Applications invited for Pratibha Puraskar from talented students of Kuruba (Halumatha) community for the academic year 2023-24. Students who have scored 95% in SSLC exam and 90% in PUC and studied in the districts of Belagavi revenue division such as Bagalkote, Belagavi, Vijaypur, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri and Uttara Kannada can apply. Deadline for submission is June 20.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to launch more than 14,000 projects in the northern Uttar Pradesh state worth ₹10 trillion ahead of the country's General Election later in the summer. The state of Uttar Pradesh sends 80 of the 543 Lok Sabha parliamentarians to New Delhi and the Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party has managed to win 71 and 62 seats in the state in the 2014 and 2019 general elections, respectively.
Ashok Leyland is setting up a green field integrated commercial vehicle plant in Lucknow with a mission to achieve net-zero emissions by 2048. The plant will manufacture electric buses and other vehicles powered by diesel, hydrogen, CNG, and LNG.