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Anji Khad bridge, Indian Railways’ 1st cable-stayed rail bridge, announced

July 17, 2020
Anji Khad bridge
  • The Railways Minister Piyush Goyal has announced, India’s first cable-stayed Railways bridge “Anji Khad Bridge” to connects Katra and Reasi in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).
  • This bridge being developed by Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL).
  • This bridge is as a part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project.
  • The USBRL project also involves the Chenab river bridge.
  •  The Chenab Bridge once completed, will become the world’s highest rail bridge.

Maharashtra starts ‘Healthcare Service At Your Doorstep’ initiative in Nashik

July 17, 2020
  • In Maharashtra, cases of Covid-19 are raging in the Nashik district as well. However, to curb the further spread of the disease, the government has initiated a measure “HEALTHCARE SERVICE AT YOUR DOORSTEP”.
  • As many as 556 squads have been formed and they have been tasked to trace the COVID-19 positive patient.
  • The initiative taken by the state’s public health department and district administration to deploy 556 squads in predominantly tribal villages of Nashik is yielding positive results in containing the spread of Covid-19.

Poba Forest Reserve in Dhemaji to be upgraded to wildlife sanctuary

July 16, 2020
poba tiger reserve
  • As per the announcement made by the state’s Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Poba Forest Reserve, a biodiversity hotspot located in Dhemaji of Upper Assam, will soon be upgraded to a wildlife sanctuary.
  • Poba Reserve Forest declared in 1924 with an area of 10,522 hectares is home to a wide variety of flora and fauna.

A Project worth Rs 44 lakhs is launched by NABARD in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

July 16, 2020
NABARD
  • In Andaman and Nicobar Islands, NABARD has launched development projects worth rupees 44 lakhs in order to strengthen the concept of Atmanirbhar Bharat through rural entrepreneurship.
  • It includes the formation and development of Self-Help Groups, SHGs. The skill development of SHGs members will be taken up to promote rural entrepreneurship at the micro-level.
  • NABARD will conduct 385 village-level programmes and provide training to leaders of newly Shri Shripad Naik inaugurated the conference on Defence Manufacturing Technologies and Aerospace.

Uttarakhand is ready to start ‘Waste to Energy’ initiative

July 16, 2020
waste to energy
  • An initiative titled ‘Waste to Energy’ will be launched by Uttarakhand very soon.
  • The main objective of this initiative is to convert waste generated in the state to electricity.

J&K e-inaugurated 10 power projects & 15 important infrastructural projects of School Education Dept

July 15, 2020
J&K
  • Lieutenant Governor of J&K, Girish Chandra Murmu e-inaugurated 10 power projects worth Rs. 19.51 crore and laid foundation stones for 07 others costing Rs. 30.35 crore to boost power sector in Kashmir.
  • Lieutenant Governor of J&K, Girish Chandra Murmu has e-inaugurated 15 important infrastructural projects of School Education Department to boost education sector

Madhya Pradesh tagged as the topper in implementing PM Svanidhi scheme

July 15, 2020
PM SVAnidhi scheme
  • Madhya Pradesh has topped among the other states in the implementation of PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) which aims to boost street vendors.
  • About PM SVANidhi PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) is a Special Micro-Credit Facility for Street Vendors to help them in continuing their business. It also offers interest free working capital of Rs 10,000 for one year. Under the scheme, interest subsidy of 7% on loan amount will be borne by the Central Government while the remaining amount will be borne by the State Government.

Chhattisgarh receives “elites excellence awards -2020”

July 14, 2020
Chhattisgarh
  • The Mukhyamantri Darpan and mobile App which contains the details of all the flagship schemes of the Chhattisgarh government including the ambitious ‘Suraji Gaon Yojna’ has been awarded “Elites Excellence Awards-2020” at the national level.
  • The state of Chhattisgarh has been awarded this honour by the country’s prestigious IT institution Elites Technomedia under the ‘Digital India initiative’.

India’s First State-Level ‘E-Lok Adalat’ conducted by Chhattisgarh High Court

July 12, 2020
e-lok-adalat
  • The Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court P.R. Ramachandra Menon inaugurated the first State Level E-Lok Adalat of India from the Conference Hall of the Chhattisgarh State’s High Court in Bilaspur district.  The E-Lok Adalat was conducted through video conferencing.
  • The E-Lok Adalat was conducted in 195 benches across the state of Chhattisgarh. A total of 3133 cases were placed before the 195 benches out which 848 cases were attended by 24 benches from the capital city of Chhattisgarh Raipur.

World’s second-largest data centre inaugurated near Mumbai

July 11, 2020
world's second largest data centre

Union Minister for Communications, Electronics and IT, Ravi Shankar Prasad announced that world’s second-largest data centre inaugurated in Mumbai which is developed by the Hiranandani Group.