UTTAR PRADESH

Maurya sanctions Rs 115 cr for 25 ongoing projects

To expedite the ongoing development work in the Public Works Department (PWD), the state government further sanctioned a budget of over Rs 115 crore for 25 ongoing projects.
According to an official communiqué released, on the directions of Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, Rs 60.47 crore has been released for broadening and repair work on 14 projects of highways and other roads.

The projects are in Gorakhpur (3), Hamirpur (2) and one each in Hardoi, Shahjahanpur, Mainpuri, Jaunpur, Mau, Kheri, Firozabad, Aligarh and Barabanki.

The release further said that besides the above, Maurya released Rs 55.79 crore for 11 ongoing projects which include two projects each in Farrukhabad, Varanasi and Prayagraj, and one each in Kanpur Dehat, Jalaun, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut and Amethi.

Maurya has directed officials to ensure that all the ongoing projects are completed in time while maintaining the quality of the work.

INTERNATIONAL

China, Russia Look to Deepen Best Ties

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is paying an important visit to China. Highlights:

The visit was conducted shortly after the China-US relations conversations took place in Alaska. Following the first summit of leaders of the Group of  Quad (India, Australia, Japan and the United States).

He asserted that the relationship between Russia and China is currently the best in history.

He believes that, unfortunately, the formation of a truly multi-polar democratic world is hindered by Western countries, especially the United States, because they seek to continue to dominate the global economy and politics at all costs, and combine their will and the requirements are imposed on other countries.

In this regard, Russia and China are promoting a constructive and unified agenda, and hope that the international governance system will be fair and democratic, run smoothly, and build on the basis of extensive interaction between countries and their integration initiatives.

NATIONAL

Extension of Project Mausam

The Mausam Project has now been extended to March 31, 2023. Highlights:

The ” Mausam ” project is a project of the Ministry of Culture, with the Archaeological Society of India, New Delhi (ASI) as the nodal institution and the Indira Gandhi National Art Center (IGNCA) in New Delhi as its research department.

The project aims to explore the multi-faceted Indian Ocean world-organizing archaeological and historical research to document the diversity of Indian Ocean cultural, commercial and religious interactions.

The main purpose of this project is to identify places and sites under the Mausam Project as a transnational nomination for inclusion in the UNESCO’s World Heritage List.

The central themes that unite the ” Mausam ” project are cultural routes and marine landscapes, which not only connect different parts of the Indian Ocean coast, but also connect the coastal center with the hinterland.

More importantly, the shared knowledge system and ideas spread along these channels and affected coastal centers and most areas.

NAFED e-Kisan Mandis Trading Platform

Mandi has physical and virtual infrastructure and is based on spokes and hub models. About NAFED e-Kisan Mandis:

NAFED e-Kisan mandis (NeKM) is an electronic trading platform that works with local Farmer Producer Organisations (FPCx and cooperatives) to have physical infrastructure at each proposed location to integrate with a National Level Digital Marketing Platform.

Mandi has physical