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NATIONAL TRIBAL RESEARCH SURAT AIRPORT TO GET A FACELIFT

INSTITUTE LAUNCHED WITH RS 353 CRORES

or India's overall development, it is critical to
Fensure that all segments of society benefit from urat, India's diamond and textile hub, is a
the country's economic and social prosperity. Despite Spopular destination for air travellers. Due to
this, tribal communities that make up about 9% of increased passenger traffic, the Airport Authority
India's population and 15% of its total land area have of India is expanding facilities at Surat Airport,
not reaped the full benefits of development projects which connects to 16 cities across the country,
implemented over the last six decades. For the at a cost of Rs 353 crore. The development
first time, the government has taken decisive steps project includes expanding the terminal building,
to improve the lot of this class. Many important increasing aircraft parking space from five
decisions have been made in the field of art and skill to 18 parking bays, and constructing parallel
training, ranging from Tribal Pride Day to Eklavya taxi tracks. The new state-of-the-art expanded
School. On June 7, Union Home Minister Amit Shah terminal building will accommodate 1,200
launched the National Tribal Research Institute domestic and 600 international passengers
in Delhi, furthering the development agenda. This during peak hours, bringing the terminal's annual
national-level institution has emerged as the primary passenger capacity to 2.6 million. All modern
focal point for tribal concerns, issues, and affairs in passenger amenities will be provided in the
the academic, executive, and legislative spheres. It terminal building. It will have 20 check-in desks,
will collaborate and network with reputable research five aerobridges, an in-line baggage handling
institutes, universities, organisations, academic system, and other amenities. The new terminal
bodies, and resource centres. It will establish building will also include a parking lot with a
benchmarks for improving research and training capacity of 475 cars. The airport's new world-
quality with tribal research institutes, centres of class terminal building will improve connectivity
excellence and research project monitoring. to this industrial city, accelerating the region's
overall development.

NOW THE INFORMATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS WILL ALSO BE RELEASED IN HINDI

n 1977, while being the External Affairs Assembly has for the first time approved India's
IMinister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee addressed the proposal related to it. The resolution states that
United Nations General Assembly for the first all necessary information of the United Nations
time in Hindi. Carrying forward this legacy should be issued in languages other than its official

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also addressed languages such as Hindi. At the same time, all the

the United Nations in Hindi several times. necessary messages of the UN will now be sent in
Now, realizing the importance of disseminating Hindi as well. The resolution that has been passed
information in Hindi, the United Nations General also includes Bangla and Urdu languages.

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