Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya administered the oath of office to Justice Singh at a function here. Justice Singh was serving in the Orissa High Court before being transferred to Tripura High Court as Chief Justice. The post of Chief Justice in the Tripura High Court was vacant after Indrajit Mahanty retired from service in November last year and Justice T. Amarnath Goud was acting as Chief Justice of the High Court. Tripura High Court was set up in March, 2013 along with the full-fledged High Courts in Meghalaya and Manipur. All the northeastern states excluding Sikkim were earlier under the Gauhati High Court.
17.02.23
B’pur Dera community gears up for Thakurani Yatra
The biannual Thakurani Jatra will be held in the last week of March or first week of April this year, said the hereditary head and chief architect of the festival, who is also regarded as the head of the Dera community (weaver) of the city, P Durgaprasad Desibehera here.
According to information available, the Desibehera family has already started necessary preparations in full swing for the famous mass festival which is being celebrated once in every two years. As per the traditions, the lagna (sacred moment) for this fest is usually finalised soon after the celebration of Maha Sivaratri. Dera communitys priest (Kula Purohita) decides the time for performance of the rituals.
Thereafter, the specific date and time for installation of Subhakhunti (most auspicious pillar) are finalized soon after discussions with the district administration and BeMC authorities including other stakeholders.
It may be recalled here that, the last Maa Budhi Thakurani Yatra was conducted in 2021 amidst a sleuth of restrictions due to prevalence of Covid-19 pandemic and the fest was limited only to certain important rituals. The public access to the fest was also limited.
The significance of the mega fest is that, Budhi Thakurani is considered as the Istadevi of Silk city Brahmapur. As a child feels safe and secure in her mothers lap, the inhabitants of Brahmapur always have a secure feeling under the blessing of Maa Budhi Thakurani. Therefore, the people of the city worship the deity with great reverence, devotion, love and affection.
Coimbatore to host Chettinadu Thiruvizha
A group of industrialists have come together to hold Chettinadu Thiruvizha 2023, an exhibition cum sales event to popularize culture, food and tradition of chettiyar community in the city.
There will be a range of chettinad cuisine — both vegetarian and non-vegetarian, exhibits of wood carvings, live demo on manufacturing Athangudi tiles and plaster made up of lime and white egg widely used in chettinad bungalows in the past and cloth weaving. There will be a display of various games of yesteryears.
Bamboo weaver transforms discarded bottles into decor in Kerala
A bamboo weaver fromThodupuzhahas found an artistic way to recycle used beer and liquor bottles.Bhagavath Raj, ofPoomalanear Pannimattom in Thodupuzha, makes art pieces by weaving different designs using bamboo stripes on discarded bottles. His creations are in high demand among the public. These artistic bottles are now part of the interior dcor of many homes, hotels, and offices.
“As the demand for woven bamboo baskets, which we usually sell on the streets, is pretty low during the rainy season, I thought of doing something different and ended up weaving bamboo on bottles, which I collect for free,” said Raj, who is originally from Theni inTamil Nadu.
CM Basavaraj Bommai releases logo and mascot of National Youth Festival
Chief minister Basavaraj Bommai unveiled the logo and mascot for the National Youth Festival, which is set to take place in Hubballi-Dharwad from January 12 to 16.
The virtual event was attended by Union coal, mining, and parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi, Union minister for youth empowerment and sports Anurag Singh Thakur, and Karnataka minister for youth empowerment and sports Dr C Narayana Gowda.
The CM thanked the Government of India for allowing Karnataka to host this year’s National Youth Festival and Khelo India University Sports meet. The state has made all arrangements to host the youth festival on a grand scale.
Amara Raja, GMR to jointly set up E-Hub
GMR Group said that Amara Raja Batteries has inked a land lease agreement to set up an advanced energy research and innovation centre E-Hub at the GMR Aerospace & Industrial Park at AeroCity Hyderabad.
