23.09.21

Arunachal Pradesh, a highly vulnerable state toclimate change, has come up with the Climate Change Management Mission 2047, a roadmap for the state to contribute to the global efforts to minimise and mitigate the crisis.

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The plan aims to attain Climate regulation, increase carbon sinks and reduce CO2 emissions, increase green cover, restore the eco-system and improve livelihood and opportunities.
Chief ministerPema Khandu, chairing the 7th e-Pragati meeting virtually in Itanagar on Tuesday, said Arunachal Pradesh, being a part of the Himalayas and with one of the largest forest covers in the country, has a big role to play in dealing with and Global Warming.

According to records, the state witnessed an increase annual mean temperature of 0.05 degrees Celsius per year and 0.59 degrees Celsius in the past 40 years. From 1980 to 2019, a significant decreasing trend in southwest monsoon rainfall and also in annual rainfall has been observed along with increase in the number of dry spells and decrease in rainy days.

These states, mostly in the eastern part of the country, require prioritisation of adaptation interventions, the report pointed out.

Tea Park Set up in Assam

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The State of Assam is setting up a tea Park at Chhaygaon in Kamrup District. This tea park will have rail and port connectivity, cargo and warehouse amenities, processing Services like tea grinding, blending, packaging and other utility offerings under one roof.

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Tea garden businesses using park lands for plantation of Segun and agar or selling off the tea estates, the Minister referred to the fact that tea garden proprietors can’t sell off their estates as the leased land nonetheless belongs to Assam Government and instead asked them to center of attention on innovation and branding of Assam Tea.

The state government has sanctioned projects worth Rs 640 crore for mining-affected districts underOdishaMineral Bearing Areas Development Corporation (OMBADC).The OMBADC constituted in 2014 with contribution frommininglease holders for diversion of forest land for mining purposes.

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Also, penalties collected from the lessees for illegal mining based on a Supreme Court order on August 2, 2017, was also deposited in OMBADC. The fund now has a deposit of over Rs 16,000 crore, official sources said. The board of directors of OMBADC headed by chief secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra has sanctioned projects like development of secondary schools, environmental monitoring and Sports development projects.

Under the secondary school development programme, the has planned to develop smart classroom, e-library, science laboratory, information Communication technology (ICT) laboratory and other Infrastructure in 889 secondary schools in Angul, Dhenkanal, Deogarh, Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Mayurbhanj and Sundargarh districts.

The aim of the school development programme is to provide exposure to students in the mining-affected districts. Around Rs 533 crore has been earmarked for it. The Money will be utilised to enhance the Learning eco-system in government schools in the mining-affected districts, said the chief secretary.

UnveilingTamil Nadus export promotion strategy on Wednesday, chief ministerM K Stalinreiterated his governments resolve to make the state a $1 trillion economy by 2030, from around $265 billion now. Stalin also set a target of $100 billion in exports by 2030 from the present $26 billion.

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Besides the thrust on exports for which a state Export Promotion committee will soon be formed, TN is focusing on emerging sectors as well as core strengths. Services-sector”>services sector will be a major focus area. Everything connected withFinTech(financial technology), including a FinTech policy and a FinTech city, will receive our focus. On the IT and ITeS front, we will push it in a much bigger way in Tier 2 & Tier 3 as well as rural areas, the official said.
Emerging sectors such as aerospace and DEFENCE, e-vehicles, electronic manufacturing and petrochemicals, and traditional sectors such as textiles and leather will get a thrust. Non-leather footwear is another emerging area for the state.

MSMEs contribute about 30% of the countrys GDP, and could do the same, if not more, in the state. MSMEs can grow better only through cluster approach. We have recently announced five mega industrial clusters for MSMEs in select sectors such as aerospace & defence, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, precision manufacturing and e-vehicle manufacturing. Each cluster will be developed with an of Rs 100 crore and will surely emerge as Growth centres in a few years

Ecologically sustainable aquaculture based on symbiotic technology is set to revolutionise the coastal aquaculture industry in the country. The aquaculture based on symbiotic technology is a guaranteed way for achieving Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision for doubling the aqua farmers’ income, said Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa Fisheries University (TNJFU) vice-chancellor G Sugumar. He was speaking after inaugurating the project on standardised pond-based culture technique for commercially important marine finfishes and pond-based recirculated aquaculture system (RAS) for vannamei shrimp at Chippikulam near Thoothukudi. Sugumar said the initiative launched by Kings Infra in association with the university to promote the project would help the aquaculture farming practice to be truly sustainable in the country. The recirculated aquaculture system (RAS) empowers farmers to utilise water to the maximum sustainable levels by eliminating possible wastage by converting the same to another resource.

