A radio-tagged adult Amur falcon (Falcon amurensis) named Chiulon which had reached her breeding area in northern China in May this year during her routine annual migration course, has finally arrived in Manipur’s Tamenglong district, a Wildlife Institute of India (WII) scientist said.
The five Amur falcons were named Chiulon,Puching and Phalong (all names of villages in Manipur’s Tamenglong district) and Irang and Barak (both names of rivers).
A high-level Inter-Ministerial Central Team visited various districts of Assam for an on-spot assessment of damages caused by flood and landslides this year, while the state government urged it for release of funds for repair and restoration works.
The state government has requested the team for release of Rs 1088.19 crore it had sought for repair and restoration works, the statement issued by Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said.
A whopping 15 lakh cases are pending in different subordinate courts of Odisha, an increase of 1.96 lakh cases since July last year.
The spiralling of backlog in cases has continued despite a marked rise in disposal rate (84.23%) after a quantum drop in disposal of cases to (18.68%) during the first wave of the pandemic. Between July 2019 and July 2020, there was a rise of 1.2 lakh cases.
The latest statistics available from the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) revealed that during last month (September) 31,785 cases were instituted while 26,774 cases were disposed of.
Steady revival of the real estate sector after the second wave of Covid-19 has reflected in the revenue generated through property registrations, which has touched a new high in September. Income from property and land registrations in Tamil Nadu in September was nearly Rs 1,500 crore the highest in a month in any year.
Data sourced from the registration department show that Septembers income accounted for 25% of the total revenue generated between April and September of this financial year (2021-22). While the past seven months witnessed revenue to the tune of Rs 5,973.9 crore, September alone accounted for Rs 1,495.9 crore. The previous record revenue collection was in February 2021, when Rs 1,386.6 crore was generated through stamp duty and registration fee.
This apart, more than 3.6 lakh documents were registered in September fourth highest count since 2011.
For the first time, the government quarries in the state will go for e-auctioning, that will not only ensure transparency but also fetch a handsome revenue for the government through auctions, in addition to the seigniorage fee and royalty on the mined products.
The individual district collectors have been locating the revenue poramboke land available in the particular district suitable for quarrying and will put them on the e-auction site, that will then be auctioned at a base price of Rs 10 lakh per hectare per annum, for a lease period of 12 years.
Till now, the quarries in the government land were given permits (those which are less than one hectare in area) and those which were leased out (more than one hectare) on a first-cum-first-serve basis. Also, the no-objection certificates (NOCs) being issued by the revenue department were then given without any cost. With the e-auctioning in place, the bidding can fetch any amount above Rs 10 lakh every year for a hectare, if the place is in high demand.
Karnataka is on the brink of a power crisis with five electricity supply companies (escoms) and the Karnataka Power Corporation (KPCL) yet to pay dues of Rs 1,600 crore to coal supply and renewable energy companies.
The state has Rs1,000 crore pending bills with coal supply companies and Rs 600 crore with renewable energy supply companies.
With limited coal supply, companies like Singareni Collieries (SCCL) from Telangana have been seeking clearance of dues at the earliest. Sources said three thermal power stations in Karnataka — Ballari, Yermarus and Raichur — have stocks for just 2-3 days and there is a rush to secure more coal rakes. Last week, the state government paid SCCL Rs 350 crore so that its coal supply is not affected.
Renewable energy companies backlogs have also piled up in the state with Hubli and Gulbarga electricity supply companies having dues owing to a large capacity of solar energy plants being set up in the region.
Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural Universitys (PJTSAU) recent study on dangerous emissions from paddy cultivation says that CO2 equivalent to paddy fields from Telangana is only 2.5 lakh tonnes but not in crore tonnes.
The university also said that rice cultivation has its own benefits like increasing the organic carbon in the soil.
Through photosynthesis, the rice plant also absorbs CO2 from the environment. The degradation of biomass adds organic carbon to the soil. Algal blooms in rice fields also collect a certain amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
The recent Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) also made these remarks, and unlike many advanced countries, India and especially Telangana are performing considerably better in this regard.
Parliamentary Standing Committee member and Rajya Sabha MP V Vijay Sai Reddy said that the air cargo industry has an important role in the overall logistics ecosystem in Andhra Pradesh.
Reddy also called on exporters to utilise the cargo terminal facilities available in four airports in the state.
Reddy said that the upcoming Bhogapuram International Airport will have the best-in-class infrastructure and a dedicated cargo facility.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually address Goans at 11am on October 23. He will directly interact with seven Goans involved in the implementation and who have benefited from the Atmanirbhar Bharat, Swayampurna Goem programme. Screens will be installed at all major public bus stands to watch Modis address, chief minister Pramod Sawant said.
Sawant said it will be the first time the PM interacts with people from any state over the success in implementation of programmes under the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative.
Since the launch of the Swayampurna Goem programme, Rs 20 crore loan has been sanctioned to 15% of dairy farmers in Goa so far, with a benefit of Rs 1.60 lakh per farmer.
Around 10% of the 3,371 projects termed expired by MahaRERA may get extension two weeks after the real estate regulatory authority issued orders for regulating the lapsed projects.
The developers have been told to submit necessary documents for seeking extension that will allow them to carry on with the projects.
This is a good sign because if MahaRERA had not flagged such projects as lapsed, the promoters would not have taken any initiatives to revive them.