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The Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for ‘Cooperation in Development of National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC) at Lothal, Gujarat’
NMHC, a world-class facility is to be developed near the ASI site of Lothal, located about 80 kms away from Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The complex would be developed as an international tourist destination, where the maritime heritage of India would be showcased.

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Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay hosted a three-day virtual conference of BRICS Network Universities on electric mobility.
The conference is part of the events that India hosts under the education stream during its 13th BRICS Summit this year. BRICS Network University is a union of higher education institutions of the five BRICS member countries. IIT-Bombay is the lead institution of India for the BRICS Network University.

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The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) mandated to use drones for monthly video recording of all national highway projects during their different stages of construction, operation and maintenance.
NHAI has directed contractors to carry out the drone video recording in the presence of the Supervision Consultant, and upload the status of the current and last month on ‘Data Lake’, the portal of NHAI.

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The Union Cabinet has approved ‘Deep Ocean Mission to study biodiversity, impact of climate change, and establish an offshore marine station to explore source of thermal energy.
The Ministry of Earth Sciences is the nodal Ministry of the mission, which aims to develop deep-sea technologies for sustainable use of ocean resources.

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The Asian Development Bank is the lead partner of India in developing the country’s East Coast economic corridor or ECEC.
ADB and the Central government signed a USD 484 million loan in order to improve the transport connectivity through Chennai–Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor (CKIC) in Tamil Nadu. The CKIC is a part of the East Coast economic corridor, which stretches from West Bengal to Tamil Nadu.