At Mehsana, Modi inaugurated projects worth Rs 13,000 crore, including the Gujarat Fibre Grid Network that spreads into 35,264 km, covering 8,030 gram panchayats.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 20 (ANI/NewsVoir): Asiaville, a leading creator economy venture is thrilled to announce the launch of a new true-crime podcast, Veerappan: Chasing the Brigand (rb.gy/qbauf3), on the Audible service. Audible, an Amazon company, is a leading global provider of original spoken-word entertainment. Comprising of 20 episodes, the podcast brings to life the rise and fall of India's most dreaded forest brigand Koose Muniswamy Veerappan, in the words of K. Vijay Kumar, IPS, the man who spearheaded the Tamil Nadu Special Task Force (STF). The podcast is available to Audible members at no additional cost. Produced by Asiaville, this Audible Original podcast brings an immersive listening experience around Veerappan's emergence and dramatic death. Based on IPS K. Vijay Kumar's IPS book, which relives the various incidents that shaped Veerappan's life, from his birth in Gopinatham in 1952 to his death in a shootout in Padi in 2004, the heinous m
Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Chhattisgarh cumulatively account for 62% of India s total active cases
Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Chhattisgarh cumulatively account for 62% of India s total active cases
IANSApr 20, 2021, 16:26 IST
IANS
Of the total new cases reported in the last 24 hours, 78 per cent were reported from 10 states while 62 per cent of the active cases are in just five states.
According to the
Union Health Ministry data, a total of 2,59,170 cases were reported in the last 24 hours. This is for the sixth consecutive day that India reported over two lakh cases in a day. According to the data, 10 states
Maharashtra,
Some farmers have doubled their yield, income, says official
What started with a modest cultivation in 1990s has transformed Andhra Pradesh into a leading producer of cocoa in the country now. The State’s cocoa production stood at 10,903 metric tonnes (MT) during 2020-21 as against the total production of 27,072 MT in the country.
Identifying its potential, the State government has been promoting cocoa cultivation in a big way.
Cocoa is being promoted as an intercrop in the State and the awareness about its profitability has been rising among coconut and palm farmers. With improved technology and higher yields, the cross cultivation between coconut, arecanut and other palms has resulted in an increased profitability for farmers and popularity for the programme, say officials.
Updated Jan 03, 2021 | 17:43 IST
The total cost of the project was about Rs 3,000 crore and its construction created over 12 lakh man-days of employment. PM Narendra Modi  |  Photo Credit: Twitter
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the Kochi-Mangaluru natural gas pipeline to the nation on January 5, 2021, at 11 AM via video conferencing. The event marks an important milestone towards the creation of ‘One Nation One Gas Grid , according to a statement from the Prime Minister s Office (PMO).
Governors and chief ministers of Karnataka and Kerala, along with Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas will also be present on the occasion, it added.