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IWDC 3.0 in Kochi to propel India’s Green Inland Waterways push

Kochi, Jan 22 (UNI) The third meeting of the Inland Waterways Development Council (IWDC 3.0) will be held here on January 23, aimed at reviewing the progress of the Inland Water Transport (IWT) sector and charting its future roadmap with a strong focus on sustainability and green mobility.
The day-long meeting will be chaired by union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal and attended by Minister of State Shantanu Thakur, along with ministers and senior officials from various state governments.
During the meeting, the union Minister is expected to launch new initiatives to further strengthen inland water transport across states. Several State Support Agreements are also likely to be signed, reinforcing Centre-State cooperation in the planning and execution of IWT projects.
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Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 19 (UNI) Former CPI(M) MLA P.K. Sasi has resigned as Chairman of the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation (KTDC), fuelling speculation that he is preparing to contest the upcoming Assembly elections, with the Ottapalam constituency emerging as a likely battleground.
Sasi, leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), submitted his resignation to the Chief Minister, stepping down from the state-run tourism body just days before Kerala heads to the polls.

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Kavitha demands RTC merger with government, backs ‘Chalo Secretariat’ call

19 Feb 2026 | 1:36 PM

Hyderabad, Feb 19 (UNI) Telangana Jagruthi president Kalvakuntla Kavitha on Thursday demanded immediate allocation of funds in the upcoming budget session to implement promises made to Road Transport Corporation (RTC) employees, including the merger of the corporation with the state government.

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JioHotstar, OpenAI launches ChatGPT-powered voice discovery

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Chennai, Feb19 (UNI) For more than a decade, digital entertainment has been a one-way street: you browse, you click, you watch.

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IIT-M Global, Johor Corp to set up Centre for Applied AI in Malaysia

19 Feb 2026 | 1:17 PM

Chennai, Feb 19 (UNI) The IIT-Madras Global Research Foundation (IITM Global) and Johor Corporation (JCorp), the investment and development arm of the State of Johor, Malaysia, are exploring the establishment of a Centre of Excellence for Applied Artificial Intelligence (CoE-AAI) in Johor.

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By scrapping quota for backward Muslims in Maha BJP wants to impose that blueprint across India : Stalin

19 Feb 2026 | 1:09 PM

Chennai, Feb 19 (UNI) Strongly condemning the BJP for scrapping reservation to backward Muslims in Maharashtra which revaled its politis of hatred and bigotry, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President M K Stalin on Thursday slammed the saffron party of trying to impose that blueprint across India.

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