21.02.23

First-ever Bodoland International Knowledge Festival will be held in BTR from Feb 27The 1st Bodoland International Knowledge Festival 2023 will be held from 27th February to 2nd March 2023 at Kokrajhar. The event is being organized at Bodoland University under the aegis of the Government of the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR). BTR Chief Pramod Boro while mentioning the objective of the festival highlighted the fact that the BTR Peace Accord 2020 has paved the transition of the region from guns to a culture of knowledge.He mentioned that the goal of the festival is to create, foster and promote knowledge exchange, solution sharing, and partnership building for the achievement of social development priorities and key Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2030 in contemporary BTR and the world. The festival will be inaugurated on 27th March by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus in the presence of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma who is also the chief patron of the event. The prominent academic institutions of the NE Region including Central University-Tezpur, Assam Agricultural University, and IIT Guwahati are the knowledge partners of the festival.NORTH-EASTERN STATES

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Arunachal Govt focused on creating job opportunities for youth: Guv

Arunachal Pradesh Governor Lt General (Retd) Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik appealed to the people of the State to walk the talk to make Arunachal Pradesh a peaceful and progressive State. In his maiden public address at the 37th Statehood Day function here at IG Park, the Governor said that the is focused on creating job opportunities for the youth, improving the standard of living, maintaining law and order and security of our sensitive border areas.

He said, Arunachal Pradesh has come a long way from being the remote NEFA at the time of Independence to becoming a full-fledged State in 1987 and since then the State has progressed in leaps and bounds.The last few years have witnessed quantum progress and all-round development in the State, he said and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his strategic vision and continued personal focus on the development of the frontier state.

CM receives Best State for Promotion of Sports Award

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Odisha was awarded the Best State for the Promotion of Sports at the 2023 Sportstar Aces 2023 Awards here on Monday. The State won this prestigious award for the fourth time.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik received the award from Hindu editor Suresh Nambath and legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar. He dedicated the award to the people of Odisha. He lauded the hard work and commitment of the States athletes.

To promote sports and fitness in the Society, Odisha is developing 90 multipurpose indoor halls across all urban areas.

New park to come up at Mint under Singara Chennai 2.0

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Residents ofMintand surrounding areas in Chennai will soon get another spot to spend their evenings and early morning hours.

A park in the area, which is under construction, will be open to the public by April this year.

Under theSingara Chennai2.0 scheme, the park is being constructed under the Mint flyover at a cost of Rs 5 crore.

The park will have a walkers path, area for senior citizens, open air gym and facilities, sculptures and art work, tensile fabric structures, toilets and parking.

A total of 1,000 saplings have been planted in the park by local residents in memory of their loved ones. These will be maintained by theGreater Chennai Corporation.

Over Rs 2,033 crore allocated for Kerala’s rail devpt: Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

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Union RAILWAY minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that Rs 2,033 crore has been allocated forKeralafor railway development in the Union budget. During 2009 to 2014, this was Rs 372 crore.

The rail development is being implemented based on two main concepts Vande Metro and Hydrogen Train, he said. He added that India would have its first hydrogen train by December this year. He was addressing a press conference via video conferencing regarding the projects and allocations for the state in the Union Budget.

The study of T’puram-Mangaluru rail line will be completed by September. He also said that the new Pamban Bridge will be operational by June 2023.

Belagavi zilla panchayat tops in Karnataka in MGNREGS man days

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The zilla panchayat inBelagavihas topped in the state in creating the highest number of man days under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural EMPLOYMENT Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).
This is the third consecutive year that theBelagavi ZPhas managed to pull this off.

There are 500 gram panchayats in the districts and the MGNREG scheme has been implemented effectively at all panchayats. Till January 12, 2023, 7.85 lakh new job cards have been distributed and Rs 305.23 crore in wages distributed.

Telangana CM K. Chandrashekar Rao sanctions 100 crore for renovating Kondagattu Anjaneya shrine in Jagtial district

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One of the famous centuries-old hill shrine,Kondagattu Sri Anjaneya Swamytemple (popularly known as Anjanna) in Jagtial district in , will be renovated by theTelanganagovernment, on par with Yadadri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy shrine.

This is the second hill shrine that the State Government is developing by allocating its own funds.

For Yadadri, the Telangana government had spent 1,200 crore and now 100 crore has been sanctioned for Anjanna temple at Kondagattu.

AP on track to become global electronics manufacturing hub

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Andhra Pradeshhas emerged as a rapidly expanding hub for global manufacturing, with a particular emphasis on the electronics system design and manufacturing .

The state boasts of multiple large original equipment manufacturers and original design manufacturers in the semiconductor sector. It has four electronics manufacturing clusters, including two in Tirupati, one in Sri City, and another inKopparthy, which is currently under construction.

TheYSRelectronics 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 states facilities have a production capacity of 3.5 million mobile phones per month and 3 million TVs per year.

Two MoUs inked to boost green ratings of Goa Inc

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Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) signed two MoUs on Saturday at the closing of the 1st International Environment and Sustainability Summit Goa (IESSG) 2023. The MoUs will help industries in Goa get green ratings.
The first MoU was signed for CII GreenCo rating, which is a voluntary rating system promoted by CII and is a first-of-its-kind system. GSPCB chairman Mahesh Patil said that the rating holistically evaluates how green a company is and suggests the way forward in pursuing environmental excellence.

The rating guidelines cover energy, water, , greenhouse gas mitigation, waste and material management, green supply chain, product stewardship, life-cycle assessment and innovation, said Patil.
The second MoU was signed by the pollution control board with CII IGBC or Indian Green Building Council of the CII.

Sugar production to fall in 2022-23 due to rains, says official in Maharashtra

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Sugar production inMaharashtramay fall from 137.28 lakh tonnes in 2021-22 to 124 lakh tonnes in 2022-23 due to adverse climatic conditions in different parts of the state, a top official has said.

The crushing season will be over early as compared to last year. In the last crushing season, factories worked till the start of the monsoon. Now, it will end up by April end. A total of 199 factories are currently operational in the state.

The crushing in Satara,Sangli,Kolhapurdistricts will be over by March end and in Marathwada factories by April end.

Boost to health infrastructure: Two 50-bed govt hospitals soon in new sectors in Gurgaon

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The Health department plans to set up two hospitals to improve healthcare Services in new sectors and ease patient load on district-level facilities. The hospitals, each with 50 beds, will be built onHSVPland between sectors 39 and 55.
Health officials said the facilities will be constructed by HSVP and will function under the supervision of community health centres in the area. The plots will be identified and construction will start soon, they said.
The hospitals will provide subsidised primary care, which includes primary medical treatment, preventive healthcare and health Education. In these hospitals, patients will be able to meet doctors and get pathological tests and minor procedures done.

The objective is to fill critical gaps in health , surveillance, and health research in both urban and rural areas, so communities are equipped in managing pandemics or other public health crises