Approved to continue Indian footwear and leather development project at a cost of Rs 1,700 crore
- The Indian Footwear and Leather Development Program (IFLDP) has been approved to continue at a cost of Rs 1,700 crore from 2021-22. On January 19, the Union Cabinet approved the continuation of the Indian Footwear and Leather Development Program, until the previous IFLDP project was reviewed on or before March 31, 2026, whichever is earlier.
- The Indian Footwear and Leather Development Program aims to improve the infrastructure in the leather sector, address environmental issues in the leather sector, pave the way for additional investments, create employment and increase productivity.
- From 2017-18 to 2019-20, HRD sub-program and capacity building training was imparted to 3.24,722 persons. Of these, 2,60,880 trainees were given jobs in the leather and footwear industry.
- During the last 2019-20, 12,947 workers were imparted skill development training. No training could be provided in 2020-21 due to Govt-19 infection.
- The final of the U19 Cricket World Cup between India and England was played in Antigua. England won the toss and elected to field. England were all out for 189 in the 44th over. For India, Raj Bawa took 5 wickets, Ravi Kumar 4 wickets and Kushal Dumbe one wicket.
- England, who batted first in yesterday's match, were all out for 189. Following this, the Indian team played towards the target of 190 and scored 195 runs for the loss of 6 wickets and won by 4 wickets.
- Raj Bawa, who took 5 wickets and scored 35 runs for India's victory, was selected as the captain. BCCI Secretary Jai Shah has announced a cash prize of Rs 40 lakh for each of the Indian players who won the World Cup and Rs 25 lakh for the coaches.
- The Indian youth team led by Yash Dhul has won the World Cup for the 5th time at the Cricket World Cup in Antigua. India holds the record for being the only team to win the U19 World Cup five times in 2000, 2008, 2012, 2018, 2022
- The United States has approved Pakistan's proposal to appoint Saddam Hussein as Pakistan's ambassador to the United States. The United States has endorsed the appointment of Scott Bori, a member of the US House of Representatives, who has called on the United States to rescind his appointment, citing Eva as a "terrorist".
- It is noteworthy that Saddam Masood Khan became the leader of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in August last year. Ewa has been Pakistan's Permanent Ambassador to the UN and Pakistan's Ambassador to China.
- Kavusalya, 25, from Vadalur, Kadalur district, has been studying for her doctoral dissertation since 2017 at the Rare Manuscript Department of the Tamil University, Thanjavur.
- He is conducting research on the works of Arutprakasa Vallalar. He has done field research on those who have published various traces in Vadaluar and those who have contributed to Vallalar's Thiruvarutha.
- At that time, Thiruvarutha asked Dr. Bandurangan, who was conducting the siege, about the manuscripts. He has given the trace of the rare paper he had to Kavusalya. The collection of 300 pages contains a collection of posthumous journals on grammatical practice, Anushtana Vidhi, Poovaranga et al.
- In this, only the year of Chittarabanu is mentioned and it is being studied as to which year it belongs to. The Vice-Chancellor, who received the post, highly commended the student Kavusalya.
- Prime Minister Modi arrived in Hyderabad, Telangana, on a one-day visit yesterday. Later, he moved to Ikrisat (International Crops Research Institute) in Badancheru, Sankarreddy district.
- Igrizat attended the 50th anniversary celebrations and unveiled the 50th anniversary logo and visited the special exhibition. Asked scientists about new discoveries. Later, he unveiled a 216-foot-tall statue of Ramanujar, designed at a cost of ₹ 1,000 crore and 1,500 tonnes of ivory, at the Chinnajiyar Ashram in Hyderabad.
- This is called the statue of equality. He also worshiped the 200 kg gold idol of Ramanujar in the temple.
- Amazon, an online sales company, saw a $ 191 billion capital increase in just one day last Friday.
- This makes it the fourth largest company in the world after Apple, Microsoft, and Google's parent company Alphabet.
- The reason for this is seen in the fact that Amazon's second quarter results have been more profitable than expected. Beyond online sales, Amazon's cloud computing has increased revenue from advertising.
- Last week, Apple reached a market value of $ 179 billion in a single day. It is noteworthy that Amazon broke it yesterday. The increase of 14 percent has taken Amazon's market value to $ 1.6 trillion.