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** Swadeshi HANSA-NG trainer aircraft with advanced features rolled out in Bengaluru
CSIR National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) rolled out its HANSA-NG (Next Generation) aircraft on Wednesday at the aircraft hangar at the Belur campus. Shekar C Mande, DG CSIR, held the ceremonial rolling out with R Madhavan, Chairman and Managing, HAL
** Bengaluru-based voice automation company, Vernacular.ai’s AI voice assistant VIVA, which understands 16 languages and more than 160 dialects, is being implemented across banks in rural India.
The dream of building a startup took Sourabh Gupta and Akshay Deshraj, IIT-Roorkee alumni, to Bengaluru.
** Asia’s largest tulip garden opens in Srinagar, sees 4,000 visitors
15 lakh bulbs of different varieties ‘will mesmerise tourists this year’
The Asia’s largest tulip garden was thrown open on Thursday in Srinagar, with around 4,000 visitors enjoying the bloom of the 25% of the 15 lakh flowers planted over 30 hectares located at the foothills of the Zabarwan Range.
** Two new seaweed species discovered along India’s coastline
A group of marine botanists, led by Felix Bast from the Central University of Punjab, Bathinda (CUPB), have traced these native seaweed species along the coasts of Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu and in Gujarat and Daman Diu.
** 1971 Battle of Basantar hero, Lieutenant General WAG Pinto (Retd) dies at 97
A military hero who led an infantry division to a legendary victory in the 1971 India-Pakistan War died in Pune at the age of 97.
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** Bihar first state to have two green towns
If everything goes as per plan, Bihar is set to become the country’s first state to have two green energy efficient towns in Rajgir and Bodh Gaya. The towns will start getting solar energy through the first of its kind renewable energy project from 2023.
** Indian-Americans donate over Rs 1 crore for health sector in Bihar, Jharkhand
An Indian American couple has donated over Rs 1 for crore healthcare works in Bihar and Jharkhand, the Bihar Jharkhand Association of North America (BJANA) announced on Monday.
The generous donation of USD 150,000 by the Ramesh and Kalpana Bhatia Family Foundation to the BJANA would be used for healthcare efforts in the rural areas of the two states through the PRAN-BJANA clinic initiative.
The Pravasi Alumni Nisshulk (PRAN) is an initiative by like-minded Indian-American physicians who are working to provide healthcare to the underprivileged and underserved in Bihar and Jharkhand.
** IIT Kanpur alum donates $2.5M for setting up medical school
The Micky and Vinita Pant Charitable Fund, founded by IIT Kanpur alumnus Muktesh Pant and his wife Vinita, on Saturday announced the signing of an MoU with his alma mater to support the establishment of the School of Medical Research and Technology (SMRT)