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Govt to look into demand of additional police station: Manipur CM

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Manipur government will look into the demand for constructing an additional Police station in Churachandpur district which international borders with Myanmar.

The state chief minister N Biren Singh shared the post in this regard in his Social Media platform after meeting representatives of the Kuki Inpi Churachandpur, an apex body of Kuki community in Churachandpur district.

The Sub-committee chairman Letpao Haokip who also the states Tribal Affairs and Hills minister along with ministers Awangbow Newmai(Resources“>Water Resources) and Th Basanta Singh(Education) besides officials identified four barracks inside the Singngat police station premises under Singngat sub-division during the days visit, officials who accompanied the team said.


G20 meet on employment begins in Guwahati

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The second meeting of the EMPLOYMENT Working Group (EWG) of the grouping began in Assam on Monday, to deliberate on a wide range of issues like labour, employment and social for an Growth“>Inclusive Growth.

The EWG has a mandate of addressing priority labour, employment and social issues for strong, sustainable, balanced and job-rich growth for all, Ahuja said.

Elaborating on the topics, Joint Secretary in Labour and Employment ministry Rupesh Kumar Thakur said in the first segment, the delegates will discuss to strengthen the availability, quality and comparability of information on supply, demand and mismatch of skills.

CM to lead team to Japan for investment

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A high-level delegation led by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will visit Japan from Tuesday to promote opportunities in Odisha.

The delegation includes the Minister of Industries, MSME and Energy Pratap Keshari Deb, Chief Secretary PK Jena, Industries Principal Secretary Hemant Sharma, E&IT Principal Secretary Manoj Mishra and IPICOL Managing Director Bhupendar Poonia.

Besides, the delegation will also hold a roundtable discussion in Kyoto on opportunities for collaboration between Japan and Odisha in the tourism sector focusing on Buddhist and ecotourism-related sites in Odisha. Moreover, in view of the significant strides made by Odisha in development of the Sports ecosystem, the delegation will also explore possible collaboration in Training and Development of sports talent in Odisha.

TN govt middle schools with more than 100 students to get five teachers: Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi

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Government middleschoolsfunctioning with more than 100 students will get five subjectteachers, school Education ministerAnbil Mahesh Poyyamozhiannounced in theTamil Naduassembly.

Of the 6,600 government middle schools, around 900 schools have more than 100 students studying from classes VI to VIII. These schools dont have subject teachers.

He announced expanding the model schools to 13 more districts covering all 38 districts in the state. The minister said Rs 250 crore was allocated for the model schools in the budget.

He announced establishing two Sports schools of excellence in each district at a cost of Rs 9 crore. Government higher secondary schools without HISTORY and commerce groups would have the third group in a phased manner, Poyyamozhi said.

The minister allocated Rs 175 crore to establish labs in 2,996 government middle schools and 540 government high schools.

Kerala has no dearth of funds for effective waste management projects

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Even whenwaste managementin various places across the state is turning out to be a serious Health and environmental hazard, records show that there is no dearth of funds available for setting up effective Waste Management projects. Crores of rupees are left unused due to the government’s inability in implementing projects.

Documents of a meeting chaired by chief secretary V P Joy last month, accessed by TOI, show that there is a huge gap in fund availability and utilization. There is at least Rs 600 to Rs 700 crore lying unutilized under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation andUrban Transformation(AMRUT) scheme alone.

The AMRUT fund to the tune of Rs 600 crore to Rs 700 crore said to be unutilized for the current year stands as testimony to the low profile of functioning of the LSGIs as far as waste management is concerned,” said the minutes of the review meeting. As per records, there are 19 projects proposed under theAMRUT schemealone, of which 12 have not even started.

Draft curriculum for kids aged 3-8 bats for inclusive education

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The recently released draftKarnatakaCurriculum Framework for the foundational stage (3-8 years) has called for a detailed individualised Education plan for children with special needs.

According to data with the School Achievement Tracking System for 2021, as many as 96,020 children with various forms of disability are enrolled in Karnataka schools. This includes those with visual impairment (14,047), hearing impairment (10,652), speech and language disability (10,024), locomotor impairment, intellectual disability (18,524), and multiple disabilities (10,054).

Once diagnosed, the teacher needs to prepare an individualised education plan (IEP). Teachers have been asked to seat the child next to them and communicate in simple, familiar language.

Telangana first state with cool roof policy

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Telanganawill become the first state in the country to launch aCool Roof Policy. The policy will be formally launched by Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao.

It is is aimed at reducing the urban heat island impact and heat Stress. The policy hopes to cut CO2 emissions and also save energy.

The policy will ensure faster adoption of cool roofs in the state, to develop an ecosystem of suppliers, trained man power, testing and material to support implementation of cool roofs. It will also ensure access of cool surfaces to all and ensure effective monitoring and evaluation of cool roof installations.

Andhra Pradesh to be developed as IT hub if TDP comes to power: Nara Lokesh

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Desam Party (TDP) national general secretaryNara Lokesh promised to takeAndhra Pradeshto the top position in the country in the Information Technology (IT) sector and completely prevent the migrations from the state in search of EMPLOYMENT.
Several Software employees working in the neighbouring states met Lokesh at Sanjeevapuram of Dharmavaram Assembly segment during his pada yatra ‘Yuva Galam’.
They wanted the IT companies to be invited to start their units in the state.

Rs 1k crore to drive better quality roads across Goa

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A provision of Rs 1,000 crore has been made in the state budget to take up improvement of riding quality surface in all assembly constituencies. A total of 1,700km of road length will be resurfaced during 2023-24. Chief ministerPramod Sawantsaid on Wednesday that the target is to complete 500km at a cost of Rs 280 crore before the onset of the monsoon.
Sawant also said that the second section of the new Zuari bridge will be opened for use by December 2023 and it will be a permanent solution to the traffic issues in this section. Importantly, a provision of Rs 250 crore has been made for the Goa State Development Corporation to build the Salvador Do Mundo-Chodan bridge.

The projects will include four-laning of Ponda to Bhoma section (Rs 750 crore), four-laning of existing road fromSanjeevanisugar factory toKhandepar(Rs 600 crore), four-laning of Anmod to Mollem section (Rs 1,500 crore) and construction of foot overbridge at Fulancho Khuris, Bambolim (Rs 7 crore).

Release Rs 100 crore for MUTP-IIIA: Maharashtra govt to MMRDA

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The directed Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to release Rs 100 crore for Mumbai Urban Transport Project-IIIA, and asked the railways to draw up a rehabilitation scheme for encroachers, on the lines of the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA), to expedite capacity augmentation projects.

Chief minister Eknath Shinde and deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis took a review of projects executed by Mumbai RAILWAY Vikas Corporation (MRVC) – a 50:50 joint venture between the state government and railway ministry.