09.03.22

In a first, Assam gets cargo from Patna via Bangladesh

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A new milestone was achieved in regional connectivity when Union minister for , shipping and waterwaysSarbananda Sonowaland chief ministerHimanta Biswa Sarmareceived MV Lal Bahadur Shastri, the cargo vessel carrying 200 metric tonnes of foodgrain from Patna, by traversing 2,350 km through the Indo-Bangladesh Protocol (IBP) route.
The vessel arrived in Pandu port carrying foodgrains for Fci.

The vessel passed through Bhagalpur, Manihari, Sahibganj, Farakka, Tribeni, Kolkata, Haldia, Hemnagar, IBP route through Khulna, Narayanganj, Sirajganj, Chilmari and then National Waterway-2 through Dhubri and Jogighopa. The journey of the vessel was flagged off by Sonowal from Patna docks, through Ganga, which culminated its month-ago journey in Brahmaputra.

Odisha Tops The List Of Mission Indradhanush

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Apart from the effective COVID-19 vaccination drive, Odisha has the highest total immunization coverage of 90 percent in the whole country.

According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-5, Odisha ranked first for full immunization coverage, with 90.5 percent coverage.

During a review meeting on the Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 4.0, which was launched across the state on March 7th, RK Sharma, Additional Chief Secretary, Health, mentioned this.

Odisha’s twenty districts had total immunization rates of over 90%, while the remaining ten districts had less than 90%.

Ganjam, Cuttack, Kendrapara, Jharsuguda, Koraput, Keonjhar, Malkangiri, Khurda, Sambalpur, Mayurbhanj, and Sundargarh were chosen for participation in the Intensified Mission Indradhanush based on the composite index assessment.

India’s Largest Floating Solar Power Project in TN

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India’s largest floating solar power plant has been inaugurated in Nadu by its Chief Minister, M K Stalin, at the cost of Rs.150.4 crores.

M K Stalin, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, has inaugurated India’s largest floating solar power plant, which cost Rs 150.4 crores to build.

The floating plant would offer clean energy at the Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Limited (SPIC) factory in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu.

Its goal is to deliver environmentally sustainable energy generation while lowering carbon emissions.

The floating power station can generate 42 million kilowatt-hours of electricity each year.

Greenam Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AM International, owns the solar power plant.

For the structures and designs, SPIC collaborated with Ceil & Terre, a global leader in floating solar power.

Kerala IT Corridors

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In the budget of Kerala that was presented by Finance Minister KN Balagopal, importance has been given to the IT sector of the state, with the focus being given to the futuristic 5G networks.Expeditious steps will be initiated by the Kerala government to bring the 5G system to the state and to move forward rapidly in the service sector.

development of the IT sector was another important announcement.

Along with the existing NH 66, four IT corridors will be made parallel to it as part of decentralizing the states IT sector. There will be four lanes in the corridors which will be Koratty-Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram Technopark phase-III-Kollam, Kozhikode-Kannur, and Ernakulam-Cherthala. For the extension of the IT corridor, an IT facility will be set up in Kollam which will cover an area of 5,00,000 square feet.

A new IT park will be constructed at Kannur. Satellite IT parks will be built on 15-25 acres of land obtained at premium prices through land acquisition on the proposed corridor with convenient access from Kozhikode, Ernakulam, and Technopark Phase III through NH 66. In addition, the acquired land would be used to build 20 small parks ranging in size from 50,000 to 2 lakh square feet.

Women@WorkProgram Launched By Karnataka Government

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The government of Karnataka has launched the ‘Women@Work’ program to provide five lakh jobs within 2026 to women with necessary employable skills.

The government of Karnataka has launched the ‘Women@Work’ program to provide five lakh jobs within 2026 to women with necessary employable skills.

The program aims to specialize in the efforts of corporate programs on attracting women workforce.It’s been developed by Karnataka Digital economy Mission (KDEM) in association with KTECH, Karnataka Skill development Corporation.

It will act as an enabler for women to actively participate and join the workforce through upskilling.

