The Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) has started the world’s largest airport-based temperature-controlled facility known as the ‘Export Cold Zone’ for processing and storage of agro and pharma products.
The Central Board of Secondary Education has started an Exam center locator app “CBSE ECL” as well as an Online Exam Center Management System “OECMS”. The “CBSE ECL” is a mobile application which aids the students to locate their examination center and see the distance between current location and examination center.
Jiya Rai, the 11-year-old girl made a world record by becoming the youngest and the fastest specially-abled girl to swim 14 kilometres in open water in 3 hours 27 minutes and 30 seconds.
J&K Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan has flagged off a youth exchange programme ‘Watan Ko Jano’. The programme has been managed by Jammu and Kashmir Rehabilitation Council, Department of Social Welfare under the aegis of Department of JK Affairs, Government of India.
India’s first floating jetty has been inaugurated by the Union Minister of State for Shipping Mansukh Mandaviya at a cruise terminal in Vasco at Goa. The floating jetty is made of cement concrete and is expected to uplift inland waterways.
On the occasion of 1st anniversary of the launch of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar started PM KISAN mobile application for the further expansion of the scheme.
The ‘Historical Gastronomica – The Indus Dining Experience’ exhibition was held at the National Museum in New Delhi which was jointly managed by the National Museum along with One Station Million Stories (OSMS).
The Bharatiya Chitra Sadhana will host the 3rd edition of the Chitra Bharati Film Festival at Gujarat University in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The prime aim of the Chitra Bharati Film Festival is of establishing a ‘Bharatiya’ narrative in Indian cinema.
The services of Kashi Mahakal Express i.e. the 3rd private train of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) starts from Varanasi. The train service will connect the three Jyotirlinga: Omkareshwar near Indore, Mahakaleshwar, in Ujjain and Kashi Vishwanath in Varanasi.
Meeting on Active Pharmaceuticals Ingredients (API) Industry was hosted by National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) which was chaired by NITI Aayog’s CEO Amitabh Kant. The meeting targeted to induce growth in the API industry.