Telangana Affairs
Telangana has received lowest supply of doses among southern states
While there is a shortage of supply ofCovid-19vaccines ahead of the launch of vaccination drive for 18-44-year-olds, data on supply ofvaccine dosesshow that has received the lowest number of doses among southern states. While the state has performed better than several states in terms ofvaccine wastage.
Maharashtra leads the charts for Vaccines supplied to states with 1.63 crorevaccinedoses received, followed by Uttar Pradesh with 1.37 crore doses. Apart from Maharashtra and UP, Rajasthan (1.36 crore); Gujarat (1.29 crore); and West Bengal (1.13 crore) are the only states to have received over one crore doses so far. Karnataka is close with 98.47 lakh doses received so far.Andhra Pradeshhas received over 65 lakh doses while Tamil Nadu too has received a similar amount.
Telangana is far behind compared to its southern counterparts. Delhi one of theepicentres for Covid-19 has only received 38 lakh doses so far, has a vaccine wastage of around 3.5 per cent. Except 10 states, of which one is Telangana, other states are not likely to receive supplies in coming days.
National and International Affairs
Government to open 143 Khelo India centres across 7 states
TheSports Ministryhas decided to set up 143Khelo Indiacentres across seven states with a total budget of Rs 14.30 crore in its bid to nurture talent at the grassroot level.
These centres will be set up inMaharashtra,Mizoram, Goa,Karnataka,Madhya Pradesh,Arunachal PradeshandManipur.
Each centre will be entrusted with one Sports discipline.
The Khelo India centres have been launched by the Sports Ministry in PARTNERSHIP with state governments to ensure the availability of grassroot-level across the country.
In June 2020, the ministry had planned to open up as many as 1,000 new Khelo India centres over a period of four years, with at least one centre in each district of the country.
The Supreme Court‘s E-Committee has released a manual in 14 languages for its free “e-Courts Services Mobile App.”
The Supreme Court’s e-committee has released a manual for its “e-Courts Services Mobile App” in 14 languages, and the app itself has received over 57 lakh downloads.
The manual is available in the following languages: English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Khasi, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu.
The App functions as a personalised digital case diary, with case details available on the handset at any time of day, for free. It allows any litigant, advocate, judge, or anyone else in India to check the current status of a case.
With 4.4 lakh patients, Karnataka tops in active Covid cases
Karnatakawith 4.4 lakh active Covid cases is at the top among all states with highest active coronavirus cases in the country.Maharashtrais second with 3.3 lakh active cases, followed byTamil Naduwith 3 lakh, Kerala (2.6 lakh) andAndhra Pradesh(2 lakh).
Many other states have reported significant drop in daily cases and coupled with a high recovery rate, the total caseloads have come down countrywide – from a peak active cases of 37 lakh to 26 lakh on Tuesday. West Bengal,OdishaandRajasthanhave 1 lakh active cases each.
Exports hit $51 billion in first 7 weeks of current fiscal
Indias exporters are not complaining about the order book, despite some hiccups in recent weeks due to lockdowns across states.
According to the latest data available with thegovernment, Indias exports reached $50.7 billion during the first seven weeks of the fiscal year, 11% higher than the corresponding period in 2019-20. The initial weeks of the last financial year were washed out due to a strict country-wide lockdown in India, which coincided with a similar situation across large parts of the world.
Over 14k hectares in Andaman & Nicobar Islands gets organic tag
Over 14,000 hectares area in Car Nicobar and Nancowry islands in the Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands has become Indias first large contiguous territory to be certified as organic under theCentre’s Large Area Certification (LAC) scheme.
Farming operations will be completely free from chemical inputs in this area like how it’s being done in the country’s fully organic stateSikkim.
India currently has several smaller clusters, accounting for more than 30lakh hectaresarea spread over many states, registered under organic certification as per the PGS-India certification programme where the areas having chemical input usage HISTORY are required to undergo a transition period of a minimum of 2-3 years to qualify as organic.
As per the international survey report (2021) on , India ranks fifth in terms of area and is at the top in terms of a total number of producers (the Base Year 2019).