ASSAM

PM Modi to gift plots to 1 lakh ‘indigenous’ people in Assam

Kickstarting Assam’s largest land dole since Independence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will formally hand over ownership of up to seven bighas of farmland each and smaller plots for homesteads to over one lakh “indigenous” landless people in the historic town of Sivasagar.

PM Modi’s first visit to the state in almost a year will be as much about setting the tone for BJP’s re-election campaign as about reflecting on the party’s 2016 election-winning pledge to protect “jati, mati and bheti (identity, land and homeland)”.

Each rural beneficiary will get 1.08 lakh sq ft of land for agriculture — one Assam bigha equals 14,400 sq ft — and another one-bigha plot to build a house. Those living in towns will get a 1.1-cottah plot each — a cottah is 2,880 sq ft — while a beneficiary based in Guwahati will be entitled to 1.5 cottah, which is the minimum stipulated land size for a municipality-approved house.

NORTH-EASTERN STATES

Risa in the Tripura Culture

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb wore “Risa” on Kokborok Day. The Chief Minister issued a style statement by Risa. The Tripura government will promote Risa at the national and international levels.

Risa is Tripura’s traditional costume. Both men and women in Tripura wear Risa.

There are two parts in the upper body of the ladies’ clothing, namely Risa and Rikutu. Risa covered the chest, and rikutu covered the entire upper part. Women’s clothing that covers the lower half of the body is called Rigwani or Rignai.

Each clan of Tripura has its own “Rignai” style and design. Tripura’s clan is determined by Rignai.

Men in Tripura wear Risa headscarves and can also tie their waist to Dhuti. When men put on Risa, it empowers them and shows the person’s identity. It is also used as a silencer in winter.

Risa is also used to hold babies in Tripura culture.

“Risa Sormani” is the adolescence ceremony of Tripuri girls. On this day, for the first time girls aged 12-14 were dressed in casual clothes.

The history of Tripuri clothing originated before the reign of King Manikya. In ancient times, the intelligence of a woman in the community was judged based on her weaving Risa and Rignai designs.

INTERNATIONAL

Great Green Wall for Sahel and Sahara

At the “One Planet Biodiversity Summit”, the “Great Sahel Green Wall and Sahara Desert Initiative” received US$14 billion in funding. The funds will be used to restore degraded land, enhance resilience, create green jobs and protect biodiversity. Among financial institutions, the World Bank pledged 5 billion US dollars, the African Development Bank pledged 6.5 billion US dollars, and the French government pledged 14 billion US dollars.

The “Green Wall” initiative aims to change the lives of 100 million Africans by planting trees, vegetation, grasslands and plants 8,000 kilometers long and 15 kilometers wide.

The Great Green Wall is an initiative of African leaders. It was initiated by the African Union in 2007 to combat desertification, land degradation and drought. The goal of the project is to restore 100 million hectares of degraded land by 2030. From 2007 to 2019, so far, the Great Wall Green Wall Initiative has restored only 4 million hectares of land.

The plan aims to store 250 million tons of carbon and create 10 million green jobs. It will support African communities in planting fertile land and increase economic opportunities for the youngest population. The project will help create climate resilience in areas where the temperature rises faster than the rest of the planet.

India sends 1 million doses of COVID vaccine to Nepal as gift under ‘Vaccine Maitri’ Initiative

India sent 1 million doses of a COVID vaccine to Nepal as a gift under the ‘Vaccine Maitri’ Initiative.

Previously India had sent 150,000 doses of ‘Covisheild’ vaccines to Bhutan and 100,000 doses to the Maldives.

In a major announcement, Indian Government said that it will send COVID-19 vaccines to Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles and supplies to Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Mauritius will commence after confirmation of necessary regulatory clearances.

NATIONAL

ISRO to launch customised space-themed t-shirts, mugs, other merchandise

Along the lines of what American space agency NASA has done, the ISRO will come out with customised t-shirts, posters, coffee mugs, key chains, and posters etc.

The merchandise will revolve around several missions the Indian space agency has made possible from the time it was set up in 1969.

ISRO, through these collectibles, hopes to create awareness and enkindle an interest, particularly among students, in space and technology.

Transport Ministry, DRDO ink pact for geo-hazard management

The DRDO and the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) have joined hands to strengthen collaboration in the field of technical exchange and cooperation on sustainable geo-hazard management.

Both establishments will cooperate in the areas of mutual benefit, including conceptual planning of integrated avalanche and landslide protection schemes for all-weather connectivity in snowbound areas.

The MoRTH and DRDO will be cooperating in different mutually beneficial areas that are related to geohazard management.

This initiative aims at ensuring safety against the adverse effects of landslides as well as other natural calamities on the national highways of India.

Shramshakti Digital Data Solution was Launched

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs and the Goa Government jointly launched the Shramshakti Digital Data Solution.

This is a national migration support portal designed to make the national and state-level programmes for migrant workers to run smoothly. The Goa Government also released “Shram-Saathi”, a training manual for migrant workers in Goa.

Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicator Report – TRAI

TRAI released a report on India’s Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicator for the fourth quarter from July to September 2020.

Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released the “Report on the Performance Indicators of Telecommunications Services in India”.

It provides a broad perspective of Indian telecom services and introduces key parameters and growth trends of Indian telecom services as well as cable TV, DTH and radio broadcasting services.

It is mainly compiled based on information provided by the service providers. The number of telephone subscribers in India increased by 0.70% from the previous quarter.

This reflects a decrease of 2.22% in the same quarter compared to the same period last year. The total number of Internet users also increased this quarter, increasing by 3.66%.

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