Union Road Transport and highways Minister Nitin Gadkari will be dedicating two NHAI projects in Telangana to the nation this morning.

The Four laning of the National Highway 161, in two stretches, Mangalore to Telangana and Ramsanpalle to Mangalore will be dedicated to the nation.

The two stretches have been developed for about 96 Kilometers at a cost of 2926 crore rupees.

Besides, the Minister will also be laying the foundation stone for 19 other NHAI projects of an estimated cost of over 5000 crore rupees covering 370 Kilometers.  Seven of these projects have been taken up under the Central Road and Infrastructure Fund. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Global Patidar Business Summit (GPBS) in Surat Gujarat today via video conferencing. Sardardham is organizing GPBS under Mission-2026 to provide an impetus to the socio-economic development of Patidar community.

The Summit is organized every two years. The first two Summits were held in Gandhinagar in 2018 and 2020 and the current Summit is now being held in Surat. The main theme of GPBS-2022 is Aatmanirbhar Community to Aatmanirbhar Gujarat and India.

Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will launch the Mandate Document of National Curriculum Framework today. The National Education Policy - 2020 recommends  development of National Curriculum Frameworks, NCF in four areas of School Education, Early Childhood Care and Education, Teacher Education and Adult Education.

The Mandate Document describes the development process of the National Curriculum Framework, its expected structure and objectives. The National Curriculum Framework is being drafted through a collaborative and consultative process, starting from district to state level and then National level.

Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Vivek Chaudhari on Thursday inaugurated the logistics seminar LOGISEM VAYU-2022 in New Delhi.

During the seminar, Air Chief Marshal Chaudhari delivered the inaugural address which included the roadmap for logistics management in Indian Air Force.

The Chief of the Air Staff directed that the present supply chain management should look forward with an aim to enhance logistics capabilities and develop a focused approach towards indigenisation of critical components to achieve self-reliance in Defence.

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions is organizing a Webinar Series on National Good Governance from April this year to March next year. Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh will be inaugurating the National Good Governance Webinar Series tomorrow. One Webinar on an identified sector or theme will be held every month. The first webinar in the series is on the theme ‘Improving Service Delivery’.

Azadi Se Antyodaya Tak will be launched by Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Giriraj Singh in New Delhi on Thursday. The 90-day campaign will be launched with a mission to saturate 75 Districts across 28 States and UTs with beneficiary schemes of nine central ministries. Celebrating the spirit of the year-long Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, the identified districts are aligned with the birthplace of 99 Freedom Fighters, who made the ultimate sacrifice for the nation during its struggle for independence.

The goal of the campaign is to take up 17 select schemes with direct assistance to beneficiaries in saturation mode, reaching out to the person at the bottom of the pyramid in rural areas by each of the participating ministries and departments.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has asserted that India will engage with the world on its own terms and era of dictation is over.

He said, it is better to engage with the world on the basis of who we are rather than try to please the world as a pale imitation of who they are. Addressing the Raisina Dialogue, Dr Jaishankar said the idea that others define us and we need approval, is an era that we need to put behind us. 

Dr Jaishankar also said in the next 25 years, India should be at the next stage of globalisation. India should be about capability building, he said.

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) project for upgrading 2G mobile services to 4G at security sites in Left Wing Extremism, LWE areas. Addressing the media on the cabinet decision, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said that this will enable better internet and data services in these LWE areas. He said, the Project envisages upgrading of 2,542 mobile towers for providing 4G services in LWE areas at a cost of 2,426 crore rupees in 10 states including Uttar Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha and Maharastra. He said, alll the sites will be upgraded by BSNL at a cost of 2,426 crore rupees.

The Union Cabinet also approved revised cost estimate on “Setting up of India Post Payments Bank. Mr. Thakur said, the facility of India Post Payments Bank will be available in all the 1.56 lakh branches of Post Offices for which additional 820 crore rupees will be spent. He said, currently 1.30 lakh branches are equipped with this facility.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by  Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the construction of 540 Megawatt Kwar Hydro Electric project located on river Chenab in Kishtwar district of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

The project will be implemented by Chenab Valley Power Projects Private Limited which is a joint venture company between NHPC and JKSPDC. The project has been approved with an investment of over 4 thousand 526 crore rupees. Addressing media about the cabinet decision yesterday, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said the  project will  help make the Union Territory self reliant in electricity.

Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar has launched Digital India RISC-V Microprocessor (DIR-V) Program. Its overall aim is to enable the creation of Microprocessors for the future in India, for the world and achieve industry-grade silicon and  Design wins by December 2023. 

Launching the program yesterday in New Delhi Mr. Chandrasekhar mentioned that DIR-V program will see partnerships between Startups, Academia and  Multinationals, to make India not only a RISC-V Talent Hub for the World but also supplier of RISC-V  System on Chips for Servers, Mobile devices, Automotive and Microcontrollers across the globe.