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Governance Infrastructure

Cargo Ship Sails from Patna to Pandu Heralding A New Age of Logistics for Assam

The vessel starts its sail on National Waterway-1 (river Ganga) through Bhagalpur, Manihari, Sahibganj, Farakka, Tribeni, Kolkata, Haldia, Hemnagar; Indo Bangladesh Protocol (IBP) route through Khulna, Narayanganj, Sirajganj, Chilmari and National Waterway-2 through Dhubri, and Jogighopa covering a distance of 2,350 km. The vessel will take about 25 days to cover the entire voyage and is expected to reach Pandu in Guwahati by early March.

By Kautilya / February 7, 2022

Economy Governance

One District One Product (ODOP) Mission of Centre Takes A Giant Technology Boost

ODOP partnered with AGNIi Mission, one of the nine technology missions under the Prime Minister’s Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council to identify Indian innovative technologies that can play a transformative role in the end-to-end processing of Lakadong Turmeric, starting with leveraging payload drones (UAVs) to transport the turmeric in large quantities.

By Kautilya / February 7, 2022

Economy

Year-on-Year Sugar Production Till January 31 Up by 5.6%, Says ISMA

Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) stated that the YoY production of sugar rose 5.6% till 31st January, 2022. According to ISMA, 507 sugar mills were operating in the country on January 31, 2022, producing 187.08 million tonnes of sugar. That is 10.02 lac tonnes more than the previous season’s production for the same period.

By Kautilya / February 7, 2022

Infrastructure

400 Vande Bharat Trains: INR 40,000 Crore Business Opportunity and Jobs

Rolling out 400 Vande Bharat Express trains will generate roughly Rs 40,000 crore (US$ 5.34 billion) in revenue, as well as jobs of around 15,000 and other advantages.

By Kautilya / February 7, 2022

Defense Diplomacy

India Allows 80 Afghan Defence Cadets to Join 12-Month Training Programme

The Afghan embassy, which is still manned by a small group of officials and diplomats from the erstwhile government, said in a statement that 80 young Afghan cadets who recently graduated from various Indian military academies had been offered a 12-month training course under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme.

By Kautilya / February 6, 2022

Health

Indian Scientists Develop Self-Disinfecting, Biodegradable Face Masks to Combat COVID-19

A team of Indian Scientists in collaboration with an industry partner have developed a self-disinfecting ‘Copper-based Nanoparticle-coated Antiviral Face Mask to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The mask exhibits high performance against the COVID 19 virus as well as several other viral and bacterial infections, is biodegradable, highly breathable and washable.