23 August 2025
Where was Uttar Pradesh’s first Green Hydrogen plant inaugurated?
āĻāϤ্āϤāϰāĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϏāĻŦুāĻ āĻšাāĻāĻĄ্āϰোāĻেāύ āĻĒ্āϞ্āϝাāύ্āĻ (āĻোāϰāĻāĻĒুāϰ)
Uttar Pradesh’s First Green Hydrogen Plant (Gorakhpur)
āĻāĻĻ্āĻŦোāϧāύ: ā§§ā§Ž āĻāĻāϏ্āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ, āĻাāύিāĻŽāĻĒুāϰ āĻ্āϰাāĻŽ, āĻোāϰāĻāĻĒুāϰ — āĻāϤ্āϤāϰāĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻāĻŦং āĻাāϰāϤেāϰ āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤীāϝ় āϏāĻŦুāĻ āĻšাāĻāĻĄ্āϰোāĻেāύ āĻĒ্āϞ্āϝাāύ্āĻ।
Inaugurated: 18 August 2025 in Khanimpur village, Gorakhpur — the first green hydrogen plant in Uttar Pradesh and second in India.
āĻāύ্āύāϝ়āύāĻাāϰী: āĻāϰেāύ্āĻ āĻ্āϰুāĻĒ (āĻāϰেāύ্āĻ āĻĒাāĻāϝ়াāϰ āĻ āĻāϰেāύ্āĻ āĻ্āϝাāϏ); āĻā§āĻĒাāĻĻāύ āĻ্āώāĻŽāϤা āĻŦāĻāϰে ā§ā§¨ āĻāύ।
Developed by: Torrent Group (Torrent Power & Torrent Gas) with a production capacity of 72 tonnes per annum.
āĻšাāĻāĻĄ্āϰোāĻেāύেāϰ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ: āϏāϰ্āĻŦোāĻ্āĻ ā§¨% āĻĒāϰ্āϝāύ্āϤ āϏিāĻāύāĻি āĻ āĻĒিāĻāύāĻিāϰ āϏāĻ্āĻে āĻŽিāĻļিāϝ়ে āĻļāĻšāϰেāϰ āĻ্āϝাāϏ āύেāĻāĻāϝ়াāϰ্āĻেāϰ āĻŽাāϧ্āϝāĻŽে āĻৃāĻšāϏ্āĻĨাāϞী, āϏিāĻāύāĻি āϏ্āĻেāĻļāύ āĻāĻŦং āĻļিāϞ্āĻĒāĻ্āώেāϤ্āϰে āϏāϰāĻŦāϰাāĻš।
Hydrogen use: To be blended (up to 2%) with CNG and PNG and supplied through the city gas network to households, CNG stations, and industries.
āĻŽুāĻ্āϝāĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰী āϝোāĻী āĻāĻĻিāϤ্āϝāύাāĻĨ: āϏāĻŦুāĻ āĻšাāĻāĻĄ্āϰোāĻেāύāĻে “āĻāĻŦিāώ্āϝāϤেāϰ āĻ্āĻŦাāϞাāύি” āĻŦāϞে āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖāύা āĻāϰেāĻেāύ āĻāĻŦং āĻāϤ্āϤāϰāĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰাāĻুāϰ্āϝ্āϝāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āĻāϞāϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻāĻে āĻā§āĻĒাāĻĻāύেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻāĻĒāϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻŦāϞেāĻেāύ।
CM Yogi Adityanath: Described green hydrogen as the “energy of the future” and highlighted UP’s abundant water resources as ideal for production.
āĻĒ্āϰāĻāϞ্āĻĒেāϰ āĻুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦ: āĻĒāϰিāĻ্āĻāύ্āύ āĻ্āĻŦাāϞাāύি āϞāĻ্āώ্āϝāĻŽাāϤ্āϰা āĻোāϰāĻĻাāϰ āĻāϰা, āĻাāϰ্āĻŦāύ āύিঃāϏāϰāĻŖ āĻš্āϰাāϏ āĻāϰা āĻāĻŦং āĻাāϰāϤেāϰ āύেāĻ-āĻিāϰো āϞāĻ্āώ্āϝāĻে āϏāĻŽāϰ্āĻĨāύ āĻāϰা।
Project significance: Strengthens clean energy goals, reduces carbon emissions, and supports India’s net-zero targets.
āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāĻŦ: āĻāϤ্āϤāϰāĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āĻļিāϞ্āĻĒোāύ্āύāϝ়āύ āĻ āĻেāĻāϏāĻ āĻāύ্āύāϝ়āύেāϰ āĻ্āώেāϤ্āϰে āĻāĻ āĻেāĻŽ-āĻেāĻ্āĻাāϰ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āĻŦিāĻŦেāĻিāϤ।
Impact: Considered a game-changer for Uttar Pradesh’s industrial growth and sustainability drive.
Which bank became the first public sector bank in India to migrate its corporate website to the secure ‘.bank.in’ domain?
Punjab National Bank Migrates to Secure Domain
āĻĒাāĻ্āĻাāĻŦ āύ্āϝাāĻļāύাāϞ āĻŦ্āϝাংāĻ (PNB): āĻাāϰāϤেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϏāϰāĻাāϰি āĻাāϤেāϰ āĻŦ্āϝাংāĻ, āϝাāϰা āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻāϰ্āĻĒোāϰেāĻ āĻāϝ়েāĻŦāϏাāĻāĻāĻে āύিāϰাāĻĒāĻĻ “.bank.in” āĻĄোāĻŽেāĻāύে āϏ্āĻĨাāύাāύ্āϤāϰ āĻāϰেāĻে।
Punjab National Bank (PNB): The first public sector bank in India to migrate its corporate website to the secure “.bank.in” domain.
āĻুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦ: āĻāĻ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ্āώেāĻĒ āĻĄিāĻিāĻাāϞ āϏুāϰāĻ্āώা āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧি āĻāϰে āĻāĻŦং āĻĒ্āϰāϤাāϰāĻŖা, āĻĢিāĻļিং āĻ āϏাāĻāĻŦাāϰ āĻāĻ্āϰāĻŽāĻŖেāϰ āĻুঁāĻি āĻāĻŽাāϝ়।
Significance: The move enhances digital security, reducing risks of fraud, phishing, and cyberattacks.
āϏাāĻŽāĻ্āĻāϏ্āϝāϤা: āĻāϰāĻŦিāĻāĻ-āĻāϰ āĻŦ্āϝাংāĻিং āĻাāϤে āϏাāĻāĻŦাāϰ āύিāϰাāĻĒāϤ্āϤা āĻোāϰāĻĻাāϰ āĻāϰাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻেāώ্āĻাāϰ āϏāĻ্āĻে āĻāĻ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ্āώেāĻĒ āϏাāĻŽāĻ্āĻāϏ্āϝāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ।
Alignment: This step aligns with the RBI’s efforts to strengthen cybersecurity in the banking sector.
Coal India Limited (CIL) recently signed an MoU with which organization to develop rail infrastructure?
āĻোāϞ āĻāύ্āĻĄিāϝ়া – āĻāύāĻāύ āϰেāϞāĻāϝ়ে āĻ āĻŦāĻাāĻ াāĻŽো āĻুāĻ্āϤি (⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ)
Coal India – Konkan Railway Infrastructure Pact (2025)
āϤাāϰিāĻ āĻ āϏ্āĻĨাāύ: ā§§ā§Ž āĻāĻāϏ্āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ, āĻāϞāĻাāϤাāϝ় āĻোāϞ āĻāύ্āĻĄিāϝ়া āϞিāĻŽিāĻেāĻĄ (CIL) āĻāĻŦং āĻāύāĻāύ āϰেāϞāĻāϝ়ে āĻāϰ্āĻĒোāϰেāĻļāύ āϞিāĻŽিāĻেāĻĄ (KRCL) āĻāĻāĻি āύāύ-āĻŦাāĻāύ্āĻĄিং āϏāĻŽāĻোāϤা āϏ্āĻŽাāϰāĻ (MoU) āϏ্āĻŦাāĻ্āώāϰ āĻāϰে।
Date & Venue: On 18 August 2025, Coal India Limited (CIL) signed a non-binding MoU with Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd (KRCL) in Kolkata.
āĻāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ: āϏিāĻāĻāĻāϞ āĻāĻŦং āĻāϰ āϏāĻšāϝোāĻী āϏংāϏ্āĻĨাāĻুāϞিāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āϰেāϞ āĻ āĻŦāĻাāĻ াāĻŽো āĻāύ্āύāϝ়āύ āĻāĻŦং āĻāϝ়āϞা āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāĻšāύেāϰ āĻĻāĻ্āώāϤা āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧি।
Purpose: Collaborate on developing rail infrastructure for CIL and its subsidiaries, enhancing logistics and efficiency in coal transportation.
āĻĒāĻāĻূāĻŽি:
āϏিāĻāĻāĻāϞ āĻাāϰāϤেāϰ āĻ
āĻ্āϝāύ্āϤāϰীāĻŖ āĻāϝ়āϞা āĻā§āĻĒাāĻĻāύেāϰ ā§Žā§Ļ% āĻāϰ āĻŦেāĻļি āϝোāĻাāύ āĻĻেāϝ়।
⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē-⧍ā§Ģ āĻ
āϰ্āĻĨāĻŦāĻāϰে ā§ā§Žā§§.ā§§ āĻŽিāϞিāϝ়āύ āĻāύ āĻāϝ়āϞা āĻā§āĻĒাāĻĻāύ āĻāϰেāĻে, āϝা āϞāĻ্āώ্āϝāĻŽাāϤ্āϰা ā§Žā§Šā§Ž āĻŽিāϞিāϝ়āύ āĻāύেāϰ āĻেāϝ়ে āĻāĻŽ।
⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ-⧍ā§Ŧ āĻ
āϰ্āĻĨāĻŦāĻāϰে āϞāĻ্āώ্āϝ ā§Žā§ā§Ģ āĻŽিāϞিāϝ়āύ āĻāύ āĻā§āĻĒাāĻĻāύ āĻ ā§¯ā§Ļā§Ļ āĻŽিāϞিāϝ়āύ āĻāύ āĻ
āĻĢāĻেāĻ।
Background:
CIL accounts for over 80% of India’s domestic coal production.
Produced 781.1 million tonnes (MT) in FY25, below its target of 838 MT.
Aims to achieve 875 MT production and 900 MT offtake in FY26.
āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŦāĻŦāϰ্āϤী āĻুāĻ্āϤি: āĻāĻ āĻুāĻ্āϤিāϰ āĻāĻে āϏিāĻāĻāĻāϞ āĻাāϰāϤীāϝ় āĻĒোāϰ্āĻ āϰেāϞ āĻ ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ āϰোāĻĒāĻāϝ়ে āĻāϰ্āĻĒোāϰেāĻļāύ āϞিāĻŽিāĻেāĻĄ-āĻāϰ āϏāĻ্āĻে āĻāϝ়āϞা āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāĻšāύেāϰ āϰেāϞ āĻ āĻŦāĻাāĻ াāĻŽো āĻāύ্āύāϝ়āύেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻāĻāĻি āĻুāĻ্āϤি āϏ্āĻŦাāĻ্āώāϰ āĻāϰেāĻিāϞ।
Previous Agreement: This MoU follows an earlier pact with Indian Port Rail & Ropeway Corporation Ltd to enhance rail infrastructure for coal transport.
Which country has been verified for rubella elimination by WHO South-East Asia Region in 2025?
Nepal Verified for Rubella Elimination (2025)
āϏ্āĻŦীāĻৃāϤি āĻ āϏāĻŽāϝ়: āĻāĻāϏ্āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ-āĻ āĻĄāĻŦ্āϞিāĻāĻāĻāĻāĻ-āϰ āĻĻāĻ্āώিāĻŖ-āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŦ āĻāĻļিāϝ়া āĻ āĻ্āĻāϞ āύেāĻĒাāϞāĻে āĻāύুāώ্āĻ াāύিāĻāĻাāĻŦে āĻোāώāĻŖা āĻāϰেāĻে āϝে, āĻĻেāĻļāĻি āĻāύāϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝেāϰ āĻ্āώেāϤ্āϰে āϰুāĻŦেāϞা āύিāϰ্āĻŽূāϞ āĻāϰেāĻে।
Recognition & Time: In August 2025, WHO South-East Asia Region officially declared that Nepal has eliminated rubella as a public health problem.
