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DRDO Organises Virtual IEEE International Conference on Range Technology

Dr G Satheesh Reddy, Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO, inaugurated the second Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Conference on Range Technology (ICORT-2021) on August 05, 2021 via videoconferencing.
The conference was organised by Integrated Test Range (ITR) Chandipur, a laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
The speakers from across the globe participated in the event to present their technological achievements in multiple subjects related to Test and Evaluation of defence systems.

India’s first heart failure biobank unveiled in Thiruvananthapuram

India’s first Heart Failure Biobank has been established at the National Center for Advanced Research and Excellence in HF (CARE-HF) at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
HF (Heart Failure) Biobank will store bio-samples such as blood, serum, tissue samples obtained during open-heart surgery and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and genomic DNA collected from heart failure patient for research purpose.
It would also provide guidance for future therapies and technologies to improve the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of heart patients significantly.

Banking News

Suryoday Small Finance Bank launches ‘Health and Wellness Savings Account’

Suryoday Small Finance Bank (SSFB) has launched a new product ‘Suryoday Health and Wellness Savings Account’ with the twin objective of protecting both health and wealth of the customers.
To open a savings account, customers need to maintain an average monthly balance of Rs 3 lakh and be eligible as per the major health declaration form.
Who is eligible: Minimum age – 18 years; Maximum age – 65 years.
Key Benefits of Health and Wellness Savings Account

Sports News

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award rechristened as Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award

The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, the highest sporting honour of India, has been renamed as Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, as per an announcement made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 06, 2021.
The Khel Ratna award was instituted in 1991-1992 and comes with a cash prize of Rs.25 lakh. The first recepient was Chess legend Viswanathan Anand.
Allahabad-born Major Dhyan Chand was a legendary field hockey player, who played international hockey from 1926 to 1949, scoring over 400 goals in his career.
The ultimate hockey hero was famously known as ‘The Wizard’.
Dhyan Chand was part of the Olympic team that won gold medals in 1928, 1932 and 1936.

Bajrang Punia clinches men’s 65 kg wrestling bronze medal at Tokyo Olympics

Ace India wrestler Bajrang Punia defeated Daulat Niyazbekov of Kazakhstan 8-0 to clinch a bronze medal in men’s freestyle 65kg wrestling at the Tokyo Olympics on August 07, 2021.
This is the sixth medal for India in the ongoing Games, and the fourth bronze medal for the country.

Neeraj Chopra Wins Gold in Men’s Javelin Throw at Tokyo Olympics 2020

India’s star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra won a historic gold medal in men’s javelin throw at the Tokyo 2020 Games on August 07, 2021.
Neeraj Chopra threw 87.58m in his second attempt to claim the yellow medal.
This is the first gold medal for India at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics 2020 and the 7th medal overall.
Chopra is the first athlete of independent India to win a gold medal in the track and field discipline.
He is also the only second Indian to win gold in Olympic, after Abhinav Bindra, who claimed gold in the 10-meter air rifle event at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing.

Important Days

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Quit India Day: 8th August

Quit India Day (or August Kranti Day) is celebrated every year on 8 August to commemorate the anniversary of the Quit India Movement launched by the Father of the Nation Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi at the All India Congress Committee session on 8 August 1942. Bombay.
In 2021 we are celebrating the 79th anniversary of Quit India Day.
The Quit India Movement also known as the Quit India Movement and the August Kranti Movement was a ‘do or die’ call to the people of India initiated by Gandhiji to demand an end to British rule in India.

Obituary News

India’s Olympian footballer SS ‘Babu’ Narayan passes away at 86

Former Indian footballer Subramaniam Sankar Narayan, who played in the 1956 and 1960 Olympics, has passed away. He was 86 years old.
S.S. Known as “Babu” Narayan, he represented India as a goalkeeper in the 1956 (Melbourne) and 1960 (Rome) Olympic Games.
The two-time Olympian was also part of Maharashtra’s Santosh Trophy winning campaign in 1964.

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