PM lauds efforts to boost petrochemicals sector in Assam & Northeast
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lauded the first methanol consignment to Bangladesh from Assam Petrochemical Plant, an effort towards establishing Assam as a major exporter of petrochemicals.
In a big push towards establishing Assam as a major exporter of petrochemicals, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on
Human-elephant conflicts rise by 26% in nine yrs, says survey
Incidents of human-elephant encounters during April, May and June this year have seen an increase of 26 per cent compared to the data of the past nine years during the same period, a survey done by theWildlife Society of Odishahas found.
According to the survey, these three months witness most encounters as humans and elephants vie for the same fruits such as mango, stoneappleand
jackfruit.There were as many as 93 human-elephant encounters in the three months this year compared to 69 incidents reported during the corresponding period in 2022.
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many as 57 people have died this year compared to 38 last year.The sharp rise suggests that this year the number of human deaths could go up significantly compared to 146 last year.
Incidentally, this quarter also happens to have recorded the highest ever human deaths in elephant attack compared to the past nine years, the survey stated.
17,000 identified in Madurai to get basic literacy, numeracy lessons
As many as 16,984 illiterate people aged above 15 years have been identified by the directorate of non-formal and adult Education inMaduraito learn basic alphabetical and numerical skills under the New India Literacy Programme (NILP). The programme aims to equip those who have not undergone formal education, especially
adults, to become more independent by helping them read, write and calculate.District education department officials said that the 16,984 people will undergo classes at 934 Learning centres across the district. NILP is sponsored mainly by the central government with the support of the . Last year, as many as 18,762 people above 15 years underwent NILP and benefited, which was more than the target. We encourage as many people as possible who are illiterate to join NILP and come out of their fear of not knowing basic literacy and numeracy, said an official.
The beneficiaries were selected by tracing those using thumb prints instead of signatures at places like ration shops or those enrolled in MGNREGA scheme. NILP offers a chance for those who
could not get formal education to acquire skills that would help them make day-to-day life easier. Even filling up forms or reading signs on their own would make a major difference in their lives.Govt must fund proposed waste treatment plant
The opposition councillors in the Kochi corporation have come up against a public private PARTNERSHIP (PPP) project to set up a garbage treatment plant and demanded that the new plant should be funded by the .
The state government has designed a project titled KeralaSolid Waste Management Project to resolve
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