Published on: March 25, 2023
Snippets:25 MARCH 2023
Snippets:25 MARCH 2023
- In a victory for patients fighting for wider access to the crucial anti-tuberculosis drug Bedaquiline, the Indian Patent Office rejected U.S. pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson’s attempt to extend its monopoly on manufacturing the drug in India beyond July 2023. This paved the way for generic drug manufacturers such as Lupin and Macleods, among others, to produce Bedaquiline, thus ensuring cheaper and wider access to the drug.
- Government will construct the Second Cubbon Park near Yelahanka.
- Bengaluru-based space start-up Pixxel has been awarded a study contract from the U.S.’s National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for commercial hyperspectral imagery (HSI). Pixxel is among the companies to bag the study contract from NRO which develops, acquires, launches, and operates the U.S.’s intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance satellites.
- Hyperspectral images are made up of light from hundreds of colours across the electromagnetic spectrum. Since hyperspectral imaging collects many different colours of light, any given object will have a unique signature. This enables users to obtain information about each pixel in an image, with the goal of identifying objects and materials. Hyperspectral imagery has a diverse set of applications in various areas, including agriculture, mining, geology, and intelligence and surveillance,
- Charukeerthi Bhattaraka Swami, head of the Jain mutt at the renowned pilgrimage centre of Shravanabelgola, passed away. A scholar in Prakrit and Sanskrit, the 74-year-old had led a team of experts to translate ancient Jain scripture Dhavala into Kannada in 39 volumes from the National Institute of Prakrit Studies and Research that he set up in 1993.
- PM lauds the 100% electrification of Railways in Bilaspur Division, Raipur Division, Sambalpur Division, Nagpur Division and Waltair Division of Chhattisgarh
- Chief Science Advisers of the G20 Countries to Gather at Ramnagar, Uttarakhand, to Discuss Issues of Mutual Interest on S&T
- NHIDCL, a CPSE under the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways and CSIR-SERC (Structural Engineering Research Centre), Chennai signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for sharing knowledge on innovative ideas and technologies in the field of highway engineering.
- Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah chaired the Regional Conference on ‘Drug Trafficking and National Security’ at Bengaluru.
- India is the third largest fish producing country, contributing 8 percent to the global fish production and ranks second in aquaculture production.
- Assam Rifles celebrates 188th Raising Day and Director General’s Conclave
- Ministry of Defence, signed a contract with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Hyderabad for procurement of two Integrated Electronic Warfare Systems ‘Project Himshakti’ at an overall cost of approximately Rs 3,000 crore.
- 1st G20 Trade and Investment Working Group under India’s G20 Presidency is scheduled in
- One World TB Summit was held in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
- The Urban Climate Film Festival will be launched at the M.L. Bhartia Auditorium, Alliance Française, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi. The inaugural session will be chaired by Shri Amitabh Kant, G20 Sherpa.
- RINL Visakhapatnam received national level safety Awards “Ispat Suraksha Puraskar” during annual award function held at SSO Ranchi and on 22-03-2023 organised by JCSSI.
- ‘Sagar Manthan’, the Real-time Performance Monitoring Dashboard of Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways(MoPSW). It tracks the progress of their projects & Key Performance Indicators.
- UIDAI and SETS join hands to conduct R&D in deep-tech including Quantum Computing, IoT Security and Cyber Security
- The martyrdom day of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru is annually observed on March 23, the day on which in 1931, the three were hanged in the Lahore conspiracy case.
