25.11.22

Chief minister Himanta BiswaSarmaand his Maharashtra counterpart EknathShindehave agreed to build anAssamBhavan anda Maharashtra Sadanin Maharashtra and Assam, respectively, as a goodwill gesture between the two governments.

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Shinde, along with his ministers, MPs and their families, arrived in Guwahati on Saturday to offer prayers at the Kamakhya Temple here. Shindes visit came nearly five months after he led a rebellion from Guwahati to topple the Uddhav Thackeray government. All of them returned to Mumbai in a chartered flight from Guwahati airport.

Shinde and the party leaders attended a a dinner hosted by Sarma on Saturday evening that lasted for more than two hours. Some of the ministers from the Assam cabinet were also present.

TN CM launches forum to foster scientific interest among school students

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Vanavil Mandram (Rainbow forum), a unique initiative to foster scientific interest among school students was launched by NaduChief MinisterM K Stalinhere on Monday. It is aimed at promoting interest among the students of standard 6 to 8 to learnScience Technology Engineering and Mathematics(STEM).

Also, the Chief Minister flagged off 100 mobile science and mathematics laboratories on behalf school Education department to stimulate the scientific temper among students.

They would teach students science experiments and mathematics, on a monthly basis, with proper guidance, and display science tools made by students.
The scheme will be implemented at an estimated cost of Rs 25 crore to benefit 25 lakh government school students.

Aster 1st hospital in India to sign climate action declaration

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Aster DM Healthcare, one of the largest integrated healthcare providers in India, becomes the first major hospital from India to sign the action declaration on Climate Policy Engagement at the recently concluded CO summit inEgypt.

Called theCorporate Knights Action Declaration, it is an attempt to bring together global companies to work with policymakers to achieve the common goal of building sustainable organizations. World’s 50 large corporations have come together to join the action declaration in accordance with the Paris agreement and will work closely with policymakers to build a climate-sensitive organization.

Karnataka: Scheme to train youths for jobs takes off in Dharwad

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Amrutha Munnade, a scheme announced in the 2022 budget, is being implemented inDharwaddistrict to provide Skill development training for students to increase EMPLOYMENT opportunities. Various free courses are being given to candidates belonging to the backward classes through Amrutha Munnade.

Training will be provided by theKarnatakaGerman Technical Training Institute (KGTTI), Government Tool Room and Training Centre and Industrial training institutes (ITI).

Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy releases Rs 200 crore to ensure farmers welfare

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Chief Minister YSJagan Mohan Reddyhas said that the government has transformed farming sector. He said the state could prosper only when the farmer is happy. He said that the government has implemented several welfare schemes for farmers in the last 40 months. JaganMohan Reddydisbursed input subsidy and zero interest amount to farmers on Monday. The has released 200 crore to farmers under the two schemes.
The chief minister has credited 39.39 crore towards input subsidy to the farmers who lost the crops during July-September 2022. Nearly 45,998 farmers have benefited from the scheme.

Similarly, the chief minister released 160.55 crore to 8.22 lakh farmers under zero interest benefit (YSR Sunna Vaddi Panta Runalu). Zero interest scheme is applicable to all those farmers availed crop loans below 1 lakh and repaid the amount within stipulated deadline by banks.

Goa University first Indian varsity to sign MoU with Bangladesh maritime University

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TheGoa Universityhas signed a MoU with Bangladeshs Bangabandhu SheikhMujibur Rahman Maritime University(BSMRMU) for cooperation in the maritime fields. Goa University has become the first varsity in the country to forge ties with the university.

The MoU was signed between GU and BSMRMU for cooperation in the maritime fields, extending support for Education, research, training, student and faculty exchange and joint research in areas of mutual interest. The study involves both fundamental and applied research leading to conceptualisation of various sensors and equipment for a sustainable usage of blue water.

Three districts of Haryana–Ambala, Rohtak and Faridabad have been declared as front runners in Tap connection coverage (100 percent) under Jal Jeevan Survekshan 2022-23 conducted by Government of India. While Ambala is at first place, Rohtak bagged second place and Faridabad third,Chief Secretary, Sanjeev Kaushal said.

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Kaushal chaired a meeting of the Committee of Administrative Secretaries, held here to review projects worth more than Rs. 100 crores. About 54 projects worth more than Rs. 100 crores each of 10 departments including Technical Education, Power, Public Health Engineering, Civil Aviation, Public Works (B&R) and Architecture, Health & Family Welfare, Medical Education and Research, Irrigation-and-water”>Irrigation and water Resources, Cooperation and Home were discussed in the meeting. The total cost of all projects was around Rs. 16,000 crores.

Punjab to emerge as medical education hub, says CM Bhagwant Mann

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Punjabwill emerge as a hub ofmedical educationfor the world, Chief MinisterBhagwant Mannsaid on Sunday after inspecting the site of an upcoming medical college in the district According to an official release, he said the medical college, coming up on an area of 20 acres at a cost of Rs 428.69 crore, will be named after Dev. The design has been finalised and work on this ambitious project will start soon, the chief minister said.

He said that since a large number of students from other states will also come to this college, a hostel facility along with a 300-bed hospital will also be constructed.

The Punjab government has decided to construct 16 medical colleges in five years, raising the total number of such institutes in the state to 25, Mann said.

IIT-Mandi researchers develop visual-based method to assess earthquake-prone structures in Himalayan region

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Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi, have developed a method that will make it simple to assess and prioritise strengthening and repairs to enhance the earthquake-resistance capabilities of buildings in the Himalayan region.

The Himalayas are among the most earthquake-prone regions and witness periodic tremors.

Through extensive field surveys, a large cache of data was collected on the types of buildings in the Mandi region and the typical attributes that are connected to their vulnerability to Earthquakes.

A numerical study was also carried out to establish guidelines to count the number of stories in hilly buildings for their rapid-visual screening (RV). Based on the buildings vulnerable characteristics, an improved RVs method was also proposed.

It takes into account the various vulnerability attributes that are unique to the buildings in the region, Saha explained, and said calculations made using these observations produced a seismic vulnerability score for buildings to differentiate vulnerable buildings from more robust ones and allow better decision-making for maintenance and repair.