The E-Hub is being set up by Amara Raja group as part of its 9,500 crore giga corridor project and will also support start-ups through incubation, lab spaces and a collaborative ecosystem.
Amara Raja Batteries executive director Vikramadithya Gourineni said the unique facility, which would be open to all players, would hasten the development of viable technologies in the new energy space.
Andhra Pradesh on track to become global electronics manufacturing hub
Andhra Pradeshhas emerged as a rapidly expanding hub for global manufacturing, with a particular emphasis on the electronics system design and manufacturing industry.
The state boasts of multiple large original equipment manufacturers andoriginal designmanufacturers in the semiconductor sector. It has four electronics manufacturing clusters, including two inTirupati, one in Sri City, and another inKopparthy, which is currently under construction.
The Tirupati EMCs offer plug-and-play facilities with a total built-up area of 8.5 lakh sq ft, of which 5.5 lakh sq ft have been allotted to prominent firms such as Wingtech, Dixon, Neolync, Foxlink, Sunny Opotech, Karbonn, Munoth and TCL.
The YSR electronics manufacturing cluster is being developed with ready-to-build factory sheds, including approximately 30 Type 1 sheds every 50,000 sq ft and four Type 2 sheds, each spanning 221,000 sq ft.
The state government has already developed 3 lakh sq ft of plug-and-play sheds, out of which 2 lakh sq ft have been allotted to a major Indian ESDM player. The state’s facilities have a production capacity of 3.5 million mobile phones per month and 3 million TVs per year.
Goa CM Pramod Sawant to present budget on March 27
Chief minister Pramod Sawant said he will present the annual budget on the first day of the five-day budget assembly session beginning March 27.
A budget of around Rs 25,000 crore is likely to be presented.
During the last budget, post the assembly elections, Sawant had presented a Rs 24,467 crore plan for 2022-23 with a strong focus on job creation and making Goa self-reliant.
As of now, the state government has generated Rs 14,000 crore in the form of various receipts and has paid outstanding loans of around Rs 800 crore. It has so far borrowed Rs 1,500 crore when the borrowing limit is Rs 3,700 crore. The government is expecting around Rs 1,000 crore from revenue receipts till March 31.
Last budget, the state government had expected a revenue of Rs 650 crore from mining, but this time it will have more expectations from the sector as it has started auctioning of mining blocks to resume mining activities.
Mobile school, daycare facility for street kids launched in Thane
In a first, the Maharashtra government has introduced a special bus for street children where they can get educational, counselling and daycare facilities in Thane district.
The project – a brainchild of I A Kundan, principal secretary of Maharashtra Women and Child Development (WCD) department was proposed to the Centre last year. The Centre approved the proposal for seven districts in the state
A pilot project was initiated in Thane on February 1 which was formally flagged off this week by district collector Ashok Shingare.
Under the project, buses have been converted into a classroom-cum-clinic that travels across the district to conduct the educational and welfare sessions for street children at designated spots.
The facility will soon be rolled out to other districts, including Mumbai, Pune, Nashik and Nagpur among others.
Haryana CM interacts with MSME entrepreneurs, hails their contribution
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said that inspired by the Government of India’s ambitious MSE cluster scheme, Haryana has formulated the State Mini Cluster Development Programme and under this, a 90 per cent grant-in-aid is provided for setting up Common Facility Centres.
At present, the process of setting up 43 mini clusters is going on in Haryana, out of which 25 clusters have started. This scheme was also appreciated by the Government of India, said Khattar while interacting directly with the Micro Small, and Medium Entrepreneurs during a virtual Samvad programme.
The entrepreneurs thanked the Chief Minister for the pro-MSME schemes being run by the state government to promote industries.
The Chief Minister said that small-scale industries form the basis of strengthening the country’s economy and in today’s time MSMEs are playing an important role in realizing the Prime Minister’s self-reliant India dream. He said that the state government is giving importance to big industries as well as is focussed on promoting Micro, Small, and Medium Industries. MSMEs need less investment capital but provide ample employment to more people.