17.12.21

Three New Districts Createdin Nagaland

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Nagaland has created a 3 new districts, Niuland, Tseminyu and Chumukedima.

Highlights:

Tseminyu, Niuland, and Chumoukedima are the three new districts proclaimed by the Nagaland government.

This comes less than a year after the state’s 12th district, Noklak, was established. Nagaland will now have 15 districts after the addition of the three new districts.

Niuland and Chumukedima have been formed out of Dimapur district, while the Tseminyu sub-division in Kohima district has been promoted to a district.

Despite requests for new districts from at least 11 tribes, the Cabinet could only consider three of them because some districts are Home to only one tribe and cannot be separated.

26 private colleges of BTR to be made govt institutes in Assam

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Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said 26 private colleges in Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) will be brought under the government control in the first phase of provincialisation.Sarma held a meeting with a delegation of All Bodo Students Union (ABSU) and Bodo Sahitya Sabha (BSS) regarding development of the educational sector in the BTR as per the Bodo Accord.

The Higher Education Department will check the status of the colleges, , qualification of existing faculty, need for fresh recruitment and take appropriate action in this regard, it added.

Odisha CM inaugurates longest Bridge Over Mahanadi

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T-Setu, which spans the Mahanadi River, was opened by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on 20 December.

Highlights:

T-Setu, built over the Mahanadi River in Cuttack district, is Odisha’s longest bridge.

It’s a 3.4-kilometer-long, 7.5-meter-wide bridge.

Gopinathpur in Badamba, Baideswar in Banki, and Singhanath Pitha in the middle of the Mahanadi River are connected by a bridge, which will cost Rs 111 crore in total.

On both sides of the T-Setu bridge, there is a footpath. It has a width of 1.5 meters.

T-Setu will help Cuttack and Khurda residents by cutting the distance between Badamba and Baideswar by 45 kilometers.

Five lakh individuals from adjacent communities would communicate thanks to the bridge.

It will also boost the area’s Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture, business, and tourism industries, and devotees visiting Baba Singhanath’s Bali Makar Jatra in Badamba block will benefit from it.

T-construction Setu’s is notable because the constructs a 3-kilometer fair-weather road (pedestrian track) on the Mahanadi River every year at the cost of Rs 14-Rs15 million to facilitate Communication for worshippers. During the monsoon season, this road is swept away.

As a result, residents have been clamoring to construct this bridge for quite some time. On 28 February 2014, the Chief Minister laid the foundation stone for T-setu. However, the building was delayed due to technical challenges and only began in 2018.

Union Road Transport Ministry, IIT Madras and MapmyIndia Collaborate for Road Safety Technologies

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The Union Ministry of Road Transport, IIT Madras, and MapmyIndia inked a memorandum of understanding for PARTNERSHIP in the driver and road safety technologies field on 17 Dec 2021 and jointly launched a free app service for people.

MapmyIndia, a provider of advanced digital maps, stated in a statement that the MapmyIndia app offers users road safety alerts regarding impending accident hazards while driving.

Users will receive verbal and visual alerts about future accident-prone zones, speed breakers, steep curves, potholes, and other hazards by using this navigation Software, according to the company.

KUFOS Partner In NASA-ISRO Research Program

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and the ability to observe earth Resources systematically.

It will also supply eco-systems applications with time-series data.

NISAR mission

NASA and ISRO are working together on NISAR. Both organizations collaborate to co-develop and launch a dual frequency synthetic aperture radar on a spacecraft for Earth observation.

NISAR will be launched in 2023 and will be the first dual-frequency radar imaging satellite.

The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar will use sophisticated radar imagery to map the height of Earth’s land and ice masses.

Mapping will take place four to six times per month, with resolutions ranging from five to ten meters.

Centre gives nod for bypass to decongest traffic in Vijayawada

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In a major move to end traffic congestion inVijayawada, the has prevailed upon the Centre to grant a newbypass roadto the existing national highway passing through the city.

The new bypass will connectNH-16in Krishna and Guntur districts with a new river overbridge. The bypass will be coming up almost 40 kilometres away on the eastern side of Vijayawada. The Centre has given the green signal to the project following a special request made by chief minister Y SJagan Mohan Reddy. The Centre has also agreed to share about 50 per cent of the cost of acquisition of land required for the project. The 78-km-long new bypass highway is expected to cost around Rs 600 to Rs 800 crore including the cost ofland acquisition.

This is the second bypass for Vijayawada as works on the Gundugolanu (Krishna district)-Chinakakani (Guntur district) have already been put on the fast track. Though the Gundugolanu-Kaza bypass was granted almost a decade ago, work picked up pace after the YSRC came to power in the state. The previous TDP government had put the project on hold with a view to designing the river overbridge as an iconic structure. However, the designs were not cleared even after a lapse of five years. Considering the high cost involved in the bridge project, the Centre asked the state government to bear a 50 per cent share of the project.

