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Svante Pääbo wins Nobel Prize 2022 in Physiology or Medicine

Swedish scientist Svante Pääbo has been awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize for Physiology "for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution."

The prizes carry a cash award of 10 mn. Swedish kronor.

Last year’s recipients were David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for their discoveries into how the human body perceives temperature and touch.

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Svante Pääbo’s father Karl Sune Detlof Bergström won the same prize in 1982.

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World Space Week, 4-10 October

World Space Week is an international celebration of science and technology, and their contribution to the betterment of the human condition. The United Nations General Assembly declared in 1999 that World Space Week will be held each year from October 4-10.The World Space Week 2022 theme is “Space and Sustainability”

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World Animal Day | 4 October

October 4 is marked as World Animal Day, a global initiative for animal rights that aims at ensuring better standards for animal welfare. The theme for World Animal Day is a “shared planet" which highlights that the world belongs to every living creature and not just humans.World Animal Day coincides with the Feast Day of St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals.

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India's Mars orbiter craft completes eight years in orbit

India's Mars orbiter craft has completed eight years in its orbit, well beyond its designed mission life of six months.The Mars Orbiter Mission-- a technology demonstration venture -- is the maiden interplanetary mission of the national space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation. It Launched on November 5, 2013, the probe was successfully inserted on 24 Sept 2014

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EXIM Bank extends $100- mn LoC to Maldives for development projects

Exim Bank India has extended a line of credit of USD 100 million to the Maldives for financing developmental projects.

With the signing of this LOC agreement, Exim Bank has now 311 lines of credit covering 67 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America Oceania, and the CIS, with credit commitments of around USD 32.31 billion.

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MS. HARSHA BANGARI: Managing Director, India EXIM Bank;
The Bank was set up in 1982.

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GatiShakti’s network planning group recommends three road connectivity projects

Network Planning Group constituted under PM GatiShakti National Master Plan has examined and recommended the following projects: construction of a 4-lane highway from Gazipur - Ballia - Uttar Pradesh/Bihar state border, improvement and up-gradation of existing road from two-lane to four-lane in Uttar Pradesh and Moradabad & Kashipur bypasses in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand.

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Railways releases new all India time-table 'Trains At A Glance'

In an update that concerns all Indian Railways passengers, the national transporter has released its new All India Railway Time Table known as TRAINS AT A GLANCE or TAG. This new time-table is effective from 1st October 2022. Indian Railways has made the new Trains At A Glance available on its official website www.indianrailways.gov.in.

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KVIC holds SFURTI Mela at Dilli Haat from Oct 1-15

Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is hosting a 15 day SFURTI Mela at Dilli Haat, INA in New Delhi from October 1, 2022.

Under SFURTI, traditional artisans are organized into clusters for manufacturing value added traditional products to enhance their income.

These clusters cover traditional sectors such handloom, handicrafts, khadi, coir, agro-products, etc.

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T Rajkumar re-elected as Chairman of Confederation of Indian Textile Industry

Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) has unanimously re-elected T Rajkumar as Chairman during its 64th Annual General Meeting (AGM).

The newly reconstituted Committee elected the top team with Rakesh Mehra as Deputy Chairman, CITI and Ashwin Chandran as Vice Chairman of CITI.

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NABARD holds Stall-in-Mall exhibition at Esplanade Mall in Rasulgarh, Bhubaneswar

Handlooms and Handicrafts occupy a major share in supporting a large number of livelihoods in the rural economy. To upkeep the tradition, integrate the weavers and artisans, and provide training, design development, credit, etc, NABARD has been supporting for setting up of Off-Farm Producer Organisations (OFPOs) across the country.

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DGT launches Bharatskills Forum for easy access to skill-related content

The Directorate General of Training (DGT) has launched Bharatskills Forum, a new feature allows sharing of books, notes, videos, question bank, etc. for skill learners.

This facility shall act as a digital warehouse for the skilling community by allowing sharing of contents in various forms like handwritten trainers’ or trainees’ notes, PDFs, scanned copies, etc.

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UNESCO launches list documenting 50 iconic Indian heritage textiles

Handmade for the 21st Century: Safeguarding Traditional Indian Textile lists the histories and legends behind the textiles, describes the complicated and secret processes behind their making, mentions the causes for their dwindling popularity, and provides strategies for their preservation.

UNESCO New Delhi Director, Eric Falt.

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Director-General, Audrey Azoulay | UNESCO.

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SBI launches 'Gram Seva Program' across six states of India

On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, the State Bank of India announced that it will adopt 30 remote villages across India under the 4th phase of the ‘SBI Gram Seva’ program. Under the flagship scheme of the SBI Foundation, the bank will adopt remote villages across Aspirational Districts in Haryana, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal.

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Sanjay Prakash, MD & CEO, SBI Foundation

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Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu top two destinations for foreign tourists in 2021: Union ministry report

The Union Tourism Ministry released a report on which revealed that Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu registered the most number of foreign tourist visits with 1.26 million and 1.23 million respectively in 2021.The report also stated the number of foreign tourist arrivals during 2021 decreased to 1.52 million - a nearly 44 per cent decline compared to 2020 - citing Covid-19

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National Wildlife Week | October 2 to October 8.

The 68th Wildlife Week is being celebrated across the country from October 2 to October 8.The Wildlife Week is celebrated to bring awareness among the citizens to preserve the wildlife. Wildlife Week was conceptualized in 1952 with the overall goal of raising awareness to serve the long-term goal of safeguarding the lives of wildlife through critical action.

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