India gets its first avalanche monitoring radar in Sikkim

• An avalanche monitoring radar, the first of its kind in India, has been installed in North Sikkim by the Army and Defence Geoinformatics and Research Establishment.
• It can detect avalanches within three seconds of its trigger and will assist in saving lives of troops and reducing damage to property. .
• The radar was made operational by DGRE, a lab under the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO), which is involved in forecasting and mitigation of avalanche hazards faced by the Army in the Himalayan region.

Rajiv Bahl appointed as head of ICMR

 About Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

• The Government of India funds ICMR.
• It comes under the Department of Health Services (DHS), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW).
• The headquarters of ICMR is in New Delhi.
• It is neither a statutory body nor a regulatory body.
• ICMR hosts Clinical Trials Registry – India (CTRI). It was established on 20th July 2007.
• It is a free and online public record system for the registration of clinical trials being conducted in India.
• Till 15th June 2009, the clinical trial registry was a voluntary measure; after which the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has made trial registration at CTRI mandatory.
• Importance – It encourages registration of clinical trials before the enrolment of the first participant.
• It has been publishing the Indian Journal of Medical Research (IJMR) since 1913.
• ICMR’s National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) was established in 1918 as ‘Beri Beri Enquiry’ at the Pasteur Institute, Coonoor, Tamil Nadu.
• Sir Robert McCarrison was the founder of the ‘Beri Beri’ enquiry unit now known as NIN.
• Union Health Minister of India presides over the governing body of ICMR.
• Balram Bhargava, secretary of DHS, is the Director-General of ICMR.
• There are 27 institutes/regional medical research centre under ICMR. The table providing the list of ICMR institutes is given below

 Srinivas Appointed as Head of AIIMS, Delhi

About All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)

• AIIMS is an organization of public medical colleges stretched throughout India, established by the Government of India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Its function is to create a high standard of education in the medical education system for UG & PG courses.

• AIIMS was founded in 1956 on the dream foundations of Jawaharlal Nehru and Amit Kaur. AIIMS was established by Parliament’s Act to serve as a nucleus for nurturing achievement in all fields of healthcare.
• AIIMS provides high-quality education and learning facilities.
• In each of these UG and AIIMS PG courses, AIIMS organizes its education system and also honors its degree.
• AIIMS colleges were also designated as Institutes of National Importance and getting enrolment to one of the AIIMS colleges is a fantasy for every medical applicant

List of Indian AIIMS colleges

1. AIIMS Delhi, New Delhi
2. AIIMS Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
3. AIIMS Bhubaneswar, Odisha
4. AIIMS Jodhpur, Rajasthan
5. AIIMS Patna, Bihar
6. AIIMS Raipur, Chhatisgarh
7. AIIMS Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, etc.

 A group of Indian Parliamentarians meet Palestinian counterparts

About Palestine

• Palestine, area of the eastern Mediterranean region, comprising parts of modern Israel and the Palestinian territories of the Gaza Strip (along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea) and the West Bank (west of the Jordan River).
• Palestine is located to the south of Lebanon and to the west of Jordan

 Booker winning author Hilary Mantel dies aged 70

• Hilary Mantel, the first British novelist to win the Booker Prize twice and who sold millions of books around the world, has died aged 70
• Mantel won the Booker Prize for Wolf Hall (2009) and Bring Up the Bodies (2012) and had been tipped to win again in 2020 with The Mirror & The Light, the third in the trilogy.
• The Wolf Hall trilogy has so far been translated into 41 languages with worldwide sales of more than five million.

Project Saaras has been launched by Israel embassy in Ghaziabad

• project “Saaras” that promotes women empowerment, menstrual hygiene and awareness in Arthala, Ghaziabad.
• This project deals with all ‘pillars’ for menstrual health and hygiene uplifting: social support, knowledge, skills, facilities, and materials

10th IBSA trilateral ministerial commission conference take place at New York

 About IBSA

• IBSA is a unique Forum which brings together India, Brazil and South Africa, three large democracies and major economies from three different continents, facing similar challenges.
• All three countries are developing, pluralistic, multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-lingual and multi-religious nations.
• The grouping was formalized and named the IBSA Dialogue Forum when the Foreign Ministers of the three countries met in Brasilia on 6 June 2003 and issued the Brasilia Declaration
• EAM S Jaishankar represented India at the 10th IBSA trilateral conference in New York

 Jhulan Goswami play her last match at Lord’s, London

• Jhulan Nishit Goswami (born 25 November 1982) is an Indian international cricketer and the former captain of India national women’s cricket team
• Goswami was born to a middle-class family in the town of Chakdahain the Nadia district of West Bengal
• She won the ICC Women’s Player of the Year award in 2007 and the M.A. Chidambaram trophy for Best Women’s Cricketer in 2011.
• Goswami was ranked first in the ICC Women’s ODI bowling rankings in January 2016
• Goswami is the highest wicket taker in Women’s One Day International cricket
• In February 2018, against South Africa, she became the first bowler to take 200 wickets in WODIs

 Kaivalya Vohra Is Youngest Indian To Enter ₹ 1,000 Crore Club

• Kaivalya Vohra and Aadit Palicha, the co-founders of the quick delivery startup Zepto, have become the youngest entrepreneurs to feature in the IIFL Wealth-Hurun India Rich List 2022
• At the age of 19, Kaivalya is the youngest among the richest Indians.
• Kaivalya is ranked 1036 with a net worth of₹ 1,000 crore on the Hurun list.
• Aadit Palicha is ranked 950 and has a net worth of₹ 1,200 crore

India to host maiden Moto GP race in 2023

• India will host its maiden MotoGP World Championships race at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida in 2023

Elvis Ali Hazarika become the oldest Indian swimmer to cross North Channel.

About North Channel

• The North Channel is the strait between north-eastern Northern Ireland and south-western Scotland.
• It begins north of the Isle of Man, where the Irish Sea ends, and runs north-west into the Atlantic Ocean.

Nagaland state prison department launched mobile attendance application for prison staff

• Nagaland Prison Department goes digital by introducing the mobile attendance application for Prison staff.
• Advisor for Prisons, Printing & Stationery, H. Haiying launched the Prison staff Attendance App at the District Jail Kohima.
• The mobile app was initiated by the State Prison Department in collaboration with Excellogics Technology Solution Private Limited