Nandini Kushwaha has been awarded for devising a smart data-based AI tool that identifies the most suitable crop for soil by analysing the various nutritional components present in it.
Month: December 2021
** World Athletics honours Anju Bobby George as Woman of the Year | Video
** Dinyar Patel’s biography of Dadabhai Naoroji wins Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2021
The prize is named after institution-builder Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay who had contributed significantly to the freedom struggle of India
** 6 lakh Indians renounced citizenship
10,645 foreigners applied for Indian citizenship from 2016 to 2020, says Centre
More than six lakh Indians renounced citizenship in the past five years, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. This year, till September 30, 1,11,287 Indians gave up their citizenship.
The reason for a large number of Indians surrendering their citizenship was not stated in the reply. Though, in 2018, the MHA revised Form XXII under Citizenship Rules for declaration of renunciation of citizenship, which, for the first time, included a column on “circumstances/reasons due to which applicant intends to acquire foreign citizenship and renounce Indian citizenship”. Recently, the MHA had simplified the process and provisions were made for the applicants to upload documents online and an upper limit of 60 days was fixed for the renunciation process to be completed.
** Serum Institute of India delivers first Novavax vaccine batch through COVAX
India and the World Health Organisation are yet to approve Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine
Serum Institute of India has sent doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Indonesia, in its first export of the Novavax shot through the COVAX network, Central Government said on Wednesday.
The world’s biggest vaccine maker exported 137,500 doses of Covovax, as it calls the shot, to the Southeast Asian country last week.
** Kerala’s NORKA Roots to sign memorandum of understanding on nursing jobs in Germany
Achim Burkart, Consul General of Germany in Bengaluru, and NORKA-Roots CEO K. Harikrishnan Namboothiri will sign the MoU in the presence of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday
NORKA Roots will ink a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Federal Employment Agency, the German government agency in charge of recruitments, on Thursday, opening up possibilities for nurses from the State in the German health-care sector.
**Telugu film lyricist ‘Sirivennela’ Seetharama Sastry passes away
* Udupi man designs unique multi-featured 2WD E-scooter
Jayaprakash, an IT support engineer worked at NIC department of Manipal.
Driven by his ambition and to realize his dream, he resigned from his job.
At present, he is staying in a small cottage with his family. He drives an auto rickshaw during his free time. Now he has built a multi motor-powered unique E-scooter, which is suitable for all roads.
* The real picture
Three characters, 15 minutes and one message…that’s One Right Kick, a Kannada short film that has won 12 international awards in the category of Best Film on Women.