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Groups of 200 persons each, on average) people has travelled from different
parts of Tamil Nadu, representing varied walks of life. During their stay in
Kashi, as per their tour itinerary, they also visited Prayagraj and Ayodhya.
The 7 groups of Students (Ganga), Teachers (Yamuna), Professionals (Godavari),
Spiritual (Saraswati), Farmers and Artisans (Narmada), Writers (Sindhu) and
Traders and Businessmen (Kaveri) were named after seven sacred rivers of
India. The Ministry of Education, Government of India, is the nodal agency for
this event with participation from the Ministries of Culture, Tourism,
Railways, Textiles, Food Processing (ODOP), MSME, Information & Broadcasting,
Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, IRCTC and related departments of
Government of Uttar Pradesh. *** SS/AK (Release ID: 1991618) Visitor Counter :
361 Read this release in: Urdu , Hindi Ministry of Education Dr. Subhas Sarkar
visits Kashi Tamil Sangamam II Posted On: 29 DEC 2023 7:42PM by PIB Delhi
Union Minister of State for Education Dr. Subhas Sarkar visited the second
phase of Kashi Tamil Sangamam today. He also attended the cultural programmes
and interacted with the visitors and delegates. He also visited the exhibition
set up at the Namo Ghat, Varanasi. Chairman National Educational Technology
Forum NBA NAAC, Prof. Anil Sahasrabudhe, and other dignitaries were also
present at the event. While speaking at the event, Dr. Sarkar said it was a
privilege to be at the confluence of heritage, art, dance, music, literature,
and craft of Kashi and Tamil Nadu. He highlighted how Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modi has said that Kashi Tamil Sangamam furthers the spirit of Ek
Bharat, Shrestha Bharat. Dr Sarkar also said that exploring and rediscovering
the links between Kashi and Tamil Nadu can lead to the creation of important
bodies of knowledge, both in the intellectual and practical realms. Last year,
the first phase of Kashi Tamil Sangamam was organized from 16th November to
16th December 2022. This year, the event is taking place during 17-30 December
2023. More than 1400 (7 Groups of 200 persons each, on average) people has
travelled from different parts of Tamil Nadu, representing varied walks of
life. During their stay in Kashi, as per their tour itinerary, they also
visited Prayagraj and Ayodhya. The 7 groups of Students (Ganga), Teachers
(Yamuna), Professionals (Godavari), Spiritual (Saraswati), Farmers and
Artisans (Narmada), Writers (Sindhu) and Traders and Businessmen (Kaveri) were
named after seven sacred rivers of India. The Ministry of Education,
Government of India, is the nodal agency for this event with participation
from the Ministries of Culture, Tourism, Railways, Textiles, Food Processing
(ODOP), MSME, Information & Broadcasting, Skill Development &
Entrepreneurship, IRCTC and related departments of Government of Uttar
Pradesh. *** SS/AK (Release ID: 1991618)
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URL: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1991616
Timestamp: 2023-12-30 12:06:06.982930
Content:
Ministry of Science & Technology Year End Review 2023 of the Council of
Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Major strides taken towards
manufacture of indigenous HANSA-NG Aircraft Manufacturing of Hydrogen Hydrate
begins in India India's first indigenous Electric Tractor, CSIR PRIMA ET11,
launched 'Namoh 108' — Improved Lotus Variety released An active submarine
volcano in Andaman sea discovered 'One Week, One Lab' campaign connects with
thousands of stakeholders Lavender festival in Bhaderwah facilitates farmer-
industry meets Mega Exhibition on CSIR Decadal Achievements organized at
Bharat Mandapam CSIR Yuva Portal launched to digitally empower young
researchers Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes presented Posted On: 29 DEC 2023
7:40PM by PIB Delhi Significant Scientific & Technical Attainments during the
year CSIR’s HANSA-NG Aircraft Type Certified: India requires large number of
pilot trainer aircraft to cater to the needs of the aviation sector. CSIR-NAL
has indigenously designed and developed light aircraft Hansa-New Generation
(NG) with advance features. Aircraft is Type Certified by the DGCA on 20 th
February 2023 for DAY-VFR & NIGHT-VFR operations under JAR-VLA. CSIR-NAL has
received Letter of Intents (LoI) for procurement of nearly 110 aircrafts from
Flying clubs across the country. CSIR-CIMAP research lowers Nicotine content
in Tobacco plant: CSIR-CIMAP has successfully lowered Nicotine content in the
Petit Havana Tobacco plant variety by using a genome editing tool and reduced
60-70 per cent Nicotine in it, compared to Nicotine content in wild-type
plants. CSIR-CIMAP further plans to lower Nicotine in commercial varieties to
help people quit the habit by working on tobacco plant varieties used in
cigarettes, cigars, beedi. First consignment of import substitute Hydrogen
Hydrate dispatched: Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL) and CSIR-
Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad, have jointly
received patents for the indigenous process to manufacture Hydrazine Hydrate
(H6N2O). A commercial plant of 10,000 TPA 80% Hydrazine Hydrate was designed
by CSIR-IICT and was established by GACL at their Dahej complex. The first
batch of the product was flagged off and was attended by Director, CSIR-IICT,
MD-GACL and other officials. CSIR-NAL launches Q Plane and JALDOST Airboat: In
a significant step towards advancing the capabilities of Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles (UAVs) in India, the CSIR-NAL unveiled the Q Plane – a lightweight
all-electric hybrid UAV with vertical-take-off-and-landing capability during
the curtain raiser of One Week, One Lab, on 2 nd August 2023. Designed for
autonomous flight, the UAV has a range of 30 kilometres and endurance of up to
70 minutes. CSIR-NAL’s JALDOST, an airboat that operates on water and removes
excess aquatic weed & floating waste from water bodies, was also launched. The
JALDOST has a closed airtight pontoon type hull to make it inherently
unsinkable. It has a hybrid propulsion system, comprising air propulsion and
paddle wheel propulsion. CSIR-NAL has developed two versions of the airboat —
JALDOST Mark-1 and an upgraded version JALDOST Mark-2. The JALDOST Mark-2 has
been designed on the specifications given by BBMP and can be used to clean
lakes in Bengaluru. It was also launched on 2 nd August 2023, during the
curtain raiser of One Week, One Lab, of CSIR-NAL. Launch of CSIR’s Indigenous
E-Tractor, CSIR Prima ET11: The Minister of State (Independent Charge),
Science and Technology and Vice-President, CSIR, Dr. Jitendra Singh, on August
21 st , 2023, launched the compact E-Tractor CSIR PRIMA ET11, indigenously
designed and developed by CSIR-CMERI to cater to small and marginal farmers of
India. Installation of 10 TPD Biogas plant at Bowenapally Vegetable Market,
Hyderabad: With the financial support from the Department of Biotechnology
(DBT), GoI, CSIR-IICT has installed and operated a 10 ton per day biogas plant