Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur and Lt. Governor of Puducherry Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan has unveiled the Logo and Mascot of the 25th National Youth Festival to be held in Puducherry from January 12 to 16.
The tag-line of the National Youth Festival, Shaksham Yuva Shashakth Yuva meaning Capable Youth- Forceful Youth, Able Youth- Strong Youth.
The FASTag electronic toll collection across national highways and state roads hit an all-time high in December 2021.
The government said it collected ₹ 3,679 crore via FASTag, which translates to a collection of ₹ 119 crore per day. It also saw a substantial jump in revenue increasing by ₹ 1,375 crore year-on-year.
FASTag was mandated on vehicles from February 2021.
The Ministry of Railways has given sanction for the final location survey of the Imphal–Moreh section of about 111 km for the construction of a new broad gauge (BG) line connecting India & Myanmar.
This new line once constructed will be of strategic importance and will form an important part of the proposed Trans-Asian Railway, which will connect India with South East Asia.
The final location survey will be conducted at an estimated cost of Rs 333 lakh.
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari has inaugurated and laid foundation stones for 572 km of National Highway(NH) projects at a cost of Rs.12981 crore in Kaushambi, Ayodhya and Basti in Uttar Pradesh.
He Inaugurated and laid foundation Stone of 6 NH Projects worth Rs 2659 Crore in Kaushambi.
The Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG) and Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), in association with the state government of Telangana will organise the 24th national conference on e-Governance (NCeG) 2020-21 in Hyderabad.
The theme of this conference is ‘India’s Techade: Digital Governance in a Post Pandemic World’.
Senior IAS officer, G Asok Kumar posted as additional secretary, Union ministry of Jal Shakti assumed the charge as Director General of National Mission for Clean Ganga, Ministry of Jal Shakti.
Kumar, a 1991 batch of IAS officer has earlier also served in Civil Aviation and Power ministries and was also executive director of projects in National Mission for Clean Ganga.
AIC STPINEXT Initiatives (STPINEXT), a special purpose vehicle of Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), has signed two memorandums of understanding (MoUs), one with HDFC Bank and another with Excel point Systems India Pvt Ltd, a niche technology player, for fostering entrepreneurship and nurturing tech startups in the country.
Government-promoted CSC SPV, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, will undertake the first-ever cultural survey of India's villages through a mobile application.
The survey, titled 'Mera Gaon, Meri Dharohar', will document the cultural identity at the village level by involving citizens to share what makes their village, block or district unique.
The entire exercise is expected to be completed by mid-2022.
Union home secretary Ajay Bhalla has released a set of manuals focused on prevention of cybercrime and inculcating cyber-hygiene across rural areas, in industrial bodies and among the general public.
The manuals are part of a focussed awareness campaign for prevention of cybercrimes.
The Union Cabinet gave its nod to investing Rs 12,031 crore for laying transmission lines to evacuate electricity generated from renewable power projects in seven states.
The project, called Green Energy Corridor Phase-II, would involve laying 10,750 circuit kilometers of transmission lines by 2026.
The scheme will help in achieving the target of 450 GW installed RE capacity by 2030.
Union Power Minister R K Singh has dedicated to the nation the Automatic Generation Control (AGC) project which would help in maintaining the frequency and reliability of the electricity system.
This is also expected to facilitate achieving the government's ambitious target of 500 GW non-fossil fuel-based generation capacity by 2030.
Prohibiting dumping and disposal of fly ash discharged from coal or lignite based thermal power plants on land or into water bodies, the Centre has made it mandatory for such plants to ensure 100% utilization of ash in an eco-friendly manner, and introduced for the first time a penalty regime for non-compliance based on 'polluter pays' principle.
Opec appointed Kuwaiti oil executive Haitham Al Ghais as its new secretary general, as demand for oil continues to improve amid a mild recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
Mr Al Ghais, a veteran of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation and Kuwait’s Opec governor from 2017 to June 2021, will take the group’s reins in August, replacing Mohammad Barkindo.