Published on: October 22, 2023

Snippets:19-20 OCTOBER 2023

Snippets:19-20 OCTOBER 2023

  • The Samsung Semiconductor India Research (SSIR) has collaborated with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) to help set up a unique quantum technology lab
  • Bengaluru-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP) and the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar, have co-developed a novel immunomodulatory adjuvant therapy to increase the window for survival in severe sepsis cases.
  • The Ministry of Ayush, the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have called for proposals to establish integrative health research centres at the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) under its extramural programme.
  • Mahsa Amini, Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody in Iran last year, awarded EU human rights prize. The EU award, named for Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov, was created in 1988 to honour individuals or groups who defend human rights and fundamental freedoms. Sakharov, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, died in 1989.
  • Wankhede Stadium to have Sachin Tendulkar statue by Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA)
  • Bengaluru-based Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) holds first star party for amateur astronomers at Hanle Dark Sky Reserve
  • The Centre has appointed Bengaluru-based senior advocate K. Arvind Kamath as Additional Solicitor General of India for the High Court of Karnataka.
  • Manipur to conduct census of Amur falcon, world’s longest travelling raptors
  • World Statistics Day is celebrated every year on 20 October.
  • Nepal and India have agreed to reduce the height of the proposed Saptakoshi High Dam
  • Ayodhya Ram temple trust gets FCRA licence to receive foreign donations
  • Lao PDR becomes second country in 2023 after Bangladesh to eliminate lymphatic filariasis
  • The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has released draft regulations under ‘leniency-plus’ regime
  • The Karnataka Cabinet cleared the implementation of the State Policy for the Development of City Gas Distribution Network
  • Khan Younis, a city in southern Gaza