The 9th Session of the India-Kenya Joint Trade Committee (JTC) was held on 19th – 20th August 2019 in New Delhi.
The one-day National Conference of Tourism Ministers was organised by the Union Ministry of Tourism at New Delhi on 20 August 2019.
India’s Prashant Gade has won the NCPEDP MPHASIS Universal Design Award 2019 for developing low cost prosthetic arm called as “Inali Arm”.
To strengthen enforcement of the ban on production and sale of electronic cigarettes, Karnataka government has included “nicotine” under its Class A poison category.
Highly toxic chemicals, which are dangerous to life even in very small quantities such as cyanogen, hydrocyanic acid, nitrogen peroxide, and phosgene are classified as Class A poisons in Karnataka.
A startup from California Cerebras Systems has developed the biggest processor in the world, which consists of 1.2 trillion transistors. It is called the Cerebras Wafer Scale Engine.
Every year, August 21 is observed as World Entrepreneurs' Day, a day to celebrate innovation and empowerment of entrepreneurship and leadership.
The chief minister of Punjab has launched a universal health insurance scheme called “Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana” which covers pre-existing disease also and benefits nearly 46 lakh families.
Former Additional Commissioner of Police and a current member of the BCCI’s Anti-Corruption Unit, B.N.S. Reddy has won the gold medal at the World Police and Fire Games tournament, held in Chengdu, China.