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PM inaugurates 107th Indian Science Congress in Bengaluru

PM Modi inaugurated the 107th Indian Science Congress in Bengaluru. The theme for the congress this year is ‘science and technology: rural development’. The 5-day science festival aims attract 15,000 delegates from the scientific & academic fraternity

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PM gave the motto - "innovate, patent, produce and prosper"

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5th IHAI National Ice Hockey Championship-2020 being held in Leh

5th Ice Hockey Association of India, National Ice Hockey Championship -2020 is held in the Karzoo Ice Hockey Rink in Leh, where the Army, Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Maharashtra & home team Ladakh are fighting for the U-20 boys category

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Girl Category: Ladakh, Maharashtra, Delhi, Chandigarh

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Indian Railways launches integrated helpline number 139

Railways has integrated its helpline numbers into a single number 139- available in 12 languages, for quick grievance redressal & enquiries by passengers during their train journeys which will take over all the existing helpline numbers

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It is based on Interactive Voice Response System

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PM dedicates 5 DRDO Young Scientists Laboratories to the Nation

PM Modi dedicated to the nation 5 Young Scientists Laboratories of DRDO in Bengaluru. Other 4 locations are Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata & Hyderabad. Each lab will work on a key advanced technology viz, AI, Quantum, Cognitive tech & Smart materials

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Director of DRDO Young Scientist Labs: P. Shiva Prasad

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Odisha bags Krishi Karman Award for food grain production in 2016-17

Odisha has bagged Krishi Karman Award from the Centre for its overall food grain production in 2016-17. Manipur got the best-performing state in Overall Food-grain Production Category-III (production < 1 mn tonne) for the year 2017-18

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Chhattisgarh received the award for Category-2 for 2016-17

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Assam state zoo first to breed endangered Hargila

Assam State Zoo & NGO-Aaranyak were successfully able to hatch a pair of Greater Adjutant Stork (Hargila) chicks on an artificial platform within the Zoo enclosure. This species is currently on the brink of extinction due to habitat loss

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Greater Adjutant stork is the rarest of 20 species of Storks

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Tripura celebrates ritualistic festival ‘Lai Haraoba’

Lai Haraoba, a ritualistic festival observed by Manipuri Meitei communities. The 5 day long festival was inaugurated by Speaker of state legislative Assembly, Rebati Mohan Das with an aims to uphold tradition, cultural values of Meiteis

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It is celebrated through oral literature, music, dance & rituals

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Bank of Baroda ties up with JM Financial for co-lending

State-owned Bank of Baroda has entered into a strategic co-lending agreement with JM Financial Home Loans Limited (JMFHL), for offering retail loans to home buyers by creating a lending model synergizing the expertise of both the finance entities

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Bank of Baroda Chairman: Hasmukh Adhia; HQ: Vadodara

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UPI records Rs 1.31 bn transactions in December

Unified Payments Interface registered over Rs. 1.31 bn transactions with the total value crossing Rs. 2 trillion in Dec 2019, almost a 7% growth, as per NPCI data. UPI has majorly been dominated by private players such as PhonePe, Google Pay & Paytm

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BHIM UPI QR-based payments was launched in Singapore (Nov 2019)

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NBA mastermind Stern passes away

David Stern, 77, who oversaw National Basketball Association’s growth into a global sports powerhouse while serving as commissioner from 1984 to 2014, passed away. Stern also helped establish the Women’s NBA and a development league for NBA talent

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Basketball was invented by James Naismith in Massachusetts

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WHO designated 2020 as the ‘Year of the Nurse and the Midwife’

WHO designated the year 2020 as the ‘Year of the Nurse and the Midwife’ in honour of the 200th birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale. World Health Organization is the collaborating partner in the three-year ’Nursing Now!’ Campaign (2018–2020).

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Campaign aims to raise the status and profile of nursing.