Over 2,800 km of fibre optical cables will be installed,moving some 7,200km of distribution lines underground reducing technical & commercial losses by 30%,install 1,700 automated ring main units to monitor & control distribution line switch gears etc.
ADB also to offer $90 million loan without sovereign guarantee.
He played 3 Men’s Hockey World Cup in 1971,1973 & 1975 where India bagged bronze, silver & gold medals. He also represented in 1972 Olympic Games where India secured a bronze medal. Kindo received the Arjuna Award in 1972.
India beat Pakistan in 1975 & won the lone World Cup.
Kapoor, representing Uttar Pradesh Chess Association won in online elections.Naresh Sharma was elected as treasurer.It was the first time since 2005 that AICF elections saw a contest as candidates were chosen unanimously in the last 15 years.
AICF:
HQ- Chennai;
Founded - 1951.
One kilometre (17.5 square kilometre) area around the Park declared as ESZ.Restrictions on construction activities,area cannot be transferred for commercial or industrial use & eco tourism projects must be prepared according to the zonal master plan.
Neutrino project site is falling outside this ESZ now.
The chartered ice-class vessel MV Vasiliy Golovnin will begin this journey from Goa on Jan 5 & will reach Antarctica in 30 days.After leaving team of 40 members, it would return to India in April 2021 bringing back the winter team of preceding trip.
Indian Antarctic expeditions began in 1981.
Two organisations will work together by undertaking various initiatives all aimed at improving livelihood of tribal people & implementation of Van Dhan Yojana through mobilization of SHGs/ Van Dhan Vikas Kendra (VDVKs)/TRIFOOD Parks/VPCs
TRIFOOD are food processing centres adding value to MFP.
Started under a Special Purpose Vehicle(SPV) framework, which will be implemented & executed through Sagarmala Development Company Ltd.It will be initiated on select routes, including Delhi, Mumbai & Surat. Services will soon begin at Yamuna riverfront.
Seaplane service in operation bt Kevadia & Sabarmati riverfront.
It will be called Stellantis with capacity to produce 8.7 million cars a year, behind Volkswagen, Toyota & Renault-Nissan & create 5 billion euros in annual synergies. Maserati,Alfa Romeo, Jeep,carmakers Peugeot & Citroen etc will all be under one roof.
Fiat Chrysler chairman John Elkann will be Stellantis chairman.
Indian traders have been contracted to export 70,000 tonnes of 100% broken rice for Jan & Feb shipments at around $310 per tonne on a free-on-board (FOB) basis. Local prices jumped to their highest in 9 years amid limited domestic supplies in Vietnam.
India is world’s biggest exporter of the grain and Vietnam 3rd.
Mission Olympic Cell sanctioned Rs.7.04 Lakhs as part of TOPS for Bhavina Patel. She is ranked 8th in world & by virtue of her current world ranking is well positioned to qualify for Tokyo Paralympics & thus become 1st Indian to do so in Para Table Tennis.
Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports started TOPS in Sept 2014.
It became the first two-wheeler company globally to cross a market capitalisation of Rs 1 lakh crore (around USD 13.6 billion). Bajaj Auto has achieved this milestone as it celebrates the 75th year of its operations
Baja Auto:
HQ - Pune;
Chairman - Rahul Bajaj;
Founded - 1945.
The Government shall now bear the expenses for Talented Sports Students of the school in terms of lodging, boarding, education expenses, competition exposure, insurance & medical, sports training & support, salary of coaches & support staff etc.
9 Sports Schools have been approved across the country.
Gen Chauhan took charge as first Additional Director General Human Rights in the Indian Army & will work under India Army Vice Chief Lieutenant General SK Saini.The cell will also have an IPS officer for better coordination with state police forces.
Chief of Army Staff - General Manoj Mukund Naravane.
Projects include 850 MW Ratle HEP & 930 MW Kirthai-II HEP, besides execution of long pending Sawalkot HEP (1856 MW), Uri-I (Stage-II) (240 MW) and Dulhasti (Stage-II) (258 MW). MoUs signed would attract investments worth Rs 35,000 cr for J&K power sector.
Manoj Sinha, Lieutenant Governor of J&K
Lt Gen Dayal will take the place of Lt Gen SS Hasabnis.Among the changes were Lt Gen Taranjit Singh, the first Army officer to join as the Additional Secretary in the Department of Military Affairs retired.Lt Gen Anil Puri took charge in his place.
Chief of the Army Staff: General Manoj Mukund Naravane
'DigiNest' will enable citizens to check department-wise contact numbers of various officers,help them reach out with ease by calling or via E-mail. Previously ‘PR Insight’ was launched to monitor feedback & improve delivery of citizen centric services.
Punjab Chief Minister - Captain Amarinder Singh
This will help the airport workers(28000 of them) & passengers to commute by paying just 10 to 15 rupees while BMTC Vayu Vajra fare from Majestic to KIA is Rs.235 and cab ride costs Rs.800. SWR is operating 10 trains a day to and fro KIA halt station.
South Western Railway Zone:
HQ: Hubbali,Karnataka;
Created:2003
3 super critical equipment(Ethylene Oxide Reactor, Wash Tower & De-ethyleniser) indigenously manufactured from L&Ts Hazira plant will be delivered to MEG plant being setup (an investment of Rs 5,654 crore) at refinery-cum-petrochemical complex at Paradip.
MEG is used as raw material in textile yarn industries.
Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round, starring Mads Mikkelsen, will be the opening film at 51st IFFI.It will close with India Premier of historical drama ‘Wife of a Spy' by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who bagged Silver Lion for Best director at Venice film festival.
The festival will also mark world premier of “Mehrunisa”
A financing solution without any collateral at an interest rate of less than 10% exclusively for MSME customers of Tata Power for both off-grid & on-grid connections will be provided .It will enable them to adopt sustainable energy for their businesses.
CEO & MD, Tata Power:Praveer Sinha
Makers Lab will be set up at CME & CME will leverage the partnership to address critical military problem statements and be future-ready using next-generation technologies of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics.
Tech Mahindra:
CEO&MD: C. P. Gurnani;
HQ:Pune.
Signed between NBCC & J-K IT Infrastructure Development Company for establishing the two IT towers at a cost of Rs 50 crore each.IT infrastructure in J&K would go a long way in creating a conducive environment for startups economic growth & job creation.
NBCC Navratna CPSE:
HQ: New Delhi;
CMD: P K Gupta.
Veteran Congressman, Undalkar,7 time MLA from Karad-South Assembly representing it for a record 35 consecutive years(1980-2014) passed away. Affectionately known as ‘Vilaskaka’,held Cooperation and Law and Justice portfolios in erstwhile State Cabinets.
Prithviraj Chavan represents that constituency now.
