| Jan 01, 1970 | Daily Report |
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22601. JSCL Signs Agreements For Development Of 23 Junctions, Setting Up Smart Traffic Booths In Jammu City
- Smooth flow of traffic and better pedestrian facilities are on the cards as Jammu Smart City Limited (JSCL) has signed two separate agreements for the development of 23 junctions and for setting up smart traffic booths in different parts of the city
- The 23 junctions across the city of temples will be developed and equipped with better facilities for citizens.
- The major works taken up under the junctions’ improvement programme include, Geometric improvement, pickup-dropoff locations, lighting, street furniture, Tree line, bus top, location of traffic Signal, drainage of road through catchpits, toilets and water ATMs.
22602. लखनपुर में पहुंचते ही सैलानियों को लुभाएंगे जम्मू-कश्मीर के हस्तशिल्प-हथकरघा उत्पाद
- जम्मू कश्मीर के प्रसिद्ध पश्मीना उत्पादों, बसोहली चित्रकला और बांस की कलाकृतियों और उत्पादों से जल्द पर्यटक प्रदेश में दाखिल होते ही रूबरू होंगे। यही नहीं कारीगरों की मेहनत को सफल बनाने और स्थानीय स्तर पर रोजगार को बढ़ावा देने के इस प्रयास में पर्यटक इन वस्तुओं की खरीद भी मौके पर ही कर सकेंगे।
- हथकरघा और हस्तशिल्प विभाग ने इसके 70 लाख रुपये की लागत से डीपीआर भी तैयार कर ली है। इसे मंजूरी के लिए सरकार को भेजने की तैयारी है।
- हथकरघा में पश्मीना शॉल, मफलर और हस्तशिल्प में बसोहली चित्रकला के साथ-साथ बांस के स्थानीय उत्पादों को एक बेहतर मंच देने के लिए कुछ समय पहले विभागीय निदेशक ने लखनपुर का दौरा किया था। प्रदेश में दाखिल होने के साथ ही जम्मू कश्मीर के उत्पादों को यहां एक ही स्थान पर पर्यटक खरीद सकेंगे जिससे इसके कारीगरों को भी प्रोत्साहन मिलेगा।
22603. 100 EVs can be charged at one time at India's largest facility in Gurugram
- India's largest electric vehicle (EV) charging station has opened in Gurugram at the Delhi-Jaipur National Highway. With a capacity of 100 four-wheeler vehicles, the charging station is the largest in the country by a large margin.
- The previous largest EV station was in Navi Mumbai which has 16 AC chargers and four charging ports
- This station is now open with 96 chargers for technical inspection for various 'Certification Compliance' and 'Safety Standards' laid two weeks ago by the Power Ministry
22604. Bihar’s second rail tunnel, 903-feet long becomes operational
- Bihar has got its second rail tunnel – nearly 903-feet long. The first one built in 1861-1865 period between Jamalpur-Bhagalpur-Sahebganj loop lines was in Munger district and the second one is also located in Munger, but built 157 years later adjacent to the earlier one.
- The work on the new tunnel cutting through Bariakol hill near Jamalpur railway station started on October 22, 2019 and was completed in 2022.
- a special train with nine bogies passed through the tunnel at a speed of 125 km per hour, the highest ever achieved on the route. In the first trial, a speed of 121 km per hour was achieved.
22605. At 8.30 am every day, this whole town in Telangana stands still for the national anthem
- Every day, at exactly 8.30 am, the national anthem is played at twelve major junctions in Nalgonda town in Telangana. All citizens, no matter what they are doing, stand still for those 52 seconds every morning. This new practice has brought people of all castes and creeds together to sing the national anthem every morning.
- The initiative was started on January 23 this year. Karnati Vijay Kumar, president of Jana Gana Mana Utsava Samithi, and his friends began the practice. They believe that singing the national anthem every morning will enhance patriotism among the masses.
- This trend has now spread to several smaller towns around Nalgonda in Telangana. Colonel Santosh Babu, who died during China-India skirmishes in 2020 in Galwan valley of Ladakh, was born and raised in Nalgonda area of Telangana.
22606. NTPC Q3 profit up 25% to Rs 4,132 cr
- NTPC reported a 24.6% year-on-year (y-o-y) increase in its standalone net profit to Rs 4,131.9 crore in the three months ended December mainly on higher power sales.
- NTPC revenue increased 18.1% to Rs 29,837.1 crore in Q3 as the power company sold 67.6 billion units of electricity in the period, 11.4% higher than the corresponding period last fiscal. The company’s board has approved an interim dividend of Rs 4 per share for FY22.
- Currently, the total installed capacity of the power behemoth stands at 67,757.4 mega-watt (MW)and around 83% of it are coal-based power plants. To increase the share of renewables, the company aims to attain 60,000 MW of green capacity by 2032 from the current level of around 1,300 MW.
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22607. Gokaldas Exports commissions new manufacturing unit at Krishnagiri
- Gokaldas Exports Limited has commenced commercial production at a new manufacturing unit situated at No. 182/4, 182/5, 183/1, 183/2K, Thipanahalli Post, Billana Kuppam Panchayat, Vepanahhali Main Road, Krishnagiri - 635115 after successfully obtaining licenses and clearances from all the relevant stakeholders.
- On achievement of full ramp up and productivity, the unit will contribute about 3.5%to our current capacity.
- Shares of Gokaldas Exports Limited was last trading in BSE at Rs. 396.85 as compared to the previous close of Rs. 391.25. The total number of shares traded during the day was 44386 in over 2801 trades.
22608. Aditya Prasad Dash, Padma Shri Recipient Led India's War Against Malaria
- Aditya Prasad Dash, the current Vice Chancellor of Asian Institute of Public Health in Bhubaneswar who received the Padma Shri. Aditya Prasad Dash is also the former Vice Chancellor of Central University of Tamil Nadu. Also the ex-regional adviser to World Health Organization (SEARO), Prasad Dash hails from the eastern state of Odisha.
- His fields of expertise include biomedical science, transmission biology of tropical disease, and modern biology of disease vectors. According to Vidwan - the national network for researchers and experts, Professor Aditya Prasad Dash has authored 320 publications. In addition, he has co-authored 699 publications.
- For more than 35 years, Dash worked at the Institute of Life Science and Indian Council of Medical Research.
22609. Indian Railways Operates First Goods Train Upto Manipur’s Kaimai Road Railway Station; Check Photos
- In an effort to increase rail connectivity in the northeastern states, the Indian Railways ran a goods train up to the Kaimai Road railway station in Manipur.
- Bridge no.53 in the Jiribam-Imphal New Line Project has been constructed on the river Barak; the largest river of Manipur. The bridge is situated at a difficult location where the height of the tallest Piers is as high as 75m (higher than Qutub Minar).
- The total length of this rail route is close to 111 km of which at least 62 km will pass through the tunnel. The total length of all the bridges on this line is 3.5 km. There will be 10 stations on the entire railway route.
22610. MNRE to help Goa Shipyard to set up Rooftop solar power projects
- The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and Ministry of Defence join hands to set up rooftop solar projects at the building of Goa Shipyard Limited to bring down electricity cost and promote renewable energy.
- As per the MoU, the IREDA will assist GSL to set-up a rooftop solar power project at the headquarter of the company situated in Vasco da Gama, Goa. Subsequently, the IREDA would also extend its techno-commercial expertise to GSL for Environmental and Social (E&S) due diligence of rooftop solar and other RE projects as per the internationally accepted E&S standards.
- The Government has targeted to produce 40 GW of solar power through rooftop solar by the end of 2022.