All efforts are being made to provide 5,000 jobs for women as a part of the Karnataka Digital Economy Mission and added that the govt is keen to actualize this mission in the coming days.

The program launched on Women’s Day aims to focus on the efforts of corporate programs on attracting women workforce and has been developed by Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM) in association with KTECH, Karnataka Skill Development Corporation.

The program will enable women to join the workforce actively through industry upskilling and reskilling programs, mentorship, and institutional and organizational networking.

Over 3 lakh cases settled in National Lok Adalat in Telangana

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A total 3,02,768 cases were resolved through the National Lok Adalat conducted across all the courts in on Saturday.

Of the total tally, 19,761 cases were of pre-litigation and the remaining 2,83,007 were pending court cases in various categories, the Telangana State Legal Services Authority said in a statement.

The settlement saw an amount of 116.33 crore as compensation awarded to beneficiaries.

According to Rachakonda Police commissionerate, 55,772 cases in its limits were compounded in the mega event.

Andhra Pradesh tenant farmers in dire situation: Study

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The situation of tenant farmers in Andhra Pradesh is in a dire situation with only 9.6 per cent receiving Crop Cultivating Rights Cards and only three per cent landless tenant farmers getting Rythu Bharosa scheme, said a study conducted by Rythu Swarajya Vedika, which released a report at a round table meeting in Vijayawada on Monday. About 20 tenant farmers from various districts participated in the meeting. Members Kirankumar Vissa, C. Bhanuja and Gadi Balu were present.

The report revealed that 24 lakh tenant farmers existed in the State while the Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture department put the figure at 16 lakh.

The report focused on the state-level analysis of the implementation of the Crop Cultivator Rights Act, 2019, and the inclusion of tenant farmers in government schemes including Rythu Bharosa, interest-free crop loans, disaster compensation and crop procurement.

Goa to ask central board to delist 5 river stretches from polluted list

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Goa will ask Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to delist five of the states river stretches from the polluted list, after these stretches were found to be now complying with the Boards prescribed standard.

CPCB had earlier classified all of Goas 11 major rivers as polluted. Taking note of this, the(NGT) had asked the Goa government to formulate a river rejuvenation plan.

The Goa government had accordingly formed a river rejuvenation committee, who drew the required plan and its implementation is in progress.

The river rejuvenation committee, therefore, proposed that CPCB should be requested to delist the rivers of Chapora, Assonora, Valvonti, Khandepar and Talpona from the polluted river list.
The State Government had submitted a Rs 15 crore performance guarantee to the NGT over implementation of the action plan.

The rejuvenation plans objective is to restore the water in the polluted rivers to bathing standards.

Based on data collected by CPCB, the Goan rivers were declared to be polluted due to low biochemical Oxygen demand (BOD). BOD measures the amount of oxygen needed to decompose organic material in a unit volume of water.

Since BOD levels vary widely in river stretches, the BOD is prioritised across five categories based on BOD concentration.

The highest priority refers to all locations which exceed BOD concentration of 30 mg/l (30 milligrams per litre) and this level is now considered similar to discharge of sewerage.

Not enough recycle plants to divert water to Marathwada

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MaharashtraministerJayant Patil informed the state Legislative Council that the BMC had not undertaken enough water recycling projects because of which 4 TMC water could not be diverted to the drought-proneMarathwadaregion.

There are not enough recycling Plants set up by the in Mumbai due to which 4 TMC water from Vaitarna dam cannot be diverted to Marathwada. Once such plants are operational, some water can be sent to Marathwada.

Haryana: Sushma Swaraj Award

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Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar of Haryana while presenting the state budget has announced a Sushma Swaraj Award for Women for their significant achievements or contribution in different walks of life in the international and national spheres.

The Sushma Swaraj Award will carry an award of Rs 5 lakh along with a commendation.

Sushma Swaraj was a lawyer of The Supreme Court as well as an Indian politician. She was a senior member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, served as Indias Minister of External Affairs during the first Narendra Modi government (20142019). After Indira Gandhi, she was the second woman to occupy this position. She was elected seven times as a Member of Parliament and three times as a Member of Legislative Assembly.