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Actress Tamannaah Bhatia inked as brand ambassador for MPL

April 13, 2020
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  • Baahubali actress Tamannaah Bhatia has been aided by her gaming platform by the Mobile Premier League (MPL).
  • The MPL renewed its association with Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli for another year.

CSIR-NCL & BEL sign tie-up to developed IR Thermometer and OEU

April 11, 2020
Digital IR Thermometer and Oxygen Enrichment Unit
  • CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) Pune, Maharashtra has designed and prepared Digital IR Thermometer and Oxygen Enrichment Unit (OEU) to aid within the mitigation of the COVID-19.
  • To speed-up, the project NCL has tied-up with Bharat Electronics Ltd, Pune (BEL).

MHRD releases ‘Bharat Padhe Online’ campaign

April 10, 2020
Bharat Padhe Online
  • The Ministry of Human Resource Development(MHRD) has released a campaign named ‘Bharat Padhe Online‘ for Crowd Sourcing of Ideas in order to uplift the online education ecosystem of India.

YouTube lowers video streaming quality in India

March 25, 2020
YouTube
  • YouTube has planned to lessen streaming quality for users in India until 31st March 2020 to lower strain on Internet networks during the coronavirus pandemic.
  • They have planned to temporarily default High Definition (HD) and ultra-High Definition (HD) streaming to Standard Definition (SD) content.

Reliance initiates India’s 1st COVID-19 dedicated hospital in Mumbai

March 24, 2020
Reliance
  • Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has started India’s first COVID-19 dedicated hospital in Mumbai.
  • All beds in the hospital are provided with the required infrastructure, bio-medical devices such as ventilators, pacemakers, dialysis machines and patient monitoring devices.

Indian Railways to electrify all broad gauge routes by December 2023

March 20, 2020
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  • Indian Railways has decided to electrify a total of 28,810 km of broad gauge route by December 2023.
  • As part of its solar mission, it plans to source approximately 1000 megawatt (MW) of solar power & to source around 200 MW of wind power.

World’s first commercial flying car PAL-V to be made in Gujarat

March 18, 2020
PAL-V
  • World’s first commercial flying car named ‘PAL-V Liberty’ will be prepared in Gujarat, India. PAL-V stands for Personal Air-Land Vehicle.
  • The PAL-V Liberty is a combination of a car and an autogiro, or gyroplane.
  • The PAL-V flying car can run at a speed of 160 kilometres on road and can fly at a speed of 180 km.

Newly Discovered insect species named after singer Lady Gaga

March 15, 2020
Kaikaia Gaga
  • On March 11, 2020 A newly discovered species of treehopper has been named “Kaikaia Gaga” after American singer Lady Gaga.
  • The species was named by Brendan Morris, PhD candidate in entomology from University of Illinois, United States (US).
  • The species were found near the Pacific coast of Nicaragua and the species seems to be beautiful, vibrant as pop diva, have crazy horns with wacky fashion sense.

India’s 1st Living Culinary Arts Museum enters Limca Book of Records

March 14, 2020
Culinary Arts Museum
  • Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration (WGSHA) of Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) entered the Limca Book of Records (LBR) for establishing “India’s First Living Culinary Arts Museum” at WGSHA, Manipal, Karnataka.
  • The museum was established in the year April 2018, spread approximately over 25,000 square feet & the shape of the museum is structured in the form of a giant pot.

Facebook releases ‘Pragati’ to promote women entrepreneurship in India

March 13, 2020
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Facebook India has released its CSR (corporate social responsibility) initiative, Facebook “Pragati” to boost women entrepreneurship in India. Facebook Pragati powered by N/Core (The/Nudge Centre for Social Innovation).