08.11.22

Meghalaya: Wangala100 drums Festival

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The 46thedition of the Wangala Festival commenced on November 10 this year.

Wangala Festival is a popular festival of the Garo community in Meghalaya. It is also known as a 100 drums festival. It is a harvest festival that honors the Garo tribes main deity, Saljong the Sun god of fertility. The celebrations of this festival mark the start of the winter season and the end of the period of toil, which brings profitable outputs.

Presently, this festival is seen as a means to preserve and promote the cultural identity of the Garo tribe in Meghalaya. It provides the opportunity for Garos to showcase their culture and traditions. During the 2022 celebrations, tourists from France, Gujarat, Bengaluru, Kerala, Assam, , and other places witnessed this festival.

International writers’ meet in Guwahati from November 11Some of the prominent authors from Europe and Asia will assemble in Guwahati for a three-day literary meet Byatikram International Writers Meet 2022.

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Some of the prominent names to be present during the meet are Bengt Berg of Sweden, Vadim Terekhin of Russia, Francisco Munoz Soler, Yolanda Castano and Miguel Rodriguez Monteavaro of Spain, Raja Ahmad Aminullah and Nor Hafizah Binti Ahmad Nasarudin of Malaysia, Md Aminur Rahman from Bangladesh, Reshma Ramesh, Sankha Subhra Devbarman and Shyamasree Dasgupta from India.

Followed by a seminar on the theme titled “Connecting Art & Literature – Various Aspects” and cultural programme in which various artists will perform showcasing the rich culture and heritage of Assam.

A dedicated gallery – “Cuttackin Katak” – to showcase the evolution and brotherhood of the city will be set up at the historicBaliyatra, scheduled from November 8 on the banks of the Mahanadi.

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The gallery will showcase the rich HISTORY of the city while replica of religious institutions and theOrissahigh court will be depicted in the gallery. The gallery will come up on one acre of land.

There will be ample greenery and trees will be decorated along the bank river. Variety of food items will tickle the taste buds of visitors. “This will be a first-of-its kind gallery where visitors can witness the brotherhood of Cuttack,” district collector Bhawani Shankar Chayani said.

Stalin urges EFSI to join hands with labour welfare board in aiding growth

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Chief minister M KStalin urged the century-old Employers’ Federation of Southern India (EFSI) to join hands with the NaduLabour Welfare Boardto enlarge the welfare of workers as the state is attracting lot of investments as it gears up to achieve its target to become a $1 trillion economy by 2030.
The new investments are coming not just from rest of India, but overseas investors too are showing greater interest to make industrial investments in Tamil Nadu.

Enlarging the participation of EFSI is the need of the hour for the cordial Environment required for the state’s industrial development.

Pointing out that several new industries have been set up in the past 15 months, the chief minister said, investors from different states and various countries are visiting the state to establish their industries in Tamil Nadu. The state is in the forefront in attracting new investments, he said.

Kerala Technology Transfer Scheme

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Technology Transfer Scheme will be implemented via the Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM).

It will reimburse the expense incurred by the new startup ventures while procuring technology licenses from the government research institutes in India to commercialize and scale their products.

Under this scheme, a maximum of Rs.10 lakh will be reimbursed to startups purchasing or sourcing technologies the government research institutes and working on them to develop products that can be commercialized.

The will reimburse 90 per cent of the technology fee paid by the startups to the research institutions that are providing technology licenses.

The ultimate goal of the scheme is to encourage startups to innovate their ideas by minimising the cost involved.

Karnataka Research Development and Innovation Policy

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The Karnataka Research Development and Innovation Policy was released during the inaugural session of the Bengaluru Tech Summit (BTS 22).

The Karnataka Research Development and Innovation Policy aims ensure cooperation between and science as well as innovative startups.

It seeks to ease collaboration between the skilled workforce, grassroots innovators, researching enterprises, and university-based cutting-edge research institutes.

