16 October 2021 Current Affairs
Government has launched India's first mega consortium on 'One Health', in post-COVID times. The consortium will be led by which institution?
National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB), Hyderabad
Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing, Mohali
AIIMS Delhi
Kalam Institute of Health Technology, Visakhapatnam
The 'One Health' project was launched by Dr Renu Swarup, Secretary, DBT through video conferencing. The Consortium is comprised of 27 organisations and will be led by the DBT-National Institute of Animal Biotechnology, Hyderabad.
Varanasi of Uttar Pradesh will become the first city in India to use ropeway services in public transportation. Overall, Varanasi will be the third city in the world after Bolivia and Mexico City to use ropeway in public transportation.
The Reserve Bank of India has a granted small finance bank licence to the consortium of Centrum Financial Services Limited (Centrum), and Resilient Innovations Private Limited (BharatPe) named Unity Small Finance Bank.
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