āĻ āĻ্āĻāϞে āĻ āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāύ: āύেāĻĒাāϞ āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻ āĻ āĻ্āĻāϞেāϰ āώāώ্āĻ āĻĻেāĻļ; āĻāϰ āĻāĻে āĻুāĻাāύ, āĻĄিāĻĒিāĻāϰ āĻোāϰিāϝ়া, āĻŽাāϞāĻĻ্āĻŦীāĻĒ, āĻļ্āϰীāϞāĻ্āĻা āĻāĻŦং āϤিāĻŽুāϰ-āϞেāϏ্āϤে āϰুāĻŦেāϞা āύিāϰ্āĻŽূāϞ āĻāϰেāĻে।
Regional Status: Nepal is now the sixth country in the region to eliminate rubella, after Bhutan, DPR Korea, Maldives, Sri Lanka, and Timor-Leste.
āĻুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āϧাāĻĒāĻুāϞো:
⧍ā§Ļ⧧⧍ āϏাāϞে ⧝ āĻŽাāϏ āĻĨেāĻে ā§§ā§Ģ āĻŦāĻāϰ āĻŦāϝ়āϏী āĻļিāĻļুāĻĻেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻাāϤীāϝ় āĻ্āϝাāĻŽ্āĻĒেāĻāύেāϰ āĻŽাāϧ্āϝāĻŽে āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϰুāĻŦেāϞা āĻিāĻা āĻাāϞু āĻšāϝ়।
⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ŧ āϏাāϞে āύিāϝ়āĻŽিāϤ āĻিāĻাāĻĻাāύ āϏূāĻিāϤে āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤীāϝ় āĻĄোāĻ āĻ
āύ্āϤāϰ্āĻুāĻ্āϤ āĻāϰা āĻšāϝ়।
⧍ā§Ļ⧧⧍, ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ŧ, ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ļ āĻāĻŦং ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē āϏাāϞেāϰ āĻাāϰāĻি āĻĻেāĻļāĻŦ্āϝাāĻĒী āĻ্āϝাāĻŽ্āĻĒেāĻāύেāϰ āĻŽাāϧ্āϝāĻŽে ⧝ā§Ģ%-āĻāϰ āĻŦেāĻļি āĻিāĻাāĻĻাāύ āĻāĻাāϰেāĻ āĻŦāĻাāϝ় āϰাāĻা āĻšāϝ়েāĻে, āĻāĻŽāύāĻি āĻোāĻিāĻĄ-⧧⧝ āĻŽāĻšাāĻŽাāϰী āĻāĻŦং ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ģ āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š āϏাāϞেāϰ āĻূāĻŽিāĻāĻŽ্āĻĒেāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝ়āĻ।
Key Steps:
First rubella vaccine introduced in 2012 through a national campaign for children aged 9 months to 15 years.
A second dose added to the routine immunization schedule in 2016.
Four nationwide campaigns (2012, 2016, 2020, 2024) kept coverage above 95%, even during COVID-19 and the earthquakes of 2015 & 2023.
āĻāĻĻ্āĻাāĻŦāύী āĻāĻĻ্āϝোāĻ: āĻŦাāϰ্āώিāĻ “āĻিāĻাāĻĻাāύ āĻŽাāϏ”, āĻেāϞা-āĻুāĻĄ়ে “āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āĻিāĻাāĻĒ্āϰাāĻĒ্āϤ” āĻ āĻিāϝাāύ āĻāĻŦং āϝেāϏāĻŦ āĻļিāĻļু āĻŦাāĻĻ āĻĒāĻĄ়েāĻিāϞ āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻাāĻে āĻĒৌঁāĻাāύোāϰ āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻāϰ্āĻŽāϏূāĻি āĻ্āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰা āĻšāϝ়।
Innovative Initiatives: Annual “immunization month,” district-wide “fully immunized” drives, and special outreach for children who missed vaccines.
āύāĻāϰāĻĻাāϰিāϤে āĻ āĻ্āϰāĻāϤি: āύেāĻĒাāϞ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻেāĻļ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āĻāύ্āύāϤ āύāĻāϰāĻĻাāϰিāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻāĻāĻি āĻļāĻ্āϤিāĻļাāϞী āϞ্āϝাāĻŦ āĻেāϏ্āĻিং āĻĒāĻĻ্āϧāϤি āĻাāϞু āĻāϰে।
Surveillance Progress: Nepal became the first country in the region to implement a strong lab-testing system for enhanced disease surveillance.
