The Chaudhary Devi Lal University, (CDLU), Sirsa, has signed two memoranda of understanding (MoU) with two Indonesian universities to promote academic and cultural activities between them.
The VC said as part of the academic and cultural activities, joint workshops and an exchange programme would be organised under which CDLU professors and students would go to Indonesia for Education and research. He said Indonesian students and professors would come to the CDLU under this agreement.
Chief ministerSukhvinder Singh Sukhusaid that the proposal of his government to invest in Solar power will provide much awaited end results when it comes to conservation of the pristine Environment of the state.
He said that preservation of the ecosystem will certainly pave the way for ‘Green and Clean Himachal’, thereby fulfilling the dream of a Green Energy State.
He said that in a bid towards ‘Green and Clean Himachal’ the government mulls to develop two panchayats in each district of the State as Green Panchayats by setting up Solar Power projects ranging from 500 KW to 1 MW capacity on pilot basis. He said that the youth of the State will also be given 40 percent subsidy to set up solar power projects ranging from 250 KW to 2 MW on their own or leased land, as per budget assurance.
He said that government has also proposed to set up ‘Himachal PradeshPower Sector Development Programme’ to cost Rs 2000 crore with the help of the , Under this there is a provision to construct solar power projects with a capacity of 200 MW and to construct 11 sub-stations and 2 distribution lines serving 13 towns of the State.
In a major development for Uttarakhand, the Union Government has approved Rs 193 crore for six rail overbridges in the state.
Recently, the Centre had given in-principle approval for the shifting of the Uttarakhand (HC) from Nainital to Haldwani. Within a span of a few days, the second major announcement has been made by the Union government for Uttarakhand.
Chief minister (CM) Pushkar Singh Dhami said, “This is the power of the double engine. The Union government has always thought about the people of Uttarakhand and their welfare. This is another such project which reflects the approach of the Centre towards this state. While the works on projects like Delhi-Dehradun highway, Rishikesh-Karnprayag rail line and All Weather Road for Char Dham are going on at a quick pace, the six new rail overbridge would solve the traffic-related issues of our state.”
Once considered to be a domain of local strongmen, Women participation in the liquor business has been on the rise inUttar Pradeshof late. Beginning April 1, women would control 25% of the retail liquor business in the state, recording the highest participation so far.
The statewide data maintained by the excise department headquarters inPrayagrajshows that out of the total 28,930 retail liquor shops (including bhang shops) that have been floated by the department for the 2023-24 fiscal year across the state, 7,216 have been bagged by women.
Ayushman Bharat Health Accounts(ABHA) would be provided to students in government and non-government schools, as well as teachers and employees of educational institutions across the state. The school Education and Literacy department has given directions to all the districts in this regard.
According to the instructions, all health facilities and health-related reports of the students, teachers and employees of the government and non-government entities would be connected online and will benefit them through the ABHA card.
The letter stated, All state’s health care facilities would be added online and all residents of the state would have access to the benefits of the card. For this, it is required for all citizens to hold ABHA ID.
Krishnan Vinod Chandran of the Kerala High Court has been appointed as the chief justice (CJ) of thePatnahigh court. Union ministry of law and justice.
The collegium had initially recommended the appointment of Justice Chandran as the chief justice of Gauhati High Court, but later it was recalled and he was instead proposed as the chief justice of the Patna high court.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel urged his counterparts in various states seeking land at places of national and international importance for his government’s “Chhattisgarh Cultural Connect” scheme.
In his letter, Baghel said the establishment of these centers will facilitate the people of Chhattisgarh to reside and visit places of national and international importance.
He requested the Chief Ministers to allot two acres of government land for the centres.
He assured the Chief Ministers that they would also be allotted land if they want to open a culture center in Chhattisgarh.
Chhattisgarh has decided to start a scheme under which Chhattisgarh Culture Centers will be set up for people of the state to visit and reside in places of cultural importance in different parts of the country.
The budget for the financial year 2023-2024 was approved by the Board of Directors of Authority at the Bhopal Development Authority (BDA) Headquarters at a meeting at Pragati Bhawan under the Chairmanship of Krishna Mohan Soni.
The total receipts in the financial year 2023-2024 are Rs 50653.41 lakhs and total expenditure Rs 50623.80 lakhs is estimated. In the past financial year 2021-22, Rs 321 crore was income received and Rs 317 crore were expenses incurred for the development of various areas of Bhopal by Bhopal Development Authority.
Well planned urban development plan is proposed under which about 135 hectares of landWagli, Bhairopur and 100 hectares in Aerocity Extension Naveen Nagar Vikas will be developed for the scheme.
Data tabled by the Union Government in the Lok Sabha on Monday shows thatGujarathas the third highest number of ‘out of school children’ (OoSC) at the elementary level. The only two states that have higherOoSCnumbers areUttar PradeshandBihar.
In reply to a written question, the Union minister of state for Education said that according to thePrabandhonline portal maintained by the Union government, there are 9,30,531 children in the country who are out of school at the primary level.
While UP has the highest number of OoSC at 3,96,665, Bihar is second with 1,34,252. Gujarat ranks third with 1,06,885 children not admitted in any primary class.Under the Samagra Shiksha scheme of the Union government, all states and union territories (UTs) need to conduct household surveys for identification of OoSC. The department of school education and Literacy has developed an online module for compiling data on OoSCs identified by each state and UT on the PRABANDH portal.