERSHIP projects.
The State Government intends to amend the Principal Act of 2013 to exempt certain development projects, including rural Infrastructure, affordable housing, industrial corridors, Health, Education and urban metro rail projects, from the preview Act pertaining to conducting Social Impact Assessment Study.
Sharing the information, the state School Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla on Sunday said that the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has given the approval to rename schools after the name of 11 Punjabi players of the Indian hockey team who won a bronze medal at Tokyo Olympics 2020.
The Minister said that Government Senior Secondary School (GSSS) Mithapur, Jalandhar, has been named after Indian hockey team captain Manpreet Singh, and the school will now be known as Olympian Manpreet Singh Government Senior Secondary School, Mithapur.
There was a golden contribution
of Punjab in the field of Indian Sports and it has sent the second largest contingent in Olympics in the country as 20 sportspersons were from Punjab out of total 124.