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By admin: May 7, 2023

Border Haat between India and Bangladesh inaugurated at Bholaganj in Sylhet

Tags: International Relations International News

On 6 May a new border-haat was inaugurated between India and Bangladesh at Bholaganj under Companyganj Upazila of Sylhet.

An overview of the news

• Bangladesh's Minister for Migrant Welfare and Overseas Employment Imran Ahmed and India's Assistant High Commissioner Neeraj Kumar Jaiswal jointly inaugurated the border-haat.

• The opening of the border haat at Bholaganj on the border between Sylhet in Bangladesh and the East Khasi Hills of Meghalaya was greeted with great enthusiasm by people on both sides of the border.

• This is the fourth border haat in Sylhet division, out of which three are currently functioning. There are plans to open three more border haats in Sylhet division.

• The Border Haat will open from 10 am to 4 pm on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

• The Bholaganj Border Haat will have 26 stalls from India and 24 stalls from Bangladesh, where traditional items from both the countries will be sold duty free.

• The first border haats were inaugurated in 2011 at Kalaichar in West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya and Kurigram in Bangladesh.

Border Roads Organisation Project Dantak 64th Raising Day

Tags: National Government Schemes National News

The Prime Minister has praised the initiative by Border Roads Organisation Project Dantak to commemorate 64th Raising Day. 

About Project Dantak

• Project Dantak is one of the oldest projects of the Border Roads Organization (BRO).

• It was established on 24th April1961.

• It was a result of the visionary leadership of the King of Bhutan and Jawahar Lal Nehru, then Prime Minister of India.

• It was established under the provision of the Indo-Bhutan Treaty of Peace and Friendship, 1949.

• The project is playing a major role in identifying the most important aspects of connectivity and promoting the socio-economic growth and development of Bhutan.

• It is tasked with the construction and maintenance of roads suitable for motorized transport in Bhutan.

About Border Roads Organisation (BRO)

• BRO, a pioneer in the field of infrastructural development in the border areas of the country.

• BRO is a major road construction agency under the Ministry of Defence with the primary objective of providing road connectivity to the border areas.

• BRO was formed on 7th May 1960.

• It develops and maintains the road network in India's border areas and friendly neighbouring countries.

• This includes operating infrastructure in 19 states and three union territories (including the Andaman and Nicobar Islands) and neighbouring countries such as Afghanistan, Bhutan, Myanmar, Tajikistan and Sri Lanka.

• One of the biggest infrastructural achievements of BRO - longest highway tunnel built in Himachal Pradesh, and its name is Atal Tunnel.

• Atal tunnel under Rohtang Pass is an 8.8-kilometer-long tunnel.

• This will reduce the distance between Manali and Leh by 46 kms and will save on transportation costs.

• Director General of BRO - Lieutenant General Rajeev Chaudhry

First Pharma Park to be built in Uttar Pradesh

Tags: State News

The state government has given green signal to the project of setting up a state's first Pharma Park in Lalitpur district of Bundelkhand.

An overview of the news

• For this, the state government will transfer 1500 hectares of land in Lalitpur district to the Animal Husbandry Department.

• The state government will spend Rs 1560 crore for development works and providing necessary facilities to the investors in Lalitpur Pharma Park.

• A proposal has been prepared to transfer the vacant land of the Animal Husbandry Department in Lalitpur to the Industrial Development Department.

• The Detail Project Report (DPR) will be prepared soon after selecting a consultant for the development of the Pharma Park.

• Entrepreneurs setting up units in Pharma Park will be given 100% exemption in stamp duty on land purchase, capital subsidy, construction of houses for laborers, employment generation etc. by the government.

First Medical Device Park in Gautam Buddha Nagar

• The Uttar Pradesh government is setting up a medical device park on 350 acres of land at the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YIDA) in Gautam Buddha Nagar.

• The park is being set up in Sector 28 of Yeida where plots have been allotted to 50 entrepreneurs so far.

• There is complete preparation to connect this park with metro, expressway, transport city and bullet train.

• A flatted factory with a common hydrant facility will also be constructed in the Medical Device Park.

• There is also a proposal to set up a police station here to help entrepreneurs.

• Uttar Pradesh has received investment proposals worth Rs 16,420 crore in the medical devices manufacturing sector at the Global Investors Summit (GIS) held in February this year.

• A total of 175 MoUs have been signed in this area. Most of these investors have expressed their willingness to set up their units in Medical Device Park and Pharma Park.

Pakistan's Babar Azam becomes fastest player to reach 5000 runs in ODIs

Tags: Sports Sports News

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam on 5th May became the fastest batsman to complete 5,000 one-day international runs during the fourth match against New Zealand in Karachi.

An overview of the news

• He crossed the 5000 run-mark in 97 innings. Babar broke Hashim Amla's record of scoring 5000 runs in 101 innings.

• Azam has been the number one batsman in the International Cricket Council's ODI rankings for the last two years.

• He is the 14th Pakistani to complete 5,000 or more runs in ODI cricket, topped by former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq with 11,701 runs.

• Azam made his ODI debut in May 2015 against Zimbabwe in his hometown Lahore.

• Former West Indies legend Vivian Richards completed his 5,000 runs in ODIs in 114 innings.

• Former Indian team captain Virat Kohli is fourth in this list with 114 innings.

• Australian opening batsman David Warner has now reached number 5 in this list with 115 innings.