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| Jan 01, 1970 | Daily Report |
| RISING BHARAT | News Count (102266) | |
22781. Government plans to have a made-in-India operating system to rival Android and iOS
- Government of India is planning to have an operating system for handsets that is completely made in India. The indigenous operating system will serve as an alternative to Google's Android and Apple's iOS, the two dominant forces in otherwise largely unexplored space.
- government is trying to frame a policy that will facilitate an ecosystem for the industry to come up with such an operating system. He mentioned "tremendous interest in MeitY and in the Government of India" to come up with the solution.
- the ministry wants to bring electronics manufacturing in India to a value of $300 billion (about Rs 22.5 lakh crore) by 2026. The goal was mentioned in the second volume of Vision Document, prepared by the industry body ICEA and released recently. At present, India's electronics manufacturing stands at $75 billion (about Rs 5 lakh crore).
22782. ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India to invest Rs 1,66,000 crore in Gujarat
- The Gujarat government said ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AMNS India), which owns a steel mill at Hazira in Surat, will invest Rs 1,66,000 crore in six different projects in the state.
- the steel giant will invest Rs 4,200 crore for the expansion and modernisation of their captive jetty in Hazira and Rs 45,000 crore to increase the Hazira plant’s steel production capacity from the current 8.6 MMTPA to 18 MMTPA, said the statement.
- The company will invest Rs 30,000 crore to expand their facility at Suvali in Surat and Rs 30,000 crore to develop Surat steel city and industrial cluster at Kidiabet in Surat, said the statement
22783. TCS Beats IBM to Become Second Most Valuable IT Firm Globally; Infosys, Wipro Shine
- IT major Tata Consultancy Services, owned by the Tata Group, has become the second-most valuable company in the IT services sector in the world, according to a valuation firm survey.
- Infosys, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, HCL Technologies and LTI firmly established themselves among the top 25 companies in the global scenario with other IT elites across the world.
- Infosys, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, HCL Technologies and LTI firmly established themselves among the top 25 companies in the global scenario with other IT elites across the world.
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22784. India’s renewable energy sector can employ 1 mn people by 2030: Study
- India’s renewable energy sector has the potential to employ around one million people by 2030, and most of the new jobs would be generated by small-scale renewable energy projects, according to a study.
- India’s renewable energy sector could potentially employ around one million people by 2030, which would be ten times more than the existing workforce of an estimated 1.1 lakh employed by the sector, according to an independent study released.
- The CEEW-NRDC-SCGJ analysis also highlighted the adverse impact of the pandemic on employment in the renewable energy sector. In comparison to 12,400 new workers employed in the sector in FY19, only 5,200 new workers were employed in FY20 and 6400 were employed in FY21, it said.
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22785. Made by IIT start-up, Amphan drones on show in kamrup
- Drones developed by a start-up at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati that has been part of anti-disaster and anti-disease drives in Bengal were showcased at the Republic Day celebration in Assam’s Kamrup district, the first time UAVs were exhibited in the Northeast.
- The show by the start-up, Drones Tech Lab (DTL), was held at the Kumar Bhaskar Barman Kshetra grounds near the Kamrup deputy commissioner’s office at Amingaon in North Guwahati to promote drone technology for the benefit of the region in the fields of disaster management, agriculture, survey and mapping, IIT Guwahati said.
- DTL’s drones were used in Bengal in the aftermath of Cyclone Amphan in 2020 to help rescue workers. They were also used to check erosion in Assam’s Majuli riverine island and during the ongoing anti-dengue drive in Calcutta, the IIT said.
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22786. China hands over missing Arunachal boy to Indian Army
- Chinese Army has reportedly handed over the missing boy from Arunachal Pradesh Miram Taron to the Indian Army.
- Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday confirmed the development in a tweet. “Due procedures are being followed including the medical examination,” Kiren Rijiju said in a tweet.
- In fact, the Indian and Chinese armies had held a hotline discussion regarding the missing boy and decided to finalise the time and place for his repatriation.
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22787. Lead Start-Up, Innovation Movement: Himanta To Gauhati University
- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday urged Gauhati University to lead a start-up and innovation movement in the state and assured the institute that it will get all support from the government.
- This is the right time for the university to lead a start-up and innovation movement in the state, Sarma said there is never a shortage of capital in the state exchequer for innovative works.
- Today, Indian civilization has reached a full-fledged stage of excellence through a relentless journey of knowledge and wisdom, advancing along the path shown by Takshashila and Nalanda (ancient Indian universities)," Sarma said.
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22788. Ladakh: Zojila tunnel project continues despite sub-zero temperature
- Very soon Ladakh will remain connected with the country for the whole year. Out of 18 km of All Weather Zojila Tunnel, 5 km tunnel work has been completed.
- The Zojila Tunnel, very important for Ladakh, is under construction despite heavy snowfall and minus temperatures. Out of 18Km tunnel length, 5 kilometres stands completed and its first milestone completed.
- The construction company said that it has completed the first stop of the 18-km all-weather Zojila Tunnel in a record time of 14 months and the 5-km tunnel work has been completed.
22789. ‘Naya J&K’: In 2-yrs Women Emerge As Key Players; Scrapping Of Article 370 Ends Gender Inequality #Naya #emerge
- After the scrapping of J&K’s special status, the government has worked hard towards empowering women in the Union Territory.
- During the past 30 months as many as 4.5 lakh women have been made financially independent through Self-Help Groups initiative.
- For the first time in the past 70-years women have been given 15 per cent reservation in Jammu and Kashmir Police in non-gazetted cadres.
22790. Heritage tourism back in J&K after two decades; check out 15 heritage sites
- Under the heritage tourism programme, the directorate of tourism Kashmir has so far identified 15 sites in Srinagar. The sites include a number of religious shrines, archeological sites and historical places.
- The four main tourism heritage sites identified by the government are Zaina Kadal, Jamia Masjid, Hari Parbat and the Chatti Padshahi Gurudwara in Srinagar.
- During the 1990s, insurgence and political unrest in the Valley had affected almost all the sectors and the heritage tourism was also badly disrupted. However, after almost two decades the department restarted the tourism heritage in the region. On National Tourism Day on January 25, the Department of Tourism Kashmir flagged off a city tour.