Published on: September 6, 2023

Snippets:5 SEPTEMBER 2023

Snippets:5 SEPTEMBER 2023

  • Karnataka’s first and only skin bank is established in the government-run Victoria Hospital in Bengaluru in association with Rotary Ashirvad
  • The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has secured Asia’s business quality awards in four categories. The award has been instituted by Vkonnect India Media and Research. According to a KSRTC release, it won awards in branding and marketing, transport and safety, employee welfare and IT initiatives categories.
  • American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, best known for his 1977 hit Margaritaville, has passed away
  • Asha Kirana initiative for door-to-door eye screening launched in Chikkaballapura Karnataka
  • The Karnataka State Health Department, in association with NIMHANS and Dementia India Alliance (DIA), is set to launch a ‘Karnataka State Dementia Action Plan’.
  • Koraput Kalajeera Rice from Odisha gets GI Tag
  • The National e-Governance Division (NeGD) is set to integrate Personalised Adaptive Learning (PAL) into its existing Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing (DIKSHA) platform.
  • Researchers have recently investigated a nearly 520 million-year-old fossil of Kylinxia zhangi with a CT scanner and redescribed the animal.
  • IREDA signs MoUs with Union Bank of India and Bank of Baroda to co-finance Renewable Energy projects
  • Green Hydrogen Pilots in India’ Conference held in the run-up to G20 Summit at New Delhi
  • Shri Dharmendra Pradhan launched the Malaviya Mission – Teachers Training Programme by University Grants Commission in association with the Ministry of Education
  • International Cruise Terminal inaugurated at Visakhapatnam Port