03.09.21

Ropar IIT makes plant-based air purifier

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Budding scientists of the Indian Institute of Technology in Ropar and Kanpur and Delhi University Management Studies faculty have developed a living-plant based air purifier Ubreathe Life that amplifies air purification process in indoor spaces, including hospitals, schools and offices.

Ropar IITs startup company Urban Air Laboratory which developed the product, claims it to be the worlds first, state-of-the-art Smart Bio-Filter that can make breathing fresh. It has been incubated at Ropar IIT, which is a designated Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and Water Technology Development Hub, by the Department of Science and Technology.

The technology works through air-purifying leafy Plants, including peace lily, snake plant and spider plants. Room air interacts with the leaves and goes into the -root zone where maximum pollutants are purified

Rs 427-cr MoUs signed for Una

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Director, Industries, Rakesh Prajapati today signed MoUs with 17 industrialists, who have proposals to set up units in Una district with a total of Rs 427 crore. Most proposed units are from the food Industry, while three pharmaceutical units have also been proposed.

Farmwale, an agro-processing company, signed an MoU for setting up multiple milk-chilling plant, vegetable-processing plant, bakery unit, gram dehydration Evaporation and processing unit, sorting, grading and destoning of maize unit, sugarcane jaggery processing, potato-grinding, storage and packing unit, green corn packaging unit and corn seed grit plant. The company has proposed to invest Rs 180 crore in Bathari of the district.

Hemtex Textile has proposed to set up a yarn manufacturing unit at Nangal Slangari village, involving an investment Rs 31 crore, and the firm, Narinder Kumar-Bhupinder Kumar, will set up a chemical plant for manufacturing formaldehyde chemical with an investment of Rs 5 crore.

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) in association with Dehradun Smart City Limited (DSCL) has prepared a work plan to start Eat Right Smart City programme to provide a healthful, safe and sustainable food environment to people.

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Under this programme, the officials will also work on developing a clean street food hub by marking such eateries which are famous among locals and tourists. The district food safety officer and a designated officer of the programme, PC Joshi informed this while adding that traditional local delicacies and local organic fruits and vegetables will also be promoted under this programme. Joshi said that in the initial phase, the officials are working on connecting sweet shops, restaurants, hotels, street food vendors, meat shops and other eateries located in the smart city area with this programme to promote safe and healthy food in campuses like workplaces, schools, colleges and universities among others.

Subsequently, a group of 25 to 50 owners of eateries and some local vendors will be formed to make a clean street food hub and Fssai authorised training will be provided to these group members to run their business more effectively, stated Joshi.

Uttar Pradesh: Soon, waste segregation to be must for households

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With the Cabinet giving nod to theUttar Pradesh Solid Waste(Management, Operation and Sanitation) Rules, it will soon be compulsory for households to segregate waste at source and for to implement door-to-door waste collection.

The new rules also set penalty for violating the provisions of the Solid Waste Management Rules-2016, including littering in public areas, making pets defecate in public places and throwing construction waste on the roadside. All the waste will have to be segregated at source into three categories biodegradable,non-biodegradableand domestic.

It will have to be deposited in different bins as per their category. Waste like sanitary pads and diapers will have to be disposed of as per directions of the specific local body.

The state produces 14,468 tons of solid waste each day and the responsibility for collecting and managing it vests with urban local bodies.

Among the non-biodegradable waste, the local body will have to identify what isrecyclableand ensure that it is supplied to authorised recyclers. The biodegradable or wet waste should either be composted or treated through bio-methanation for production of fuel.

In areas where waste is different from what is specified for the three domestic categories is produced, like butcheries and meat shops, waste has to be stored in separate closed bins and should not be mixed with other waste.

In a major indigenous drive of import substitution, a team of SAIL Bokaro Steel Limited (BSL) & RDCIS, Ranchi, with the active support of marketing wing, succeeded in developing a special grade of galvanized sheets for robust and high life storage grain silos. These silos are used for storage of bulk grains for precluding weathering effects and wastages. Hitherto, the vendors of Food Corporation of India (FCI) imported this special steel from other countries. Recently, FCI under the aegis of PPP mode encouraged private participation for constructing automated large silos with capacities greater than 10,000 tonnes. This product shall fill up this niche demand of the country.

