10 Nov 2020: PIB Summary & Analysis

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. National Institutes of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPERs)
2. National Education Day
3. Hunar Haat
4. Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT)

1. National Institutes of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPERs)

Context:

14^th Foundation Day Celebrations at NIPER-Hyderabad.

About NIPERs:

• NIPERs are institutes of national importance under the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers, GOI.
• They are autonomous institutes involved in higher education, research and development in the pharmaceutical sciences.
• The first NIPER was established in Mohali in 1998.
• Currently, there are seven such NIPERs in Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Hajipur, Guwahati and Rae Bareli. The six were established in 2007.
• NIPER is a member of the Association of Indian Universities and the Association of Commonwealth Universities.
• Thrust areas for research of the institutes include tuberculosis, malaria, diabetes, Leishmaniasis and immunomodulation.

2. National Education Day

Context:

11 November is observed as ‘National Education Day’ in India.

About National Education Day:

• The day is observed in honour of India’s first education minister Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, whose birth anniversary falls on 11 November.
• During his stint as education minister from 1947 to 1958, Azad made several significant contributions in the field of education.
• The Union HRD Ministry (currently the Education Ministry) institutionalized the observance of the National Education Day in 2008.

3. Hunar Haat

Context:

Hunar Haat programmes to restart after a gap of seven months. It was temporarily closed due to the pandemic.

To know more about Hunar Haat, check PIB dated Feb 9, 2020.

4. Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT)

Context:

Indian astronomers collaborated with 2020 Physics Nobel laureate Prof. Andrea Ghez on the Thirty Meter Telescope Project.

About the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) Project:

• The TMT is being installed at Maunakea in Hawaii, and it can revolutionize the understanding of the universe and the enigmas in it.
• The project is an international partnership between CalTech, Universities of California, Canada, Japan, China, and India – through the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Department of Atomic Energy (DAE).

Know more about the TMT in CNA dated Jan 22, 2020.

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