07.09.21

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday said that the State Government will consider setting up of Haryana International Education Department.

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The Chief Minister while inaugurating the ‘International Haryana Education Society‘ at Haryana Bhawan, New Delhi said that the will fulfil the dream of the youth of the state to study abroad and get a job. For this, Foreign Cooperation Department has been set up and Haryana is the first state in the country to do so, he said.

Khattar said that the present government is first to take the initiative of giving passports with BA-MA degrees to students in the state. So far, passports of 3,000 youths have been made, he added.

The Chief Minister asked the youth of the state to learn foreign languages. While citing his example he shared that he has also taken admission in a Japanese language Learning course.

He elaborated that cultural exchange with foreign countries is a good medium to develop a better understanding of other countries.

Punjab Agricultural University gets Indian patent on fermentation process

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ThePunjab Agricultural University(PAU), Ludhiana, has been granted an Indian patent on Fermentation Process for Enhanced Glucose Productionfrom Sweet Sorghum Bagasse Using Acidothermophilic Fungal Cellulases by theIndian Patent Office, New Delhi. The patent has been granted for 20 years in accordance with the provisions of the Patents Act.

This is the 15th Indian patent granted to PAU and second to principal microbiologist G S Kocher. The team also included his doctorate student Ritika from the department of Microbiology and H S Oberoi, scientist, Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering Technology(CIPHET), Ludhiana.

Baira Siul Power Station – NHPC

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The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Co., Ltd. carried out a indigenously renovation & modernization of its 180 MW Baira Siul power station and began commercial operations.

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The project is in Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba district. The Baira Siul Power Station is the first power station of NHPC. It has been put into commercial operation since April 1, 1982, and has a 35-year service life. For another 25 years, the existence of Baira Siul Power Station has now been extended.

The Union Minister of State for Tourism and Defence, Ajay Bhatt said that the Tourism ministry will provide any required assistance to Uttarakhand for facilitating tourism in the inner line areas. He said that a proposal for this should be sent to him. The minister said this while visiting the Institute of Hotel Management (IHM) along with the States Tourism minister Satpal Maharaaz here on Sunday.

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Speaking on the occasion, Bhatt emphasised on the need for finding destinations of tourist interest and developing such locations across the state. He said that this is important for developing the economy of the state. Inner line areas where the tourists are considerably interested due to historical aspects should also be identified. He said that proposals should be sent to him for any assistance required from the ministry in this regard.

Expressing his views, Maharaaz stressed on the development or religious tourism along with various different circuits like Mahabharat, Ramayana and Vivekanand circuits. Both the ministers also spoke of developing the Kainchi Dham temple in Nainital district, stating that it has elicited global interest and been a popular destination for visitors. Bhatt and Maharaaz also spoke of developing border area tourism to raise the living standards of the local inhabitants. The ministers also agreed to pursue the matter of giving the status of Central IHM to the State IHM in Dehradun. Stress was laid upon the importance of swift development of road, rail and water transport in the state.

Ostensibly due to measures initiated by the Uttar Pradesh government to boost the industrial sector and to push the Make in India initiative during the last four-and-a-half years, there has been an unprecedented rise in exports from the state in the current financial year.

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According to latest data released by the Union Government on exports from various states, UP exported goods worth Rs 21,500.85 crore in April and May this year, up 152.67 per cent as compared to last year. During the corresponding period last year, goods worth Rs 8,511.34 crore were exported from Uttar Pradesh. Even during the pandemic, leather, textile and products were exported and there was huge demand for a wide range of products from the state in the overseas market.

To further promote exports, the State Government has decided to set up Overseas Trade Promotion and Facilitation Centres in all 75 districts of the state. The MSME department plans to set up a centralised facilitation centre for better coordination among these centres which will increase the worth of exports by at least Rs 400 crore and also provide EMPLOYMENT to about 4,000 people.

Uttar Pradesh ranks sixth among the major exporting states of India and the state ranks after Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. The state is ahead of several states, including among others Kerala, Karnataka, West Bengal, Orissa, Telangana, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.

This year too, a lot of goods like carpets, rugs, textile fabric, oven fabric, man-made staple fabric, footwear, glassware, iron, steel, aluminum, rice, sugar, milk, flour, plastic products, silk, artificial flowers have been exported to different parts of the world. Nepal, Bangladesh and countries of South East Asia imported a large number of ODOP products from UP during the pandemic.

