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4 southern States take top four ranks in large State category Kerala bags the first position in Public Affairs Index, 2020 making it the best governed state of India. Kerala was adjudged the best governed State in the large States category, while Uttar Pradesh ended at the bottom , in the Public Affairs Index-2020 released by the Public Affairs Centre here on Friday. The city-based not-for-profit organisation, headed by former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K. Kasturirangan, said in its annual report that the States were ranked on governance performance based on a composite index in the context of sustainable development. Four southern States — Kerala (1.388 PAI Index point), Tamil Nadu (0.912), Andhra Pradesh (0.531) and Karnataka (0.468) stood in the first four ranks in the large State category in terms of governance, it said. At the bottom Uttar Pradesh (-1.461), Odisha (-1.201) and Bihar (-1.158) were at the bottom of the ranking. In the small State c...

Goa-based Kineco Limited, a leading composite technology provider for defence, aerospace, railway and industrial sectors, flagged off India’s first-ever commercial Sonar Dome, at the hands of Chief Minister, Pramod Sawant on Tuesday. Image The Sonar Dome is a critical component of a warship as it houses the Sonar (Sonar Navigation and Ranging) Array - which is  used for detection, navigation, and ranging. The Sonar Dome, manufactured by Kineco was flagged off to its esteemed customer Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited Mumbai (MDL), where it will be mounted on the Indian Navy’s P15 Alpha Warship. The ceremony was attended virtually by Scientific Advisor to Chief of Naval Staff, Bhaskar Burman, Director Ship building of MDL, RAdm A K Saxena, (IN Retd), GM and project superintendent  (P17A Frigate) of MDL, Biju George, scientist and Director General - Armament and Combat Engineering Systems (ACE), Pravin K Mehta, scientist- Director of Research & Development Establishment (Eng...