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The Union Minister for Education, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan launched IndiaSkills 2023-24 program and honoured the WorldSkills competition (WSC) 2022 winners. ALSO READ- What is CAR-T Cell Therapy? What is IndiaSkills 2023-24? IndiaSkills 2023-24 is a skill development competition that aims to create a workforce that is not only educated but also filled … Read more
Lately, a company called Immuno Adoptive Cell Therapy, incubated at IIT Bombay has received approval from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) for the first humanised CD-19 targeted Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell (CAR-T Cell) Therapy named NexCAR19 (Actalycabtagene autoleucel). It is a result of a decade-long collaborative effort between IIT Bombay and Tata … Read more
The Union Cabinet, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has announced the setting up of a new government body named ‘Mera Yuva Bharat’ or ‘MY Bharat’. This effort aligns with the National Youth Policy, focusing on individuals aged 15-29 and includes specific programs for those aged 10-19. Union Minister Anurag Thakur said, ‘MY … Read more
The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a multi-sport event held every four years, featuring athletes from across Asia. It is the second-largest multi-sport event after the Olympic Games. This event is organised by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) which has its HQs in Kuwait City. The Motto of Asian Games: Ever onward … Read more
To celebrate Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened India’s first high-tech sports training centre for Divyangjan (people with disabilities). The centre, named after former Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, is located in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. This initiative aims to offer equal chances in sports, nurture talent, and promote participation in different sports. … Read more
Since 1901, the Nobel Prizes are awarded yearly in memory of Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite. Nobel Prizes are awarded in the following six fields- ALSO READ- Raspberry Pi 5 Who awards Nobel Prizes? There are four awarding institutions for these prizes- What is in the Prize? Nobel Prize winners are presented with a Nobel … Read more
Raspberry Pi, also known as RPi or Raspi is a series of low-cost, credit-card-shaped computers developed in the United Kingdom by the Raspberry Pi Foundation (2008) in association with Broadcom. The first generation of Raspberry Pi was released in 2012. Raspberry Pi 5 is the latest version of this series, coming at the end of … Read more
In February 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) introduced the term ‘Disease X’ on its list of priority diseases. It’s a placeholder name used to represent a possible, unknown pathogen that could trigger an epidemic in the future. Health experts are claiming that future pandemics can be more lethal than COVID-19 and could claim over … Read more
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has added ‘Santiniketan’ and ‘Hoysala Temples’ in its world heritage sites list as 41st and 42nd world heritage sites of India respectively. As we know UNESCO has three categories of world heritage sites: Natural, Cultural and mixed. Both the sites have been added in the cultural category. … Read more
On September 17, PM Modi celebrated his birthday by inaugurating the first phase of the India International Convention and Expo Centre (IICC), also known as ‘Yashobhoomi’ in sec. 25, Dwarka, Delhi. Yashobhoomi means “Land of Fame”. It will be the world’s largest MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) centre. The foundation stone of this project … Read more