Published on: March 15, 2023
Snippets:15 MARCH 2023
Snippets:15 MARCH 2023
- Bengaluru City to have 500 AI-based traffic signals in the next three years
- The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is likely to launch the second batch of OneWeb Satellites. ISRO will launch 36 satellites belonging to OneWeb, the Low Earth Observation satellite (LEO) communications company backed by Bharati Enterprises from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. In October last year, 36 OneWeb Gen-1 satellites were launched as part of a commercial agreement between NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) which is ISRO’s commercial arm and OneWeb Ltd.
- The G-20-Digital Innovation Alliance (G20-DIA) regional meet and national roadshow is being held in Bengaluru
- Ram Chandra Paudel sworn in as Nepal’s third President
- Cyclone Freddy, packing powerful winds and torrential rain, killed at least 70 in Malawi and Mozambique on its return to southern Africa. Freddy, set to become the longest-lasting storms, barrelled through southern Africa.
- The U.K. government called Russia the “most acute threat” to Britain’s security and termed China an “epoch-defining” challenge, as it released a ‘refresh’ of its foreign and security policy, the Integrated Review 2023 (IR2023), two years after the first version (IR2021) was released.
- Nobel literature laureate Kenzaburo Oe, whose darkly poetic novels were built from his childhood memories during Japan’s postwar occupation and from being the parent of a disabled son, has died. Oe, who was also an outspoken anti-nuclear and peace activist. “A Personal Matter”, published one year after the birth of his mentally disabled son in 1963 is the story of a father coming to terms through darkness and pain with the birth of a brain-damaged son.
- MNRE has agreements with Australia, Finland, Germany and UAE for promotion of bilateral cooperation in renewable energy
- Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) – NITI Aayog launched ATL Sarthi, a comprehensive self-monitoring framework to strengthen the ever-growing ecosystem of Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL).
- World Consumer Rights Day, 2023 to be celebrated on 15th March, 2023. Theme of the World Consumer Rights Day, 2023 is “Empowering consumers through clean energy transitions”
- Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) hosted Conference on B20 Indonesia Global Dialogue in partnership with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in New Delhi
- Amritsar to host the 2nd G20 EdWG Meeting and Seminar on ‘Strengthening Research, Promoting Innovation through richer Collaboration’
