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Over Rs 1 trn investment in oil, gas projects lined up in AP: Pradhan

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Over Rs 1 trn investment in oil, gas projects lined up in AP: Pradhan The projects include Rs 26,264 cr modernisation of Visakhapatnam refinery by 2022-23, and Rs 68,000 cr in the development of offshore oil and gas fields. Current Affairs :• Over Rs 1 trillion interest in oil and gas fields just as treatment facility modernisation venture has been lined in Andhra Pradesh, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan advised Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday. The tasks incorporate Rs 26,264 crore modernisation of Visakhapatnam treatment facility continuously quarter of 2022-23, and Rs 68,000 crore in the improvement of seaward oil and gas fields, Pradhan said in tweets after the gathering. Another Rs 10,000 crore is being put resources into onland fields in KG Basin in the state, he said. “These oil and gas extends under various phases of execution will usher new day break of financial success for the individuals of Andhra Pradesh and further encourage simplicity of-living...

Assam tops in budgetary practices, followed by Odisha, Andhra: Survey

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Assam tops in budgetary practices, followed by Odisha, Andhra: Survey The states which figured lower in the ranking were Goa, Maharashtra and Punjab Current Affairs :The White House on Wednesday said that previous national security counselor John Bolton can’t distribute in its present structure a book allegedly containing unstable proof concerning President Donald Trump’s reprimand preliminary. The National Security Council said after starter audit of the original copy – a verifying procedure applied to any White House representatives composing books – that it contained “huge measures of characterized data.” “A portion of this data is at the TOP SECRET level,” the NSC said in a letter to Bolton’s legal counselor Charles Cooper, including that “the original copy may not be distributed or in any case revealed without the erasure of this ordered data. Continue Reading

2.62 lakh forest fires recorded from 2016-18, says Ministry of Environment

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2.62 lakh forest fires recorded from 2016-18, says Ministry of Environment In 2018 and 2017, the highest number of forest fires were reported in Odisha at 31,680 and 36,827, respectively Current Affairs News :The same number of as 2.62 lakh occurrences of backwoods fire have been accounted for from 2016-18, the Ministry of Environment said on Monday. In light of an inquiry in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Babul Supriyo displayed information, as per which 1,17,402 backwoods fires were recorded in 2018, while 1,07,704 cases were accounted for in 2017 and 37,636 occurrences in 2016. In 2018 and 2017, the most noteworthy number of backwoods fires were accounted for in Odisha at 31,680 and 36,827, separately, the information appeared. In 2016, the most elevated number of episodes were recorded in Andhra Pradesh at 8,885. Continue Reading

Hindalco, Jute Corporation jointly launch reusable bags for Tirupati Temple

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Hindalco, Jute Corporation jointly launch reusable bags for Tirupati Temple These bags have an aluminium foil lamination so that the laddoos retain freshness and aroma and remain free from moisture and bacteria Current Affairs :Hindalco Industries Ltd, in association with Jute Corporation of India, has propelled the nation’s first aluminum-foil-covered jute packs for Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), which oversees the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple in Andhra Pradesh, as a major aspect of its push to decrease single-utilize plastic. The organization intends to reveal these jute sacks at different sanctuaries crosswise over India, and for different businesses, as well, as a savvy and reasonable bundling choice. These new sacks will substitute plastic packs utilized for conveying the renowned Laddu Prasadam. The aluminum foil overlay guarantees that the ladduoos hold freshness and fragrance, and stay free from dampness and microscopic organisms. These 100 percent recyclabl...

These tribals were displaced from C’garh. Can they get land rights in AP?

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These tribals were displaced from C’garh. Can they get land rights in AP? At least 190,000 Adivasis have been forcefully evicted or displaced since 2005 without compensation or rehabilitation, according to six cases documented so far by Land Conflict Watch Current Affairs :”I will never return,” said Madakam Adama, alluding to his home in Chhattisgarh’s Gedampal town, which he last observed 13 years back, in 2006. Adama, who looks around 60 however says he is 45, presently lives in Kota Namilipeta, a settlement of 27 mud-walled houses in a woodland in Andhra Pradesh’s West Godavari region. Adama is among the a huge number of Adivasis (inborn, indigeneous individuals) uprooted from their homes and towns in southern Chhattisgarh. The Adivasis were escaping viciousness purportedly perpetrated by a state-supported volunteer army, the Salwa Judum, not long after it was shaped in mid-2005. The Supreme Court restricted the Salwa Judum in 2011, calling it illegal and the state bac...