Balaji Baburao Jadhav (35), who hails from Sangavi village under Renapur tehsil of Latur district in central Maharashtra, has been selected for the Honey Bee Network Creativity Inclusive Innovation Award 2020.
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** At 3.6 billion, India pegged to produce most Covid-19 vaccine doses after US in 2021
** Wheelchair-bound Indian woman travels to 58 countries
If Kerala is ‘God’s Own Country’ then Kochi is God’s most special place, according to wheelchair-bound globetrotter Parvinder Chawla.
** An endeavour to memorialise first Assamese news magazine on its 175th anniversary
Brown, along with other missionaries, including O T Cutter — a printer and publisher with technical expertise — had arrived in Assam’s Sadiya in 1836, supposedly on their way to China, but decided to not move forward and in 1841 reached Sivasagar.
A monthly news magazine called Orunodoi — a first for Assam — was published from Sivasagar in January 1846, with an American Baptist missionary, Nathan Brown, as its first editor. The publication ushered in a new era in Assamese journalism and literature.
** After Serum Institute, Bharat Biotech ships Covid vaccines to 11 cities
The Hyderabad firm said it had successfully shipped the first batch of the vaccines to Ganavaram, Guwahati, Patna, Delhi, Kurukshetra, Bangalore, Pune, Bhubaneswar, Jaipur, Chennai, and Lucknow
** Janaagraha’s Best State award won by Odisha
Odisha took home Janaagraha’s Best State and the Best Civic Agency award, while Gujarat took home the Best State Election Commission, Kerala bagged the Best State Finance Commission, Indore secured Best Municipality award for its PPP based integrated solid waste management.
** Chennai Equitation Centre wins big at the Junior National Equestrian Championship
Young riders from the Chennai Equitation Centre clinched gold and silver medals at the Junior National Equestrian Championship held in Delhi recently
** HAL to make 83 LCA MK-1A jets for IAF
CCS okays biggest indigenous defence deal costing around ₹48,000 cr.
In the biggest indigenous defence deal, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on Wednesday approved the manufacture of 83 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force (IAF) at a cost of around ₹47,000 crore.
** Sarnobat, Sheoran, Rajeshwari win in national shooting trials
At the shotgun ranges, overnight leaders Lakshay Sheoran and Rajeshwari Kumari, won the men’s and women’s T1 Trap competition respectively.
** Andhra Pradesh government urged to save Ongole breed bull
Krishna District Central Cooperative Bank (KDCC) chairman and YSRC leader Yarlagadda Venkata Rao has urged the government to take steps for saving the Ongole breed bull from extinction.