22.11.22

PM inaugurates Arunachal’s first greenfield airport

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Amidst chanting of incantations by tribal priests, the spanking new Donyi Polo airport was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra ModiSaturday. The airport located at Hollongi, near the capital city of Arunachal Pradesh will connect the northeastern state’s capital by air. It will link the border state with other Indian cities

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with commercial flights as well as other parts of Arunachal Pradesh through helicopter Services.

Assam CM signs MoU to set up another medical college in Guwahati

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The Government of Assam on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a corporate company to introduce another medical college in Guwahati. The has signed the MoU with Bright Star Investment Private Limited at a function held at Janata Bhavan in Dispur.

The founder of the company handed over a cheque of Rs 5 crore to the Chief Minister after the signing of the MoU. Addressing the event, CM Sarma stated that the government is planning to establish

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another medical college in the city by the name of Pragjyotishpur Medical College. The proposed medical college will have a dual campus, he added.

Reserve 80% jobs for Odias in industries

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Members of the Youth for Action tried to gherao the residence of Industries Minister Pratap Keshari Deb here demanding jobs in the industries of the State.

A large number of agitators came in a procession holding placards and shouting slogans. When they tried to march towards the Ministers house, Police personnel deployed there intercepted them. This led to a scuffle.

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agitators alleged that Unemployment is on the rise in the State and demanded that the Government take immediate steps for providing jobs to the unemployed youths by expediting the industrial process.

During the last 22 years, the has signed over 200 MoUs with various companies in the steel, aluminium, thermal power and petrochemicals sectors. The MoUs were aimed to provide EMPLOYMENT opportunities to least 90 per cent of the total unskilled and semiskilled workers from Odisha.

However, the Government has failed to implement the pacts and the number of local workforce

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in the industries is less than 10 per cent, the agitators claimed.

Madurai Kamaraj University gets ancient DNA lab to study archaeological digs

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Finance ministerPalanivel Thiaga Rajanon Thursday inaugurated an ancient DNA laboratory and Bio-Safety Level (BSL) 3 research and diagnostic facility atMadurai Kamaraj University. The DNA laboratory will be useful in analysis of samples retrieved from archaeological digs, particularly in south Nadu.

MKU is collaborating with the state department of archaeology to analyze skeletal samples from Konthagai, Sivagalai,

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Kodumanal, Mayiladumparai and Adhichanallur. The university also works with Prof David Reich from Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School.

The data of ancient DNA and protein would be compared with global data to understand Migration and linkages with the global Population. DNA from ancient animals and Plants of would be investigated to understand the historical agricultural / domestication / trade practices.

Hubballi airport is 100% green: Union minister Joshi

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Hubballi Airporthas become the first 100% green airport in the state.
Union ministerPralhad Joshitweeted that its one more feather in Hubballi cap as the 8MWp Grid Connected Solar Power Plant in the airport has been commissioned. To achieve Prime MinisterNarendra Modis dream of producing 50% energy from RENEWABLE ENERGY by 2030, Hubballi Airport

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has achieved this task, he said.

He said in his series of tweets that the energy generated by the plant will be fed to the grid at a central location at Hubballi. The stored energy will be utilised for all AAI airports inKarnatakamaking Belagavi, Mysore, Bellary, Gagan Bengaluru, Hal Airport Bangalore Bagloor residential quarters etc. airports also 100% GREEN in terms of power consumption along with our Hubballi Airport (sic).

Telangana: 10 lakh acres of forest land under threat

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Telanganagovernment’s move to grant forest land rights ahead of an election year is posing a grave threat to lakhs of acres of forest land in the state.

The tribal welfare department with the help of forest and revenue departments is currently doing a massive exercise to grant forest rights to the encroachers, which resulted in a spurt in fresh encroachments and conflict between foresters and Gutti Koya tribals and non-tribals as well.

Out of 11.5 lakh acres of forest land applications filed, only 1.6 lakh acres of encroachment before 2005 is eligible for the rights. Whereas 5.6 lakh acres encroached after 2005 and as per the Act, is ineligible for the rights.
Out of these encroachments, the forest department has retrieved 61,911 acres and raised plantations. One such is the area in which forest range officerCh Srinivasa Raotried to save the plantation in Bhadradri Kottagudem district and was killed by encroachers.

Around 3.6 lakh acres is still forest land

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and not encroached but yet claimed. Currently, there are attempts to chop this forest over which environmentalists have expressed deep concerns.

Experts highlight Continuous Emission Monitoring System in pollution monitoring system

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TheAndhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board(APPCB) in PARTNERSHIP with International Centre for Sustainable Carbon (a technology collaboration arm under International Energy Agency), UK and the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW, Delhi) has organized a workshop on Advanced Level Training-Best Practices and Handling of ContinuousEmission Monitoring System(CEMS) in Vizag city.

This initiative is a part of a capacity building programme in India supported by theUS department of State. This is a unique and advanced -level programme opportunity offered to a few selected SPCBs in India, APPCB has happily brought up in the state.

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The programme will involve two days of technical sessions, one day of hands-on experience in the , Post assessment, successful candidates will also be awarded with a Training certificate. It is an important opportunity for all the participants to learn from it.

With target of 1 charging station for every 3km, Goa to invite bids

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Minister for power and renewable energyRamkrishna’Sudin’Dhavalikaron Tuesday said that a tender inviting bids to set up charging stations for green vehicles will be floated within a month

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as the process for the same has been started.

The problem faced by motorists havingelectric vehicleswith there not being sufficient charging stations in the state, he said, would be taken care of if these were set-up at three kilometer intervals.

Subsequently, the extra charging stations will also be helpful when electric buses and heavy-duty vehicles become the norm, he said. Stating that already many people have bought electric vehicles, including his department, he said those who have to travel short distances should buy electric vehicles.

Maharashtra government to promote natural farming, says deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis

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Deputy chief ministerDevendra Fadnaviswho was in Nashsaid that was going to promote naturalfarming. He added that trainers from the state would be sent to Haryana to learn the Join Our Telegram Channel

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Natural farming focuses on lowering input costs and growing quality food which was free from any kind of pesticides and Fertilizers. We had carried out the programme in select districts in the past, and we will now bring more area under cultivation for which our trainers will soon visit the farms in Haryana whereAcharya Devvratis practicing it.

Government spending Rs. 16,000 crore on medical, education and research: Haryana CM

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At the second convocation ceremony of Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences, the Chancellor of the University and Governor, Haryana, Bandaru Dattatraya and Chief Minister, Manohar Lal Khattar presented degrees to the students of various courses related to health sciences.

Khattar said that a joint course of bio engineering and medical engineering will be started soon in

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the state. He said that the kidney transplant will start soon in Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences. He said it is being ensured that every district must have a medical college and at present, 13 medical colleges are functioning in the state and 11 medical colleges are either under construction or have been announced. He said that after the year 2014, medical seats have been increased significantly in the state and in the next five years, the number of these seats will be increased to 3,000.

He said that as per the norms of World Health Organization, there is a requirement of one doctor per 1000 Population. Thus, at present there is a need of 28 thousand doctors in

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the state, while there are about 7 thousand government doctors in the state. About 50 percent of doctors, including government and private doctors, are providing Services to the people in the state. The is making continuous efforts to meet the shortage of doctors.