21 Name of Paramveer Chakra awardees for Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands have 21 uninhabited islands. The central government decided to name the Paramveer Chakra awardees in the army for these.
- The Paramveer Chakra Award is given to soldiers who die in battle with valor. An uninhabited island 'INAN370' in the north and central Andamans is named after Major Somnath Sharma.
- Henceforth the island will be known as 'Somnath Deep'. He was the first recipient of the Paramvir Chakra Award.
- Likewise, the island 'INAN308' is named after Paramvir Chakra awardee Honorary Captain Karam Singh. Similarly, 21 islands were named after Param Veer Chakra awardees.
- Tamil Nadu has 3.25 crore household power connections, 22.87 lakh agricultural power connections and 9.75 lakh cottage power connections. In this case, smart meters are going to be installed in all electricity connections across Tamil Nadu.
- Under the Central Government's Streamlined Distribution Sector Scheme, a fund of Rs 3.03 lakh crore has been earmarked for installation of smart meters in 13 states of the country. Out of this, Rs.10,790 crore has been allocated to Tamil Nadu. In this, Rs.8,600 crore will be provided in the first phase.
- A tender will be floated by the 15th to select the companies to get the smart meters. It is planned to complete the installation of smart meters by 2025-26.
- Also, under the Smart City project, 1.09 lakh smart meters have been installed in Chennai, D. Nagar. These meters are installed under postpaid scheme. It has been decided to convert these into prepaid plans as well.
- Similarly, free electricity connections such as agriculture and cottage electricity connections are also planned to be equipped with smart meters.
- In the match at the Modi Stadium, Saurashtra won the toss and batting first, Maharashtra scored 248 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 50 overs.
- The Saurashtra team who fielded next scored 249 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 46.3 overs. Sheldon Jackson won the man of the match award and Ruduraj won the man of the series award.
- In the ongoing Vijay Hazare series, Ruduraj continued to perform brilliantly, scoring 220* in the quarter-final, 168 in the semi-final and 108 in the final. It is noteworthy that in 10 innings he hit 8 centuries and hit 7 sixes in a single over and set a world record.
- National Biodiversity Commission is functioning at Taramani, Chennai. For the biological diversity of the UN, the post of Chairman of the Commission, created by the Central Government, is equivalent to the post of Secretary of the Central Government.
- Retired IFS officer C. Asalender Reddy took charge as its chairman. He joined the Indian Forest Department in 1986. He has already worked in the governments of Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- Electricity is generated in various ways like brown coal mining, coal mining, thermal power plants, solar, wind power projects.
- In this context, NLC, India has entered into an MoU with Odisha State Power Synthesis Corporation to implement land-based solar power projects, floating solar power projects, funnel power projects and green hydrogen gas power generation projects. contains
- The MoU was signed in the presence of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and NLC India Chairman Rakesh Kumar at the ``Make in Odisha'' conference in Bhubaneswar, Odisha state capital.
- On behalf of NLC, India, Mohan Reddy, Director, Planning and Implementation Department, and Trilochan Panda, Managing Director, Odisha Power Synthesis Company, signed the agreement.
- It is noteworthy that NLC is already operating a mine in Jharsuguda and Sambalpur districts of Odisha state, which will mine two crore tons of coal per year, and a thermal power plant that will produce 24 lakh units of electricity per hour will soon be constructed.
- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K.Stalin inaugurated a memorial with a full statue of K.Rajanarayanan, a pioneer writer of Karisal kattu literature, at Kovilpatti, Tuticorin district, Chennai, on behalf of the Tamil Development and Press Department at the Chief Secretariat, at an estimated cost of 1 crore 50 lakh 70 thousand rupees.
- in this situation. It is noteworthy that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K.Stalin has inaugurated a memorial with a full statue in Kovilpatti in an area of 220 square meters at an estimated cost of 1 crore 50 lakh 70 thousand rupees.
- Government of Tamil Nadu has issued an order to provide 50% reservation to Government doctors in Tamil Nadu in super specialty medical course. A case was filed in the Supreme Court challenging the order.
- This case has been continuously investigated since 2020. 50% reservation may be given to government doctors in Tamil Nadu this year. Rs.2 crore is spent per student. In this, students from other states are included in the expenditure. This causes a lot of cost to the Tamil Nadu government.
- And as far as Tamil Nadu is concerned, there is a demand that reservation should be given to doctors who can work for the government. According to the interim order already given by the Supreme Court, a request was made to grant admission permission to students this year as well.
- The Supreme Court has also ordered to conduct admissions in 15 days. It has also been instructed to inform the Union Government about the number of vacancies on the 16th day.
- He won gold in the 10m air rifle category in this competition held in Cairo, Egypt. 18-year-old Rudraksh Patil defeated Italy's Danilo Sollazzo 16-8. In the very opening game of this tournament, Rudraksh started his winning streak by defeating the opponent 6-0.
- Rudraksh from Maharashtra, 10.9. He scored 10.8 and 10.7 to win the gold. By doing so, he became the first Indian to qualify for the Paris Olympics.
