Daily Archives: October 15, 2022

GLOBAL HUNGER REPORT 2022

A consistent effort is yet again visible to taint India’s image as a Nation that does not fulfill the food security and nutritional requirements of its population. Misinformation seems to be the hallmark of the annually released Global Hunger Index. The Global Hunger Report 2022 released by Concern Worldwide and …

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CONFERENCE OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

The conference of Power and Renewable Energy Ministers of State/ UTs was held on 14th and 15th October, 2022 in Udaipur, Rajasthan. During the Conference, detailed deliberations were held with focus on Financial Viability & Sustainability of distribution sector, Modernization & upgradation of power systems, and Development of Power Systems to ensure …

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MAHILA KISAN DIWAS

As the year 2023 has been declared as the ‘International Year of Millets by United Nations (UN), the theme of this year MahilaKisanDiwas is ‘Millets: Empowering Women and Providing Nutritional Security’. This inaugural event was organized through Video Conferencing under the guidance of Union Agriculture Minister Shri. Narendra Singh Tomar and …

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APJ ABDUL KALAM

Recently, the Prime Minister paid tribute to the former President APJ Abdul Kalamon his birth anniversary. Born on 15th October 1931 at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. His birth anniversary is celebrated as the National Innovation Day. He graduated in Science from St Joseph’s College, Trichy in 1954 and specialized in Aeronautical Engineering from Madras Institute of …

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SHREW SPECIES -LEARNING FROM NEW LIFE FORMS

The shrew species recently discovered in Narcondam in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is about 10 cm long. The Geological era that we live in is called the anthropocene. This is because of the global impact that humans and their activities have made after they evolved. A notable effect of changes …

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HUMAN MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY PLATFORMS

The discovery of monoclonal antibodies have come a long way since they were first made using the hybridoma technology in 1975. Now more cutting-edge platforms are available that can clone and express antibody genes from the cells that make the antibodies (B cells) in a high-throughput manner and are in …

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ISRO’S LVM3 TO LAUNCH 36 ONE WEB SATELLITES

ISRO’s heaviest rocket LVM3 will launch British start-up OneWeb’s 36 broadband satellites from the spaceport in Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota on October 23, marking the launcher’s entry into the global commercial launch service market. LVM3 was earlier called GSLV Mk III. The launch of ‘LVM3 – M2/OneWeb India-1 Mission’ is scheduled …

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INDIA-US BILATERAL MEETING

The U.S.-India Trade Policy Forum (TPF) has been scheduled for November 8 in Washington DC, The Hindu has confirmed. U.S. trade officials are arriving in New Delhi next week to finalise issues for discussion. A few weeks ahead of this meeting, it appears that that the gains are most likely …

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TRANSLOCATING GAURS FROM SRI LANKA

Close on the heels of the project that translocated cheetahs from Namibia, the Indian government is considering a proposal from Colombo to export a number of gaurs, or Indian bisons, to Sri Lanka to revive the population of gavaras that have been extinct in the island since the end of …

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6 VARIETIES OF NEELAKURINJI IDENTIFIED IN WESTERN GHATS

As visitors keep pouring in to witness the blooming of neelakurinji on a vast area on the Kallippara hills at Santhanpara in Idukki, Kerala, an expert team has identified six varieties of the plant across the region. The team, comprising Jomy Augustine, an expert on neelakurinji, and E. Kunjikrishnan, an …

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