Published on: January 17, 2024
Snippets : 17 JANUARY 2024
Snippets : 17 JANUARY 2024
- Corbevax – India’s first indigenously developed Covid-19 vaccine + based on a protein sub-unit platform +received the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s Emergency Use Listing (EUL) + developed by Hyderabad-based Biological E Limited (BE)
- Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has developed an indigenous technological solution for fishermen at sea to send emergency messages from fishing boats. The second-generation Distress Alert Transmitter (DAT-SG) is an upgrade on DATs that have been operational since 2010
- Maiden Bilateral Maritime Exercise -Ayutthaya’ between the Indian Navy (IN) and Royal Thai Navy (RTN) was conducted
- MPLADS e-SAKSHI Mobile Application for revised fund flow procedure under MPLAD Scheme launched + MPLAD Scheme – enable the Members of Parliament (MPs) to recommend works of developmental nature
- The Bureau of Indian Standards has issued ‘Standardized Development and Building Regulations, 2023,’ encapsulated in Special Publication SP 73: 2023. The Special Publication mark a significant stride towards revolutionizing India’s built environment
- Chief Minister of Karnataka launched several computer software that integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to aid the police in analysing cases and to assist citizens with their queries
- National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has launched the ‘One Vehicle, One FASTag’ initiative + Integrates FASTag + Mandates KYC registration of FASTag
- First sight of rare bear Tibetan brown bear in Sikkim makes it first confirmed record in India
- Government of India has decided to include Farsi (Persian) as one of the classical languages in India under the New Education Policy. It is Indo-Iranian language spoken primarily in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan
