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DateDayTheme 2020
04 January World Braille Day
06 JanuaryJournalist day (in Maharashtra)
09 JanuaryPravasi Bhartiya Divas
10 JanuaryWorld Hindi Day
11-17 JanuaryNational Road Safety WeekSadak Suraksha - Jeevan Suraksha.
12 JanuaryNational Youth Day
14 JanuaryArmed Forces Veterans Day
15 JanuaryIndian Army Day
18 January15th Raising day of NDRF
19 JanuaryNational Immunization day
24 JanuaryNational Girl Child Day
24 JanuaryInternational day of educationLearning for people, planet, prosperity and peace.
25 JanuaryNational Voters' DayElectoral Literacy for a Stronger Democracy
25 JanuaryNational Tourism Day
26 JanuaryInternational Customs DayCustoms fostering Sustainability for people, prosperity and the planet.
26 JanuaryWorld Leprosy DayLeprosy isn't what you think
27 JanuaryInternational day of the commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust “75 years after Auschwitz – Holocaust Education and Remembrance for Global Justice”
30 JanuaryWorld Neglected Tropical diseases day
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2020 designated as “Year of Nurse and Midwife” by WHO

January 4, 2020

The World Health Organization designated the year 2020 as the “Year of Nurse and Midwife” in the honour of 200th birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale.

The year is being dedicated to the nursing, midwifery as well as WHO is also a partner of The State of the World’s Midwifery Campaign, to achieve Universal Health Coverage.

The organization is leading the development of “World Nursing Report” that is to be launched in 2020. The report is first of its kind.

Reliance to venture in e-commerce with Jio Mart

January 4, 2020

Reliance is all set to venture into the e-commerce segment with the launch of Jio Mart. The company is currently live in Navi Mumbai, Thane and Kalyan. It is rolling out an offline-to-online commerce platform that will provide retail packaged consumer goods (PCG) and kitchen supplies to the customer in select locations.

Powered by kirana stores, that have signed up onto Jio using its internet-enabled point-of-sale (PoS) and inventory management device, the mart will offer a selection of over 50,000 grocery products, no-charge deliveries, low prices, and easy returns.

A dedicated mobile application for Jio Mart is expected to be launched in the coming weeks, which will also be integrated with My Jio and Jio Money applications.

2020 declared as AI year by Telangana Govt, signs 8 MoU

January 4, 2020

Telangana state government declared 2020 as the year of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and signed eight Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with various companies and educational institutes to pave way for upcoming technological advancement in the state.

US-based tech major NVIDIA will partner with the state government to setup a High-Performance AI Computing (HPAIC) Centre in Telangana. They will also assist in startup incubation, host AI training sessions to support women & minority groups and organise hackathons.

Kerala: K-RERA launched by CM

January 4, 2020

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan launched the Kerala Real Estate Regulatory Authority (K-RERA) with an aim to boost the confidence of customers and bring in more transparency in the real estate sector, 

Passed by the Parliament, the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, had directed the state governments to establish RERA for effective regulation of the real estate sector and also for speedy dispute redressal.

As per the Act, buildings with more than eight apartments and real estates projects with 500 square metres of land or more will have to be registered with RERA.

Suresh Chandra Sharma appointed as first chief of NMC

January 4, 2020

Government appoints the chief of Delhi AIIMS’ ENT head-neck surgery department, Professor Suresh Chandra Sharma, as the chairman of National Medical Commission. Rakesh Kumar Vats, the secretary general in the board of governors of the Medical Council of India (MCI), has been appointed as the secretary of the Commission for the similar term.

On August 8, President Ram Nath Kovind had given assent to the National Medical Commission (NMC) Act, 2019, which provides for a system that improves access to quality and affordable medical education and ensures availability of adequate and high quality medical professionals in all parts of the country, among others.

The Act replaces Indian Medical Council Act, 1956. The new law provides for setting up of an NMC in place of the Medical Council of India for development and regulation of all aspects of medical education, profession and institutions.

Britain: Prince William unveils prize for climate innovation

January 4, 2020

Prince William announced The Earthshot Prize, the most prestigious environment prize in history to encourage new solutions to tackling climate change. Itwill be awarded to five people every year over the next decade, and aims to provide at least 50 answers to some of the greatest problems facing the planet by 2030.

The prize, inspired by US president John F. Kennedy’s ambitious “Moonshot” lunar programme in the 1960s, promises “a significant financial award”.

They include promoting new ways of addressing climate change and issues surrounding energy, nature and biodiversity, the oceans, air pollution and fresh water.

Five high-tech DRDO labs inaugurated by PM Modi

January 4, 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 5 new scientific laboratories of DRDO in Bengaluru, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Hyderabad, which will employ only scientists under the age of 35 to develop cutting-edge and futuristic technologies for military weaponry.

A committee, chaired by the Principal Scientific Advisor to the government, K Vijay Raghavan, has selected the directors of these laboratories. Each lab is working on key advanced technology of importance to the development of futuristic defense systems.

Research in the area of rapidly evolving artificial intelligence will be carried out at Bengaluru. The all-important area of quantum technology will be based out of IIT Mumbai. The future is dependent on cognitive technologies and IIT Chennai will house the lab embarking in this area of research.

New and futuristic areas of asymmetric technologies, which will change the way wars are fought, will be based out of the campus of Jadavpur University, Kolkata. The research in hot and critical areas of smart materials and their applications will be based out of Hyderabad.

Bengaluru: Yoga Science meet organised at Indian Science Congress

January 5, 2020
indian science congress

A Yoga Science meet was organised as part of the ongoing Indian Science Congress in Bengaluru. The head of SVYASA Yoga deemed University Dr. HR Nagendra spoke on the benefits of Yoga in busting stress, healing the mind, body and soul thereby insulating those doing yoga from diseases.

Dr. Indranil Basu Ray, a cardiologist from Canada spoke on Yoga research. He pointed out that meditation and yoga can compose our body and mind and give relief from any anxiety and stress. The penultimate day of 107th Indian Science Congress in Bengaluru will focus on farming and rural development .

New Delhi: Rajnath Singh inaugurates 3-day National Traders Convention

January 5, 2020
rajnath singh

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurates the three-day National Traders Convention at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi. He stated that government is committed to protect the interests of traders and to promote ease of doing business.

The convention has been organised by Confederation of All India Traders and will deliberate upon various issues concerning traders.

Villgro, CEEW launch USD 2.5 million initiative to support clean-tech start-ups

January 5, 2020
villgro and ceew

VilLgro Innovation Foundation, one of the country’s top social enterprise incubators has collaborated with the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) for a $2.5 million initiative to support start-ups working on clean energy solutions.

The initiative aims to provide dedicated capital, technical and sectoral growth support to at least five enterprises which are deploying innovative, clean energy-powered livelihood appliances and shall enable them to undertake large scale commercial deployments over a period of three years. Investment firms like Caspian Debt, Upaya Social Ventures and others have been roped in under the initiative.

Start-ups that leverage cleantech and renewable energy sources are slowly gaining traction in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Karnataka, which is home to one-fourth of all start-ups in the country has also emerged as the highest renewable energy producer according to a report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.

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