1.Himachal Pradesh state government launched video chat facility in all six prisons of the state. 2.India’s Weather Satellite INSAT-3D was launched successfully on 26 July 2013 from Kourou, French Guiana. 3.National Research Professor at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) Obaid Siddiqi, died in a Bangalore hospital on 26 July 2013. He was 81. Siddiqi, met with a road accident which caused him severe brain injuries. Siddiqi was honoured with several awards, including Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, BC Roy Award for Biomedical Research and Firodia Award for Basic Sciences. 4.Delhi government is all set to launch food security programme from 20 August 2013. 5.A sum of 176.98 crore Rupees has been sanctioned for development of kole land, announced by the Thrissur-Ponnani Kole Development Council. 6.India and Saudi Arabia on 24 July 2013 have decided to set up a Saudi-India Business Network (SIBN) separately in Riyadh and Dammam. 7.Aircel, on 25 July 2013 announced that it partnered with Wikimedia Foundation for offering the free mobile access of Wikipedia to its customers. 8.The Union Minister of State for Tourism K. Chiranjeevi on 24 July 2013 launched the Clean India campaign at world heritage site Taj Mahal, Agra.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 15:44:19 +0000
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