26.06.22

Musical boost for Tibetan carpets in Arunachal Pradesh

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An in a music system may power the journey of a carpet-weaving centre in Arunachal Pradesh from gloom to a GI (geographical indication) boom.

Floor and wall carpets have been the unique selling point for the Choephelling Cooperative Society since it was established in 1975 by Tibetan refugees on the outskirts of Miao, a subdivisional headquarters in Changlang district.

But productivity slumped after more than four decades and the society was finding it hard to replace the ageing weavers with younger, faster ones. Reasons: the carpet unit and its wooden looms were falling apart and a poor lighting system was affecting the eyesight of the weavers.

The game changer was a music system worth 68,000. It plays a range of Tibetan and popular songs, often in sync with the movement of the weavers hands and fingers.

Assams first solar park opened in Sivasagar

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AssamCMHimanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated Assams first solar park at Amguri in Sivasagar district.

The 70-MW Amguri solar power park is an outcome of the Assam Accord. The foundation stone of the park was laid by former CM Sarbananda Sonowal on February 27, 2019.

Mentioning that the solar park was a huge step towards harnessing clean and green energy, the CM said the project will go a long way in realising the state governments mission of generating 1,000 MW of electricity. He further added it will aid in creation of EMPLOYMENT avenues for youth and also maintain environmental balance through green energy generation.

Odisha ties up with online learning platform to train 50,000 unemployed youths in tech skills

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Odishagovernment has entered into a PARTNERSHIP with anonline Learning platformto train around 50,000 youths unemployed due to the Covid-19 outbreak in technological skills, a senior official said.

Odisha Skill development Authority(OSDA) chairman Subroto Bagchi said the tie-up with Coursera, formalised on the World Youth Skills Day on Wednesday, is a landmark in the state’s efforts “to globalise the competence of its youths”.

The programme aims to make the participants skilled in data science, cloud computing and Internet of Things, besides offering professional certificate courses.

HomoSEP: IIT Madras Robot to clean septic tanks

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Indian Institute of Technology Madras has developed a robot called to clean septic tanks and eliminate manual scavenging in India. It is all set to be deployed in field.

A total of ten robots are planned to be deployed across Nadu.

Researchers are in touch with sanitation workers for identifying locations.

Some locations in Maharashtra and Gujarat are also being considered.

HomoSEP robot has been developed by a team led by Prof. Prabhu Rajagopal from IIT Madras, in association with IIT Madras-incubated start-up Solinas Integrity Private Limited. It is also supported by Safai Karamchari Andolan (SKA) NGO, which is dedicated towards eliminating manual scavenging in India.

HomoSEP Robot homogenizes the hard sludge in septic tanks by using custom-developed rotary blade mechanism and then pumps the tank slurry by an integrated suction mechanism. Sanitation workers can operate the robot on their own with relevant training and appropriate guidance.

Kerala Migration Survey

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Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan, has announced to conduct Kerala Migration Survey 2022-23, in order to prepare a data bank on Malayali expatriates across the world.

Data bank will be prepared, because lack of data affected the governments welfare measures for expatriates.

As a part of the survey, a Malayali Pravasi Portal will be launched.

This portal will be used to link Insurance and other welfare schemes for expatriates.

An elaborate global registration campaign will also be held, to prepare the Database.

Kerala government will explore the possibility to set up a legal assistance system for expatriates, with the participation of lawyers in host countries. Government will consult with experts on formulating a comprehensive Health insurance scheme for them, in order to cover their treatment as well as treatment of their families, including accidents and childrens Education.

The first ever survey in 1998 showed that, around 1.5 million Keralites were then living outside India, while 750,000 former emigrants having returned. According to Kerala Migration Survey 2018, there are an estimated 2.12 million emigrants from Kerala worldwide. It is 149,000 less as compared to 2016 survey.

Centre for Brain Research (CBR) at IISC, Bengaluru

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The Centre for Brain Research (CBR) has been set up at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), at a cost of Rs 280 crore.

During the Programme, Prime Minister laid the foundation stone for Bagchi Parthasarathy Multispeciality Hospital. It is 832-bedded hospital.

The CBR is one of its kind research facilities, which focuses on conducting vital research for providing evidence-based public Health interventions in order to manage age-related brain disorders.

Centre for Brain Research was established as a non-profit, autonomous research organization in the IISc. It was a generous gift from Gopalakrishnan and his wife Sudha Gopalakrishnan. It is funded by philanthropy and receives research grants to do specific projects from several granting agencies. Gopalakrishnan has also provided funds to construct the state-of-art building.

State revenue receipts during first two months close to 20,000 cr.

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The States during the first two months of the current financial year reached close to 20,000 crore with revenue at the end of May pegged at 19,956.2 crore.

Tax revenue during the first two months stood at 18,751.39 crore with tax revenue during May registered at 9,459.42 crore, slightly higher than 9,291.97 crore of April. Earnings in the form of Goods and Services Tax reached 6,223 crore in the first two months, achieving 14.75% of the 42,189.47 crore projected in the budget estimates. Registration and Stamps revenue too reached 2,586 crore, registering 16.58% of the 15,600 crore of the revenue estimated for the entire fiscal.

The States share of union taxes registered single digit Growth at 9.64% reaching 1,195.54 crore against the years estimate of 12,407.64 crore while the State Excise duties during the period were pegged at 2,599 crore against the estimated 17,500 crore, achieving 14.86%. Revenue through sales tax reached 4,872 crore at the end of May, little higher than 2,308 crore reported during April and this was 14.76% of the 33,000 crore projected for the fiscal.

Andhra Pradesh: Central Discom to distribute transformers to farmers

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As part of its efforts to strengthen the nine-hour power supply to the farm sector free of cost, the Andhra Pradesh Central Power Distribution Corporation Limited (APCPDCL) will distribute transformers to the farmers needing them, in Vijayawada, Guntur and Ongole on June 28 (Tuesday).

The government has released 50,280 new agricultural connections in the purview of the CPDCL and it has been decided to provide transformers to farmers under the High Voltage Distribution System (HVDS) scheme.

works pertaining to new agricultural Services numbering 17,293 in Ongole, 7,965 in Vijayawada and 3,878 in Guntur have already been started. The transformers would help reinforce power supply to the Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture sector in the day.

Summit this Sep to bring in investment to Goa: Sawant

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In a bid to kickstart privateinvestmentin Goa and create job opportunities for locals, the intends to organise an investmentsummitin September, chief minister Pramod Sawant said on Saturday. Sawant said that the Investment meet Invest Goa will be organised in collaboration with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce &Industry(FICCI) and Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI).

Industries minister Mauvin Godinho said that many industry organisations are keen on collaborating with the state government to bring in investments to Goa.

A similar event, Vibrant Goa global expo and summit, was held in October 2019, but was organised in PARTNERSHIP with the Vibrant Goa Foundation.

MES demands govt docus in Marathi

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undreds ofMES(MaharashtraEkikaran Samiti) activists gathered atRani Channamma Circlehere and marched to the deputy commissioner office for a protest on Monday.
They demanded that the government issue documents inMarathi. They raised slogans sand said if the is unable to take care of them, it must allow them to go to Maharashtra.
The activists gave a memorandum to the deputy commissioner, which said getting government documents in Marathi was their fundamental right as per Linguistic Minorities Act.