Consul General of Israel calls on L-G, CM
The Hindu
COVID-19 management experiences, developmental projects for U.T. discussed
Consul General of Israel to South India Jonathan Zadka separately called on Lt. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and Chief Minister N. Rangasamy here on Monday.
According to a press note from the Raj Nivas, the Israeli envoy had detailed discussions on the cultural relations between India and Israel as well as developmental projects for Puducherry and Karaikal.
Apart from sharing the respective COVID-19 management experience in the two countries, the prospects of establishing desalination plants, drip irrigation facilities and upgrading medical infrastructure were part of the discussions, the press note said.
A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.