The Nagaland Police has made COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for all its personnel. The office of the State DGP today directed all unit commanders to ensure that all personnel under them are vaccinated.
It pointed out that vaccination is a time-tested method to manage pandemics. Humanity defeated many diseases like smallpox, measles, polio, etc., through vaccination.
It was built by King Narashimadeva I, the great ruler of the Ganges Dynasty.
This temple was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1984 and is famous for its outstanding architectural design and rich and abundant sculptures. This temple is a perfect blend of Kalinga architecture, tradition, exotic beaches and natural beauty. It is protected by the Indian National Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Relics (AMASR) Act (1958) and its regulations (1959). Konark is the 3rd link in the Golden Triangle of Odisha.
The first link is Jagannath Puri, and the second link is Bhubaneswar (the capital of Orissa). The temple was called the “Black Pagoda” because of its dark color and was used by ancient sailors as a nautical landmark in Orissa. Similarly, the Jagannath Temple in Puri is called the “White Pagoda”. It is still the main pilgrimage site for Hindus.
TheTamil NaduTemple Employees Association urged the to allow temples — which have the facilities to ensure adherence toCovid-19norms — to conduct festivals.
The government has banned temple events and religious congregations in view of a surge in Covid-19 cases.
Also, many temples in the state have special trusts formed for funding the rituals during the festivals.
Solar energyplants meet about 20 per cent ofKarnatakas dailypower requirementsas the overall share of renewables continues to climb. At 7,346 megawatts (MW), the state has the largest installed capacity of solarpowerin the country, and the biggest local plant is in Pavagada (Tumakuru).
According to data fromKarnataka PowerCorporation Limited, accounts for more than 50 per cent of the states installed capacity of green energy (13,544 MW). The government plans to expand it further by setting up a solar park in Firozabad, Kalaburagi. The park will have a capacity of 500 MW.
As of February 28, Karnataka had installed rooftop solar capacity of 100 MW. Gujarat had 943 MW and Maharashtra 694 MW.
With the rise in temperatures in , the power demand has reached record peak recently. TheTelangana power utilitiesreached 13,688 mega watts demand which is a record in the state.
According to officials, the power highest demand recorded was 13,168 MW in February, 2020. In the Greater Hyderabad limits, the power demand has touched 2,760 MW from 1,700 MW earlier. Interestingly, the discoms have been supplying 30 MW each to three data centres of Amazon without any interruption.
The Transco officials said apart from Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture season demand, power demand has gone up as the pumps of Kaleshwaram project lifting water. The officials said with more industries coming up in the state, the industrial power consumption is likely to go up in the coming up.
The Centre has agreed to convert around 10 major state highways inAndhra Pradeshintonational highways.
The Centre will spend close to Rs 8,000 crore for the upgrade. Further, majority of the proposed national highways would be converted into six lanes from the existing four and two lanes.
The Centre directed theNational Highways Authority of India(NHAI) to get the detailed project reports (DPRs) ready for taking up modernisation works. The Centre had already issued gazette notification by recognizing seven state highways as national highways and had given them new NH numbers.
The state cabinet approved the policy for providingsewerageconnection to all households across the state making it mandatory for all.
Existing households will have to pay Rs 5,000 for sewerage connection while for new construction, the amount is fixed at Rs 9,500. Besides, the households will have to pay 35% of water consumption bill as monthly sewerage charges for both existing and new connection.
The sewerage and development corporation of Goa Ltd (SIDCGL) is the nodal agency for providing sewerage facilities.
The existing and commissioned sewerage schemes include Panaji, Vasco, Margao, Fatorda and Navelim (part), Durbhat and Sakhali.
The ongoing sewerage scheme expecting commissioning include Margao, Navelim, Ponda, north coastal belt, Colva, Ponda and Porvorim.
As per the cabinet note, there is poor response for availing house sewerage connection by the public wherever connectivity is available. Accordingly, a draft notification is proposed for making the connections mandatory and the same is vetted by the law department.
During the year 2008-2010 as there was poor response for availing the connections, a one-time subsidised scheme for Fatorda and Margao was implemented by the government in 2010.
The cabinet note further said that since the government has spent huge capital cost in providing sewerage Network and providing connectivity, the same is required to be put for public use and it is proposed to be implemented with revised tariff all over Goa.
Pune-basedGennovaBiopharma, developing Indias first indigenous messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine against Covid-19, will receive government funding of Rs 100 crore, making it the first such large project to be funded under the `Mission Covid Suraksha. The company will receive up to Rs 100 crore under the Covid Suraksha scheme, upon successful completion of Phase 1 clinical studies.
The mRNA vaccine technology is synthetic in nature, and is being used for the first time ever to combat any disease. At present, globally two mRNA Vaccines of Pfizer and Moderna, have shown over 90% efficacy in preventing Covid-19 infection.
Dushyant said the Government has also received suggestions that the pay grade of JE in Government job should be reduced to `50,000.
The Government will consider it. Apart from this, there have been suggestions from many people that technical type posts in industries or private institutions in which special skill sets are used, should be excluded from this act.
The revenue collection in Punjab has gone up by Rs 10,382.08 crore during the 2020-2021 fiscal, in comparison to the corresponding period of the previous financial year, due to efficacious measures undertaken by the State Government.
An official of the Chief Ministers Office said during 2020-21, the total revenue collection was Rs 42,918.34 crore against Rs 32,536.26 crore collected during the 2019-20 fiscal, reflecting a hike of 31.91%.
The collection from VAT and CST amounted to Rs 6,113.54 crore during 2020-21, while the previous years figures stood at Rs 5,408.12 crore, showing an increase of Rs 705.42 crore (13.04%).
Similarly during the last fiscal, the excise collection rose by Rs 1,068.35 crore to Rs 6,091.21 crore, an increase of 21.27%, against Rs 5,022.86 crore collected during the corresponding period of 2019-20 fiscal.
The GST collection and compensation cess stood at Rs 30,713.59 crore in the last fiscal, against Rs 22,105.28 crore in 2019-20, showing a surge of Rs 8,608.31 crore (38.94 %).