National

Ayurvedic Nutrition for Adolescent Girls

• A national event on collaboration between Ministry of Women and Child Development and Ministry of Ayush for nutritional improvement in adolescent girls took place at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi.

Economy

Interest Free Loan to FCV Tobacco Growers

• Government of India approved interest free loan to FCV Tobacco growers in Andhra Pradesh.
• Flue Cured Virginia (FCV) Tobacco is mainly produced in India in 2 states, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

Awards & Honours

14th Annual Aegis Graham Bell Awards

• Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) bagged 3 awards for its indigenously designed & developed innovative Telecom solutions at 14th Annual Aegis Graham Bell Awards.
• The 1st award was jointly shared with Google India, in the category “Innovation in AI” for its pioneering ASTR Project.
• Second award belongs to the category “Innovation in Social Good” for its ground breaking CEIR(Central Equipment Identity Register) solution.
• The 3rd award bagged is for “Innovation in Telecom” category for its Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) product.

EY Entrepreneur of Year Award 2023

• Vellayan Subbiah, Chairman of Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Co. Ltd. and Executive Vice-Chairman of Tube Investments of India Ltd., was conferred the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2023.

Person in News

 Maryam Nawaz

• The eldest daughter of former PM Nawaz Sharif has become Pakistan’s first woman Chief Minister in eastern Punjab province.

Tamas Sulyok

• Hungary’s parliament elected Tamas Sulyok as President following the resignation of his predecessor Katalin Novak.

Pankaj Udhas

• Veteran singer and ghazal maestro Pankaj Udhas passed away in Mumbai.

Saad Ahmad Warraich

• Saad Ahmad Warraich assumed responsibility as Pakistan's new Charge d'Affaires in New Delhi.

Miscellaneous

NICDC and IIT Delhi sign MoU

• NICDC and IIT Delhi have signed MoU to collaborate on Assessment of Location Optimality for the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme using PM GatiShakti Portal.