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| Jan 01, 1970 | Daily Report |
| RISING BHARAT | News Count (101789) | |
24021. ‘पंचम पूरीवाला’: 170 साल पहले स्टेशन पर पूरियां बेचकर, बनाया मुंबई का सबसे फेमस ब्रांड
- मुंबई के मशहूर VT (हाल में CST) स्टेशन के पास तक़रीबन 170 साल पहले, आगरा से आकर एक शख्स ने पूरी बेचना शुरू किया था। लोगों को इनकी पूरियां इतनी पसंद आयी कि आज परिवार की छठी पीढ़ी भी इसी काम से जुड़ी है।
- ‘पंचम पूरीवाला’, पहले एक छोटा सा स्टॉल हुआ करता था। जहां की पूरी का स्वाद महात्मा गाँधी से लेकर राजेश खन्ना ने भी चखा है।
- दादा बद्रीप्रसाद शर्मा मुझे अक्सर अपने दादा पंचम शर्मा के बारे में बताते थे कि कैसे वह साल 1850 के आस-पास सड़क के रास्ते चलकर आगरा से मुंबई पहुंचे थे। उस समय उन्होंने VT (Victoria Terminus) स्टेशन के बाहर एक छोटी सी टपरी से शुरुआत की थी। उन्होंने स्टेशन के बाहर भूखे लोगों को पूरी और आलू भाजी खिलाने का काम शुरू किया था।
24022. Tortured as a Child Labourer, He Is Now Helping Draft India’s Anti-trafficking Bill
- Khem Lal Khaterji was once a child labourer in Uttar Pradesh, who was abused and tortured. Today, his organisation SAANS (Shramik Adhikar Aur Nyaya Sangathan) is rescuing others from the same plight.
- Khem Lal Khaterji was all of six when he began his life as a child labourer. was forced to break coal and pack mud into brick moulds. At 13, Khem Lal began skipping work to attend school and while it worked for some time, when the contractor got wind of this, all hell broke loose.
- The contractor heated up a large spoon and stuck it on my cheek. I remember howling in pain begging him to let me go. But he didn’t. This went on for three long years until Khem Lal and his family were finally rescued by an NGO working in that area. I saw what humane treatment was like only after we were rescued by the NGO workers. We were sent back to our village and baba used the relief funds to buy a toffee making machine, while I worked hard and made it to college
24023. India conducts successful flight tests of indigenously-developed smart anti-airfield weapon
- The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force jointly conducted two flight tests of an indigenously developed smart anti-airfield weapon in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer.
- Two different configurations of the weapon based on satellite navigation and electro-optical sensors have been successfully tested.
- Electro-optical seeker-based flight test of this class of bomb has been conducted for the first time in the country. The electro-optic sensor has been developed indigenously.
24024. Tata Steel BSL first company to export LD slag to Bangladesh for cement making
- Tata Steel BSL NSE 0.11 % said it has exported 9,000 tonnes of LD slag, a by-product of manufacturing the metal, to Bangladesh, in the first such shipment from India to the neighbouring country.
- It shipped out the product through Dhamra Port to the Bangladesh market from its unit in Odisha's Dhenkanal district.
- Test and trial of LD slag have already been done in the plant concerned in Bangladesh and the proposed plan is to export 100 KT (kilo tonne) of the by-product per annum.
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24025. ‘India aims to raise exports of technical textiles from $2 bn to $10 bn in 3 years’: Goyal
- Technical textiles are engineered textile products for specific applications using basic raw materials such as jute, silk and cotton, et cetera
- Union commerce and textiles minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said the time has come to target a five times increase in export of technical textiles to $10 billion in three years, an official statement said.
- The Cabinet in September approved a PLI scheme worth ₹10,683 for domestic technical textiles firms, and manufacturers of fabrics and apparel in the man-made fibre segment provided they make a specific investment in greenfield projects and achieve stipulated turnover.
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24026. Indian grape exports to rise in 2021-22 as production rebounds to pre-pandemic levels
- As a major grape consumer, India’s demand for fresh grapes had ranged between 90-93 percent of domestic production between 2014-2018.
- Indian table grape exports are set to increase by 5 percent year-on-year for the 2021-22 (June-May) season, as the country's production volume returns to pre-pandemic levels, according to a USDA report.
