Mobile Internet service was restored in seven districts, including the state capital, on Monday after being suspended for almost a week. Life is also returning to normal with vehicles bearingAssamregistration numbers plying in the state.
Various expressed concern and also suggested measures to thwart border conflicts, he said, adding that the State Government will meet on Tuesday to finalise the list of border outposts (BOPs) of the Police to be set up in sensitive areas.
According to the National Family Health Survey-5 (2019-21) published earlier this year, 25% of Women aged 18-29 marry before reaching the legal minimum age of marriage, while the Percentage of women marrying before the legal minimum age is 32% in Assam. The prevalence of anaemia among women is 60% or more in eight Indian states and Assam, along with Tripura, comes under this category.
In a first for any Indian state, Nadunow has its own Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated NFT (non-fungible token) representing the state.
Titled Netru, Indru, Nalai (Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow), the NFT showcases TN’s past, present and future, and was launched by the state IT ministerMano Thangarajhere on Wednesday at the TechNext 2022 Web3 conference organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). The NFT is set to be auctioned, and the proceeds will be used to set up a Web 3 Centre of Excellence (CoE) in the state, the state officials said. NFTs are digital assets on a blockchain with unique identification codes, and serve as digital collectibles that cannot be amended.
Tamil Nadus iTNT hub will be live in the next 2-3 months, and will function as the largest deep tech incubator in the country.
The minister also released a CII report titled ‘Metaverse and Web 3.0 opportunities in India – Nurturing Tamil Nadus Growth ambitions through nextgen technologies’ in association with KPMG. The report notes that Tamil Nadu and Chennai in specific is emerging as a technology hub with a broad spectrum of new age technologies includingmetaverse, web 3.0, blockchain and others.
The state is the recipient of the largest share of grant as recommended by the 15th Finance Commission in the period ranging from 2020-21 to 2025-26 among all states, as per a statement submitted by the state finance department in the assembly.
The figures also point towards the need for the state to exercise more financial discipline and increase its non-tax revenue, the eligibility of states to receive this grant and the quantum of grant for the period from 2020-21 to 2025-26 was decided by the 15th finance commission based on the gap between assessment of revenue and expenditure of the state, after considering the assessed devolution during this period.
As per the statement by finance ministerKN Balagopalbefore the assembly, the state has been granted Rs 53,137 crore as revenue deficit grant on the recommendations of the commission, which is the highest when compared to other 16 states which have got the grant.
The state’s main committed expenditure include salaries, pensions and interest payments on loans and the revision of the salaries and pensions on the basis of the recommendations of the 11th pay commission alone has caused an additional burden of Rs 15,000 crore annually to the state. At the same time, to bridge the gap of revenue deficit, state’s revenue generation has to improve correspondingly, that also has not been happening.
The coastal belt, especially during , is often referred to as the Hindutva factory.
However, theIslamic radicalisationof the coast is becoming a matter of concern with a definitive link with the world of terror coming to Light when Police had arrested four persons for alleged links with Indian Mujahideen in 2008.
According to an official, several radical Elements have taken advantage of the situation of the region and indoctrinated the youth of this region.
In January this year, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in cooperation withKarnatakapolice arrested an IS operative Deepthi Marla alias Maryam, wife of Anas Abdul Rahiman from Ullal in connection with an investigation of a case.
Fulfilling its promises made to Munugode assembly constituency voters during by-poll held last month, theTelanganagovernment announced Rs 1,540 crore bonanza for theNalgondadistrict.
Around Rs 400 crore worth of works would be taken up in the Munugode assembly constituency from the sanctioned amount. The rest of the amount would be spent on roads, improvement, civic works, construction of a hospital and other works.
The government also announced to set up a toy park in Dandumalkapur industrial park which would provide EMPLOYMENT to about 10,000 youths.
Andhra Pradeshreported 6.74% human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positivity rate among the general Population when the Health department conducted tests on about 7.5 lakh people in 2010-11.
Over 50,000 infections surfaced in these tests. Cut to 2022-23, the state has so far detected about 9,000 HIV infections. This is despite an increase in the number of tests as about 10.5 lakh people have undergone HIV testing this year.
Going by the official data, the positivity rate has been on a consistent downward spiral – from 6.7% in 2010-11 to 3.6% in 2013-14 to 1.95% in 2017-18 to 0.87% in the current year.
Increasing awareness on the disease and its risk factors, testing and Education efforts, prevention measures, viral load suppression through treatment (which reduces transmissibility), use of pre-exposure prophylaxis orPrEPmedications in high-risk groups, etc. might have reduced the positivity rates and cases over the years.
Traditionally, AP is one of the few states having a high HIV prevalence. As a per a reply provided by theNational AIDS Control Organisationin 2021 to a Right To Information (RTI) query, about 3 lakh people of Andhra Pradesh contracted the infection between 2011-2021 by indulging in unprotected sex alone.
The necessity of the PrEP medications in certain groups stems from the fact that the burden of HIV infection is much higher among men having sex with men, transgenders, female sex workers, and people who inject drugs.
As per the official sentinel surveillance data available between 1998 and 2019, HIV prevalence has reduced in all groups except the transgenders.
Union minister of state for Skill development and and electronics and IT,Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the Centre will take all measures to expand economic opportunities in Goa that will help diversify the states economy and turn it into a startup and innovation hub, especially in the fields of healthcare, medical electronics and Artificial Intelligence (AI), and also ensure its Sustainable Development.
Chandrashekharsaid that the ministries of electronics and IT, skill development and entrepreneurship along with the Goa government would explore the possibility of setting up a Centre of Excellence for startups at the South Goa district hospital, Margao. He also spoke of expanding skilling opportunities for young people through skill hubs and Atal Tinkering labs.
Earlier in the day, Chandrashekhar visited the South Goa district hospital and interacted with senior doctors and officials of the state Health department. He termed the hospital as among the best of government hospitals in the country and spoke of creating an ecosystem of startups around health and well-being.
Haryanais all set to introduce a five-year vehicle scrappage policy formulated in sync with the Centres Voluntary Vehicle Fleet Modernization Programme to encourage the scrapping of the vehicles that have attained the critical age of 10 years in case of diesel and 15 years in case of petrol vehicles.
The policy draft was approved in the state cabinet meeting held on Thursday and would be tabled during the three-day winter session of the state assembly starting from December 26. Once approved by the House, it would come into force after notification.
The state policy will be applicable to all end-of-life vehicles, Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facilities (RVSFs), registering authorities and departments who are supposed to issue a no objection certificate (NOC) for the registration of RVSFs.
Under this policy, vehicles which have completed the critical age of 10 years in the case of diesel and 15 years in the case of petrol shall be scrapped.
An incentive-based system will be introduced to facilitate the phasing out of unfit vehicles. Dis-incentives will be utilised to make use of old unfit vehicles, a costly affair. Monetary benefit will be given to the buyers of motor vehicles to encourage them to scrap their vehicles, said an official of the .
ThePunjabgovernment has ordered to rename all government schools that have been named on the basis of caste and .
The orders were issued by Punjab school Education ministerHarjot Singh Bains, who stated that several cases came to his notice regarding the names of schools being associated with a caste, which makes them feel uncivilised in the present era. He said all the students, irrespective of religion and caste, were being given equal education in the government schools.
The minister said Punjab is the land of gurus, saints, and great prophets, who have taught humanity to stay away from casteism and all kinds of discrimination.