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Jan 29, 2021

India Ranks 10th in Asia-Pacific Personalised Health Index

India ranked 10^th out of 11 Asia Pacific countries in a newly-launched health index to measure the progress towards personalised healthcare.
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report 'Asia-Pacific Personalised Health Index' measures the readiness of 11 health systems across the region–Australia, China, Japan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and New Zealand–in adopting personalised healthcare, enabling the right care to be tailored to the right person at the right time.
The 'Personalised Health Index' measures performance against 27 different indicators of personalised health across four categories called 'Vital Signs'. These include Policy Context, Health Information, Personalised Technologies and Health Services.

Microsoft Launches Taj Mahal Inspired Engineering Hub in Noida

After Bengaluru and Hyderabad, tech giant Microsoft has set its sights on Noida. The American multinational launched a new India Development Centre (IDC) facility at Delhi-NCR. This new addition is set to serve as a premier hub for driving cutting-edge engineering and innovation.
The centre will build on Microsoft's commitment to tap India's world-class engineering talent and create solutions for a global impact.
Rajiv Kumar, Managing Director of Microsoft India Research and Development Pvt Ltd, said that the NCR workplace will represent a critical expansion of world-class technology talent and exceptional engineering presence in India.
The IDC in NCR will collaborate with Microsoft Teams worldwide to design and create products that drive digital innovations.

Jan 28, 2021

Rajasthan Launches a New School of Public Health

Rajasthan has launched a new School of Public Health. The school was launched in order to make the policy intervention to build the public health capacity and skills. It will also help in bridging the gaps between education and practices in Rajasthan.
The school has been named after the Indian Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR).
D. Gupta has been appointed as the chairman of the school.
The school of Public Health has taken up a study on non-communicable diseases, climate change and antimicrobial resistance in the first instance of its project. The project was undertaken in order to identify priority areas in public healthcare. Study will be conducted if the data analytics and artificial intelligence are the segments for the public health sector or not.

Kolkata's First Young Readers' Boat Library

The West Bengal Transport Corporation has launched the First Young Readers' Boat Library. The library has been launched in collaboration with a heritage book store. It has been launched on a boat making it the first of its kind initiative.
The boat library was launched with the motive that one can read books while appreciating the beauty of Kolkata.
The boat library will cruise on the Hooghly River.
The library will provide the options for children to choose from a selection of 500 titles in English and Bengali.
It will also host activities like storytelling, poetry sessions, dramatised readings, poetry sessions, music and book launches.

Jan 27, 2021

DRDO Offers Online Course on Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Cyber Security

Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, a deemed university and an autonomous organisation funded by the department of defence research and development, is offering short-term programmes on artificial intelligence, machine learning and cybersecurity.
Both the courses are 12-weeks long. The classes will include two hours of contact lectures five days a week. Selection will be based on an online entrance test. Registration for the test is free and anyone who has a graduate or equivalent level of education can apply for these courses.

Janet Yellen to be First Female US Treasury Secretary

Janet Yellen has been confirmed as the first ever female US treasury secretary in a Senate vote.
Ms. Yellen, who headed the US central bank from 2014 to 2018, earlier won bipartisan support from members of the Senate Finance Committee.
She will be responsible for guiding the Biden administration's economic response to the pandemic.
The US is struggling to rebound economically from the hit caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
At her confirmation hearing, Ms. Yellen urged Congress to approve trillions more in pandemic relief and economic stimulus, saying that lawmakers should act big without worrying about national debt.

Jan 25, 2021

Improvement in Sex Ratio at Birth

The Beti Bachao Beti Padhao movement has made a lasting impression on people resulting in 16 points improvement in sex ratio at birth.
While the increase in sex ratio at birth and enrolment ratio of girls in school at the secondary level is encouraging, the government continues to strive towards making further improvement through BBBP along with health and education ministries and the citizens of the country.
The BBBP scheme is one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet projects and was launched by him in January, 2015 in Panipat, Haryana. It focuses on districts with the worst child sex ratio (CSR) as per the 2011 Census.
The goal of the programme is to address the issue of decline in child sex ratio in critical districts through an awareness campaign as well as multi-sectoral interventions, which include registration of pregnancies in first trimester, increased institutional deliveries, and prohibition of sex-determination.

Jan 24, 2021

Manipur Ranks 3rd in Niti Aayog's Innovation Index for Hill States

Manipur bagged third position in NITI Ayog's India Innovation Index, 2020, in the North East and Hill States category. The first and second position has been secured by Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, respectively, in the same category.
In the India Innovation Index-2020, the states and union territories have been divided into 17 major states, 10 north-east and hill states and nine union territories and small states for effectively comparing their performance.
Karnataka retained its first position in the major states' category. Maharashtra moved one position higher and stood at second spot while Tamil Nadu slid to third position.

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