16 October 2021 Current Affairs
Government has launched India's first mega consortium on 'One Health', in post-COVID times. The consortium will be led by which institution?
Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing, Mohali
AIIMS Delhi
National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB), Hyderabad
Kalam Institute of Health Technology, Visakhapatnam
The 'One Health' project was launched by Dr Renu Swarup, Secretary, DBT through video conferencing. The Consortium is comprised of 27 organisations and will be led by the DBT-National Institute of Animal Biotechnology, Hyderabad.
Senior bureaucrat Ritesh Chauhan has been appointed as the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana and Joint Secretary, Agriculture under the Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare.
The Reserve Bank of India has a granted small finance bank licence to the consortium of Centrum Financial Services Limited (Centrum), and Resilient Innovations Private Limited (BharatPe) named Unity Small Finance Bank.
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