UTTARAKHAND
Uttarakhand to get Atal Innovation Academy soon: Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
Union human resource minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank announced that Uttarakhand will
get an Atal Innovation Academy very soon.
State higher education minister Dhan Singh Rawat had mooted an idea of opening cyber security course whose sub-centre will also be built in either at National Institute of Technology (NIT-Uttarakhand) or at Garhwal Central University.
These portals include the website of Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT) which is meant to use technology for better learning outcomes in higher education. The AICTE is the implementing agency for NEAT programme whose objective is to use Artificial Intelligence to make learning more personalised and customised as per the requirements of the learner. This requires development of technologies in Adaptive Learning to address the diversity of learners.
INTERNATIONAL
Portugal to launch a Gandhi Citizenship Education Prize
Portugal is to launch a Gandhi Citizenship Education Prize with an aim to promote Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals. The announcement was made by the Portuguese Prime Minister, Antonio Costa. at the second meeting of the National Committee for Commemoration of the 150th Birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi at New Delhi on 19 December 2019. The meeting was presided by President Ram Nath Kovind.
The move comes as the country was inspired by the different thoughts and quotes of Mahatma Gandhi.
The first edition of the Gandhi Citizenship Education Prize has been dedicated to animal welfare. This is after the words of Mahatma Gandhi which said that the greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
The initiation of the award shows global reverence for Mahatma Gandhi as the world is realizing that his vision of peace, equality, and non-violence.
China successfully launches largest carrier rocket
China has successfully launched the largest carrier rocket of the country, Long March-5, from Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China’s Hainan Province.
The rocket, also known as CZ-5, blasted off with more than 1,000 tonnes of thrust.
The Chinese space authorities declared the mission a “complete success” just over half an hour after the lift-off when the Shijian-20 satellite it carried entered its designated orbit.
It is the country’s third attempt to launch the rocket.
The first attempt was made in 2016.
Ethiopia launches its first satellite
Ethiopia launched its first satellite, a landmark achievement for the country’s space program that caps a banner year for the African space industry.
The launch of the Ethiopian Remote Sensing Satellite (ETRSS) took place at a space station in China.
The live broadcast was watched by a group of Ethiopian and Chinese officials and scientists who had gathered at the Entoto Observatory and Research Centre outside the capital, Addis Ababa.
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