Kibithoo, the last village on the Indo-Tibet border inArunachal Pradesh, on Saturday received 4G mobile connectivity with Airtel providing seamless connectivity to the citizens of the hamlet.
The village is situated in Anjaw district of the state and is nearly 70 km north of the district headquarters Hawai.
This is a giant step towards ensuring seamless connectivity to border villages that will create opportunities for the people by facilitating them access to information.
TheAssamgovernment was working to remove theArmed Forces Special Powers Actfrom five more districts as the law and order situation in the state had improved considerably during the last two years, Assam chief ministerHimanta Biswa Sarmasaid.
The removal of theAFSPAfrom 60 percent of the state and signing of peace accords with several armed groups of the state has led to an of peace, the chief minister said while addressing a press conference to mark the completion of two years of his government.
The centre had removed AFSPA from April 1,2022 from the entire state of Assam barring nine districts and a sub-division of Cachar district and later it was removed from the Lakhipur sub-division and West Karbi Anglong district.
The state was declared a ‘disturbed area’ under AFSPA during the intervening night of November 27-28, 1990 and this was extended every six months since then.
The https://exam.pscnotes.com/national-human-rights-commission”>National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the State Revenue and Disaster Management Department Principal Secretary to take appropriate action to compensate and rehabilitate the displaced people due to execution of Hirakud Dam in accordance with applicable law.
The NHRC has passed the final order adjudicating a petition and subsequent rejoinders filed by Supreme Court lawyer and rights activist Radhakanta Tripathy and the reports submitted by the Governments of Odisha and Chhattisgarh.
The petition stated that even after seventy years, the rehabilitation of the 26,561 families displaced for construction of Hirakud Dam project is yet to be completed.
Pursuant to the directions of the NHRC, the State of Odisha submitted that total 3,500 HLO claimants for provision of house site patta have been allocated homestead land in the district and the number of cases attended in the last one year is more than 1,700. Villages like Jharapara and Ankali were within the outer bound of 632RL; therefore it may not be possible for the Resources“>Water Resources Department to relinquish the acquired land.
Total Rs 54,07,082 has already been paid as an ex-gratia compensation to 638 beneficiaries in Jharsuguda district. 213 DC patta holders are not traceable and 51DC patta holders died, the report stated. Total 2,508 DC pattas have been allotted in Sambalpur and 2,244 DC pattas have already been regularised in Jharsuguda district. No application for demarcation of DC patta is pending in Jharsuguda district.
Regarding survey of UN-surveyed village, the Revenue and Disaster Management Department vide notification dated 08.09.2021 has already notified for conduct of special survey and settlement and preparation of record of rights with respect to all lands lying in the limits of these villages.
Union , Shipping and Waterways MinisterSarbananda Sonowal,who inaugurated theNational Technology Centre for Ports, Waterways & Coasts (NTCPWC)at the Discovery Campus of IIT-Madras. The centre will enable Make in India tech solutions for the sector and propel overall Growth. The Discovery Campus was set up in February 2018 on 163-acre area of the IIT Madras, and is located at Thaiyur, about 36 km from the main campus at Guindy.
The NTCPWC, the technology arm of Union Shipping Ministry will be expanded to include world-class multifunctional maritime laboratories in the areas of Climate-change”>Climate Change, marine Robotics, marine informatics and analytics, smart modelling and simulation. A maritime innovation hub, which will act as core of breeding ecosystem for fostering startups and innovation in the nation, will be setup at the NTCPWC.
The NTCPWC-IIT Madras, Discovery Campus spread over four acres, has about five state-of-the-art labs. Notable among them is the Sedimentation Management and test Basin, which is a large shallow water facility for ports and waterways and marine information and Communication laboratory where iVTMS and e-Navigation products are developed.
During his two-day visit to Kerala, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate Indias first-everwater metrothat connects 10 islands surrounding Kochi using battery-operatedelectric hybrid boats. This innovative mode of transportation will provide seamless connectivity between the islands and the city, offering a similar level of convenience and travel experience as traditional metro systems. This transportation system is particularly beneficial in urban areas like Kochi.
The metro project inKochiwill begin with eight electric hybrid boats developed byCochin Shipyard Limited.
The project is being funded by the Kerala government and the German company KfW.
The water metro system will include 38 terminals and 78 electric boats.
