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Tamil Nadu CM launches logo and mascot of 44th Chess Olympiad

Tamil Nadu CM launches logo and mascot of 44th Chess Olympiad

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has launched the official logo and mascot of the 44th Chess Olympiad. The mascot is names as ‘Thambi’ and is a knight dressed in the traditional Tamil attire Veshti (Dhoti) with a shirt and is seen with folded hands, apparently extending the Tamil greeting ‘Vanakkam’. Chess Believe is written on its shirt. It is […]

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PGI’s Resource Centre for Tobacco Control, Chandigarh awarded by WHO

PGI’s Resource Centre for Tobacco Control, Chandigarh awarded by WHO

WHO has awarded Resource Centre for Tobacco Control (e-RCTC) of the Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh with Regional Director Special Recognition Award. The centre provides information related to tobacco control in India, including circulars, orders, policies and legislations. RCTC is a joint initiative of PGIMER and UNION-SEA and was

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PM Modi inaugurates Biotech Startup Expo - 2022 in New Delhi

PM Modi inaugurates Biotech Startup Expo – 2022 in New Delhi

PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated the Biotech Startup Expo – 2022 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. This 2022 Expo is organised to mark completion of ten years of setting up of Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC). The theme of the 2022 Expo is ‘Biotech Startup Innovations: Towards AatmaNirbhar Bharat’. This Expo will connect entrepreneurs, investors, industry leaders, scientists,

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Union Health Minister releases FSSAI’s 4th State Food Safety Index

Union Health Minister releases FSSAI’s 4th State Food Safety Index

In an effort to galvanize States/UTs to work towards ensuring safe food for citizens, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr Mansukh Mandaviya released Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)’s 4th State Food Safety Index (SFSI) to measure the performance of States across five parameters of food safety. SFSI was started from 2018-19 with

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European Parliament votes to ban sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2035

European Parliament votes to ban sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2035

European Parliament Members have voted to prohibit the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2035. The EU assembly voted in Strasbourg, France to require automakers to cut carbon-dioxide emissions by 100 percent by the middle of the next decade. The mandate would amount to a prohibition on the sale in the 27-nation bloc of new cars powered

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