The Karnataka government has approved 48 industrial projects worth Rs 2,062  crore that would provide jobs for over 6,393 people in the state. The clearance for the projects was given at the State Level Single Window Clearance Committee (SLSWCC) meeting chaired by Large and Medium Scale Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani on Saturday. 

According to Nirani, the panel has considered and approved seven important large and medium-size industrial projects worth Rs 1,275.67 crore, which are expected to create employment opportunities for 3,181 people in the state. 

The ninth edition of India-Sri Lanka Naval Exercise, SLINEX, is scheduled at Visakhapatnam from today to this Thursday. The exercise is being conducted in two phases, the Harbour Phase at Visakhapatnam on 07 to 08 March this year, followed by the Sea Phase on 09 to 10 March in the Bay of Bengal.

The Sri Lanka Navy will be represented by SLNS Sayurala, an advanced offshore patrol vessel and the Indian Navy by INS Kirch, a guided missile corvette. Other participants from the Indian Navy include INS Jyoti, a Fleet support tanker, Advanced Light Helicopter, Seaking and Chetak Helicopters and Dornier Maritime Patrol Aircraft. The previous edition of SLINEX was conducted off Trincomalee in October 2020.

International Women’s Day is being celebrated today. The Day is observed every year to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women's equality. The theme for this year is 'hashtag breaks The Bias'.

President Ram Nath Kovind has greeted citizens on International Women’s Day. In a tweet, Mr Kovind said, Women are making exemplary contributions in all walks of life. He called upon everyone to recommit themselves to ensure their safety and dignity and to provide opportunities to each of them to pursue their dreams and aspirations.

As part of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, week-long celebrations of International Women’s Day started on 1st March in New Delhi. The week-long events will culminate with the conferment of Nari Shakti Puraskar for the years 2020 and 2021 by President  Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan today.

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, MSME Minister Narayan Rane launched a Special Entrepreneurship Promotion Drive for Women - “SAMARTH” on the occasion of International Women’s Day 2022 in New Delhi today. On the occasion, Mr. Rane also conferred awards to twenty women entrepreneurs from different entrepreneur sectors across the country.

The ministry said that under the Samarth initiative twenty percent seats in free Skill Development Programs organized under skill development schemes of the Ministry will be allocated for Women and more than seven thousand 500 women will be benefitted. It said that twenty percent of MSME Business Delegations sent to domestic and international exhibitions under the schemes for Marketing Assistance implemented by the Ministry will be dedicated to women owned MSMEs.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with winners of Nari Shakti Puraskar Awards in New Delhi yesterday. He praised the awardees for the tremendous work done by them. He said, they are contributing to society and the country and innovation is clearly visible in their work. The Prime Minister said, there is no sector where women have not made their mark and made the country proud.

Mr Modi said, government is committed to working towards realizing the potential of women and is framing policies with that objective. The Prime Minister noted that it is important to ensure that all women become part of decision-making at family level.

A three-day symposium, starting from today, i.e March 7 is being held in Chennai under the theme ‘Imagining India at 2047 through Innovation.’ The symposium is being organized by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) in collaboration with the IIT Madras. The symposium that is set to take place at the IITM Research park, Chennai will be inaugurated by the Union Minister of State for Science & Technology Dr Jitendra Singh will inaugurate the symposium on 8th March, 2022.

During the Mohali Test, the broadcast displayed the list of 12 Indians to have played 100 or more Tests, Virat Kohli being the latest entrant to the club. On commentary, former Sri Lanka batsman Russell Arnold told Sunil Gavaskar – another member of the club – that the list included mostly batsmen. The only bowlers on it are Anil Kumble, Kapil Dev, Ishant Sharma and Harbhajan Singh. When the telecast resumed after an ad break, Gavaskar responded by saying that he’d just received a text from Kapil Dev. ‘I’m not a bowler, I’m an allrounder.’

On Sunday at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Ravichandran Ashwin went past Kapil’s tally of 434 Test wickets when he dismissed Charith Asalanka in the Sri Lankan follow-on innings. It was the 11th wicket to fall on a day Sri Lanka lost 16 in an innings rout, and the weekend crowd celebrated it amidst India’s inexorable march to victory. As they had celebrated all the Sri Lankan wickets preceding it, and would celebrate all the wickets to follow. One wonders whether some of the fans celebrated Asalanka’s fall more because it had made Ashwin India’s second-highest wicket-taker in Tests, after Kumble.

A total of 48 projects with investments of Rs 2,062.21 crore with employment potential for 6,393 people were cleared.

The Karnataka government has approved 48 industrial projects worth Rs 2,062  crore that would provide jobs for over 6,393 people in the state. The clearance for the projects was given at the State Level Single Window Clearance Committee (SLSWCC) meeting chaired by Large and Medium Scale Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani on Saturday.

According to Nirani, the panel has considered and approved seven important large and medium-size industrial projects worth Rs 1,275.67 crore, which are expected to create employment opportunities for 3,181 people in the state. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, the country must focus on developing sustainable environment that supports the vision of circular economy, promotes Waste to Wealth and encourages green development. He said, every city should have a modern waste management system to strengthen the circular economy and there should be modern sewage treatment plants to make every city water plus. He said this after laying the foundation stone of rejuvenation and pollution abatement of Mula-Mutha River projects in Pune, Maharashtra.

Mula-Mutha River Rejuvenation will be done in 9 Kilometre stretch of the river at a project cost of more than one thousand 80 crore rupees. It will involve works such as river edge protection, interceptor sewage network, public amenities, boating activity etc.

The country’s first indigenous Flying Trainer HANSA-NG designed and developed by CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, has successfully completed the sea level trials at Puducherry from 19th February to 5th March.

The aircraft was flown to Puducherry covering 140 nautical miles in one and half hours at a cruising speed of 155 km per hour on 19th February.  

AIR Correspondent reports, The objectives of sea level trials were to evaluate handling qualities, climb and cruise performance, balked landing, structural performance power plant and other systems performance. CSIR-NAL sources said that all the objectives of the sea level trials are met and aircraft has been ferried back to Bangalore yesterday after completing 18 hours flying at Puducherry.  
The aircraft was piloted by Wg. Cdr. K V Prakash and Wg. Cdr. Dilip Reddy of ASTE. HANSA-NG is one of the most advanced flying trainer powered by Rotax Digital Control Engine with unique features like Just-In-Time Prepreg (JIPREG) Composite light weight Airframe, Glass Cockpit, Bubble Canopy with wide panoramic view and electrically operated flaps.