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^^ What are the assighats?
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Cleaning of the assighats - work is in progress...
^^ What are the assighats?
Assi Ghat is the southernmost ghat in Varanasi.( the term ghat refers to a series of steps leading down to a body of water, particularly a holy river. In Bengali-speaking regions, this set of stairs can lead down to something as small as a pond or as large as a major river.)
Assi Ghat is one of ghats often visited for recreation and during festivals. On typical days about 300 people visit every hour in the mornings, and on festival days 2500 people arrive per hour. The ghat accommodates about 22,500 people at once during festivals likeShivratri.[2]
Assi Ghat - Assi Ghat Varanasi - Asi Ghat - Assi Ghat at Varanasi
these ghats used to be muddy and pretty dirty , before modi took on the event of cleaning up these ghats.
New Recruit
Andhra Pradesh’s Sri City emerges as new auto hub in India
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The emergence of the integrated Sri City business zone in the state of Andhra Pradesh as a new automotive cluster in South India has been posing a threat to new auto investments in the neighbouring states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
After the recent bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh into two states – comprising Seemandhra region and Telangana – Sri City remained in Andhra Pradesh, where the Chandra Babu Naidu-led Telugu Desam won the assembly elections and formed the first government in the carved-out part of the state.
Naidu, who is known as an industry-friendly chief minister, is pitching Sri City as his government’s trump card to woo investments, primarily from the automotive sector, from other states.
Although Sri City has been established during the previous Congress government by private company Sri City (P) Ltd, the current Telugu Desam government is projecting it as a major upcoming industrial destination, primarily for the automotive industry in the southern part of the country.
The industrial zone came to into the limelight when the Andhra Pradesh government attracted Hero MotoCorp’s investment of Rs 2,200 crore from Karnataka in September 2014.
Earlier the Karnataka government had cleared a land parcel of 500 acres for Hero MotoCorp to set up its manufacturing facility. But Naidu voluntarily visited Hero MotoCorp’s top-rung officials in New Delhi and managed to attract the investment to his state by offering several other sops.
Now according to sources, the Andhra Pradesh government is in talks with at least a dozen of auto component makers from Japan to woo investments.
“Japanese investors are showing interest here as Isuzu is already building its plant and now Hero MotoCorp also preparing to establish its facility here,” an Andhra Pradesh government official said, requesting anonymity.
Isuzu Motors India had acquired 107 acres of land in 2013 in Sri City after signing an MoU with the Andhra Pradesh government in order to start an automobile manufacturing operation in India.
The new facility is likely to commence commercial operations by early 2016, with the initial production capacity at 50,000 units a year which will be scaled up to 120,000 units a year with an accumulated investment of Rs 3,000 crore and expected to generate 2,000 to 3,000 jobs. A state-of-the-art paint booth and oven, water tester, combination tester and spot welding machines would be used to ensure that the India manufacturing facility is at par with Isuzu’s global operating standards.
With this, a few Japanese auto component makers have approached the Andhra Pradesh government when Naidu visited Japan in November to meet prime minister Shinzo Abe in November and hold trade talks.
In October 2014, a Japanese delegation visited Sri City to explore opportunities for Japanese companies. The delegation comprised representatives from various companies including Sumitomo Corporation India, Kyokuto Trading India, Tokyo Consulting Firm, Sojitz India, Standard Chartered Bank and the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry. It may be noted that the both Sumitomo and Kyokuto are major automotive component players in Japan.
Japanese crane manufacturer Kobleco has already set up a facility in Sri City while another Japanese auto coil spring maker NHK Springs is investing Rs 300 crore to build its plant on 18 acres here. This is the second plant for NHK in India after Manesar in Haryana, which was set up in 1996. NHK is a manufacturer of automotive suspension components for passenger cars and utility vehicles. Its client base includes Toyota, Nissan, and Ford.
A fortnight ago, NS Instruments India, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon Seiki of Japan that produces a range of electronic-based instrument clusters for automobiles and motorbikes, has inaugurated its production unit in Sri City.
Some more Japanese auto component makers like Kikuwa and Kusakabe are also pumping in their investments in the industrial cluster. Kikuwa produces aluminum and Zinc die casting products for automotive parts while Kusakabe manufacture tube and pipe.
At present, Sri City’s gain is seen as a major loss to Tamil Nadu as it is located very close to the Tamil Nadu border and wooing potential auto investments.
Spread over 7,000 acres, Sri City is located 55 km north of Chennai on the NH-5, border of Tamil Nadu-AP. It is already home to over 100 companies including 45 MNCs from 25 countries with proximity to shipping yards like Ennore Port, Mattupalli Port and Chennai Port and airports of Tirupati and Chennai located within 75 kms.
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Belgium's Vermeiren Group to invest Rs 50 cr in Sri City
Vermeiren India Rehab Private Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Belgium-based Vermeiren Group NV, today held the ground-breaking for its facility at Sri City SEZ in Andhra Pradesh.
The facility, coming up on a nine acre plot, will attract aninvestment of Rs 50 crore in Phase I.
The plant is expected to be ready by the end of this year and will employ a workforce of 200, the company said.
The facility will manufacture rehabilitation equipment like wheelchairs, walker aids, patient beds, said Patrick Vermeiren, chief executive officer of Vermeiren Group.
Vermeiren said the company chose Sri City as it offers good infrastructure and is well-connected to the international airport and seaport, making it ideal for the company's exports.
It expects the facility to help achieve a drop in lead times (waiting period) for its customers in India, West Asia, Europe and the Greater Asia-Pacific region.
Vermeiren established its production plant in Belgium in 1957, and subsequently set up facilities in Poland and China.
Belgium's Vermeiren Group to invest Rs 50 cr in Sri City | Business Standard News
Good news,hope the Northen & Eastern parts of the country learn from the south
TBH , North and east indian states are what dragging the nation back..... especially U.P and bihar , almost half of indias poor stay in these two states , until these two states develop we cant transform in to a developed economy...
Kerala Doctors Conduct India's First Successful Double Hand Transplant
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Doctors of Amrita Hospital in Kochi have registered a rare feat by conducting India's first successful double hand transplant.
The transplant was conducted at Amrita Institute of Medical Science in Kochi on January 12 and 13 on a 30-year-old train accident victim, who received both hands of a 24-year-old road accident victim.
Subramania Iyer, professor and head of the plastic surgery department, said that only 110 successful hand transplants have been conducted so far in the US, European countries, China and Australia, since the first one in France 13 years ago.
"Fourteen days after surgery, both the hands were accepted by the recipient's body and he started regaining movements. He has been shifted out of the intensive care unit and the post-surgical rehabilitation process has started," he said.
The operation conducted by more than 20 surgeons lasted for 16 hours.
The patient "will be able to move his hands since his own muscles of the forearm are working to move the fingers", the doctor said.
"The sensations will return only slowly and is expected in three-four months. His immuno-suppressant drugs (to prevent rejection of the transplanted hands) will have to be continued indefinitely, but at a reduced rate from three months," he added.
He said details of the transplant have been added to the International Registry of Hand Transplants, which maintains stringent standards in the follow-up of such cases.
The entire expenses for the transplant were borne by the Mata Amritanandamayi Math.