• PM Narendra Modi in Karnataka today. Here's what's on agenda

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    PM Narendra Modi in Karnataka today. Here's what's on agenda

    During the event, the Prime Minister will also dedicate the country's 'Centre of Excellence for Persons with Communication Disorders' at the All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH). It has state-of-the-art laboratories and equipment for diagnosing, evaluating, and treating patients with communication disorders.

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    color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Digital Desk: Today, Prime Minister
    Narendra Modi will fly to Karnataka for a two-day visit to launch and lay the
    foundation stone for a number of rail and road infrastructure projects costing
    over Rs 27,000 crore.



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    color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">The Prime Minister will visit the Indian
    Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru on Monday at 12:30 p.m., where he will
    inaugurate the Centre for Brain Research (CBR) and lay the foundation stone for
    the Bagchi-Parthasarathy Multispeciality Hospital, according to the Prime
    Minister's Office.



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    color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">The Centre is being built as a one-of-a-kind
    research facility with the goal of undertaking critical research in order to
    develop evidence-based public health strategies to treat age-related brain
    illnesses.



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    mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">During
    the event, he will also lay the foundation stone for the Bagchi Parthasarathy
    Multispeciality Hospital, which will have 832 beds. The hospital will be built
    on the IISc Bengaluru campus and will assist the premier institute integrate
    science, engineering, and medicine.



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    mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">The
    Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone for the Bengaluru Suburban Rail
    Project (BSRP), which will connect Bengaluru city with its suburbs and
    satellite townships, in order to improve mobility and connectivity in
    Bengaluru. The project, estimated to cost over Rs 15,700 crore, will consist of
    four corridors with a total route length of over 148 kilometres.



    color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">The Prime Minister will also lay the
    foundation stone for the rebuilding of Bengaluru Cantt. and Yesvantpur Junction
    railway stations, which would cost approximately Rs. 500 crore and Rs. 375
    crore, respectively.



    color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">At approximately 1:45 p.m., he will visit
    Bengaluru's Dr. BR Ambedkar School of Economics (BASE), where he will launch
    the university's new campus and unveil a statue of Dr. BR Ambedkar.



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    color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">He will also dedicate 150 'Technology Hubs'
    to the nation, which were created by modernising Karnataka's Industrial
    Training Institutes (ITIs).



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    color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Many industry partners support this
    innovative effort, which was built at a cost of about 4600 crore. Its goal is
    to develop a trained workforce to meet the demands of Industry 4.0. These
    Technology Hubs will provide high-skill training in cutting-edge technology and
    increase job and entrepreneurship options for ITI graduates through a variety
    of innovative courses.



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    color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">PM Modi will next arrive in Bengaluru around
    2:45 p.m. to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for numerous rail and road
    infrastructure projects costing over Rs. 27000 crore.



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    color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">The Prime Minister will then attend a public
    celebration at Maharaja's College Ground in Mysuru at 5:30 p.m., where he will
    lay the foundation stone for the Naganahalli Railway Station Coaching Terminal,
    which would cost over 480 crore.



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    color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">During the event, the Prime Minister will
    dedicate to the nation India's first air-conditioned railway station, the Sir M
    Visvesvaraya Railway Station in Baiyappanahalli, which was built on the model
    of a contemporary airport at a cost of over 315 crore.



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    color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">In addition, he will lay the cornerstone for
    two parts of the Bengaluru Ring Road project. The initiative, which would cost
    more than Rs. 2280 crore, will assist to alleviate traffic congestion in the
    city.



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    color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">The Coaching terminal will also include a
    MEMU shed, which will help to decongest the present Mysuru Yard, allowing
    additional MEMU train services and long-distance trains to depart from Mysuru,
    thus enhancing the region's connectivity and tourism potential. This would be
    beneficial to both daily commuters and those travelling to long-distance
    locations.



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    color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">During the event, the Prime Minister will
    also dedicate the country's 'Centre of Excellence for Persons with
    Communication Disorders' at the All India Institute of Speech and Hearing
    (AIISH). It has state-of-the-art laboratories and equipment for diagnosing,
    evaluating, and treating patients with communication disorders.



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    color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">At around 7 p.m., PM Modi will visit Sri
    Suttur Math in Mysuru, followed by Sri Chamundeshwari Temple in Mysuru at
    around 7:45 p.m.



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    color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Prime Minister Narendra Modi will join
    thousands of people in a mass yoga demonstration at Mysore Palace Ground in
    Mysuru on the eighth International Day of Yoga (IDY).



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    color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">The Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav will be held in
    conjunction with the Prime Minister's Yoga Demonstration in Mysore, as well as
    the 8th IDY celebrations. Under the supervision of 75 Union Ministers, mass
    yoga protests will be staged at 75 famous sites across the country.



    color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Yoga protests will be held by a variety of
    educational, social, political, cultural, religious, corporate, and other civil
    society organisations, with millions of people expected to attend.



    color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">The Prime Minister's Yoga programme in Mysuru
    is also part of the unique 'Guardian Yoga Ring,' which is a collaborative
    effort with 79 countries and UN organisations, as well as Indian Missions
    around the world, to demonstrate Yoga's global unifying power.



    color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">As the sun appears to move from east to west
    around the globe, the Mass Yoga Demonstrations in the participating countries
    will appear to happen one after the other, almost in synchronisation,
    reinforcing the idea of 'One Sun, One Earth.' This landmark show will be shown
    live on DD India on June 21 from 3 a.m. IST (telecast from Fiji) to 10 p.m. IST
    (telecast from San Francisco, USA).



    color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">As part of the programme, the Prime
    Minister's speech in Mysuru will be carried live on DD India beginning at 6:30
    a.m. IST.



    color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Every year on June 21, the International Day
    of Yoga (IDY) has been observed around the world since 2015.



    color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">"Yoga for Humanity" is the topic
    for this year's Yoga Day. The subject depicts how Yoga helped humanity during
    the Covid Pandemic by easing misery.

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