Tirath Singh Rawat becomes new Chief Minister of U’khand
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s member of Parliament from Pauri Garhwal, Tirath Singh Rawat, will be the next chief minister of Uttarakhand. This was announced by outgoing chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, who resigned. Tirath Singh Rawat will be sworn in as the new chief minister of Uttrakhand.
PM Narendra Modi inaugurates ‘Maitri Setu’ between India and Bangladesh
- The Maitri Setu bridge has been built on the Feni river, which lies between the Indian boundary in Tripura and Bangladesh.
- The 1.9 Kilometres long bridge will connect Sabroom in India with Ramgarh in Bangladesh.
- The bridge has been constructed by the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited at a project cost of around Rs. 133 Crore.
Technology and Innovation Report 2021
Released by UNCTAD , The Technology and Innovation Report 2021 urges all developing nations to prepare for a period of deep and rapid technological change that will profoundly affect markets and societies
According to UNCTAD report India has the maximum number of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) graduates in the world (about 29.5 per cent).
India’s first forest healing centre
Uttarakhand opens India’s first forest healing centre at Ranikhet, As per Sanjiv Chaturvedi, chief conservator of forest (research) “The basic theme is be silent, go slow, think less, feel more”
Visitors are encouraged to take forest walks and hug trees and engage in calming activities like meditation and sky-gazing on specially constructed tree platforms. Hugging trees boosts our feel-good hormones like oxytocin and serotonin, because of the typical molecular vibration patterns that have been studied in trees.