The peace process, which started with the NSCN (I-M) declaring ceasefire in 1997, has of late, seemed to be floundering because of the outfits firm stand on a separate flag and
constitution besides its strained ties with the Centres interlocutor and Nagaland governor R.N. Ravi.01-02.08.21
In order to check trafficking of illicit drugs, it is felt necessary to check all vehicles entering into Assam from Mizoram. Such vehicles will be thoroughly checked by personnel of Assam Police at the point of entry at all Assam-Mizoram borders,” said the order.
The vehicles, it said, will be released only after the officer concerned is satisfied that no drugs were carried in them.
The Assam government said that
within a span of two months, 912 cases have been registered and 1,560 persons arrested and huge quantities of illicit drugs confiscated.From just 87 in 2009 to 1,648 in 2019, cases of child sexual abuse inOdishahave seen a staggering 1,794% rise in the last one decade, according to the nationwide data shared by the Union minister of women and child developmentSmriti Iraniin theLok Sabha.
Experts attributed the rise in the sexual assaults on children to the sick mindset of perpetrators, inadequate vigilance by
parents and lack of Police action in many cases.TheTamil Nadugovernment on decided to provide 7.5% reservation for students of state government schools in professional courses, like engineering, agriculture, fisheries, veterinary, and law.
Since less number of government school students are getting admissions in professional courses, the DMK government soon after assuming charge, set up a commission under the chairmanship of retired judge D Murugesan on June 15 to assess and analyse the reasons and to recommend remedial measures to ensure due representation of government school students.
The government received a report from the commission recently. To implement the recommendation of the
commission, it has been decided to introduce a bill in the upcoming session itself to provide 7.5% reservation to students of government schools in admission to professional courses like 7.5% quota for medical admission, said an official release.The cabinet decided to present the revised budget for 2021-22 on August 13. It also decided to present a separate budget for Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture in the upcoming budget session itself.
Entering its 15th year, the Kerala Education Department’s KITE-Victers television channel is getting ready to launch its second channel soon.
Kerala and Technology for Education (KITE) CEO K. Anvar Sadath said Victers began alongside the EDUSAT group in 2005 when then President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam inaugurated EDUSAT and it was on August 3, 2006,
the Victers channel was launched and since then it has been providing yeomen service to the students studying under the state syllabus.From 2019, it became a round the clock channel and in 2020 it was made available in the DTH segment too.
In July 2021, KITE started providing the offline version of its First Bell 2.0 Digital Classes for students in the Lakshadweep region who study according to the Kerala school syllabus.
And since the Covid-19 pandemic struck hard, the channel has now scheduled substantial time for programmes on Covid-preventive measures, which include telecast of awareness Videos related to Covid-19 prevention and a live phone-in programme titled ‘Athijeevanam’ (which means survival) in association with the Kerala Health Department.
As part of theCauvery Callingmovement, spearheaded bySadhguru, 3.5 crore saplings will be planted in the Cauvery basin districts of Karnataka andTamil Naduby 2022, with participation of over one lakh farmers. A village outreach programme was launched to cover 1,785 gram panchayats in 57 taluks to reach out to farmers in Cauvery basin districts of Karnataka within two months.
Cauvery Calling is the biggest initiative involving farmers in a big way and has seen enthusiastic participation from them so
far. The new outreach programme will reach Karnataka farmers through 890 trained people who will create awareness on tree-based farming in the nine districts.TheKrishnaRiver Management Board (KRMB) will hold a meeting withTelanganaandAndhra Pradesh(AP) in the second week of August, top sources said.
Official said the respective delegates will discuss water allocation for the current year 2021, detailed project reports for all Irrigation projects and objections being raised on the projects and hydel power generation by both the states.
The meeting assumes significance as theNational Green Tribunal(NGT) has recently directed the KRMB to inspect the Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Scheme (RLIS) project site independently, without seeking help from AP and submit a
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