TELANGANA
Telangana has received lowest supply of doses among southern states
While there is a shortage of supply of Covid-19 vaccines ahead of the launch of vaccination drive for 18-44-year-olds, data on supply of vaccine doses show that Telangana has received the lowest number of doses among southern states. While the state has performed better than several states in terms of vaccine wastage.
Maharashtra leads the charts for vaccines supplied to states with 1.63 crore vaccine doses 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 Pradesh has 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 the epicentres 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.
INTERNATIONAL
First Indian to Win Arab World Nobel Prize – Dr Tahera Qutbuddin
Mumbai born, Dr Tahera Qutbuddin, a professor of Arabic Literature at the University of Chicago, lately grew to be the first character of Indian-origin to win the 15th Sheikh Zayed Book Award.
The award is viewed to be the Nobel Prize of the Arab world. She gained the award for her brand new book, “Arabic Oration – Art and Function” published via Brill Academic Publishers of Leiden in 2019. In the book, she places forth a comprehensive principle of Arabic literature in its foundational oral duration dating the seventh and eighth centuries AD. She discusses its have an impact on on modern sermons and lectures as well.
NATIONAL
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 India’s first large contiguous territory to be certified as ‘organic’ under the Centre’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 state Sikkim.
India currently has several smaller clusters, accounting for more than 30 lakh hectares area 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 organic farming, India ranks fifth in terms of area and is at the top in terms of a total number of producers (the base year 2019).
Exports hit $51 billion in first 7 weeks of current fiscal
India’s 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 the government, India’s 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.
With 4.4 lakh patients, Karnataka tops in active Covid cases
Karnataka with 4.4 lakh active Covid cases is at the top among all states with highest active coronavirus cases in the country. Maharashtra is second with 3.3 lakh active cases, followed by Tamil Nadu with 3 lakh, Kerala (2.6 lakh) and Andhra 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, Odisha and Rajasthan have 1 lakh active cases each.
Government to open 143 Khelo India centres across 7 states
The Sports Ministry has decided to set up 143 Khelo India centres 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 in Maharashtra, Mizoram, Goa, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur.
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 infrastructure 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.
e-Courts Services Mobile App
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.
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