Published on: July 27, 2023

Snippets : 26 JULY 2023

Snippets : 26 JULY 2023

  • Kamaljeet bagged two gold medals in the individual and team honours in the 50m free pistol event in the Junior World Championship in Changwon,Korea. India was second on the medals table with six gold, six silver and five bronze medals.
  • The Aam Aadmi Party government celebrated five years of its flagship ‘Happines Curriculum’ taught across Delhi government schools from nursery to Class VIII, with the launch of a ‘Happiness Saptah’ (week)
  • The G20 Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group, under the Indian presidency, is set to hold its third and final meeting in Chennai.This is the first time a dedicated working group on Disaster Risk Reduction has been constituted, signifying India’s commitment to addressing global challenges posed by disasters and climate emergencies,
  • The Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Management-Kozhikode (IIMK) has given its nod for a proposal to set up an ‘India-Japan Study and Research Centre’ for enhancing management education and research competencies in specific areas of mutual interest between the two countries.
  • S. Phangnon Konyak, the first woman member from Nagaland in the Rajya Sabha, presided over the House after being nominated to the panel of Vice-Chairpersons by Rajya Sabha Chairman, Jagdeep Dhankhar. Last week he had nominated four women members (50% of the total number) to the panel of Vice-Chairpersons. They are P.T. Usha, S. Phangnon Konyak, Dr. Fauzia Khan and Sulata Deo
  • The Global Report on the Food Crises (GRFC) 2023 released recently estimated that between 691 million and 783 million people in the world suffered from hunger in 2022.
  • Ministry of Textiles, under its flagship scheme National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM), organized the 6th National Conclave on Standards & Regulations in association with FICCI and BIS, emphasizing on importance of Standards, Quality regulations & Rationalization of HSN codes for Technical Textiles in India
  • India has taken its first step to introduce controlled human infection studies (CHIS) that is used in many countries for vaccine and treatment development
  • Ladli behna yojana is ambitious financial assistance scheme for women of Madhya Pradesh. It provides underprivileged women between 21 and 60 years(earlier 23-60) a benefit of ₹1,000 every month, who are local residents