Dattatraya said that thalassemia is a genetic disorder which needs frequent blood transfusions. For this, help can be obtained from blood donors in the Society, he said while urging d the youth to donate blood by participating in blood donation camps organized from time to time so that children suffering from these genetic diseases like thalassemia and haemophilia can be treated on time so as to save their lives.
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Punjab CM dedicates Guru Teg Bahadur Museum to the masses
Dedicating the newly-renovated Guru Tegh Bahadur Museum to the masses, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann exhorted the people to uphold and emulate the high ideals of and humanitarianism embodied by the ninth Sikh Guru.
The Chief Minister, addressing the gathering after inspecting the ongoing work at Panj Pyara Park, said that the ninth Sikh guru, who founded the holy town of Sri Anandpur Sahib, was the epitome of Socialism and secularism as he sacrificed his life for the sake of preserving Human Rights in the country.
The Chief Minister said that the life and Philosophy of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur is a lighthouse for the entire humanity adding that this Museum will help in perpetuating this glorious legacy on one hand and further cementing the ties between people on the other.
Health institutions to be set across Himachal, says CM
A Health institution will be set up in each assembly constituency of Himachal Pradesh to strengthen the health of the hill state, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said.
To be developed as Adarsh Swasthaya Sansthan, these institutes will comprise 134 types of laboratory test facilities, specialists and medical staff to provide the latest state-of-the-art MRI, CT scan, ultrasound and digital X-ray facilities, he said while presiding over a meeting of the health department. There are 68 assembly constituencies in the state.
The institutions will reduce the local residences dependence on district hospitals and strengthen the infrastructure of medical and Nursing Education, he said. The Congress-led State Government has accorded top priority to the Health sector so that world-class medical facilities could be provided to the patients within the state which would go a long way in saving the time and Money of the masses, the chief minister said.
The state government was now working on strengthening the health infrastructure and diagnostic facilities in the health institutions of the state to ensure better health care to the people at their doorsteps, Sukhu said. The robotic surgery facilities would be started on a pilot basis in Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital Shimla and Medical College Tanda in the next six months and training will be imparted to doctors and other staff in this respect soon, he said.
Elephant safaris to resume after 5 years in Uttarakhand
Jungle safaris atop elephants in Corbett and Rajaji national parks, which were stopped around five years ago when the Nainital (HC) banned commercial use of elephants, are set to begin again.
At the recent meeting ofCorbett Tiger Foundationattended by senior forest officials as well as forest minister,Subodh Uniyal, it was decided to allow jumbo rides in a “regulated manner”. “The interpretation of orders vary from case to case and our state holds significant potential for ecotourism.
The PIL had also red-flagged environmental damage caused to Corbett due to mushrooming hotels, resorts and other commercial properties around it, adding that owners of such properties also conducted elephant safaris in the area.
UP govt sets new milestone in tap water connections
Paying a special tribute to Babasaheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar on his 132nd birth anniversary, the Uttar Pradesh government has achieved a new milestone by providing tap water connections to over one crore rural families in the state.
Under the ambitious Jal Jeevan Mission of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Yogi Adityanath government has finished the major task of providing tap water to 1,00,37,256 rural families through the Har Ghar Jal Yojana. By 2024, the programme aims to make tap water available to more than 2.65 crore rural families.
On behalf of the Yogi government, Namami Gange and the Rural Water Supply department celebrated this outstanding accomplishment of the massive campaign to bring tap water to the homes of farmers, labourers and villagers in a grand manner throughout the state.
Jal Shakti Minister Swatantra Dev Singh and Managing Director of Jal Nigam (Rural), Dr Balkar Singh, arrived at the Daudnagar project in Mohanlalganj, Lucknow, and had food with the workers seated in a row. Congratulating all the officers, engineers and workers of the department for providing water to one crore rural families, the minister said that Babasaheb’s dreams were being fulfilled by the Narendra Modi and Yogi Adityanath governments. He said UP would soon reach its goal for the Har Ghar Jal Yojana.
UP has become the first state in the country to provide 40,000 tap connections daily. In terms of the number of tap connections given, UP has climbed to third position among the major states in the nation. The campaign to provide water to every rural household is continuously setting new dimensions in UP. Only 5,16,000 rural families had access to tap water in 2019, but the Har Ghar Jal Yojana has set a record for rapidly supplying clean drinking water to one crore rural families in UP.
States skywalk projects await cabinet approval
The state tourism departments plan to construct skywalks at five prominent tourist spots awaits cabinets approval now.
The tourist spots include Hundru, Jonha, Dassam falls in Ranchi, Patratu Dam in Ramgarh and the Netarhat Hills in Latehar district.
Efforts to commission the skywalks began early this year when the department invited private agencies for conducting a feasibility study for the projects.
Initially, the department hit hurdles as its tenders failed to evince interest among agencies. Two tenders failed to attract any bidders.
Hundru, Jonha and Dassam are three famous waterfalls around the state capital and attract thousands of tourists throughout the year. Likewise, Netarhat Hills draws thousands of tourists for its scenic beauty.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar inaugurates Medanta conclave
Chief ministerNitish Kumar inaugurated the two-day Medanta Conclave-2023 on ‘Recent Advances in Medical Sciences’.
Medanta group chairman and eminent cardiac surgeon, Dr Naresh Trehan, while addressing the gathering on the occasion, appreciated the development in the field of Health in Bihar and said that health facilities in Patna was like those in other metro cities.
During the conclave, doctors from different parts of the country talked on the extra corporal treatment in the critical area, role of youth in evolution of medical allopathy, chronic kidney disease, retrograded internal surgery, organ donation and heart transplantation, and damage control in trauma among other issues.
Currently Bihar has total power allocation of 6560MW from NTPCs Plants, in which NTPCs eastern region-1 units are contributing 5245MW.
A total of eight projects located in Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal under NTPC eastern region-I have an installed power generation capacity of 10,510MW, while 3720MW capacity is under construction.
NTPC eastern region-1 spokespersonVishwanath Chandansaid Bihar has total power allocation of 6560MW from NTPCs plants in which eastern region-1 units are contributing and ensuring continuous power supply of 5,245MW.
Chhattisgarh bags award for PM crop insurance scheme
Chhattisgarh on Friday bagged a national award for excellent implementation of the Prime Minister Crop Insurance Scheme.
Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department Secretary Manoj Ahuja handed over the award to the states Agriculture Production Commissioner Kamalpreet Singh at a function here, an official statement said.
The award has been given to Chhattisgarh for providing benefits to 6.77 lakh farmers and giving an amount of Rs 192.41 crores to them under the scheme.
Textile, garment sectors get 15k cr investment
Madhya Pradeshhas landed in textile and garment sectors to the tune of Rs 15,000 crore in the last two years owing to availability of raw land bank and higherinvestment promotion assistancefor setting up factories in far flung areas.
In the state housing more than 25 mega and large-scale textile companies, close to 15 textile and garment units have set up facilities at Ujjain, Dhar, Indore and Bhopal among other areas in the last two years.
Industrial Policy and investment promotion department principal secretaryManish Singhsaid, The state has received encouraging investments in textile and garments in the past two years. Close to 15 new textile and garment units have come up in different parts of the state and an investment of Rs 15,000 crore has been pumped in the last two years.
Centre examining states Mahila Nidhi proposal for capital support of 100 crore
The ministry of rural development (MoRD) has said that it is examining the proposal from the on the release of capital support amounting to Rs 100 crore and a grant of Rs 10 crore for administrative and technological support forRajasthan Mahila Nidhi(RMN). It said it would take necessary action as per the procedure laid down.
The ministry also said the decision for establishment of RMN was taken independently by the state government without consultation with MoRD and that the revised proposal seeking financial assistance for it was submitted by the state government almost in the quarter 3 of the financial year 2022-23. The ministry responded to a TOI story that stated it was yet to release the capital support and establishment cost for RajasthanMahila NidhiCredit Co-operative Federation, which was launched by CM Ashok Gehlot in August last year.