Published on: March 29, 2023

Snippets:28-29 MARCH 2023

Snippets:28-29 MARCH 2023

  • Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai announced that the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), that controls all the medical colleges in the State, will be renamed after the late former Chief Minister Kengal Hanumanthaiah.
  • The Foreigners’ Restriction Centre for Women (FRCW) has come up at Dibbur Colony near Kyathasandra, Tumakuru.
  • The Karnataka state government launched its midwifery initiative in collaboration with the NGO Aastrika Foundation and UNICEF recently at Vani Vilas Hospital.
  • The health department of Karnataka has decided to provide free cochlear implants to children, below six years of age who have hearing impairments is part of the health department’s ‘Health for All’ mission.
  • PM Mitra mega textiles park established in
  • Southern India’s Tamil Nadu has announced a guaranteed monthly income for women heads of households. This makes it the first state in the country to put in place such a universal basic income scheme, potentially benefiting around 10 million women from less privileged backgrounds. The scheme, called Magalir Urimai Thogai (Women’s Right to Assistance).
  • Sasha, one of the cheetahs brought from Namibia, died of a kidney ailment at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.
  • Float-on – float-off operation of started in Chennai Port
  • 1st International Quantum Communication Conclave, to learn latest advancements in quantum tech organized at New Delhi.
  • 1st India-Africa Army Chiefs’ Conclave held in
  • Rajasthan, Gujarat and Karnataka account for over 50% installed capacity in Solar Energy
  • Chenab bridge will pave the way for trains to run seamlessly along the Udhampur­Srinagar­Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project, and prove to be a crucial link between Kashmir and rest of India.
  • Mumbai Indians won the inaugural Women’s Premier League in a thrilling final against Delhi capitals.
  • Tapoban, an Assam-based NGO that cares for special and autistic children has won the Children’s Champion Award 2023 in the health and nutrition category
  • Aravalli Green Wall Project, a major initiative to green 5 km buffer area around the Aravalli Hill Range in four states was launched to celebrate the International Day of Forests at Tikli Village in Haryana.
  • The UAE Food Bank, in collaboration with various partners, has announced an ambitious initiative to distribute three million meals and food parcels to disadvantaged individuals and families during Ramadan.
  • Humza Yousaf set to become Scotland’s youngest First Minister.