At a time when the world is battling climate change and exploitation of animals, Ecuador, in South America, has made history by becoming the first country to recognise the legal rights of individual wild animals.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone and inaugurated the various projects worth 22,000 crore rupees at a function organized at Dahod in Gujarat.
Ajay Kumar Sood, a member of the Prime Minister's Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council, has been appointed to the post for three years, replacing renowned biologist K Vijayaraghavan.
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), MeitY, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), ISRO, Hyderabad.
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