- Exercise Dosti: It is a trilateral coast guard exercise between India, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives. It is a biennial exercise. It was first conducted in 1991 between the Indian and Maldives Coast Guards. Sri Lanka joined the exercise for the first time in 2012.
The exercises have focused on exercises and drills on providing assistance in sea accidents, eliminating sea pollution, and the Coast Guard’s procedures and conduct during situations such as oil spills. The aim of the exercise is to further fortify the friendship, enhance mutual operational capability, exercise interoperability and build cooperation between the Coast Guards of India, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives. It is the 16th edition of the exercise.
The Coast Guards of the Maldives, India, and Sri Lanka, along with observers from Bangladesh, are participating in Dosti 16 to enhance collaboration between the forces.
- NaViGate Bharat Portal: Recently, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting launched four portals — Press Sewa, National Register for LCOs, CBC, NaViGate Bharat. The ‘National Video Gateway of Bharat (NaViGate Bharat) is developed by the New Media Wing of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. It is a unified bilingual platform which hosts videos on the entire gamut of Government’s development-related and citizen welfare-oriented measures.
It empowers citizens by providing a single platform with an interactive user interface to search, stream, share, and download videos related to various Government schemes, initiatives, and campaigns, with a filter-based advanced search option. The portal eliminates the hassle of searching for official and reliable information from multiple sources, providing a one-stop platform for media and the general public.
- Press Sewa Portal: It is developed under the Press and Registration of Periodicals Act, 2023 (PRP Act, 2023) by the Press Registrar General of India (PRGI – erstwhile RNI).
This portal aims to simplify the cumbersome registration procedures that were prevalent under the colonial PRB Act, 1867.Key Features:
Online Application: Publishers can file applications for title registration online.
Probability Metre: Indicates the likelihood of title availability.
Real-time Tracking of application status: Accessible through an intuitively designed dashboard.
Dedicated DM Module: Enables District Magistrates to manage applications received from publishers in a centralised dashboard.
- Kiru Hydel Power Project: Kiru hydroelectric power project is a run-of-the-river scheme being developed over the Chenab River in the Kishtwar Tehsil of Doha district in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), India. The project will be constructed between Kirthai II (upstream) and Kwar (downstream) hydroelectric plants. The project is being developed by Chenab Valley Power Projects (CVPP), a joint venture between – National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC, 49%),Jammu & Kashmir State Power Development Corporation (JKSPDC, 49%) and
Power Trading Corporation (PTC, 2%).
It was awarded scoping clearance by the Ministry of Environment Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) in 2008.Environment clearance was issued in 2016 and the project received approval from the State Administrative Council (SAC) in 2019.The foundation stone for the hydroelectric power plant was laid in 2019, while the deadline for initiating commercial operations is July 2025.
