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Urjit Patel appointed as Vice President of ‘Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank'(AIIB) based in Beijing

Former RBI Governor Urjit Patel will serve a 3-year term as a Vice President  of one the AIIB’s multilateral development banks, 5 Vice-Presidents.

He will take the place of former Gujarat Chief Secretary D.J.Pandian who had been Vice President, leading the AIIB’s investment operations and all sovereign and non-sovereign lending in South and Southeast Asia.

Captain Harpeet Chandi creates History. First Indian-Origin Woman to reach South Pole trekking solo in 40 days

Hapreet ‘Polar Preet’ Chandi, an Indian-origin British Army Captain created history by becoming the first Indian-Origin woman and the first woman of colour trekking on a solo expedition of 700 miles (1127 Km) to reach the South Pole in just 40 days.

She is a trained Physiotherapist and part of the medical regiment of the British Army.

India’s Feat of 2 crore children getting vaccinated in the 15-age group – January 2022

 

PM Modi lauds the feat of 2 crore children getting vaccinated.

Vaccination of children in the 15-18 age group began on January 3 in the country.

Lauding the feat of over two crore youngsters in the 15-18 age group getting vaccinated against COVID-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called for continuing the momentum.

Bengaluru Virologist Dr V Ravi’s and teams test kit ‘Omnisure’ – First Test Kit combining both.

Dr V Ravi, former head of the Department of Neurovirology at National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences and Head, Research & Development, Tata Medical & Diagnostic Centre, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, and his team have developed the world’s first test kit, Omisure, that can detect the Omicron variant by combining S-gene target failure (SGTF) and S-gene mutation amplification (SGMA).

UAE businessman B M Zaffer Thonse gets Indian Achievers Award-2021

B M Zaffer Thonse, Chairman, Thonse Health Centre (Nature cure and Ayurveda hospital) has been selected for the prestigious Indian Achievers Award-2021 by the Indian Achievers’ Forum.

This was for his professional achievements and contributions in nation building.

Udupi, Mangaluru, Karnataka / UAE