The first phase of the KWM service will launch from -Vypin and Vyttila-Kakkanad terminals.
The tickets for the boat trip will start at Rs 20 and weekly and monthly passes will be available for frequent travelers.
The Kochi One Card can be used for both Kochi Metro Rail and Kochi Water Metro.
The Kochi One App allows users to digitally purchase tickets.
In less than three months after Hon Hai Technology Group, popular as Foxconn, signed a memorandum of understanding with theTelanganagovernment, the multinational electronics contract manufacturer performed a ground-breaking ceremony for its manufacturing unit atKongara Kalanin Rangareddy district.
Industries and IT ministerKT Rama Raolaid the foundation along with Foxconn Interconnect Technology chairman & CEO Sidney Lu.
The proposed facility, spread over 200 acres and with an of Rs 4,000 crore in the first phase, would serve as a hub for Foxconn’s operations in Telangana.
The facility would provide direct EMPLOYMENT to 35,000 youth and another 65,000 jobs indirectly, cumulatively creating a lakh job opportunities for the locals.
Health Minister Vidadala Rajini has said that the Andhra Pradesh government will explore the possibilities to seek the necessary aid from the World Health Organization (WHO) to check the chronic kidney ailments prevalent in the Uddanam region of Srikakulam district.
Ms. Rajini, accompanied byAndhra Pradesh Medical Services and Development Corporation (APMSIDC) Vice-Chairman and Managing Director D. Muralidhar Reddy, MP Margani Bharat and Rajanagaram MLA Jakkampudi Raja, inspected the construction of the new medical college on the government hospital campus in Rajamahendravaram.
Until now, the Harvard Medical School has concluded that water may be one of the factors for the renal ailments prevalent in Uddanam. The State Government will certainly explore if there is a possibility to get any aid from the WHO. Meanwhile, the construction of a kidney research centre and 700-crore drinking water pipeline projects are in the progress in Uddanam.
Deputy Chief Minister of MaharashtraDevendra Fadnavisrevealed a statue ofChhatrapati Shivaji MaharajinMauritius. He highlighted Maharashtras potential as a leading industrial and destination in India at the Indo-Mauritius Business Forum and signed an MoU to promote trade betweenMauritiusandMaharashtra.
Fadnavis attended a cultural event with Mauritius Prime MinisterPravind Jugnauthand will meet with members of the Maharashtrian community.
During his visit to Mauritius, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis unveiled a statue of the Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and emphasized that our existence today is indebted to Shivaji Maharaj.
Punjab New and Sources Department on Wednesday launched Punjab State Energy Action Plan to ensure promotion of Energy Efficiency in buildings, industries, municipalities, Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture, transport and other sectors. The Energy Action Plan is aimed at assisting Punjab government departments or agencies to adopt most sustainable, long-term, and inter-sectoral renewable or clean energy plan.
The states Additional Chief Secretary (New and Renewable Energy Sources) A Venu Prasad, PEDA chairman HS Hanspal, and Head of Indo-German Energy Programme GIZ Dr Winfried Damm also launched Decision Support Tool (DST) along with the Amritsar Smart City Portal and Renewable Purchase Obligations (RPO) portal for the state of Punjab.
PEDA has also signed a MoU with GIZs IGEN Access to Energy programme funded by the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development for seeking technical assistance with the help of a well-experienced team of consultants and representatives of over 20 departments or organizations.
Emphasizing on the need for fast-tracking implementation of the action plan and reviewing the progress quarterly, he asked all the departments to come forward to equip their office buildings with solar panels to decarbonize the power sector, which will help in reducing their power consumption charges to 25 to 30 per cent.
Himachal Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu Monday directed the IT department officials to complete all the formalities for e-office implementation in the government offices in the state in a timely manner. The state governments vision is to create a digitally advanced state with secure, accessible, digital for effective Governance, he said.
The chief minister added that plans were underway to incorporate technology in various sectors and the IT department should take a lead in building a robust digital infrastructure across the state.
All the branches of the Himachal Pradesh Secretariat, Directorates, Deputy Commissioner (DC) offices, Superintendent of Police (SP) offices and field offices are expected to go paperless from July 1, according to an official statement. The state has 109 branches of the secretariat, 70 directorates, 12 deputy commissioner offices and 14 SP offices, all of which will become paperless under the e-office system, it said.