Published on: February 13, 2023
Snippets:13 FEBRUARY 2023
Snippets:13 FEBRUARY 2023
- International Epilepsy Day, the 2nd Monday in Feb, helps to raise epilepsy awareness. The theme for 2023 is “Stigma means fear or feeling negative reactions”. Epilepsy is a nervous disorder. It affects brain activity. The disease is identified late among children.
- Karnataka has started mass drug administration for elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis, following the launch of a nationwide Mass Drug Administration (MDA) campaign aimed at ending disease transmission of Lymphatic Filariasis (LF).
- In a bid to celebrate the goodness of Indian mustard and to protect it from Genetically Modified (GM) mustard, ‘Vasanta Utsava – Sasive Habba’ was celebrated in Lalbagh to mark the end of National Safe Food Week. The event was organised by citizens of ‘India for Safe Food’ in collaboration with Jaivik Mall, an organic outlet located in Lalbagh.
- As part of India’s Presidency of the G20, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is hosting the first Digital Economy Working Group (DEWG) Meeting in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
- PM dedicated to the nation Delhi – Dausa – Lalsot section of Delhi Mumbai Expressway in Dausa, Rajasthan
- Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav 2023 held in Mumbai, showcases ethos of ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’
- Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah attended the golden jubilee celebrations of CAMPCO (Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Co-operative Limited) as the chief guest at Puttur in Karnataka
- The bird survey conducted at Nagarahole Tiger Reserve has resulted in the recording of 290 bird species, including a few migratory ones.
- The Assi, the river that fringes Varanasi on the south and gives the city a part of its name, is dying a slow death. It is minor tributary of the Ganga.
- Cyprus’s former Foreign Minister Christodoulides elected President
- Real Madrid lifted the Club World Cup for a record fifth time win over Al Hilal in Morocco
- The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the year-long celebrations commemorating the 200th birth anniversary of Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati, at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in Delhi.
