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👉 👈 @Evening: Maharashtra v/s Karnataka And Gujarat v/s Kerala
1. 📰 Catch Up
Bharat Biotech's intranasal Covid-19 vaccine iNCOVACC priced at Rs 800 per dose for the private markets and Rs 325 per dose for central and state governments.
Mock drills held in many hospitals across the country to check the preparedness of health facilities to deal with any spurt in COVID-19 cases.
Apple's suppliers said to be planning to invest Rs 2,800 crore in UP and have applied for land with the state's Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA).
Rs 2,700 crore sewerage treatment projects approved for Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Bengal under National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG).
2. 📜 Maharashtra Passes Resolution
The Maharashtra legislature unanimously passed a resolution to 'legally pursue' the inclusion of 865 Marathi-speaking villages in Karnataka into the western state.
This comes after the Karnataka Legislative Assembly last Thursday unanimously passed a resolution to protect the southern state's interests and not to cede an inch of land to Maharashtra.
Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde said that Amit Shah took a meeting on keeping the status quo but Karnataka passed a resolution that challenges Maharashtra's claim.
The recent events show a war of words between the leaders of the two states.
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut had said on last Wednesday, “Like China has entered, we will enter (Karnataka)."
In response to that, Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai had said, “If they enter like China, Kannadigas will face them and push them back like our Indian Army."
Earlier, Shah stepped in to defuse the border tensions and asked both the states to not make any claims till the Supreme Court pronounces its verdict on the dispute.
3. 📈 Gujarat v/s Kerala Model
The comparison: We have seen several attempts by the Leftist media to praise the Kerala model, while there is a tendency to downplay Gujarat's economic growth narrative.
However, the data says otherwise and the above graph of electricity installed capacity over the years is an example.
Swarajya pointed two years ago how Gujarat clearly outscores Kerala on the economic development indices.
The data: Gujarat's GSDP is almost two times that of Kerala and with a similar ratio for the population, per-capita GSDP or income for Gujarat is slightly higher than Kerala's.
Gujarat's GSDP grew by 17 per cent in 2021-22 from 2020-21, while Kerala's GSDP grew by 12 per cent in this period.
Kerala is overly dependent on the services sector like tourism, hospitality, restaurants, and travel, while Gujarat has a strong industrial sector.
As Covid impacted tourism, Kerala’s GSDP growth rate was (-)8.43 per cent (negative) in 2020-21 and just 0.9 per cent in 2019-20, while Gujarat managed growth of 1.21 per cent and 8.38 per cent in these years.
4. 🎊 Mizoram Celebrates Pawl Kut
The festival: Pawl Kut is one of the prominent festivals of Mizoram which is feted as a part of thanksgiving to the almighty for the good harvest.
Pawl means straw in the local language of Mizoram and hence the celebration is of the straw harvesting season.
Union Minister for Culture, Tourism and Development Of North Eastern Region G Kishan Reddy extended his greetings today.
Its origin dates back to a period when the people of Mizoram lived near the River Tiau around 1450 to 1700 AD.
A severe famine occurred for three continuous years and there was a bumper crop in the fourth year.
Thus people celebrate Pawl Kut as an act of thanksgiving to the Almighty for giving a bountiful harvest.
5. 📘 A Tribute To Iconic Indians
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The book simultaneously tells the wider story of how India traversed the first 75 years of Independence.
An excellent primer on the stalwarts who have made the nation what it is today, this book is a must-read for every person interested in the past, present and future of India.
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