Business conglomerate Adani Group on Wednesday held discussions with the Telangana government to set up a data centre and aerospace park in the state, an official release said.

Adani Group representatives led by CEO of Adani Ports and SEZs Karan Adani and CEO of Defence and Aerospace Ashish Rajvanshi met Chief Minister Revanth Reddy in Hyderabad.

The chief minister assured the Adani delegation that the state government would provide the required amenities, infrastructure and subsidies to new industries to promote industrial growth and create more employment opportunities.

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will prepare a Green Cover Index in the next three years. This is being done in collaboration with the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), an arm of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).

"Presently, the monitoring of plantations relies on site visits by field personnel," an official statement said while noting that the NRSC will undertake a comprehensive pan-India estimation of green cover for National Highways using high-resolution satellite imagery.

"It will also facilitate targeted interventions in regions that are reported to lack adequate green cover," the statement added.

Power sector financier REC Ltd has entered into an MoU with Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) to extend loans up to ₹35,000 crore to finance multi-modal infrastructure projectsto be executed by RVNL over the next 5 years.

These projects constitute multi-modal logistics hub projects, rail infrastructure projects, road, port, and metro projects bring developed by RVNL, a power ministry statement said.

Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Tuesday night announced that January 22 will be a dry day on account of the consecration of Lord Ram temple in Ayodhya.

"Entire state of Chhattisgarh will celebrate the occasion of inauguration of Ram temple in Ayodhya. It's our resolve to bring 'Ram Rajya', as our commitment towards good governance. The state will observe a dry day on January 22 and no liquor will be available throughout the state," CM Sai said.

Speaking to reporters in state capital, CM Sai said, "As you all know that we are observing good governance week since December 25 and our resolve as well as ideal towards good governance is 'Ram Rajya' and it's our fortune that Chhattisgarh is the maternal home of Lord Ram as it's his mother Kaushalya's parents' place. It's also a blessing that on January 22, the consecration of Ram temple is taking place. Everyone in state is very happy. About 300 metric tonnes of rice has been sent to Ayodhya for bhandara by the state's rice millers association."

These portals aim to revolutionise communication, decision-making and data management within the government. The chief minister said the report management portal is designed to streamline the process of sending and monitoring various reports across departments, boards, and corporations.

In a significant move towards administrative reforms, chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu launched the nation’s first-ever report management portal and meeting management portal, developed by the Department of Digital Technology and Governance (DDTG) here on Wednesday.

The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP) and Thermo Fisher Scientific, supplier of analytical instruments, life sciences solutions, specialty diagnostics, laboratory, pharmaceutical and biotechnology services, on Wednesday announced a partnership to establish a Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru.

The state-of-the-art facility will foster innovation and accelerate breakthroughs in India's rapidly growing biotech sector.

Cooperation Minister Amit Shah will on Thursday launch a tur dal procurement portal that will enable farmers to register themselves for selling the commodity and receive payments directly into their bank accounts.

The multi-lingual portal will streamline the entire process for tur dal growers in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Karnataka and Jharkhand, simplifying the registration, procurement and payment processes.

The portal will be launched at a national symposium on 'self-reliance in pulses' to be held here in the capital.

The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) along with National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM) has launched 'SMART 2.0' (Scope for Mainstreaming Ayurveda Research among Teaching professionals) program to promote robust clinical studies in priority areas of Ayurveda with Ayurveda academic institutions/hospitals across the country through mutual collaboration.

According to Prof (Vd) Rabinarayan Acharya, DG, CCRAS, the study aims at safety, tolerability and adherence to Ayurveda formulations in the priority research areas of Bal Kasa, Malnutrition, Insufficient lactation, Abnormal Uterine Bleeding, Osteoporosis in post-menopausal women and Diabetes Mellitus (DM) II.

As the world prepares to celebrate World Braille Day on 4 January, a global commemoration is underway to acknowledge the significance of Braille as a vital medium of communication for blind and partially sighted individuals. This day holds special importance as it marks the birthday of Louis Braille, the visionary inventor of the Braille script, born in France in 1809. Recognizing the paramount role of Braille in education, communication, and social inclusion, the United Nations has designated 4 January each year as World Braille Day.

Braille, a universal code rather than a language, serves as a tool to write and read in various languages, including Sanskrit, Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Spanish, and many others. On this occasion, National Institutes and Composite Regional Centres under DEPwD organising a range of engaging programmes.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday approved the proposal to set up an eco-friendly industrial hub at Rani Khera in northwest Delhi, said an official release.

According to an official release from the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), "At the beginning of the new year, the Kejriwal government had taken a remarkable step to create new employment opportunities within Delhi. CM Arvind Kejriwal gave his assent to the proposal of planning to create an industrial hub on 147 acres of land at Rani Khera on Tuesday."

As per the release, the land for the industrial hub is being acquired from the Delhi Development Authority (DDA).