Published on: July 22, 2023

Snippets: 19-21 JULY 2023

Snippets: 19-21 JULY 2023

  • Two-time Kerala Chief Minister and Congress veteran Oommen Chandy, MLA, passed away.
  • According to WHO and UNICEF estimates for national immunisation coverage for 2022, the coverage rate for DPT3, the third dose of diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus vaccines, in India rose to an all-time of 93% in 2022, surpassing the previous pre-pandemic best of 91% recorded in 2019, and also marking a sharp increase from the 85% recorded in 2021.
  • DR Congo’s state company signs $1.9-billion mining deal with UAE.
  • ECI to issue digital time vouchers to National & State political parties for campaigning on Doordarshan & All India Radio during elections
  • Universal Postal Union to evaluate UPI for cross border remittances using global postal network
  • National Museum , South African High Commission and Vivekananda International Foundation jointly organise exhibition “India’s Historical Journey with Africa: Marching Ahead Together”
  • Kuteera Jyothi, Amrutha Jyothi beneficiaries to get 53 and 75 units of free power under Gruha Jyothi scheme
  • ‘One Nation, One Library’ concept , the Union government is set to launch an online repository of books accessible at all libraries across the country, including the high-profile Parliament Library, the Prime Ministers’ Museum and Library, and the collection at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Repository Includes the National Library in Kolkata, the Central Secretariat Library in New Delhi, the Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library in Patna and the library at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts
  • Bengaluru -based drone start-up Squadrone Infra and Mining Pvt. has deployed drone-based geophysical surveys for prospecting and exploration of nickel, gold, bauxite, coal and other critical minerals at Indonesia’s Kalimantan and Sulawesi Islands.
  • Tiger orchids, largest orchid species in the world , bloom at Kerala’s Jawaharlal Nehru botanic garden. This species is native to Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar and Laos(South East Asia).
  • The UAE and Turkey inked several deals estimated to be worth $50.7 billion during a visit by President Tayyip Erdogan to Abu Dhabi as he toured Gulf Arab nations for investment and funds. Agreements included an extradition accord, energy and natural resources development, space and defence cooperation
  • Millions hit by extreme heat on three continents that is United States, Europe and China.
  • Young Indian Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa emerged champion in the V. Geza Hetenyi Memorial Super GM chess tournament 2023 in Budapest
  • The BWSSB set up the Visvesvaraya Rainwater Harvesting Theme Park in 2011 at Jayanagar, to create awareness on the importance of rainwater harvesting.
  • Nivruti Rai appointed as Managing Director & CEO of Invest India
  • DPIIT notifies Quality Control Orders for ‘Potable water bottles’ and ‘Flame-Producing Lighter’
  • Regional Office of Universal Postal Union (UPU) gets inaugurated in New Delhi
  • President of India Smt. Droupadi Murmu to inaugurate unique “Festival of Libraries 2023” to be organised by Ministry of Culture to Promote Development and Digitization of Libraries
  • The Ministry of Culture and the Indian Navy sign an MoU to revive the “ancient stitched shipbuilding method (Tankai method)”
  • DG Rakesh Pal appointed as 25th Director General of Indian Coast Guard
  • India makes presentation on e-Shram, world’s largest database of unorganised workers and National Career Service Portal during 4th G20 EWG meeting in Madhya Pradesh
  • The United Nations General Assembly declared July 20 to be celebrated as International Moon Day every year.
  • The 2023 Vilnius summit was a NATO summit which took place from 11–12 July 2023, in Vilnius, capital of Lithuania