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This quantum jump in the quality of Silos owes to the challenge in meeting stringent specifications in terms of Yield strength (minimum 350 MPa) with a 16% elongation factor coupled with sufficient coating of 450 GSM & above. Also, the engineers designed this special steel with a unique chemical composition. During trials, optimizations of parameters were done successfully for increasing the cold reduction, annealing temperature and line speed during the coating process.

New Patna airport not being shifted to Chapra, says Bihar govt

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The Bihar government on Friday clarified that the upcoming new Patna airport will be constructed in Bihta and there is no plan to shift it to Chapra in Saran district.

Resources“>Water Resources Development Minister Sanjay Jha said that the has handed over the required 4,905 acre land to Airport Authority of India (AAI).

Besides Bihta, the Bihar government has also earmarked 50 acres for Purnea airport, 121 acres for the expansion of Raxaul airport and 75 acres for Muzaffarpur airport. It is also providing 78 acres for the expansion of Darbhanga airport, where the AAI will construct a new civil enclave terminal building, cargo, multi level parking and fire station.

National Animal of Chhattisgarh Close to Extinction

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The only female wild buffalo in the Sitanadi-Udanti Tiger Reserve Conservation Center in Chhattisgarh State has died.

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The state animals of Chhattisgarh are on the verge of extinction, and fewer than 20 individuals of this species remain in the state.

There is only one female and three males in the conservation center, and there are no female wild buffaloes in reserve now.

The reserve is additionally contiguous to the Khariar Forest Division of Odisha State and acts as a Buffer for Sunabeda Wildlife sanctuary.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that soon a food processing industry will be set up in Budhni. Simultaneously, cluster based medium enterprises will be started to give recognition to Budhni’s wooden toys at the national and international level.

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Chouhan said that he would make villages self-dependent by providing strong to self-help groups and through cluster based units. Chouhan said that the State Government‘s focus is on quality Education, Health and welfare of the poor as well as EMPLOYMENT. He said that even the children of the village can get excellent education from CM Rise Schools.

The Chief Minister said that apart from improving health Services and for the treatment of the poor, efforts are being made to provide benefits of schemes like Ayushman card to every needy person. Plan has been made to supply water through taps to every house, so that no Majra-Tola remains deprived. Chouhan said that efforts are being made to ensure Irrigation facility to be made available to 100 percent villages.

Chouhan appreciated the government staff including the citizens of Budhni for 100 percent vaccination. He made the citizens resolve that when their turn comes, they must get the second dose of the vaccine and help in stopping the possible third wave of Corona. Chouhan honored the citizens and government employees who played an important role in the vaccination work by giving them citations. On the challenges of the first and second wave of Corona, Chouhan said that everyone must wear masks and remain alert at all times.

Gujarat to host Defence Expo 2022

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The nextDefence Expowill be hosted byGujaratin 2022. This was announced by chief ministerVijay Rupaniin Kevadia after the Gujarat government signed an MoU to this effect with ministry of DEFENCE in presence of defence minister Rajnath Singh.

Rupani said that the 4-day expo will be held between March 10 and 13 in Gandhinagar next year. While the seminars will be held at Mahatma Mandir, the helipad exhibition centre will serve as the exhibition site for the expo.

This is for the first time the Gujarat BJP has organised a paperless meeting, wherein invitees have been given tablets with all the required information and links related to the event.

Average rainfall 9% less this year in Rajasthan as compared to 2020

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Even after the completion of almost six phases of the south west monsoon, almost 13 districts in the state are parched with deficit rainfall. Also, the Average rainfall of the state is still 8.8% less compared to what it was received till September 2, 2020. Jaipur Met office stated that till September 15 south west monsoon will bring widespread rainfall activity.

The figures of the monsoon on average rainfall in various parts of the state suggested that 13 districts in the state are still in the category of the deficit rainfall. District collectors in the affected districts have also been told to make a contingency plan for the drought or drought like situation.

Sriganganagar district has received a rainfall of 74 mm so far in this season which is very low while Baran received rainfall of 1074.90 mm which is highest in the state.