Published on: April 12, 2023

Snippets:11 April 2023

Snippets:11 April 2023

  • The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) has envisaged a special project called ‘The Language Friendship Bridge’, which plans to train five to 10 people in the official languages of each of these countries.
  • R. Puram, Whitefield railway stations to be revamped under Amrit Bharat scheme. The scheme involves preparation of Master Plans and their implementation in phases to improve the amenities at the stations like improvement of station access, circulating areas, waiting halls, toilets, lift/escalators as necessary, cleanliness, free Wi-Fi, kiosks for local products through schemes like ‘One Station One Product’, better passenger information systems, Executive Lounges, nominated spaces for business meetings, landscaping etc. keeping in view the necessity at each station.
  • The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is hosting a two-day regional consultative meeting for Technology Vision 2047, supported by Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council. This initiative brings together technology experts, thought leaders and enthusiasts to discuss and envision the future of technology and its potential for shaping a better India and a better future.
  • The Indian-American statistician Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao has been awarded the 2023 International Prize in Statistics — the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for statistics. It is awarded once every two years to an individual or team “for major achievements using statistics to advance science, technology and human welfare”.
  • Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan and Telangana, front-runners in State Energy Efficiency Index 2021-22.
  • The ‘Vibrant Villages Programme’ was launched at Kibithoo – a border village in Arunachal Pradesh.
  • UIDAI – IIT Bombay join hands to develop touchless biometric capture system
  • Exercise Cope India 23, a bilateral Air Exercise between the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the United States Air Force (USAF) is being held at Air Force Stations Arjan Singh (Panagarh), Kalaikunda and Agra.