Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, launched the Dare to Dream Academy, a football development center at the SAI, centre, NEHU. The academy has been launched by Dream Foundation in collaboration with ASSAM RIFLES Public School, BBFS Residential Academy, Indian Football Foundation and Bhaichung Bhutia Football School. During the event CM Sangma stated that the northeast is a powerhouse of athletes and only needs the right nurturing, training and . The CM further stated, politicians, bureaucrats and even the Society at large sometimes fail to understand and realize the dreams and aspirations of the youth. The government is now making policies and programmes based on what the youth want and supporting them in Sports, music etc., he added.
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Waterways to connect 7 religious sites around Guwahati
An MoU was signed to connect seven religious sites around the city through waterways, officials said. The project will facilitate hop on hop off ferry service, which will connect the seven historic and religious sites of Kamakhya, Pandunath, Aswaklanta, Doul Govinda, Umananda, Chakreshwar and Auniati Satra around Guwahati, an official release said. The agreement for development of riverine-based religious tourism circuit was inked by Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), Sagarmala Development Corporation Limited (SDCL), Assam Tourism Development Corporation (ATDC) and the department of inland waterways transport (DIWT), Government of Assam, it said.
50% of women face serious health issues after 45: Experts
Doctors say more than 50% Women are diagnosed with severe Health problems after the age of 45 for not paying adequate attention to their own health.
Deteriorating health of mothers, especially working ones, is more of a socio-psychological issue than a health issue. Apart from hectic work schedules, most women are still doing all household chores, including raising children and acting as primary caregivers to the elderly. Irregular sleep pattern, unmindful eating is causing anaemia, low calcium and vitamin D. Prolonged standing causes osteoarthritis and osteoporosis, repetitive use of upper limbs causing to tennis elbow and frozen shoulders, while thyroid disorder are common among working mothers.
Tamil Nadu wildlife crime control bureau lacks infra
The statewildlife crime control bureaucreated four months ago to monitorwildlife crimehas booked 105 cases. But it has been struggling with lack of Resources, adequate number of vehicles, manpower and delayed payment of salaries.
Despite being a separate bureau, the cases are still handed over to the state forest department to arrest the culprits, in the specific ranges.
The forest department is yet to give complete autonomy for the bureau to work on the cases. It has been working in coordination with central wildlife crime control bureau and is using intelligence from state forest department field officials on wildlife trophies and wildlife trafficking.
Kerala likely to teach NCERT’s deleted portions in state schools
Students in Kerala are likely to be taught the portions that the NCERT had deleted from its class 11 and 12 textbooks, including those pertaining to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi and the ban on RSS.
The NCERT recently had, in the name of rationalisation of the syllabus, dropped from its class 12 HISTORY textbook certain portions on Mahatma Gandhi and how his pursuit of Hindu-Muslim unity “provoked Hindu extremists”. It also left out the portion where the government placed a ban on the RSS after Gandhi’s assassination. The revision of textbooks by obfuscating facts has triggered a row.
The State Council of Education Research and Training (SCERT), an autonomous body of the General Education Department, is considering a decision by its curriculum steering committee to include these deleted portions in the state syllabus.
The committee, which met on Tuesday, has entrusted General Education Minister V Sivankutty with taking a final decision on the matter after consulting with the government and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
KTR: Largest integrated aqua hub to come up in Telangana
Not only isTelanganais all set to house the world’s largest integrated freshwater aqua hub spread over 370 acres at the Mid Manair dam inRajanna Sircilladistrict, the state is now working on setting up similar aqua hubs across the state wherever newreservoirsare coming up, industries minister KT Rama Rao said.
The aqua hub in Rajanna Sircilla will have 300 acres of processing area. It has garnered capital Investment of 1,300 crore by four players – US-based Fishin, Rajanna Aqua, Mulpuri Aqua and Ananda group. It is targeting annual exports of 1,000 crore with close to 12,000 direct and indirect jobs. The hub is slated to see fish production of over 1.2 lakh metric tonnes per annum.
AP CID launches Swabhiman Transgender Persons Protection Helpline
Andhra Pradesh CID launched Swabhiman Transgender Persons Protection Helpline number 1091 in the CID office at Guntur.
Helpline aimed to protect the safety and dignity of transgender persons by ending violence, preventing discrimination against them, including abuse and physical violence, protecting their rights, monitoring cases of crimes against them, and taking legal action.
This helpline would work in accordance with the Transgender Persons (Protection Rules) Act-2019 and the Transgender Persons (Protection Rules)-2020 through which they would analyse the complaints of transgender persons, counselling, taking legal action, and also undertaking sensitisation programmes.
Goan-built vessel to help Maldives with maritime research, environment protection
A 30-meter catamaran built byVijai Marine Shipyardat Rassaim was handed over to the Maldives government to undertake marine research. Funded by the (WB), the vessel – Thimaaveshi will help the Maldivian ministry of Environment,Climate Changeand Technology to track the effects of Climate Change, impact on coral reefs and Fisheries. IIT Kharagpur helped Vijai Marine with the design and vessel construction.
Chief minister Pramod Sawant flagged off the vessel which will set sail for Maldives. This 30 meter catamaran ship has been built in Goa and this ship is a proud moment as it symbolizes Make in India and Make in Goa too. This ship has been built for the Maldives government, said Sawant.
State seeks hysterectomy details from all hospitals
The is asking hospitals for details of everyhysterectomyperformed before and after central Health ministry guidelines on preventing unnecessary hysterectomies was released last year.
After district-wise data is gathered, the state public health department will conduct a randomised study by interviewing some patients and doctors in each district.
Hysterectomy, a surgical procedure to remove all or parts of the uterus, is advised for Women suffering from fibroids and heavy periods or severe problems such as endometriosis or pelvic inflammatory disease.
Discoms in Haryana have to mop up Rs 7,000 crore in dues
Discoms in the state DakshinHaryanaBidyut Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) and Uttar Haryana Bidyut Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) together have to recover around Rs 7,000 crore from defaulters in the state.
Of the combined 20 lakh defaulters, nearly 14 lakh are existing consumers of discoms while the connections of 6 lakh consumers have been snapped due to failure to pay dues.
The DHBVN, which covers south Haryana, including Gurgaon and Faridabad, has a total of 12.9 lakh defaulters with a defaulting amount of Rs 4,866 crore spread across different consumer categories. Similarly, the UHBVN has 7.5 lakh defaulters amassing a defaulting amount of Rs 2,263 crore across different consumer categories.