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Hobart Jobs Fair to help Tasmanians get in a job
A jobs fair showcasing employment opportunities in and around Hobart will be held on Tuesday 13 April 2021 at Princes Wharf No.1.
The Morrison Government’s Hobart Jobs Fair will bring together job seekers and local businesses from across southern Tasmania.
Minister for Employment, Workforce, Skills, Small and Family Business, the Hon Stuart Robert MP, said the jobs fair will promote a wide range of employment opportunities for Tasmanians looking to get into work.
‘As we see COVID-19 restrictions ease, the Morrison Government is committed to connecting Tasmanians with businesses looking to hire,’ Minister Robert said.
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FOSTER CITY, Calif. & PARIS (BUSINESS WIRE) Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MIRM) and Vivet Therapeutics (“Vivet”) announced today an agreement whereby Mirum has the exclusive option to develop and subsequently commercialize Vivet’s two proprietary AAV gene therapy programs for progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC), subtypes 3 and 2. The two programs, VTX-803 and VTX-802, are currently being evaluated in preclinical studies by Vivet, a privately-held gene therapy biotechnology company.
Under the terms of the agreement, Vivet will continue to advance the preclinical studies for VTX-803 and VTX-802 for PFIC3 and PFIC2, respectively. Mirum has the exclusive option to license the programs after which Mirum would lead the clinical development and any future commercialization of the programs. Until that time, Mirum will provide funding to support the continued research and development costs associated with the two gene therapy programs.
Industry > Industry monitor > Power
05 April 2021
National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) is setting up a 100 MW floating solar power project at its Ramagundam thermal power plant reservoir, in Telangana, so far the biggest floating solar power plant in India.
The project, which is estimated to cost around Rs423 crore, will have 4.5 lakh photovoltaic panels, covering 450 acre area of the reservoir.
The plant area can be expanded in the future. The floating solar power project is aimed at reducing NTPC’s carbon footprints and accelerate its green energy production to 30 per cent of its total capacity.
The world s largest solar power plant with 600 MW capacity is being set up on Omkareshwar Dam on the Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh. The project, with an estimated cost of Rs3,000 crore, is expected to start power generation by 2022-23.
Economy > Economy - general
05 April 2021
In a year marred by the economic despair caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has recorded its best ever performance in job creation under the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP).
In financial year ending 31 March 2021, an year of despair arising from the pandemic and the nationwide lockdown, KVIC disbursed Rs2,188.78 crore to create a whopping 5,95,320 jobs under PMEGP, the highest ever since its launch in 2008. In 2020-21, KVIC also established 74,415 projects across the country.
MSME Minister of micro, small and medium industries (MSME) Nitin Gadkari lauded the achievement of KVIC and said that creation of local jobs would provide livelihood to lakhs of people, in turn, bolstering the country’s economy.