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Kanan Devan bags 4 awards at TGLIA
KDHP Company, Munnar, has won a maximum four awards for the High Range region in The Golden Leaf India Awards (TGLIA) 2018 held at Dubai. The awards were won in both orthodox and CTC tea categories. With this, the total number of Golden Leaf India awards for top quality won by KDHP over the years is 37 for the Munnar region alone.
Dalmia Bharat Signs MoU To Maintain Heritage Sites
Dalmia Bharat Limited signed a MoU with the Tourism Ministry to take up Red Fort (in Delhi) and Gandikota Fort (Andhra Pradesh) under the ‘Adopt a Heritage’ project. Becoming the first corporate to be part of the initiative, Dalmia Bharat will look after the operations and the maintenance of these heritage sites for the next five years.
Shooter Gauri Sheoran Made Brand Ambassador For Haryana’s Health Programmes
The Haryana government-appointed international shooter Gauri Sheoran the brand ambassador for its two health-related programmes. The decision was announced by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar at the launch of the measles-rubella (MR) vaccination campaign. Under the campaign, about 80 lakh children aged between nine months and 15 would be vaccinated. The chief minister also flagged off 11 medical mobile units for the campaign.
Jharkhand doubles the electric fare in the urban areas
The month of May in Jharkhand will see high bill electricity bills because the rates of electricity units have been doubled. The State Electricity Regulatory Commission approved it on Friday about this hike in electricity tariff. Domestic urban consumers currently pay 2.90 per unit for up to 200 units. According to the new rate, now the domestic consumers will have to pay Rs 5.50 per unit. At present, the domestic rural consumers will have to pay Rs. 4.40 to 4.75 per unit instead of 1.25 per unit. This time only electricity categories are fixed in five categories that include domestic, irrigation, business, industrial and institutional. Commission Chairman Arvind Prasad and Member (Technology) RN Singh, declaring new rates, claimed that there is a provision of subsidy that will provide relief. For this, the government has made a provision of Rs 2000 crores. The commission is not clear about the system of complaint related to the provisions of the subsidy, including the modalities. It is surprising that the cost of electricity in the domestic category will be almost equal to the electricity used in the industries.
India says Bye to plastic in its protected areas
In order to achieve a plastic-free India, it has been decided to prevent our protected areas to be announced as ‘Plastic Free Zones.’ It has directed states and Union territories to organize awareness campaigns to sensitize people about the issue. This decision was taken keeping in mind the approaching World Environment Day June 5. Before that our country shall be clean and plastic free as plastic plays a very negative role in environment maintenance.
