Category: RECORDS, INDIA (National)

** Know Your City: Sindhi refugees who turned Pimpri into their home and then a trading hub

The Partition brought with it untold stories of human misery as families had to leave their ancestral lands. The young nation had to grapple with people who lost everything and had to start over.

Pimpri and Ulhasnagar in Mumbai were selected as the places to set up camps for these refugees.

** Back from Canada gallery, 18th Century Annapurna idol to be returned to Kashi

An ancient idol of Goddess Annapurna, brought back to India after over a century from Canada, would begin an over 800 km journey from Delhi on November 11 for its original location — the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, where it is scheduled to be placed on November 15, said Minister for Tourism, Culture and DoNER G Kishan Reddy. The five-day ‘Shobha Yatra’ will see Uttar Pradesh ministers accompany the idol, which was received by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on October 5.

In Lucknow, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said in-charge ministers of each district on the idol’s route will accompany the yatra in that district. The ASI will ascertain security arrangements at the idol’s original location before handing it to temple trustees.

** Bharat Biotech’s US partner Ocugen files EUA request with FDA for paediatric use of Covaxin

The submission is based on results of a Phase 2/3 paediatric clinical trial conducted by Bharat Biotech in India with 526 children 2-18 years of age, which bridged immunogenicity data to a large, Phase 3 safety and efficacy clinical trial in nearly 25,800 adults in India, Ocugen said in a regulatory filing.

** Innovative products made using cow-dung elevate rural economy in Chhattisgarh

Gaudhan Nyay Yojana’ scheme in Chhattisgarh has helped revitalise rural economy, especially the women SHGs that secured an income of Rs 46 crore.

The unutilised disposable cow-dung procured by the state from livestock owners and villagers has opened up the scope of employment, generation of trade activities and the potential to boost the rural economy.

** First Dimasa language movie to open Indian Panorama at IFFI

 During the nine-day-long 52nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) at Goa, 25 Indian language feature films will be screened as part of Indian Panorama. 

The jury has picked films for screening from a wide pool of 221 contemporary Indian films.

** Thoothukudi geology professor makes it into top list of international scientists

An assistant professor of Thoothukudi has emerged into the list of top 2 per cent scientists released by a leading publisher Elsevier BV, Stanford University. The Netherland-based publisher updated science-wide author databases of standardised citation indicators- 2021, on October 19.

Dr S Selvam, Assistant Professor in Geology, VO Chidambaram College, who featured for the first time in Elsevier BV ranking, has achieved a rank of 218 under Earth & Environmental Sciences (Geology) and 338 under Environmental Engineering, out of 15720 ranks, with 260 number of citations in the year 2020.