Published on: March 1, 2023

Snippets:1 MARCH 2023

Snippets:1 MARCH 2023

  • Karnataka has achieved 126% of the target given by the Union government in cataract surgeries, as reported by state government, adding that the green laser treatment has also been started in government hospitals for people with diabetes.
  • The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has released the ‘Foundational Learning Study-2022 (FLS)’ report, according to which around 60 to 65% Karnataka students are below the average in proficiency in reading.
  • Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni be the chief guest and keynote speaker at the 8th Raisina Dialogue
  • India and the Republic of Lithuania agreed to work in deep tech Start-Ups and in manufacturing of semiconductor chips
  • British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has struck a new deal with the European Union on post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland
  • B. Abhinand won 84th National sub-junior table tennis championships
  • VAIBHAV Fellowship scheme for the Indian Diaspora abroad was launched on National Science day 2023. Vaibhav Fellowship  aims at improving the research ecosystem of India’s Higher Educational Institutions by facilitating academic and research collaborations between Indian Institutions and the best institutions in the world through mobility of faculty/researcher from overseas institutions to India
  • The Two days women -20 inception meeting concludes at Chhatrapati sambhajinagar
  • 2-week capacity building programmes started by National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) for civil servants of Bangladesh & Arunachal Pradesh
  • Central Bureau of Communication Goa Organizes Multimedia Exhibition on International Year of Millets
  • Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying to hosted grand start-up Conclave in Hyderabad
  • The Environment Climate Sustainability Working group meeting held at Gandhinagar
  • GSM Association (GSMA) has conferred Government Leadership Award 2023 to India for implementing best practices in telecom policy and regulation.
  • Aizawl will host the second of four B20 India events scheduled in the Northeast. Business 20 (B20) is the official G20 dialogue forum for the global business community.
  • The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India (North) in association with Real Sports India along with local administration, Amazing Bhaderwah Tourism Association (ABTA) organised the maiden 1st Snow Marathon in Bhaderwah, Jammu
  • Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi takes charge as chief of Western Naval Command
  • National Science Day is celebrated in India on February 28th each year to mark the discovery of the Raman effect by Indian physicist Sir C. V. Raman on 28 February 1928. The theme of National Science Day 2023 is ‘Global Science for Global Wellbeing’