Given the rapid increase in Covid-19 cases, Railways will operate ‘Oxygen Express’ trains to transport liquid medical oxygen (LMO) and oxygen cylinders for patients across India, using green corridors for expeditious delivery.
The transportation of LMO would be done through the ‘Roll on Roll Off’ service with road tankers placed on flat wagons.
Railway Board Chairman -Suneet Sharma,
Gender Samvaad event, a joint attempt between DAY-NRLM and the Initiative for IWWAGE to create a common platform was organized by the Ministry of Rural Development.
The attempt is to generate greater awareness on gender-related interventions under DAY-NRLM across the country and best practices, with a focus on hearing voices from the states and the field.
What Works to Advance Women and Girls in the Economy (IWWAGE).
Indian backstroker Srihari Nataraj swept the backstroke events at the Uzbekistan Open Swimming Championships in Tashkent.
The 20-year-old Srihari pocketed the 50m crown 25.11 seconds, another national mark. He bettered his own record of 25.50 seconds set at the World Junior Swimming meet in 2019.
She started her career as an international hockey umpire in 2004 and was the first woman referee from India to officiate in international hockey matches. She was selected by the International Hockey Federation as one of the youngest umpires among ten men and women in the world.
World liver day is observed on every 19th April, to spread awareness about liver related disease. The liver is the second largest and the most complex organ in the body, with the exception of the brain. It is a key player in your body’s digestive system.
The 40th Scientific Expedition to Antarctica (40-ISEA) hosted by the Ministry of Earth Sciences successfully returned to Cape Town after completing a journey of about 12,000 nautical miles in 94 days, including stopovers.
This achievement concludes four successful decades of India's scientific endeavour in the continent of peace and cooperation.
Bharati and Maitri are India's permanent research base stations in Antarctica.
Veteran Hindi writer Narendra Kohli passed away.
Shri Kohli arrived on the national scene with his writings about the characters of Ramayana and Mahabharat. His eight-volume writing about Mahabharat, Mahasamar, is considered a masterpiece.
Former Assam Chief Minister and seven-time MLA, Dr. Bhumidhar Barman, passed away. He was 90.
Dr Barman held the post of Chief Minister between April 1996 and May 1996 following the death of former CM Hiteshwar Saikia, and later in 2010, when former CM late Tarun Gogoi was on leave on medical grounds.
Former US Ambassador to India Richard Verma has been appointed as General Counsel and Head of Global Public Policy of Mastercard.
The first and only Indian American to serve in this position so far, Verma joined Mastercard in October 2020.
Verma, 52, served as US Ambassador to India from 2014 to 2017.
NASA is getting ready to send astronauts to explore more of the Moon as part of the Artemis program, and the agency has selected SpaceX to continue the development of the first commercial human lander that will safely carry the next two American astronauts to the lunar surface.
The Lt. Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir, Shri Manoj Sinha and Union Minister of State for Tourism & Culture (I/c)Shri Prahlad Singh Patel inaugurated and virtually addressed the delegates at the event.