25.11.21

AYUSH Minister and Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, announced to expandNorth Eastern Institute of Ayurveda and Folk Medicine Research (NEIAFMR) in Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh.

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NEIAFMR will be expanded by developing new within the campus.

This initiative was launched in line with the vision of developing AYUSH sector in Arunachal Pradesh and entire northeast region.

Development of additional infrastructure at NEIAFMR will require an Investment of about Rs 53.72 crores.

Under the developmental initiative, a new Ayurveda College comprising of 30 seats and a new Ayurveda Hospital comprising of 60 beds will be established.

Thus, this initiative would be creating a direct EMPLOYMENT for 86 posts.

NEIAFMR is an autonomous National Institute under the AYUSH Ministry. NEIFM at Pasighat was established to conduct systematic research, documentation and validation of traditional Health practices and folk medicine of the region. Institute was established with the objective of functioning as an apex research centre for all aspect of Folk Medicine and creating an interface between scientific research, survey, validation & documentation of folk medicine practices and traditional healers.

17 smart city projects for Guwahati at 887 crore soon

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The Guwahati Smart City Limited (GSCL) will begin 17 projects, including the Brahmaputra riverfront development and integrated traffic management system, soon in the city at a cost of over Rs 887 crore.

A number of offices like the Kamrup (Metro) deputy commissioners office, Guwahati Police commissioners office and the Guwahati commissioners office will have to be shifted from their present location to different parts of the city to accommodate the riverfront makeover work. The government has already identified new locations and preliminary work is on.

Under the integrated traffic management system, automatic traffic signal lights andCCTVcameras to monitor traffic rule violations will be installed across the city. This was announced by the urban affairs ministerAshok Singhallast week.

The development of the Borsola beel was the first project on the GSCL list. A total allotment of Rs 80 crore was made for the development of the beel, but the project was shelved.

Odisha registers a drop in fertility rate: Survey

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The latestNational Family Health Survey(NFHS-5) released on Wednesday revealed that the totalfertility rateinOdishahas gone down to 1.8 (2020-21) from 2.1 (2015-16).

The TFR (children per woman) of Odisha is lower than the national Average of 2.

Experts said the trend indicated increased awareness among people about family planning methods and a preference to limit offspring to one or two.

The report said the Percentage of adoption of any kind of contraception (overall) has risen to 74.1 per cent from 57.3 per cent in 2015-16. The rate is better than the national average of 66.7 per cent.

Significantly, the use of oral pill as a method of contraception in Odisha has gone down to 10.8 per cent from 12 per cent while there has been a rise in other forms of family planning.
Pill use has gone up nationally from 4.1 per cent to 5.1 per cent.

Female sterilisation (tubectomy) in the state has marginally gone down from 28.2 per cent to 28 per cent.

The rate of condom use in the state has gone up to 5.5 per cent from 3.4 per cent. Nationally, the rate has gone up from 5.6 per cent to 9.5 per cent. Male sterilisation (vasectomy) in Odisha has gone up marginally from 0.2 per cent to 0.3 per cent.

Tamil Nadu sex ratio drops to 878 from 954

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The sex ratio at birth inTamil Naduhas dropped to 878 in 2020-21 from 954 in 2016-17, according to theNational Family Health Surveyreleased by theInternational Institute of Population Sciences. State officials contest this figure, which is lower than the country’s Average.

India’s average has risen to 929 from 919.

While public health experts raised concerns about possible increase in sex determination and selective abortions, senior state health officials said the survey drastically underestimates sex ratio as the sample size is relatively small. Scientists from theSchool of Public Health, SRM University, gathered information for the survey from 27,929 households, 25,650 Women and 3,372 men in two phases – from January 6 to March 21, 2020, and from December 21, 2020, to March 31, 2021.

The civil registration system is a unified process of continuous, permanent, compulsory and universal recording of events such as births, deaths and stillbirths.