Telanganas New rules on child labour

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Government has issued a revised guidelines for curbing Child Labour menace, in line with the rules formulated by Centre.

State Government seeks to take strict action against those who employ or force children below 14 years to work.

As per revised norms, if anyone attempts to employ children aged below 14 years, he or she will be punished with a jail term of six months to one year.

They would also be charged with a fine of Rs 20,000 to Rs 50,000.

Task Force Committee

Labour Department will also constitute a task force committee headed by District Collector concerned, to effectively monitor and curb the child labour menace.

Can children work in movies or serials?

As per revised guidelines, film director will require to obtain permission from the Collector concerned in order to rope in children in movies or serials.

The children will be allowed to work only for five hours, with one break after three hours.

Crew members are required to ensure childs safety during the shooting.

Furthermore, child will be permitted to attend shooting up to 27 days only.

In case, more than five children are taking part in shooting, a person has to be appointed for supervision.

Twenty-five per cent of the remuneration of the child has to be fixed deposited in the bank. This amount will be given to the child after he or she becomes major.

Provisions for parents

If parents force children to work, they will also face action. Parents can take assistance from their children, but it must not affect their Education.

Guidelines further states that, children should not be used in dangerous works, retail chain and manufacturing sector.

Guideline for School Principal

If any child fails to attend school for 30 days, without permission, school principal will require to bring it to the notice of concerned nodal officer.

Integrated Logistics is needed to drive growth: R Karikal Valaven

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The Special Chief Secretary of the Department of Industries and Commerce ofAndhra Pradesh,R Karikal Valaven said that integrated is the need of the hour to drive Growth in the logistics sector. In this connection, the State Government proposes to develop logistics parks at Anantapur andVisakhapatnam, he said.

Delivering the inaugural address in the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Andhra Pradeshs third edition of Conference on Logistics focusing on the theme Efficient and Resilient Supply Chain – Creating a Sustainable Logistics Sector through virtual mode on Wednesday, he mentioned that Andhra Pradesh is the only state in the country where three industrial corridors pass through, namely Visakhapatnam-Chennai Industrial corridor, Chennai-Bangalore industrial corridor, and Bangalore-Hyderabad industrial corridors. The proposed node in these corridors would attract greater investments into the state and several large-scale enterprises are showing interest to set up their base.

The special chief secretary pointed out that sustainable logistics is essential for industrial growth and development. The government is also planning to promote marine economic zones to accelerate growth and development. He said that all Airports in the state will have cargo facilities for exporting various goods and Services.

Indian Navy conducts first sea trials for Mormugao

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INDIAN NAVY conducted the first sea trials for Indian Navys indigenously built stealth destroyer called Mormugao, in the Arabian Sea.

The maiden sea voyage of the warship has been built under the project P-15B.

Its development coincides with the 60th anniversary of liberation of Goa from Portuguese rule.

Mormugao is the second indigenous stealth destroyer, that is being built under Project P-15B.

It is likely to be commissioned in mid-2022.

Indigenous Destroyer construction programme of India was commenced in late 1990s with three Delhi class (P-15 class) warships. It was followed by three Kolkata class (P-15A) destroyers.

Under this project, a total of four warships have been planned namely, Visakhapatnam, Mormugao, Imphal and Surat. These Guided missile destroyers are under construction at M/s Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, Mumbai. Contract for these ships was signed in 2011. These ships are counted among most technologically advanced Guided Missile Destroyers worldwide. It comprises of features like state-of-the-art weapon or sensor package, high degree of automation and advanced stealth features.

Maharashtra: Dogs affected by Canine parvovirus

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In November 2021, around 2,000 pet and stray dogs in Amravati city were affected by canine parvovirus. Veterinarians also cautioned pet owners against a severe outbreak.

It is a highly contagious viral disease, which can be life-threatening for dogs.

This virus affects the intestinal tract of canines.

Puppies are more susceptible to this virus.

Symptoms associated with the virus include- vomiting, bloody diarrhoea, dehydration, drastic weight loss, and lethargy.

Parvovirus has reported a 90 per cent mortality rate.

In Amravati, around 2000 pet and stray dogs were affected by Parvovirus in November 2021. It accounted for 50 per cent dog Population in city.

According to Amravati-based WASA Conservation organisation, government-run clinic is getting reports that 20 dogs affected by this virus daily.

Experts are of the view that, increasing cases of Parvovirus in pets is due to Covid-19 pandemic. Pandemic has compelled many pet owners to miss timely vaccination of their dogs.