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The Kochi-based Kings Infra has been advocating the need for an environmentally sustainable aquaculture for the past many years. Sustainable aquaculture has considerable scope for Growth as 49 per cent of global demand for human consumption of fish is contributed by aquaculture. Aquaculture shrimp contributed 74 per cent value of the Indian seafood exports worth Rs 43,717 crore exports in FY 2021.

The district is 25 years old, but it is yet to get an industrial corridor though it has good connectivity and geographical advantages. As per a decent survey conducted by the department of industries and commerce (DIC), over 125 entrepreneurs are eager to start industries near the district headquarter and they have demanded over 800 acres of land for setting up an industrial corridor.

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Meanwhile, theKFCCIhas also placed a demand for land. The DIC has identified land near Ganajur andKolurvillages. The District Administration is negotiating with farmers for land. Chief ministerBasavaraj Bommaiwill hold a meeting next week in Bengaluru regarding Haveri industrial corridor and industrialists and traders are hoping that their long pending demand will come true soon.

Hi-tech Hyderabad has made it to the list of Top 100 EmergingStartupEcosystems globally. The rating given by the latest Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER) has also putTelanganaamong the Top 20 Asian Ecosystems in funding and among Top 15 Regional Ecosystems when it comes to affordable talent.

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The three cities Hyderabad, Chennai and Pune — were designated between 61-70 ranks without any specific rank being mentioned for each city. Last year, Hyderabad was placed among the 71-80 rank band.

was also deemed strong in the life sciences sector as well as emerging technologies like AI, Big Data and Analytics.

North America continued to dominate the global rankings with 50% of the top 30 Ecosystems in this region. Asia accounted for 27%, whereas Europe had 17% of the top 30 ecosystems.

The number of untraced missing children substantially increased by 15% inAndhra Pradeshin 2020 compared to 2019, according to the latest Crime in India report released by theNational Crime Records Bureau(NCRB).

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By the end of 2020, 636 children, including 549 from previous years, were yet to be traced. In 2019, 549 children were yet to be traced.

Around 58% of the untraced children are girls while 264 are boys. With the increase in number of untraced children, the total tracing rate has dropped to 80.7% in 2020 compared to 83.3% in 2019.

Last year, a total of 2,745 children went missing, of which 2,092 were girls, accounting for 76% of cases.

In 2019, the number of cases of missing children stood at 2,476, however, the Percentage of missing girl children increased by 6% in 2020 compared to 2019. On the bright side, 2,658 children who went missing in 2020 were traced the same year.

After thehigh court of Bombay at Goaexpressed shock that tree authorities for North and South Goa had not met since their constitution in 2012, the authorities held a joint meeting based on court directives. A compliance report, as directed by the court, was filed, where it has been stated that the forest department is in the process of developing adedicatedonlineportal for applications seeking permissions for tree felling across Goa.

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However, the state has told the court that it is not feasible to carry out a tree census in Goa as directed by the court, as it is a herculean task and Goas Climate leads to dense vegetation Growth within a short time. Once the online portal is operational, the entire process of tree felling (permissions) will be online, it said.

Presently, the forest department on a regular basis is uploading the permissions granted for tree felling on the forest departments website, reads the compliance report submitted by member secretaries of the tree authorities.

About the census, the tree authorities have said in the compliance report that the Forest Surveys of India, a body of the Union Environment ministry, has already surveyed the forest and tree cover in Goa. As per the 2019 report, Goas forest cover increased from 60.2% during the previous survey year to 60.4%.

Two Humboldt Penguin Cubs in Mumbai

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Two new Humboldt penguin cubs, joining the seven adult Humboldt penguins at Byculla Zoo in Mumbai

About Humboldt penguins:

The Humboldt penguin is named after a cold ocean current, called the
The Humboldt Current (known as Peru Current) is a cold, low-salinity ocean current that flows north along South America’s west coast.
Habitat: The Humboldt penguin is a South American penguin that breeds along the coast of Chile and Peru
When not raising chicks, these penguins have been known to travel long distances at sea to discover food.
Humboldt penguins can breed all year round.