Expert Group on SECC submits report to Rural Development Ministry

  • The Expert Group is finally set up to prepare Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) and has submitted its report to the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD).
  • However, the expert group was headed by former Finance Secretary Sumit Bose.
  • The main objective of the expert group was to study criteria for allocation of resources to States and identification and prioritization of beneficiaries under various programmes using SECC data.

Rudensky, Sakaguchi and Ramsdell win  2017 Crafoord Prize

  • Immunologist Alexander Rudensky, Shimon Sakaguchi of Osaka University in Japan and Fred Ramsdell of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy in San Francisco won the 2017 Crafoord Prize.
  • They won the honour for ‘their discoveries relating to regulatory T cells, which counteract harmful immune reactions in arthritiss and other autoimmune diseases.’

India’s first solar power boat launched in  Kerala

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  • On 12th January 2017 the first solar-powered boat named as ‘Aaditya’ has been launched by the Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at Vaikom.
  • This boat will do the service between Vaikom and Thavanakkadavu.
  • Also, Kerala Government sought the financial assistance from the Union Government to roll out this solar power boat.

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