Published on: April 22, 2022
SNIPPETS – 22 APRIL 2022
SNIPPETS – 22 APRIL 2022
- Karnataka government launched ‘Social Awareness and Action to Neutralise Pneumonia Successfully’ (SAANS), a campaign to ensure greater awareness and early detection of pneumonia in children under five
- NITI Aayog has prepared draft battery swapping policy. Battery Swapping is a mechanism that involves exchanging discharged batteries for charged ones
- The sixth and last of the French Scorpene-class submarines, INS Vagsheer, was launched into water at the Mazagon Docks in Mumbai
- The 401st birth anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur was observed on 21st April, 2022.
- BOB Financial Solutions Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of Baroda, and CreditAI Fintech Pvt. Ltd., a Singapore and Bengaluru-based farmer digitisation and credit scoring company, launched Unnati, a credit card exclusively for farmers to purchase farm inputs
- On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Indian Independence & ongoing Azadi ka Amrit Mahotasav, India Post Payments Bank (IPPB), a 100% government owned entity under Department of Posts (DoP) announced the launch of Fincluvation– a joint initiative to collaborate with Fintech Startup community to co-create and innovate solutions for financial inclusion
- Oil India Limited (OIL) has taken the first significant step towards Green Hydrogen Economy in India with the commissioning of India’s First 99.999% pure Green Hydrogen pilot plant, with an installed capacity of 10 kg per day at its Jorhat Pump Station in Assam
- Earth Day is celebrated annually on April 22
