POLICY
DST Women Scientist Scheme-A: Empowering Savleen Kaur, others in science & tech
Dr Savleen Kaur: Women in a scientific career are like soldiers in enemy territory. You can’t go back to where you came from and you have to fight in hostile environments. Persistence and perseverance will always pay.
LAW
Coronavirus: Masks & sanitizers now under Essential Commodities Act, jail term for prices above MRP
The Govt has also issued an advisory under the Legal Metrology Act.
ECONOMY
India undergoing major economic, policy changes: PM Modi at ET Global Biz Summit
Addressing delegates from around the world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the vision of ‘Collaborate to Create for Sustainable Growth’, is the need of the day and also the basis for the future.
SOCIETY
FOGSI screens over 70,000 CRPF, police officers for breast & cervical cancer on Women’s Day
The camps were conducted at over 350 centres through FOGSI affiliated societies.
SCIENCE
DST Women Scientist Scheme (WOS) lands Dr Gaganpreet research fellowship at IISER Mohali
Dr Gaganpreet: When I was caught in such a dilemma, DST’s Women Scientist Scheme provided me with the opportunity to accomplish my research goals.
TECH
UN & ITU plan ‘AI for Good’ Summit in Sep 2020 for tech-led solutions to global problems
XPRIZE CEO Anoushesh Ansari: With 10 years remaining to achieve the United Nations SDGs, AI is an invaluable technology to accomplish these critical goals designed to ensure a more sustainable & equitable future.
SPACE
Indo-Thai meet on stellar variability & star formation held by ARIES
The workshop deliberated on topics such as stellar variability, star formation, stellar abundance, transient events, and instrumentation with 14 talks by scientists and students from India and Thailand.
ENERGY & INFRA
PMUY catalyzes women empowerment, LPG coverage increased to 97%: Dharmendra Pradhan
Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan: We have more than doubled the number of LPG connections and coverage has increased from 55% to 97.4%.
ENVIRONMENT
New ITU standard aims for 45% reduction in ICT greenhouse gas emissions by 2030
ITU L.1470 puts forward emission-reduction trajectories for operators of mobile networks, fixed networks, and data centres, requiring the Information and Communication industry to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 45% by 2030.