- exports are forecast to rise by 5 percent to 280,000 metric tons (MT), assuming stable supply chains and sufficient domestic grape availability for exports until April 2022.
- Indian grape production is forecast 26 percent higher at 2.9 million MT, similar to pre-pandemic levels.
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24027. 83% of Isro’s foreign launches came post 2015; 66% from just US
- Isro, which carried out its first foreign satellite launch — DLR-TUBSAT from Germany and KITSAT-3 from Republic of Korea — on May 26, 1999, has launched 342 satellites from 34 countries since.
- Although it has been 22 years since Isro started accepting international customers and has launched 342 foreign satellites from 34 countries, 83% of all such launches it has carried out has come after 2015.
- While satellites from the US account for 66% or 266 of the 342 launches carried out by India, their share has been much higher when you look at the launched post 2015, at 78%.
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24028. पिछले महीने में भारत का कुल निर्यात 51 अरब 79 करोड़ अमरीकी डॉलर रहने का अनुमान
- पिछले महीने में माल और सेवाओं सहित भारत का कुल निर्यात 51 अरब 79 करोड़ अमरीकी डॉलर रहने का अनुमान है। पिछले वर्ष की समान अवधि में निर्यात में 93 दशमलव दो-एक प्रतिशत की वृद्धि हुई।
- वाणिज्य और उद्योग मंत्रालय ने कहा है कि रत्न और आभूषण, हस्तशिल्प वस्तुओं, चमड़ा उत्पादों, इलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स और इंजीनियरिंग सामानों में पिछले महीने निर्यात में सकारात्मक वृद्धि दर्ज की गई।
- मंत्रालय ने कहा कि पिछले महीने निर्यात के मोर्चे पर भारत का प्रदर्शन लगातार प्रभावशाली रहा और पिछले वर्ष की समान अवधि की तुलना में व्यापारिक निर्यात में 195 दशमलव सात-दो प्रतिशत की उल्लेखनीय वृद्धि हुई है।
- मंत्रालय ने बताया कि पिछले महीने कुल आयात 58 अरब 72 करोड़ अमरीकी डॉलर होने का अनुमान है जो पिछले साल की इसी अवधि की तुलना में 122 प्रतिशत से अधिक की वृद्धि दर्शाता है।
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24029. DRDO Covid Hospital to Restart in Varanasi as Cases Rise
- The DRDO officials have also been contacted to operationalise the temporary Covid hospital with ICU facilities at the amphitheatre of Banaras Hindu University as a precautionary measure.
- The 500-bed DRDO temporary hospital — which was named Pandit Rajan Mishra Covid Hospital — was started for Covid patients at the amphitheater ground in May 2021 to meet the increased demand of the requirement of the ICU beds as many critical Covid-19 patients needed level-2 and level-3 facilities.
- This facility of DRDO was closed after June 16, 2021, after the requirement of level-3 facilities decreased.
24030. इस सप्ताह विदेशी मुद्रा भंडार में आया उछाल, रिजर्व बैंक के खजाने में पड़ा है 642 बिलियन डॉलर
- इस सप्ताह विदेशी मुद्रा भंडार में आया उछाल, रिजर्व बैंक के खजाने में पड़ा है 642 बिलियन डॉलर
- यह वृद्धि विदेशी मुद्रा आस्तियों तथा सोने के मूल्य में पर्याप्त वृद्धि की वजह से संभव हुई. इससे पिछले सप्ताह में विदेशी मुद्रा भंडार 90.8 करोड़ डॉलर घटकर 640.1 अरब डॉलर रह गया था.
- देश का विदेशी मुद्रा भंडार 29 अक्टूबर को समाप्त सप्ताह में 1.91 अरब डॉलर बढ़कर 642.01 अरब डॉलर हो गया. भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक (आरबीआई) ने शुक्रवार को अपने ताजा आंकड़ों में यह जानकारी दी. यह वृद्धि विदेशी मुद्रा आस्तियों तथा सोने के मूल्य में पर्याप्त वृद्धि की वजह से संभव हुई. इससे पिछले सप्ताह में विदेशी मुद्रा भंडार 90.8 करोड़ डॉलर घटकर 640.1 अरब डॉलर रह गया था.
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