12.04.21

MoU inked for Manipur film archive

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TheManipurState Film Development Society (MSFDS), a undertaking, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mumbais Film Heritage Foundation (FHF) for setting up afilm archiveofManipuricinema inImphal.

Partnering with FHF, a day after the year-long golden jubilee celebration of Manipur cinema kicked off, MSFDS will be setting up the film archive to save the cinematic heritage of Manipur, said MSFDS secretary Sunzu Bachaspatimayum, who signed the MoU with FHFs founder-directorShivendra Singh Dungarpurat the societys complex.

FHF being a non-profit organization, dedicated to supporting conservation, preservation, and restoration of film heritage in India, will provide technical and intellectual consultancy and support to MSFDS in starting the archive. Special attention will be paid to restoration, preservation and digitization of the cinematic heritage of Manipur.

The Indian Rhinoceros Vision 2020 (IRV2020) program has ended, and two rhinos have recently migrated to Manas National Park in Assam. This is the eighth rhino translocation under IRV2020. Under IRV2020, the last stop from wild to wild, a total of 22 rhinos migrated from Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary (12) and Kaziranga National Park (10) to Manas National Park.

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The (IRV 2020) was launched in 2005. IRV2020 is an initiative jointly initiated by the Ministry of Forests, the government of Assam, WWF India, the International Rhino Foundation and several other organizations.

The goal of IRV2020 is to increase the number of rhinos in Assam to 3,000 by establishing populations in new areas.

Now rhinos have been found in four Protected Areas in Assam: Pabitola Wildlife Sanctuary, Rajiv Gandhi Oran National Park, Kaziranga National Park and Manas National Park.

Only the great one – horned rhinos are found in India. They are also known as the Indian rhinoceros, it is the largest rhino species. It is identified by a black horn and grey-brown leather with skin folds. Five Rhino Mountains countries (India, Bhutan, Nepal, Indonesia and Malaysia) have signed a declaration “New Delhi Declaration for the Protection of Asian Rhino, 2019”.

Odisha to set up water academy in capital

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Thestate governmenthas decided to set up a Centre of Excellence OdishaWater Academyin Bhubaneswar, which will function as a world-class training and capacity building institution in the field ofwaterand wastewater service provision.

Officials said the primary objective of the institution will be to enhance the quality and service levels in the water and wastewater management sector for customer satisfaction and for better Health and Environment outcomes.

The academy will be beneficial to the personnel working under the Water Corporation of Odisha, Public Health Engineering Organisation, sewerage board and other related organisations.

T.N. sets record in job guarantee scheme

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Nadu, one of the States hit hard by COVID-19, has created a record in the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural EMPLOYMENT Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in the just-concluded financial year (2020-21).

After four years, the number of person days generated in the State crossed the 30-crore-mark. It stood at 33.4 crore person days. For 2020-21, the Centre had fixed a target of 27 crore person days for the State. Later, it revised the target to 32 crore person days. This is a record for the State as the number of days of employment remained at 100 last year, points out an official of the State Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department.

When the generation of person days exceeded the 30-crore-mark last time, around 39.6 crore in 2016-17, the number of days of employment was increased to 150.

Bamboo rice comes to the rescue of tribals by opening up a new income source amid pandemic

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The gregarious flowering ofbambooin theWayanad Wildlife Sanctuary(WWS) after almost a decade has opened up an unexpected Source Of Income to tribespeople providing them succour during the pandemic.

With bamboo groves in hundreds of acres of the 344 sq. km. sanctuary blooming over the last three months, tribespeople have been busy collecting and selling tonnes of bamboorice.

The gregarious flowering of bamboo is a phenomenon in which bamboo Plants in an entire area blooms simultaneously. Bamboo rice is the seed of the dying bamboo at the end of its life span spanning from around 40-60 years. Though bamboo rice has been traditionally used by tribespeople, it has, in recent years, found many takers outside the forests for its perceived Health benefits.

Karnataka: Yadgir Pharma Park to get seven more projects

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The has allotted land for seven projects of pharmaceutical companies that are investing Rs 123 crore atKadechur villagein Yadgir district. These units are expected to create 633 jobs for youths. These proposals are expected to get clearance from the single window clearance committe (SWCC) chaired by large and medium industries minister Jagadish Shettar by the end of April.

he proposedpharma parkhas also evoked interest among pharmaceutical companies of Hyderabad, Mumbai and other cities.

Telangana: Google removes 290 loan apps

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Upon a request fromTelanganapolice, Google has removed as many as 290 loan shark apps from its Play Store that are playing havoc with the lives of innocent borrowers.

These rogue apps, hosted on US-based Amazon Cloud and China-based Ali Cloud, are linked with Chinese companies and are operating in association with certain non-Banking firms in India.

Two non-banking financial companies (NBFC) located in Bangalore, Mad Network technologies and Fin express financial Services, were found to be assisting the Chinese rogue loan companies.

Cybercrime convictions continue to remain low in Andhra Pradesh

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Even ascybercrime casescontinue to rise inAndhra Pradesh,conviction ratecontinues to be low. Theconvictionrate incybercrimecases has gone through ups and downs in the state. It stood at 5.4% in both 2017 and 2019 but had gone up to 19.2% in 2019. As many as 1,983 cybercrime cases were reported in the state in 2020, a majority of them from Vizag andVijayawadacities.

In 2018, a total of 802 cybercrime cases went to trial, including cases from previous years. In 2019, 56 cases went to trial of which only three ended in conviction.

1,2001,300 cybercrimes are reported in Andhra Pradesh every year, but charge-sheet is filed in only 3040% cases while remaining cases remain under investigation.

No grounds for relief if no proof of structure in CRZ before 1991: National Green Tribunal

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After the district-level committee for North Goa found a hotelstructureto have been constructed illegally in Ashvem, Mandrem, the owners appealed before the (NGT) stating that the order to stop commercial activities at the structure was pronounced before they could present arguments. TheNGT, however, said that even if time was allotted the owners had no arguments to make to show that the structure was legal.

The GCZMA, on receiving a complaint of illegal construction of the hotel, sought comments from the district level committee (DLC). The DLC found that the structures were illegal.

Maha 1st state to administer over 10mn doses

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Days since the Centre-state feud over vaccine shortage broke out, more than 1,000 centres across the state have been shut and there has been a drop of 73% in the number of doses administered.

However, amid the war of words, Maharashtra has become the first state to administer more than 10 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine. It has administered 10,038,421 doses till Sunday morning, highest in the country so far.

Maharashtra is aiming to administer 6 lakh doses per day and has been demanding 40 lakh doses per week from the Centre.