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Draft Detailed Project Report (DPR) of Godavari-Cauvery link project consisting of three links viz; Godavari (Inchampalli/Janampet) – Krishna (Nagarjunasagar), Krishna (Nagarjunasagar) – Pennar (Somasila), Pennar (Somasila)-Cauvery (Grand Anicut) link projects has been completed by National Water Development Agency (NWDA) and circulated to party States in March 2019. The comments of party States have been deliberated in a virtual meeting held on 18.09.2020.
On Thursday, India and Kuwait agreed to form a joint ministerial commission to build a foundation for strengthening ties in areas such as energy, trade, investment, manpower and labour, and information technology.
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister, Mr. Nitin Gadkari stated on Thursday that India will phase out toll booths and replace them with GPS-based toll collection within a year.
India and Saudi Arabia held discussions on initiating cooperation in the space field and explored the possibility of inking a county-level MoU.
Among the items recovered were metal idols of Ram, Sita and Laxman, a stone sculpture of Nataraj, stone sculptures of Brahma and Brahamani, a Bodhisattva head, a ‘Dancing Shiva’, a metal Ganesh idol and a Sri Devi artefact from the Chola period.
According to Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr. Santosh Gangwar, approximately 16.5 lakh people have benefited from the Atmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana (ABRY), which was launched in October 2020, to support recruiting in the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Govt. of India’s National Telemedicine Service – eSanjeevani has crossed another milestone by completing 3 million (30 lakh) consultations. Currently, the National Telemedicine Service is operational in 31 States/Union Territories and daily over 35,000 patients across the country are using this innovative digital medium – eSanjeevani, to seek health services.
The Rajya Sabha has approved the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2021 to amend the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 on 16th March 2021.
The objective of the Stand-Up India Scheme is to facilitate loans from Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) of value between Rs. 10 lakh (US$ 13.78 thousand) and Rs. 1 crore (US$ 137.79 thousand) to at least one Scheduled Caste (SC) or Scheduled Tribe (ST) borrower and one woman borrower per bank branch for setting up a greenfield enterprise in manufacturing, services or trading sector.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd James Austin III, who is on an official visit to India, called on Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi earlier today.
