Published on: June 24, 2023

Snippets:23 JUNE 2023

Snippets:23 JUNE 2023

  • The U.S. will open two new consulates in Bengaluru and Ahmedabad while India will establish a mission in Seattle to boost people-to-people relationships.
  • To discuss and address critical issues related to youth empowerment, NIMHANS, in association with the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs, will host a two-day ‘Y20 Consultation’. Focusing on the crucial theme of ‘Health, Well-being, and Sports: Agenda for Youth’, the consultation is aimed at creating an inclusive and collaborative space for individuals from diverse backgrounds, including educators, healthcare professionals and policy-makers
  • Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) signed a contract for realisation of two Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) System Modules for the Kalvari Class of submarines of the Indian Navy.
  • In a move that will make certain cancer drugs more accessible and cheaper for patients, the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) has signed sub-licence agreements with the India-based companies Eugia, Hetero and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories. The drug is used for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukaemia, a type of blood cancer.
  • GE Aerospace, HAL sign MoU to coproduce LCA-Mk-II -Tejas “F414 engines” jet engines in India
  • Silica Reduction Plant Project was inaugurated at SAIL-Bhilai Steel Plant’s Dalli Mines