12.05.21

Will promote MSMEs, says Haryana Deputy Dushyant Chautala

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Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala presided over the meeting with officials concerned where he informed that the states MSMEs would also participate in the manufacturing of three-star submersible electric motors to be installed on tubewells in Haryana.

The Deputy Chief Minister, who also holds the charge of the Department of Industries and Commerce, said the was promoting MSMEs in the state so that more people could get EMPLOYMENT. He said industries which met the standards of the bureau of Energy Efficiency in the field of manufacturing three-star submersible electric motors, should be given opportunity to enter the market. He said the state government wanted farmers to get quality three-star submersible electric motors at a reasonable price so that the electricity expenditure and maintenance cost was reduced which would ultimately enhance their annual Savings.

4.27 lakh vaccinated in 18-44 age group in Punjab

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ThePunjabgovernment vaccinated 16,932 persons in the age group of 18-44 years, taking the total number of vaccinated people in this group to 4,27,329.

All of them have been administered Covishieldvaccine. The entire target was met by the for this group without wasting any dose.

The state nodal officer for vaccination Vikas Garg said that priority groups in the age group of 18-44 years were formed by the state government and these were vaccinated vigorously. He said the state government had received a total of 4.29 lakh doses for this age group.

Giving details of vaccination recipients, the state nodal officer said that 3,328 people with co-morbidities, 3,326 registered construction workers and their families, 7,463 unregistered construction workers and their families, 2,485 members of Health workers families and 330 jail inmates have been vaccinated.

College signs MoU with Texas varsity

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SP Guleria, principal of Jawahar Lal Nehru Government Engineering College, Sundernagar, said they had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Texas, Arlington.

The University of Texas had agreed to help Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College, Sundernagar, in research and development, joint consultancies, curriculum design, laboratory modernization, training of students and faculty on the University of Texas campus.

The States Tourism minister Satpal Maharaaz expressed grief over the incidents of cloudburst in parts of Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag, Chamoli and Nainital districts this month. He said that given the events like cloudburst, it appears that the said Doppler radars in Uttarakhand are probably not functioning effectively. In view of the recent incidents, Maharaaz has written to the director of State meteorological center in Dehradun and instructed him to inform about the functioning of the radars.

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He further said that the will work towards strengthening the system by compiling the information of these incidents of Doppler radars in Garhwal and Kumaon region so that the damage can be minimised.

He further said that the the State Government is following the Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat’s committment to provide relief to the people affected by natural disasters in the shortest possible time.

Poor to get free ration, cash help in state, says CM Yogi Adityanath

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People living below https://exam.pscnotes.com/POVERTY-line”>Poverty Line, holders of Antyodaya cards and others in need will start getting free ration from May 20. Financial aid of Rs 1,000 will also be given to daily wage earners from June.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, whose government has announced free dry ration and financial aid to the needy, said that community kitchens are being run in 71 out of 75 districts in the state. He said that he has directed authorities to ensure that government run community kitchens should be organised in all 75 districts.

The rations will include 3kg wheat and 2kg rice. The scheme is expected to benefit around 15 crore people.

The CM said that in Light of the corona curfew, daily wage earners, who have lost jobs, will be given financial assistance of Rs 1,000 each from June.

The scheme, applicable to around one crore daily wagers in urban areas, including street vendors, cart pullers, labourers, construction workers, e-rickshaw drivers, rickshaw pullers, barbers, dhobis, halwais, mochis and people involved in traditional forms of EMPLOYMENT, will get the payment of Rs 1,000 each.

CIL to invest Rs 35 crore for installation of 25 O2 Plantsin Dhanbad district.

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Coal India Limited (CIL) is pumping Rs . 35 Crores into installation of 25 Oxygen generation Plants, across 22 hospitals, to revive increased supply of the lifesaving gas. Residents of Jharkhand will be benefitted as a subsidiary of Coal India in the State would supply oxygen to the patients from its two upcoming oxygen generation plants in Ranchi and Ramgarh.

Of the 25 plants, five are being installed at CILs own hospitals at an of Rs. 4.25 Crores covering 332 beds. Of these five, Central Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, will be putting up two plants at a total investment of Rs. 1.57 Crores — one at Central Hospital, Gandhi Nagar, Ranchi with 700 litres per minute capacity supporting 70 beds. The other of 500 litres per minute capacity will be set up at Ramgarh Hospital catering to the oxygen needs of 50 beds.

These oxygen generation plants will be set up in CILs own hospitals and in district hospitals where four of CILs subsidiaries operate to support 3,328 beds.

While the combined oxygen generation capacity of 20 plants is a little above 12,700 litres /minute, four of the plants together generate 750 Cubic metres per hour. One is a refill plant.

Bihar education department releases digital study materials for schoolkids

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As the schools in Bihar are closed owing to rise in Covid-19 cases in the second wave, the state Education department released online study material on newly launched e-Library of Teachers and Students (e-LoTS) mobile application and web portal to ensure continuous Learning for kids at Home through electronic contents.

From video content (including some on YouTube) to e-books, the departments Bihar Education Project Council (BEPC), in collaboration with the UNICEF, Bihar, has uploaded all study materials accordingly to the syllabus for classes I to XII. The initiative was taken to ensure that the students would continue with their studies even in the lockdown period.

The collection of Tendu leaves is proving to be a good livelihood option for forest dwellers in Chhattisgarh during the pandemic.

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In the current season, nearly 4.76 lakh standard sacks of Tendu leaves have been collected from forests through primary forest produce — about a fourth of the total target.

Due to the closure of other livelihood Options amid a Covid-inducted lockdown, the forest dwellers are getting EMPLOYMENT by gathering forest produce. In the process, they are also contributing to Chhattisgarh’s economy in a major way.

The state has set an annual target of 16.71 lakh standard sacks of Tendu leaves in 2021. This provides work to over 12 lakh families. The value of Tendu patta has been hiked to Rs 4,000 per standard bag by the government.

Rewaconodon indicus New Species

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Researchers from the IIT Kharagpur, used scanning electron microscopy to find out about about 10 tooth samples gathered from Shahdol District, Madhya Pradesh.

The results confirmed that they had observed a new species, and they named it Rewaconodon indicus, indicating India, the united states it used to be discovered from.

The crew additionally identified two new genera from the area.

The first used to be named Inditherium floris, after India and the Latin word therium that means beast.

As the teeth has a flower-shaped crown, it earned the species title floris.

The 2nd was named Tikiodon cromptoni, after Tiki Formation and Greek phrase odon which means tooth.

The species title is after paleontologist A.W. Crompton.

The Tiki Formation is a Late Triassic (Carnian to Norian) geologic formation in Madhya Pradesh.

Gujarat: Oxygen demand to stabilize at 1,250MT

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The Gujarat government, which had written to the Centre to increase its Oxygen quota from 975 metric tonnes (MT) as it expects demand to touch 1,600MT by May 15, said that demand and consumption of oxygen has stabilized at 1,250MT. It anticipates that demand will remain at 1,250MT for the next four to five days and may even decrease by 100MT in a week.

In its affidavit filed in theGujarat high courtin response to the suo motu PIL on Covid-19, the gave details on demand and supply of oxygen between April 23 and May 7 and stated that Average daily demand and supply in Gujarat was 1,232.3 MT for the last two weeks.