India's accreditation system ranked 5th globally.
- According to the recent Global Quality Infrastructure Index (GQII) 2021, the national accreditation system of India under the Quality Council of India (QCI) has been ranked 5th in the world.
- The GQII ranks the 184 economies in the world on the basis of quality infrastructure (QI).
- India’s overall QI system ranking continues to be in the Top 10 at the 10th position (the standardization system (under BIS) at 9th and the metrology system (under NPL-CSIR) at 21st).
Geological Survey of India finds Lithium and Gold Deposits.
- The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has found Lithium inferred resources (G3) of 5.9 million tonnes in the Salal-Haimana area of the Reasi District of Jammu and Kashmir.
- The ministry has handed over the 51 mineral blocks, including Lithium and Gold to the state governments.
- Out of these 51 mineral blocks, 5 blocks pertain to gold, and other blocks pertain to commodities like potash, molybdenum, base metals, etc.
- Lithium is a Non-ferrous metal.
Gender Balance Forum and Women in Govt Forum to be held in Dubai.
- The Gender Balance Forum and the Women in Government Forum will be organized at the World Government Summit in Dubai from 13-15 February 2023.
- Theme:
- Women in Government Forum: Ready for Leadership: Shaping the Agenda for the Future
- World Government Summit 2023: Shaping Future Governments
- Aim: To bring together thoughts of leaders from around the region and the world.
- The leaders will also discuss new ways to advance gender equality and women's participation.
PM Modi inaugurate Uttar Pradesh Global Investors Summit 2023.
- PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the three-day-long Uttar Pradesh Global Investors Summit 2023 in Lucknow on 10th February 2023.
- He has also inaugurated Global Trade Show and launched Invest UP 2.0.
- It is the flagship investment summit of the Uttar Pradesh Government.
- Aim: To bring together policymakers, industry leaders, academia, think tanks, and leaders from across the world to collectively explore business opportunities and forge partnerships.
IISc and Samsung Semiconductor India Research join hands.
- The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Samsung Semiconductor India Research (SSIR) have joined hands to promote research and development in the field of on-chip electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection.
- This partnership seeks to build cutting-edge ESD device solutions to protect ultra-high-speed serial interfaces in advanced integrated circuits and system-on-chip products.
- Solutions arising from this research will be used in Samsung’s advanced process nodes.
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