Indian Oil signed an MoU with which airline to supply Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)?
Indian Oil – Air India MoU for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)
Indian Oil – Air India MoU for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)
āĻāύ্āĻĄিāϝ়াāύ āĻ āϝ়েāϞ āĻāϰ্āĻĒোāϰেāĻļāύ (IOCL) āĻāĻŦং āĻāϝ়াāϰ āĻāύ্āĻĄিāϝ়া āĻেāĻāϏāĻ āĻāĻিāϝ়েāĻļāύ āĻĢুāϝ়েāϞ (SAF) āϏāϰāĻŦāϰাāĻšে āϏāĻšāϝোāĻিāϤাāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻāĻāĻি āϏāĻŽāĻোāϤা āϏ্āĻŽাāϰāĻ (MoU) āϏ্āĻŦাāĻ্āώāϰ āĻāϰেāĻে।
Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) and Air India have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the supply of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).
āĻāĻ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ্āώেāĻĒāĻি āĻāϝ়াāϰ āĻāύ্āĻĄিāϝ়াāϰ ⧍ā§Ļā§Ģā§Ļ āϏাāϞেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āύেāĻ āĻিāϰো āϞāĻ্āώ্āϝে āϏāĻšাāϝ়āϤা āĻāϰāĻŦে āĻāĻŦং āĻāύ্āϤāϰ্āĻাāϤিāĻ āĻĢ্āϞাāĻāĻেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ CORSIA āϞāĻ্āώ্āϝ āĻĒূāϰāĻŖে āĻ āĻŦāĻĻাāύ āϰাāĻāĻŦে।
The move supports Air India’s Net Zero by 2050 goal and helps meet CORSIA targets for international flights.
IOCL-āĻāϰ āĻĒাāύিāĻĒāĻĨ āϰিāĻĢাāĻāύাāϰি ISCC CORSIA-āϏাāϰ্āĻিāĻĢাāϝ়েāĻĄ, āϝা āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āϰাāύ্āύাāϰ āϤেāϞ āĻĨেāĻে SAF āĻā§āĻĒাāĻĻāύ āĻāϰে āĻāĻŦং āĻŦāĻāϰেāϰ āĻļেāώে ā§Šā§Ģ,ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ āĻāύ āĻā§āĻĒাāĻĻāύেāϰ āϞāĻ্āώ্āϝ āύিāϝ়েāĻে।
IOCL’s Panipat refinery is ISCC CORSIA-certified to produce SAF from used cooking oil, targeting 35,000 tonnes by year-end.
IOCL āϤাāϰ āĻĄিāϏাāϞāĻĢাāϰাāĻāĻাāϰ āĻāĻāύিāĻ āĻāĻĒāĻ্āϰেāĻĄ āĻāϰাāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻāϞ্āĻĒāύা āĻāϰāĻে, āϝা āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āϰাāύ্āύাāϰ āϤেāϞ āĻĨেāĻে āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āĻŦāĻāϰ āĻĒ্āϰাāϝ় ā§Šā§Ļ,ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ āĻāύ SAF āĻĒ্āϰāĻ্āϰিāϝ়াāĻāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻŦে।
IOCL plans to upgrade its desulphurizer unit to process used cooking oil into around 30,000 tonnes of SAF annually.
āĻাāϰāϤেāϰ āĻŦৃāĻšāϤ্āϤāϰ āϞāĻ্āώ্āϝ: ⧍ā§Ļā§Šā§Ļ āϏাāϞেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে ā§Ģ% SAF āĻŦ্āϞেāύ্āĻĄিং āĻ āϰ্āĻāύ, āϝা āϏāĻŦুāĻ āĻāĻিāϝ়েāĻļāύ āĻ āĻ্āĻŦাāϞাāύি āϰূāĻĒাāύ্āϤāϰেāϰ āĻĻিāĻে āĻāĻ āϧাāĻĒ āĻ āĻ্āϰāϏāϰ āĻāϰāĻŦে।
India’s broader aim: achieve 5% SAF blending by 2030, moving toward greener aviation and energy transition.
Which state has become the first in India to achieve 100% digital literacy?
Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI)
Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI)
āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ া: ⧧⧝ā§Ēā§Ģ | āĻŽুāĻ্āϝ āĻাāϰ্āϝাāϞāϝ়: āĻŽুāĻŽ্āĻŦাāĻ
Founded: 1945 | Headquarters: Mumbai
āĻাāϰāϤেāϰ āĻŦিāĻ্āĻাāĻĒāύ āϏংāϏ্āĻĨাāĻুāϞিāϰ āϏāϰ্āĻŦোāĻ্āĻ āϏংāϏ্āĻĨা (āĻ āϞাāĻāĻāύāĻ)।
Apex body of advertising agencies in India (non-profit).
āĻŦিāĻ্āĻাāĻĒāύে āύৈāϤিāĻ āĻāϰ্āĻা āĻ āϏ্āĻŦ-āύিāϝ়āύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖ āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāϰ āĻāϰে।
Promotes ethical practices & self-regulation in advertising.
āϏāϰāĻাāϰি āϏংāϏ্āĻĨা, āĻŽিāĻĄিāϝ়া āĻāĻŦং āĻŦৈāĻļ্āĻŦিāĻ āϏংāϏ্āĻĨাāϰ āĻাāĻে āĻāĻেāύ্āϏিāĻুāϞিāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāύিāϧিāϤ্āĻŦ āĻāϰে।
Represents agencies before Government, media, and global bodies.
āĻĒ্āϰāĻļিāĻ্āώāĻŖ, āϏেāĻŽিāύাāϰ, āĻĒুāϰāϏ্āĻাāϰ āĻ āĻļিāϞ্āĻĒāĻ্āώেāϤ্āϰেāϰ āϏ্āĻŦাāϰ্āĻĨ āϰāĻ্āώাāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻাāϰ্āϝāĻ্āϰāĻŽ āĻāϝ়োāĻāύ āĻāϰে।
Who has been re-elected as the President of the Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) for 2025-26?
Who has been nominated as the new US Ambassador to India for 2025-26?
Which city will host the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship 2025?
Which port authority signed an MoU with IHCL for the redevelopment of Chotelal Ki Ghat in Kolkata?
Indian Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL) & Chotelal Ki Ghat Redevelopment
Indian Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL) & Chotelal Ki Ghat Redevelopment
IHCL āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻে
About IHCL
āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖāϰূāĻĒ: āĻāύ্āĻĄিāϝ়াāύ āĻšোāĻেāϞāϏ āĻোāĻŽ্āĻĒাāύি āϞিāĻŽিāĻেāĻĄ
Full Form: Indian Hotels Company Limited
āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ া: ⧧⧝ā§Ļā§Š (āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻšোāĻেāϞ – āϤাāĻ āĻŽāĻšāϞ āĻĒ্āϝাāϞেāϏ, āĻŽুāĻŽ্āĻŦাāĻ)
Established: 1903 (first hotel – Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai)
āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ াāϤা: āĻাāĻŽāĻļেāϤāĻি āĻাāĻা (āĻাāĻা āĻ্āϰুāĻĒ)
Founder: Jamsetji Tata (Tata Group)
āĻŽুāĻ্āϝ āĻাāϰ্āϝাāϞāϝ়: āĻŽুāĻŽ্āĻŦাāĻ, āĻŽāĻšাāϰাāώ্āĻ্āϰ
Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra
āĻ āĻিāĻাāĻŦāĻ/āύিāϝ়āύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖ: āĻাāĻা āĻ্āϰুāĻĒ
Parent/Control: Tata Group
āĻাāϰ্āϝāĻ্āϰāĻŽ: āĻĻāĻ্āώিāĻŖ āĻāĻļিāϝ়াāϰ āĻ āύ্āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻļীāϰ্āώāϏ্āĻĨাāύীāϝ় āĻāϤিāĻĨেāϝ়āϤা āϏংāϏ্āĻĨা; āϤাāĻ, SeleQtions, Vivanta, Ginger āĻŦ্āϰ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ āĻĒāϰিāĻাāϞāύা āĻāϰে।
Operations: Leading hospitality company in South Asia; operates Taj, SeleQtions, Vivanta, Ginger brands.
