Prime Minister Narendra Modi Launched Digital India Week
Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on 1 July launched the ‘Digital India Week’
aimed at promoting e-governance with eminent industrialists promising
4.5 lakh crore rupees in investments and 18 lakh jobs in the sector.
Sanjeev Galande Selected For G D Birla Award 2014
Scientist
Sanjeev Galande has been selected for the prestigious G D Birla award
for 2014 for his pioneering research in the field of epigenetics and
molecular cell biology. Presently, he is a professor at the Indian
Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune and also
leading a team of scientists in studying various aspects of gene.
World Bank Approves $650 million For Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor
World
Bank has approved an additional loan of 650 million dollars for India’s
Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) Project. It was approved in
third round of World Bank funding and follows earlier two other loans by
the bank for this project. The Eastern Corridor is 1,840 km long and
extends from Ludhiana to Kolkata.
National Doctor’s Day Observed Across India on 1 July
India
on 1 July 2015 observed the National Doctors’ Day. The day is observed
to honour legendary physician, Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy whose birth and
death anniversary falls on the same day. On 4 February 1961, he received
the Bharat Ratna. The doctors’ day gives an opportunity to raise the
awareness about the doctor’s role in our daily lives. Dr Bidhan Chandra
Roy was born on 1 July 1882 in Patna and died on 1 July 1962. He was a
legendary physician who also served West Bengal as its second Chief
Minister from 1948 to 1962. Bidhan Roy is often considered the great
architect of West Bengal, who founded five eminent cities, Durgapur,
Kalyani, Bidhannagar, Ashokenagar and Habra. The B.C. Roy National Award
was instituted in 1976 for work in the area of medicine, politics,
science, philosophy, literature and arts.
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