03.12.22

NE green meet concludes in Meghalaya

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A group of students from carbon-negative Bhutan has this message for the world – do much more to ensure increased participation of youngsters in the fight against https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change.

This group of 12 boys and girls from Orong Central School inBhutan’s Samdrup Jongkhardistrict was here for the just-concluded Northeast Green Summit.
A few suggested holding of climate change-related competitions and events in schools and colleges will encourage more young people to eventually work in the climate action space. “You don’t have to be a PM or politician or government official to protect the Environment.

AssamCM Himanta BiswaSarmasaid the state andMeghalayahave an agrement to maintain status quo on the border till the disputes are resolved and cautioned the neighbouring government that any of its action violating the constitutional boundary of Assam will not have legal validity.

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Sarmas statement has come after Meghalaya cabinet on Tuesday approved setting up of seven Police outposts inWest Khasi Hills, West Jaintia Hills,Ri Bhoiand East Jaintia Hills districts along the inter-state boundary with Assam.

Assam and Meghalaya have a constitutional boundary and maps are available to both state governments. I am sure Meghalaya government will not do anything within the constitutional boundary of the state of Assam.

Submit project proposals to avail JICA loans

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The Odisha Government has shown interest in taking Japanese loans for its developmental projects as Japan is showing its inclination for development of the State. The Government of India is also eager to participate in the proposals for Japanese assistance.

Accordingly, the has asked all the departments to submit project proposals for Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan from the Government of Japan.

At least 50 per cent of this target i.e. JPY 2.5 trillion is expected to come as ODA in the next five years. Therefore, the role of JICA would be crucial with regard to public Investment and financing from Japan.

Getting affiliation to become hassle-free for Tamil Nadu private schools

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More than 15,000 private schools will have hassle-free and fast approval for starting a new school, getting extension of affiliation, and permission to start additional sections and new courses as the school Education department has launched a new portal for providing these Services.

Private schools ask for recognition up to 10 years for schools which have been functioning for more than two decades, with annual renewal of sanitary, building stability and fire safety certificates.

Some 2,500 private schools which do not have the approval of the Directorate of Town and Country planning (DTCP) or local planning authority (LPA) for buildings are getting extension of approval every year.

Despite being educated unemployment rate among Kerala youth huge: Shashi Tharoor

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Unemployment rate among the youth in Kerala is huge and there is a need to make the state more attractive for its younger generation to prevent them from going outside for jobs, Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor said.

Mannam Jayanthi is held to celebrate the birth anniversary of NSS founder and social reformer Mannath Padmanabhan.

He said only Jammu and Kashmir was in such a situation, but that was due to militancy problems there.

Tharoor said 3.5 lakh professional and technical job-seekers, including 9,000 medical graduates, were registered as job-seekers in the southern state’s EMPLOYMENT exchange.

Of the 3.5 lakh job-seekers, around 71 per cent have ITI certificates, he added.

Karnataka is third in LSD cattle deaths

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Karnataka has recorded the third highest number of cattle deaths caused by lumpy skin disease (LSD) in the country afterRajasthanand Maharashtra, with largely unaffected southern regions like Bengaluru and Mysuru reporting more cases by the day.

The Karnataka toll stands at 21,908, behind Maharashtra (28,227) and Rajasthan (75,820). Punjab has counted 17,932 cattle deaths so far.

Experts claimed that vaccination and awareness programmes have helped control the spread of the disease in northern Karnataka, but the south seems to be the new nerve centre, which has farmers worried.

Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a highly contagious viral disease of cattle and buffalo. Infection typically includes symptoms like fever, 2-5cm-sized skin nodules, abortion in pregnant animals, depression and reduction in milk yield. The disease can result in animal welfare issues and significant production losses.

It is spread by movement of affected animals, by insects or parasites such as flies, mosquitoes and ticks, by contaminated equipment and directly from animal to animal in some cases.

At 20%, Telangana rural vegetable inflation boiling over, says expert

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Rising has forced a relook into Micro Economics of states, particularly Telangana that clocked the highest rural inflation. Radhika Pandey, consultant economist with National Institute of PUBLIC FINANCE and Policy (Delhi), says though the current economic scenario is not alarming, inflation rates in states differ due to varied reasons.

For stability, a bandwidth of a 2-6% inflation rate is good. This, however, varies with time for many reasons. Indias inflation rate is influenced by fuel prices. Inflation is understood as a consistent spurt in prices and the poor cannot afford a price rise, so its critical to keep inflation levels within the desired ban dwidth. Going by GST collections and GDP figures, India is relatively safe. Also, we are not an export-driven economy and inflation rates were brought down between February and March.

As per data, Telanganas vegetable inflation in rural areas between April and October is very high, hovering around 20%. In the same p eriod, the corresponding figure (rural vegetable inflation) for the country was just 6%. Agriculturists say price benefits not being passed on to consumers or cultivation not meeting demand.

Skill centres in all constituencies

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Advisor to government (skill training and job fair)G Sridhar Reddysaid the government is providing EMPLOYMENT opportunities even in private sector by setting up skill centres in all 175 assembly constituencies. The started 66 Skill development colleges, including three inVisakhapatnam. He distributed the appointment letters of various multinational companies and course completion certificates to the youth who completed the training in Skill Hub Centres

Climate-smart agriculture can help meet rising food demands’ in Goa

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and Climate-change”>Climate Change are posing a threat to crops and there is an urgent need to make a shift to ‘Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture“>Climate-Smart Agriculture‘ to meet the increasing demand for food, said Balasaheb Sawant, vice chancellor of Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli while speaking as the chief guest at the two-day national level conference on agriculture and climate change.

Horticulturists in the Konkan are facing losses to the yield of Alphonso mango crop and other crops due to changing weathers.We have to develop climate vigilant varieties of mango.Not only yield but nutritional value of the crops will be affected badly due to the projected changes of climate and global warming.By making judicious use of Science and Technology wherever possible, we have to maintain the equilibrium of demand and supply.

Maharashtra govt nod to hire ‘professors of practice’

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colleges could have ‘professors of practice’ from the next academic session, with Maharashtra set to become one of the first states to adopt University Grants Commission guidelines on introducing the novel faculty position.

Of the 28 government colleges in the state, only eight have the post of ‘professors’-54 posts in all. Since the UGC norms recommend only 10% of the sanctioned posts to be filled by ‘professors of practice’, the state is planning to fill up five such posts. Apart from two in Mumbai, one post each will be filled in government colleges in Aurangabad, Nagpur and Amravati.

An official said the plan was to fill these posts for the 2023-24 academic session. He added that colleges were expected to advertise for the posts and fill them up at the earliest.