āĻাāĻেāϰ āĻ্āώেāϤ্āϰ: āĻšোāĻেāϞ, āϰিāϏোāϰ্āĻ, āĻĒ্āϰাāϏাāĻĻ, āϏাāĻĢাāϰি; Paathya āĻĢ্āϰেāĻŽāĻāϝ়াāϰ্āĻেāϰ āĻāĻāϤাāϝ় ESG āĻāĻĻ্āϝোāĻ (āϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāĻļীāϞāϤা, āĻāϤিāĻš্āϝ āϏংāϰāĻ্āώāĻŖ, āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻাāϝ় āĻāύ্āύāϝ়āύ)।
Work: Hotels, resorts, palaces, safaris; ESG initiatives under Paathya framework (sustainability, heritage conservation, community development).
āĻĒ্āϰāĻāϞ্āĻĒ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻে
About the Project
MoU āϏ্āĻŦাāĻ্āώāϰ āĻāϰেāĻে: āϏ্āϝাāĻŽা āĻĒ্āϰāϏাāĻĻ āĻŽুāĻাāϰ্āĻি āĻĒোāϰ্āĻ, āĻāϞāĻাāϤা
MoU Signed With: Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata
āϏ্āĻĨাāύ: āĻোāĻেāϞাāϞ āĻি āĻাāĻ, āĻšুāĻāϞি āύāĻĻীāϰ āϤীāϰে āĻ āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ āĻ্āϰেāĻĄ-I āĻāϤিāĻš্āϝāĻŦাāĻšী āϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύা, āύিāϰ্āĻŽিāϤ ā§§ā§Žā§ā§Ļ-āĻāϰ āĻĻāĻļāĻে।
Site: Chotelal Ki Ghat, Grade-I heritage structure on Hooghly Riverfront, built in 1870s.
āϏāĻšāϝোāĻিāϤা: INTACH (āĻāύ্āĻĄিāϝ়াāύ āύ্āϝাāĻļāύাāϞ āĻ্āϰাāϏ্āĻ āĻĢāϰ āĻāϰ্āĻ āĻ ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ āĻাāϞāĻাāϰাāϞ āĻšেāϰিāĻেāĻ)।
Support: INTACH (Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage).
āϏāϰāĻাāϰি āĻāĻĻ্āϝোāĻেāϰ āϏāĻ্āĻে āϝুāĻ্āϤ: āύাāĻŽাāĻŽি āĻāĻ্āĻে, āϏ্āĻŦāĻ্āĻāϤা āĻŽিāĻļāύ।
Govt Initiatives Linked: Namami Gange, Swachhata mission.
āĻŦিāύিāϝ়োāĻ: ₹ā§Ģ āĻোāĻি (āϧাāĻĒে āϧাāĻĒে, ā§Š āĻŦāĻāϰেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে)।
Investment: ₹5 crore (phased, 3 years).
āĻেāύ্āĻĻ্āϰāĻŦিāύ্āĻĻু: āĻĒুāύāϰ্āύিāϰ্āĻŽাāĻŖ, āϞ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄāϏ্āĻেāĻĒিং, āϏৌāύ্āĻĻāϰ্āϝাāϝ়āύ, āϏ্āĻĨাāύীāϝ় āϏংāϏ্āĻৃāϤি āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāϰ।
Focus: Restoration, landscaping, beautification, promoting local culture.
āĻুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦ
Importance
āϏাংāϏ্āĻৃāϤিāĻ: āĻāϞāĻাāϤাāϰ āύāĻĻীāϤীāϰāĻŦāϰ্āϤী āĻāϤিāĻš্āϝ āϏংāϰāĻ্āώāĻŖ।
Cultural: Preserves Kolkata’s riverfront heritage.
āĻ āϰ্āĻĨāύৈāϤিāĻ/āϏাāĻŽাāĻিāĻ: āĻĒāϰ্āϝāĻāύ āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧি, āϏ্āĻĨাāύীāϝ় āĻŦিāĻ্āϰেāϤা āĻ āĻļিāϞ্āĻĒীāĻĻেāϰ āϏāĻšাāϝ়āϤা।
Economic/Social: Boosts tourism, helps local vendors & artists.
āĻেāĻāϏāĻ āĻāύ্āύāϝ়āύ: IHCL-āĻāϰ ESG+ "Paathya" āĻাāĻ াāĻŽোāϰ āĻ āϧীāύে āĻāϤিāĻš্āϝāύিāϰ্āĻāϰ āύāĻāϰ āĻāύ্āύāϝ়āύ।
Sustainability: Heritage-led urban development under IHCL’s ESG+ "Paathya"
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