In a bid to attract investments fromTaiwan, theTelanganagovernment is keen on setting up a dedicated cluster for Taiwanese players.

The TECC delegation was in Hyderabad to discuss economic and trade cooperation as well as opportunities between Telangana and Taipei.

KTR apprised the delegation about the states single window clearance system that guarantees investors the right to get time-bound clearances to start their businesses. The delegation was also informed about the

various measures adopted by the government to improve the Ease of Doing Business quotient in the state.

The government has decided to set up 323junior colleges. The decision was taken following the instructions of chief minister Y SJagan Mohan Reddy.

After a survey across the state, theeducation departmentidentifiedzilla parishad high schoolsthat can accommodate junior colleges with immediate effect.

With the chief minister keen on launching junior colleges without any delay, the Education department has decided to bring them into operation from the coming academic year.

The decision of the education department to focus only on rural areas by ignoring the urban poor has come under criticism. None of the got an opportunity to open new junior colleges despite the presence of many slums with large populations. The children from economically weaker sections from urban slums have been the worst victims of private educational institutions due to the high free structures.

With educational institutions in urban areas managed by the municipal administration department, the education department has readied the blueprint of new junior colleges by confining itself to rural areas.

Urban development minister Milind Naik said that the Municipality (Amendment) Bill,2021can be sent to the select committee for deliberation before it is passed. The bill devolves partial power to carry out delimitation and reservation to the State Election Commission, and is aimed at conducting polls in a free, fair and transparent manner.

Replying to the demands, Naik said that the will look into the demands of regularising contract employees of municipalities. He said that after the assembly session, he will fix a meeting with the chief minister to finalise the demands.
Naik also assured to look into the demands of the members of House with regards to pension for seafarers. Naik also said that the chief minister has assured to clear the pending payments of social welfare scheme within three months.

Poor demand for engineering courses and low enrolment for higher secondary certificate (HSC) exams has brought down the registration for the state common entrance test for courses in engineering, architecture, pharmacy, among other professions.

The registrations have declined by nearly 1 lakh, this year. The common entrance test (CET) will be held in August and admissions would be conducted based on the merit list announced as per theCETscores.

The Covid-19 pandemic has forced Education to go online, so courses such as engineering that mainly depend on practical sessions, have taken a massive setback. There are many students who will be willing to take a break for a year and do some short-term courses, prepare better and then come back next year to appear for the CET and bag a good seat in the college.

The gau rakshaks in Haryana will now be a part of a special cow protection task force and work with Civil and Police Administration in all districts to stop cow smuggling and slaughtering and to rehabilitate the stray cattle in the state.

According to the government’s notification, the key objective of setting up the task force is to enforce The Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Act 2015 effectively by collecting information regarding cattle smuggling and slaughtering from public and to take prompt action on such illegal activities after special inputs received from the

public.

The task force at state and district level will also play a key role in rehabilitating stray cattle of the state in gaushalas, nandishalas and gau abhyaranyas.

The district SCPF will submit a monthly report of action taken during the month directly to the chairman of the Gau Seva Aayog through the Deputy Commissioner of the district concerned.

Haryana Gau Seva Aayog was also constituted for proper implementation of laws with respect to of smuggling and slaughter of innocuous cows.

Its power-play in Punjab. As the State is moving towards Assembly polls with little patience, political parties in Punjab are apparently seeking power out of power issues. Less than a month after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) promised free power supply to domestic consumers besides cancellation of contentious power pacts, Punjab Government, too, has come out with electrifying orders.

The orders came a day after Punjab Congress newly-appointed team, led by state unit president Navjot Singh Sidhu, had urged a review of the PPAs with Independent Power Producers (IPPs), inked during Akali rule.

Notably, the Pspcl had signed 14 PPAs with Thermal or Hydro Plants and 122 Long Term PPAs with Solar or plants after 2007, to make the state power surplus with a generation capacity of around 13,800 MW (megawatt).

PSPCL was also forced to utilize full power from the Central Sector Generating Stations so that the crops of the farmers could be saved, Capt Amarinder noted, adding that the State was also compelled to enforce power regulatory measures from July 1 to 11 on Large Supply (LS) Industry of to meet the rising demand of the farmers.

It may be mentioned that the Chief Minister had sought a legal opinion on renegotiating controversial PPAs.

Himachal Pradesh eyeing to boost industrial investment: CM Jai Ram Thakur

With Covid situation improving, Himachal Pradesh is eyeing to boost industrial in the state by ensuring ground breaking of over Rs 10,000 crore worth of MoUs in coming days.

Jai Ram Thakur while congratulating the Icons of Himachal, said that these individuals awarded by The Times of India have contributed immensely to their motherland and ignited the lives of thousands of others by

providing them ample opportunities for development and Growth. He said that all the entrepreneurs have also contributed significantly towards the development of the State.

He said that despite being a small State, Himachal Pradesh has shown way to several big states of the country by pioneering in various sectors. He said that the State Government has taken several initiatives to invite the entrepreneurs to be partner in the developmental journey of the State. Himachal Pradesh has been ranked at 7th position in Ease of Doing Business. He said that Himachal Pradesh has emerged as a Faster Moving State in the country by providing congenial Environment for the entrepreneurs to invest.

Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board, Nehru Institute of Mountaineering sign MoU to promote adventure tourism

To promote adventure tourism in the listed Trekking Traction Centre (TTC), the Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board (UTDB) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM).

Under the MoU, the experienced trainers from NIM will impart theoretical and

practical training to the state’s youth in trekking, hiking and other allied subjects, including the medical aspect. Course completion certificates will also be awarded. The joint committee of both the organisations will monitor the training and recommend their suggestions.

Keen to install statues of saints, religious leaders, political figures, freedom fighters and martyrs in public places, theYogi Adityanathgovernment has moved theSupreme Courtseeking relaxation of its eight-year-old order banning such activities.

TheSCs order came in a case from Gujarat, where a 2006 court order for removal of religious structures encroaching public places, including roads, at Vadodara had led a mob to pelt the district court with stones and damage vehicles. A series of reports on this incident was taken cognisance of by theGujaratHC, which directed the authorities to remove all religious structures from public places.

Encouraged by the success of the earlier four editions, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Jharkhand in association with Citizens Foundation organised the fifth edition of its annual flagship initiative, Green Conclave.

The 5th Green Conclave deliberated on some important environmental sustainability issues . The forum highlighted and tried to address some immediate gaps where policy intervention can help accelerate implementation of a circular economy, promote resource efficiency and help create a Climate resilient Indian .

In the recent past, extreme climate events such as drought, flood, high temperature has been ruining lives. The direct impact on human life is tremendous and there have been almost 500000 human deaths across the world in the past 20 years. The additional death due to Malnutrition, diarrhea, malaria and heat Stress would be to the tune of 2,50,000. There is an urgent need to reduce the Air Pollution and also provide Safe drinking water.

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He said that the Urban Ministry in the national clean air programme 2020 has stated that there must be a reduction in air pollution by 30% by 2024.