Kerala cabinet nod to provide Rs 3,000 aid to fishermen

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The cabinet has decided to give a financial assistance of Rs 3,000 each to 1, 59, 481 fishermen families considering that they have been left without an income for 26 days in October-November this year due to heavy rains. The cabinet has decided to release Rs 47.84 crore from the chief ministers distress relief fund for offering the financial assistance.

and culture ministerSaji Cheriansaid that families who are most backward among the category have been chosen for the assistance. He said that the beneficiaries have been chosen on the basis of specific criteria.

Calls for joint efforts between Goa, Maharashtra, Ktaka for tiger conservation in Wester Ghats region

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Camera traps inside the Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary have revealed that the maletiger, which has been repeatedly captured on camera, also moves in the neighbouring forested areas ofMaharashtraandKarnataka.

A year-long occupancy study in the Sahyadri Konkan corridor conducted by the Wildlife Conservation Trust Pune has indicated that tigers travel from Maharashtras Sahyadri Tiger Reserve into Goa and Karnataka and vice versa. It also highlighted the need for improved protection efforts in corridor areas.

Telangana putting in place action plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance

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Telanganahas been working on an action plan on overuse ofantibiotics, which results in antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and is one of the few states in the country to do so. Two rounds of meetings have been conducted to discuss state action plan on AMR recently.

As part of the plan, AMR stakeholders have been identified as departments of Health

and family welfare (hospitals & medical colleges), animal husbandry, development, Fisheries (veterinary hospitals, food institutes/labs) and Environment and forests (TSPCB). The Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture, food, civil supplies, drug administration, higher Education, public health, municipal and universities and research institutes (all sectors) would have a role too.

World Bank to provide $250 mn loan for school learning project in Andhra

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will provide $250 million loan for a school Education project inAndhra Pradesh, which will cover over 50 lakh students in the southern state.

“The Government of India, Government of Andhra Pradesh and the World Bank on November 18, 2021 signed the legal agreements for $250 million for a project which aims to improve quality of Learning for over 50 lakh students in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

The project will cover about 40 lakh students (6-14 year age group) in over 45,000 government schools, and over 10 lakh children (3-6 years) enrolled in Anganwadis (Integrated Child Development Centers), and about 1,90,000 teachers, and more than 50,000 Anganwadi workers.

It will introduce a one-year preschool-level course in 3,500 schools in the tribal blocks. Also, it will help address the issue of low learning levels amongst the tribal community.

The fund will be utilised for Supporting Andhra’s Learning Transformation Project to encourage professional development of teachers; provide remedial learning courses for children impacted by Covid-19 pandemic.

Goan startups to get boost from Silicon Valley Company

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Budding entrepreneurs and innovators in Goa looking to convert technology-based ideas into successful startups could soon get aboostwith Silicon Valley-based Founder Institute (FI) launching its startup accelerator programme in Goa. In a sign that Goas nascent startup sector is gaining global attention, FI has announced that it aims to incubate projects in the ideation stage and build 20 technology companies per year in the state.

With a presence in 200 cities, FI is one of the worlds major pre-seed accelerators and focuses on mentoring and guiding startups through the early stage funding process. In Goa, FIs virtual accelerator programme will be steered by advisor for Lloyds Ventures, Chintan Oza, co-founder and chief executive officer of Brunchbites, Pritam Onsker, Brunchbites co-founder and image consultant Priyanka Row.

Blend traditional farming with research to boost yield: Guv

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When farmers of the country become atmanirbhar (self-reliant), the country would automatically become atmanirbhar, said Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari after inaugurating the new administrative building of Shri Shivaji Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture College.

Praising the wisdom and vision of Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh, who was minister of agriculture in the first cabinet of Jawaharlal Nehru, and founder of Shri Shivaji Education Society, which runs the college, Koshyari said leaders of that era were committed to the cause of the country, while the present day netas bring tears to his eyes as politics only means power and chair for them.

Stating that all governments are taking steps for the welfare of farmers, the governor urged them to do traditional farming and blend it with research that takes place in agriculture colleges to boost yield.