In fact, footwear and toy exports shot up from Rs 147.04 crore and Rs 26.19 crore in April-May last year to Rs 742.47 crore and Rs 120.83 crore respectively in 2021. Similarly, glassware exports increased from Rs 39.99 crore during the same period last year to Rs 310.77 crore this year. Furthermore, carpets and textile fabrics worth Rs 744.15 crore were exported this year as against Rs 247.63 crore the previous year. Similarly, the export of leather products also saw a steep upswing from Rs 79.21 crore last year to Rs 493.80 crore in 2021.

State Finance Minister Rameshwar Oraon presented the first supplementary budget of the on-going financial year in the tune of Rs 4,684.93 crore on the second day of the monsoon session of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. The Finance Minister introduced it amid huge uproar. At the same time, after its presentation, the proceedings of the Assembly were adjourned till 2 pm.

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The proceedings of the Assembly were adjourned for the second time in a row. As soon as the proceedings began, an for the members was presented on behalf of the Speaker, Rabindra Nath Mahto. In this, a discussion was demanded on the amendment in the recruitment policy on behalf of the BJP leaders, while the CPI ML MLA Vinod Singh demanded a discussion on large scale vacancies in the various departments.

The Speaker amidst uproar by Opposition members rejected the work Adjournment Motion alonting second half of proceedings for discussion. The BJP furious over this once again started creating ruckus entering the well of the House, later the Speaker adjourned the House.

As per the supplementary budget placed in the House, department wise the maximum allotment has been made to Home, Jail and Disaster Management department. The department has been allotted Rs 33,732.39 lakh, followed by the rural development department receiving Rs 28,434.65 lakh.

The department of drinking water and sanitation department has received Rs 17,216.00 lakh, department of Women child development and social security department getting Rs 17,331.78 lakh. The Panchayati Raj department has received Rs 4,609.20 lakh.

The department of scheduled tribe, Scheduled Caste, minority and backward class welfare department has received Rs 4,604.59 lakh.

No need of too much debates on issues like price rise in this difficult phase of Covid-19, says Nitish Kumar

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BiharCMNitishKumar said since the country is passing through difficult times due to the prolonged covid-19 pandemic, the prices of certain commodities would increase and different types of hurdles might come up, but there should not be unnecessary and too much debates on issues like price rise and increase in the rate of Unemployment.

On being asked whether he would suggest the Centre to take a step to provide certain relief to the common people in the wake of recent increase in the rate of unemployment and frequent rise in the prices of petroleum products, Nitish said the country has been facing Covid-19 pandemic for the last one and a half years. There have been hurdles on several things after the start of the pandemic. Naturally, it has put adverse effect on the countrys economic situation.

All Collectors in Chhattisgarh have been told to identify one Hindi medium school and submit proposals for upgrading it as a school of excellence.

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A Communication to this effect has been sent out by the Principal Secretary (Education), Dr Alok Shukla, an official statement said on Monday.

This follows Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel’s announcement regarding upgradation of one Hindi medium school in each district.

The District Collectors were told that the outer appearance of heritage schools must not be changed and modification should be done only for advanced labs and libraries.

Centre approves Indores local area re-development plan

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The local area plan (LAP) ofIndorehas been selected by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for implementation under town planning schemes (TPS) for selected AMRUT cities, said Indore (IMC).

IMC officials said that Indore is the only city selected for the scheme in Madhya Pradesh. Indore is probably the only city till date, whose draft Local Area Plan (LAP) has been approved by the ministry under the scheme. The ministry is also going to showcase LAP project of Indore in ‘Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav’ to be held at Lucknow in monthend, said IMC commissioner Pratibha Pal.

Detailing about the local area plan, she said that the main objective of local area planning is to guide and facilitate redevelopment of already developed areas of the city in a systematic and organized manner. And it may also be considered as the tool to implement the development plan of the city. LAP has been prepared from urban planning and development point of view, and it has been guided by Indore Development Plan 2021 prepared under the provisions of Madhya Pradesh Town and Country Planning Act 1973, she said.

Gujarat, three northeast states more vulnerable to dengue occurrences: ICMR

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In India,Gujaratand three northeastern states are at the greatest risk of high repeat incidence of dengue. This observation is derived from a mammoth survey that began in January 2014, in which 2.11 lakhdenguecases across India were analyzed by the Indian Council of Medical Research (Icmr)-National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai.

By early 2018, the institution had collected details of IgM antibodies or NS1 antigen against thedengue virusfrom 51 Viral Research and Diagnostic Laboratories (VRDLs) spread across India.

ICMR-NIE epidemiologists found that across almost 85% of Gujarats area, the dengue incidence rate was between 29 and 54 cases for the same geographical location between January 2014 and early January 2018. The scientists had used the Kriging technique to draw a heat map for the country, clearly marking out the areas with a high dengue incidence rate.