Country’s Largest Business Jet Terminal Commissioned at Cochin International Airport
Country’s
Largest Business Jet Terminal Commissioned at Cochin International Airport
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Kerala Chief
Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the country’s first chartered gateway,
and a business jet terminal at the Cochin International Airport.
Key Points
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the country’s
first chartered gateway, and a business jet terminal at the Cochin
International Airport. With this, Cochin airport has become the fourth airport
in the country to operate a private jet terminal. With two majestic
domestic and international travel terminals, Cochin International Airport
Limited(CIAL) is now home to the country’s biggest Business Jet
Terminal.
The business jet terminal inaugurated was built at a cost of 40 crore
rupees by renovating the old domestic terminal. It covers an area of
40,000 sq ft with comfortable lounges, customs and immigration counters, a
business centre and other modern facilities.
Kerala achieved 114 per cent growth in the hospitality sector
and 75 per cent growth in the aviation sector.
Significance:
The new facility
at the airport will boost tourism as well as the MICE (Meetings,
Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) sector in the state. It will
propel the airport to the forefront of the aviation industry in the country.
The facility will also serve as a platform to integrate the hospitality and
aviation sectors.
Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL):
J&K Awarded 1st Prize in Category For Ayushman Bharat Health Account ID Generation
J&K
Awarded 1st Prize in Category For Ayushman Bharat Health Account ID Generation
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Jammu
and Kashmir has been awarded 1st prize in the category for Ayushman Bharat
health account ID generation and 2nd prize in the category for Teleconsultation.
Key Points
Jammu and Kashmir has been awarded 1st
prize in the category for Ayushman Bharat health account ID
generation and 2nd prize in the category
for Teleconsultation conducted during the celebration
of Universal Health Coverage Day 2022.
About The Universal Health Coverage Day:
Universal Health Coverage Day is celebrated
every year to commemorate the significance of Universal health coverage which
aims to ensure quality healthcare closer to the people without any financial
hardships.
Secretary, of Health & Medical Education,
Bhupinder Kumar said that J&K is set to achieve the best model
of Health delivery in the country which is evident from the huge improvement in
the Health indicators. He appreciated the role of the officers of the Ayushman
Bharat Digital Mission J&K for such a robust implementation of the mission
which was launched recently in J&K.
Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission: New Approach of
the Govt Of India:
The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
(ABDM) aims to develop the backbone necessary to support the integrated
digital health infrastructure of the country. It will bridge the existing gap
amongst different stakeholders of Healthcare ecosystem through digital highways.
Hindustan Unilever Acquires D2C Brands OZiva And Wellbeing Nutrition
Hindustan
Unilever Acquires D2C Brands OZiva And Wellbeing Nutrition
Why
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Hindustan
Unilever’s (HUL) acquisition of two digital first brands — OZiva and Wellbeing
Nutrition.
Key Points
Hindustan Unilever’s (HUL) acquisition of two
digital first brands — OZiva and Wellbeing Nutrition — is in line
with the premiumisation trend with an increasing number of FMCG players
foraying in the high growth wellness and nutrition category, which has
gained prominence amongst consumers in the post-pandemic world.
The move would be line with the trend of bigger
FMCG players investing in direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands in India,
as companies do not want to miss out the growing online shoppers market.
Marico picked up 54% stake in True Elements, another healthy snacking and
breakfast brand, while HUL itself has launched some of its own beauty
and personal care brands like Dove Baby, Love Beauty and Planet, Simple and
Dermalogica. Nestle India and tobacco-to-FMCG maker ITC’s are
said to have interest in picking a stake in Sprout Life Foods, the parent
company of Yoga Bar.
Significance
A fast growing category, H&W has a
potential market size of Rs 30,000 crore over the next four to five years.
Padma Shri awardee & Veteran Lavani Singer Sulochana Chavan passes away at 92
Padma
Shri awardee & Veteran Lavani Singer Sulochana Chavan passes away at 92
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Renowned
Marathi Lavani singer Sulochana Chavan has passed away at the age of 92.
Key Points
Renowned Marathi Lavani singer Sulochana
Chavan has passed away at the age of 92. Earlier this year, Chavan was
awarded the Padma Shri and also conferred the title of ‘Lavani Samradnyi’
(Queen of Lavani) for her contribution to the traditional Maharashtrian
musical genre of Lavani, associated with the folk theatre
of Tamasha. Aunda Lagin Karachain, Kasan Kay Patil Baran Hi Ka’,
‘Kalidar Kapuri Paan’, ‘Khelatan Rang Bai Holicha’, ‘Padarawarti Zartarichi Mor
Nachra Hawa’ and many more of Chavan’s songs are popular even today.
Awards and Honours:
She
was honoured with the Lata Mangeshkar Award, instituted by the Government of
Maharashtra, in 2010. She was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2012.
Chavan was awarded the Lokshahir Patthe Bapurao Puraskar instituted by the Pune
Municipal Corporation in 2007 and two years later, was bestowed with the Ram
Kadam Puraskar.
India’s First Carbon Neutral Farm Inaugurated In Kerala
India’s
First Carbon Neutral Farm Inaugurated In Kerala
Why
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Kerala
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan declared a seed farm, located in Aluva, as the
first carbon neutral farm in the country.
Key Points
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi
Vijayan declared a seed farm, located in Aluva, as the
first carbon neutral farm in the country. A significant reduction in
carbon emission has helped the seed farm, achieve the carbon neutral
status.
The total amount of carbon emission from the farm,
located at Thuruthu in Aluva, in the last one year was 43
tons but its overall procurement was 213 ton. Compared to the
emission rate, as many as 170 tons of more carbon have been procured
at the farm, which helped it to be declared as the first carbon neutral seed
farm in the country.
“Carbon neutral farms will be set up in
all 140 Assembly constituencies. Efforts have already been launched to
make 13 farms in Kerala carbon neutral,” Chief Minister said. Carbon
neutral agricultural methods would be implemented through women’s
groups and such interventions would be made in the tribal sector as well, Mr
Vijayan added.
Even as the state moves towards the goal to
achieve food self-sufficiency, plans to maintain ecological
equilibrium are also equally important, the Chief Minister said. As many
as 30 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture and
this can be prevented and climate change can be regulated through carbon
neutral agricultural practices, he added.
Carbon Neutrality:
In actual business practice, organizations often use the term “carbon neutrality” to include all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions when they announce their ambitious emissions reduction targets. There are a number of ways of achieving the balance we are talking about. The healthiest way is not to emit more CO2 than can be absorbed naturally by the world’s forests and plants, which act as carbon sinks through the process of photosynthesis – they take in CO2 from the air and turn it into oxygen – helping to reduce emissions.