The policy proposes the setting up of the Karnataka State Research Foundation to devise and implement the strategies for the implementation of the policys objectives.

It directs the government entities to earmark budget for research and innovation activities.

The policy proposes the launch of the Karnataka Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship (K-TIE) an incubation programme that will strengthen the entrepreneurship ecosystem outside Bengaluru. This programme will provide incentives to establish companies outside the capital city.

Claiming that there was no surplus water available for diversion ofGodavariwater from Inchampalli project in Karimnagar toCauveryas part of linking of Godavari and Cauvery rivers, theTelanganagovernment said the proposal could be considered only after the completion of the project or at least active construction of Mahanadi-Godavari link of interlinking project in due course.

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While opposing the linking, the said there were two or three issues involved in the inter-linking as the issue of submergence of areas in neighbouring states is involved.

In a letter, Telangana Irrigation engineer-in-chief (irrigation) C Muralidhar told chief engineer of NWDA said that there were some contentious issues on interlinking of rivers.

Contempt cases in HC rise by 350% since 2019

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cases in theAndhra Pradeshhigh court have increased by 350 per cent between 2019 and 2022. In 2019, there were only 1,175 cases. In 2022, that number went up to 5,324 (as on November 18). In most of the cases, State Government is the respondent which failed to comply with the HC orders.
The primary reason appears to be non-payment of bills to contractors and firms who executed works in various government departments. Increase in contempt cases indicates two-fold problem–increasing litigation and pendency.

The litigants are also approaching HC instead of going to lower courts with execution petitions to fast track litigation. This is the reason why there is an increasing number of contempt cases but very few end up in convictions. If the number of convictions is also increasing on the same rate as that of cases being filed, then it is an alarming situation, he observed.

Global Expo India aims to promote exports from Goa

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The three-dayGlobal Expo Indiaconference began with with representatives from across the country coming together to discuss ways to promote exports, foreign direct Investment and the potential for manufacturing units in Goa.

The event, which was supposed to be attended by finance ministerNirmala Sitharaman, also saw the launch of the Goa chapter of the Global Expo. Global Expo India is affiliated with theIndia Trade Promotion Organisation, a unit of the Centre’s commerce department.

Global Expo India claims to focus on export development through events and conferences, and the Goa chapter has been started in order to promote exports from Goa.

Haryana CM launches scheme to expand Ayushman Bharat benefits to 28 lakh families

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Haryana Government on Monday launched the CHIRAYU Haryana (Comprehensive Health Insurance of Antyodaya Units) scheme to expand the Ayushman Bharat benefits to around 29 lakh beneficiaries having in annual income limit of Rs.1.80 lakh.

The scheme was launched during a state-level programme held at Manesar, Gurugram and after the launch, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar distributed golden cards to 12 beneficiaries. With the launch of this scheme, eligible families will now not run from pillar to post for making financial arrangements to get better treatment facilities.

The CM said the data of the beneficiaries has been shared with the National Health Authority so that it can be linked to the AB-PMJYA portal and PPP ID. Integrated data is being shared with all districts to identify eligible beneficiaries, and registering them so that the work of generating their cards in mission mode. He said that the present has increased the BPL annual income limit from Rs. 1.20 lakh to Rs 1.80 lakh. Golden cards are being made for these families. He said that camps would also be organized at the district and block level for beneficiary identification and the work of making the golden cards to cover all the beneficiaries of Antyodaya families will be done on mission mode. It is expected that everyone will get these cards by December, 31.

He said that emphasis has also been given to promoting 5S Shiksha, Swasthaya, Suraksha, Swabhiman and Swavlambhan to ensure the holistic development of Haryana. Haryana is at the forefront of the country among the big states, it is being ensured that the people of the state get the benefit of the basic facilities and this is the reason PPP is implemented. A film prepared by the Information, Public Relations and Languages Department was also screened on the occasion.