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The Maha Vikas Agadi (MVA) government on Friday presented the Budget for 2022-23 by launching a new five-point development agenda -- Panchasutri of Development -- to accelerate the economic growth of Maharashtra and to turn it into a 1 trillion dollar economy.

Presenting a Rs 5.48 lakh crore Budget for 2022-23, 13 per cent higher than Budget Estimates for 2021-22, the state government enhanced its capital expenditure by 16 per cent with an eye on enhanced infrastructure and related spends.

With an eye on corporation elections in major cities, including Mumbai, amid rising fuel prices, the government also announced to reduce the Value Added Tax (VAT) on natural gas from 13.5 per cent to 3 per cent on CNG. It also announced an amnesty scheme for traders that is set to benefit around 3.2 lakh traders.

A day after his party's resounding victory in assembly elections 2022, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday met Governor Anandiben Patel at the Raj Bhavan here and handed over his resignation to her, paving the way for the formation of the new government.

The Governor accepted Adityanath's resignation and requested him to continue as the caretaker chief minister along with his cabinet till further arrangements are made, according to an official release issued by the Raj Bhavan.

Before going to the Raj Bhavan, Adityanath chaired the last meeting of his outgoing cabinet and thanked the people of Uttar Pradesh for extending their support to the BJP in the state assembly elections, an official spokesperson said.

One day after wins in four state polls confirming its status as the central pole of Indian politics, BJP appeared to be revelling in the commotion in the opposition camp. With Congress’s rout raising questions about its eligibility to lead a non BJP alliance, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sharma chose to rub it in by saying Congress is doomed to disappear as a national political party.

Similarly, Union minister Smriti Irani took a swipe at AAP saying the latter had got lesser votes than NOTA in states like Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh and still its chief Arvind Kejriwal considers it as a“wave” in his party’s favour.

Every child has once had a dream of hovering in a flying saucer. This dream probably came from the shows we used to watch in our childhood. One such boy who dreamt of similar things is Stephen Tibbitts, co-founder and chief executive of Zeva Aero, a Tacoma, Washington-based firm whose prototype of a flying saucer-like vehicle recently had a successful full-scale vertical takeoff.

"It's an octocopter," Tibbitts said, pointing to the four motors on top and four at the bottom. "It's a blended wing body, and it generates lift as it`s flying forward." The battery-powered ZEVA Zero will next be tested for forward flight.

"The customers that we view right now are first responders, medics that need to get on to the scene of an accident to treat trauma victims as soon as possible," said Tibbitts, an engineer and trained pilot.