ODISHA

Odisha government comes out with Lingaraj rehab plan

Chief minister Naveen Patnaik announced a rehabilitation and resettlement policy for the Ekamra Plan that aims to revive and preserve the heritage value and grandeur of the historic Lingaraj Temple and its surroundings.

Under the plan, steps will be taken to preserve the heritage of around 66 acres surrounding the Lingaraj Temple and Bindu Sagar. The state government has already announced projects under the Ekamra Kshetra Amenities and Monuments Revival Action Plan worth around Rs 700 crore. The rehabilitation and resettlement policy is part of that action plan.

According to the policy, all commercial units having clear deed of the land will also be acquired through direct purchase method. Owners of commercial establishments will get allowance of Rs 1 lakh per unit towards expenses related to transportation. Monthly assistance of Rs 15,000 and Rs 20,000 will also be provided to shop owners having built up area of less than or equal to 200 square/feet and more than 200 square/feet, respectively, the package states.

The policy also said that the listed street vendors will be provided with a one-time rehabilitation assistance of Rs 30,000 in two instalments. A vending plan will be prepared to allocate space to the affected street vendors.

INTERNATIONAL

World Future Energy Summit begins in Abu Dhabi

The World Future Energy Summit begins in Abu Dhabi.

33,500 participants from 170 countries and 800 specialist exhibitors are expected to attend the four-day annual event.

The theme for this year’s summit is “Rethinking Global Consumption, Production, and Investment.”

The World Future Energy Summit is the Middle East’s largest future energy and sustainability event.

Brazil to open new Antarctic research base

Brazil has announced that it is to open a new research base in Antarctica. Brazil’s original scientific outpost was destroyed by fire 8 years ago. It is expected that Vice President Hamilton Mourao and Science and Technology Minister Marcos Pontes will attend the official opening ceremony.

The Brazilian government has invested nearly $100 million in the reconstruction of the Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station.

It is a 48,500-square-foot complex on King George Island, the largest in the South Shetland archipelago.

The base was built on the site of the previous facility, Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station, King George Island, Antarctica

The new center was built by Chinese state-owned company CEIEC

The new base consists of 17 laboratories and accommodation for 64 people.

Russia to begin Gaganyaan space astronauts training by 2020 January

The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh announced that the training for Gaganyaan space astronauts will start their training from the third week of January 2020.

Space Astronauts training:

The training of the Indian astronauts for India’s first human space mission will take place in Russia.

India has selected four astronauts for the human space mission.

The astronauts shortlisted for the mission will receive training for 11 months. All four astronauts selected for the mission are male candidates. Their identity was not revealed.

NATIONAL

ISRO’s communication satellite GSAT-30 to launch on Jan 17

India would launch a communication satellite GSAT-30 onboard Ariane-5 launch vehicle (VA 251) from French Guiana on January 17.

The 3,357-kg satellite is slated to blast off from the Ariane Launch Complex at Kourou, a French territory located along the northeastern coast of South America.

GSAT-30 is to serve as a replacement to INSAT-4A spacecraft services with enhanced coverage.

With a mission life of 15 years, GSAT-30 is an operational communication satellite for DTH, television uplink and VSAT services.

Amit Shah chairs sixth meeting of Island Development Agency

Union home minister Amit Shah chaired the sixth meeting of the Island Development Agency (IDA).

In the meeting chaired by Shah, the progress made under the “Holistic development of islands” program was reviewed.

For the first time in the country, an initiative of sustainable development in the identified Islands within scientifically-assessed carrying capacity has been taken-up.

Development plans with a focus on the creation of jobs for the islanders through tourism promotion as well as the export of seafood and coconut-based products.

Inscriptions confirm presence of two medieval monasteries at Moghalmari

Recently, a study of inscriptions on clay tablets excavated from Moghalmari have confirmed the presence of two monasteries.

Moghalmari is a Buddhist monastic site of the early medieval period in West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district.

The inscriptions are in Sanskrit and the script is a transitional phase between later north Indian Brahmi and early Siddhamatrika.

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