Recently Union government announced the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2023.
2023 Awards
2023 was the 7th year in a row that Indore was named the cleanest city in the Swachh Survekshan Awards. Surat won the top award for the 1st time. Of the 8 rounds of annual awards since 2016, this was the 1st time that 2 cities shared the top prize.
Scientific processing of waste had increased from 15-16% in 2014 to almost 76% by Jan 2024.
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The Indian Express| Swachh Survekshan Awards 2023
PM presents sacred Chadar to be placed during the Urs of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti at Ajmer Sharif Dargah
Urs festival is an annual festival held at Ajmer in Rajasthan to commemorate his death anniversary.
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Indian government is set to roll out a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign for girls in the 9-14 years age group.
Cervavac is an indigenously developed quadrivalent vaccine by the Serum Institute of India (SII) in Pune, is already available commercially.
None of the HPV vaccines available globally recommend a single-dose schedule
Cervical Cancer
At least 14 HPV types have been identified as oncogenic and among these, HPV types 16 and 18 considered to be the most oncogenic.
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Recently, West Bengal Chief Minister has called for inclusion of ‘Bangla’ as a classical language.
Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) is in Mysuru and Central Institute of Classical Tamil (CICT) is in Chennai.
Bengali Language |
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