Seventy five women were conferred with the Women Transforming India Awards-2021 in recognition to their contribution towards a Sashakt Aur Samarth Bharat. NITI Aayog’s Women Entrepreneurship Platform conferred the fifth edition of awards in New Delhi yesterday as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.

AIR correspondent reports that the awards were presented by an equally exceptional group of women including former Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry Kiran Bedi, former Assistant Secretary-General of UN Lakshmi Puri, former Chairperson of State Bank of India Arundhati Bhattacharya among others.

NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant and Senior members of the Aayog including bollywood singer Kailash Kher were present at the event.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released the admit card for the recruitment exam for the post of RBI Assistant. Candidates who have registered for the recruitment exam can download the Preliminary exam admit card from the official website -
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Candidates should carry their admit cards to the exam centre, as the ones without a call letter will not be permitted to enter the exam centre, Said RBI. It is also advised to check all the personal and other details given in the admit card for any spelling or factual errors.

RBI further instructed that those who qualify for the preliminary round will be eligible to appear for the main examination, which is tentatively scheduled to take place in May 2022.

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras and the US-based Northwestern University have developed deep learning algorithms that can greatly enhance the depth perception and 3D effects in videos shot using smartphone cameras.

According to officials, such algorithms will prevent mobile phone images from being "flat" and impart a realistic 3D feel. A crucial advantage of the algorithm developed is that it eliminates the need for fancy equipment or an array of lenses to capture videos with depth.

India and Japan yesterday signed six agreements in the areas including cyber security, waste water management and clean energy after the 14th India-Japan Annual Summit in New Delhi today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held productive talks and discussed ways to boost economic and cultural linkages between the two countries. Mr Modi and Mr Kishida also held delegation-level talks. They also exchanged views on regional and global issues of mutual interest so as to advance the Partnership for peace, stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond. India and Japan have multi-faceted cooperation within the ambit of their Special Strategic and Global Partnership. After the annual summit, both the leaders signed a joint statement.

Saying that Ethanol, Methanol, Bio-Diesel, Bio- LNG, Electric, Green Hydrogen is the future, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister, Nitin Gadkari today said India should become an energy exporter rather than an energy importer.

He said this while addressing the Sugar and Ethanol India Conference (SEIC) 2022 in Mumbai. The conclave is being organized by ChiniMandi, a news and information portal for the sugar and allied industries, sought to bring together leading domestic and global industry experts to discuss the top challenges and risk response strategies in domestic and global sugar trade and the way forward to building a more innovative and sustainable Sugar and Ethanol sector in India.

He further said, farmers’ should be made ‘Urja Data’ instead of ‘Anna data’ to pull them out of poverty. Gadkari said, diversification of agriculture towards the energy and power sector is the need of the hour.

NITI Aayog’s Women Entrepreneurship Platform will confer to seventy five women in its fifth edition of the Women Transforming India Awards on tomorrow. The Aayog said that as part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav to celebrate 75 years of India’s independence, the Awards will be conferred on seventy five women achievers to celebrate their contribution towards a Sashakt Aur Samarth Bharat.

The Aayog said that the awards will be given by an equally exceptional group of women including former Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry Kiran Bedi, former Assistant Secretary-General of United Nation Lakshmi Puri, former Chairperson of State Bank of India Arundhati Bhattacharya and many more.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually address and express his feelings on the occasion of the release of “Shri Dharmajivan Gatha” volumes of a book on the life of Gurudev Shri Shashtriji Maharaj this evening. The Prime Minister is scheduled to address the function at 7.45 pm. The main function is being held at Swaminarayan Gurukul Vishwavidya Pratishthanam- SGVP in Ahmedabad Gujarat. The volumes of a book on the life of Gurudev Shri Shashtriji Maharaj have been written by his disciple Swami Shri Madhavpriya Dasji. Gurudev Shashtriji Maharaj Shri Dharma Jeevan Dasji Maharaj had reestablished the ancient Gurukul education system in the society. His good work for the society has been depicted in “Shri Dharmajivan Gatha” book by his disciple Swami Shri Madhavpriya Dasji.

The entire function has been organized as “Bhav Vandana Parva” by Shri Swaminarayan Gurukul Vishwavidya Pratishthanam- SGVP in Ahmedabad.

The Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary today informed Rajya Sabha that Reserve Bank of India is currently working towards a phased implementation strategy for introduction of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). He also said that it is examining cases which could be implemented with little or no disruption. In a written reply, he said introduction of CBDC has the potential to provide significant benefits such as, reduced dependency on cash, higher seignior age due to lower transaction costs.

Border Roads Organisation today signed an MoU with Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited for construction of 27 double-lane class 70 modular bridges in border areas. The MoU includes fabrication, supply, erection and launching of 27 double-lane bridges of carriageway 7.5 meters of load class 70 along the Northern and North Eastern border states. It reinforces the commitment of BRO for greater self-reliance on indigenous equipment and achieving overall aim of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’. It will also ensure better infrastructure development in border areas keeping in view the nation’s security needs.

Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi has said NDA government has taken various steps to ensure empowerment of women through schematic interventions like Beti Bachao Beti Padhao. She was virtually addressing a function organised by Permanent Mission of India in UN, Geneva yesterday in celebration of International Women's Day.

Ms Lekhi said women have always been held in high esteem since time immemorial in India.  She added that women had participated actively in India's freedom struggle and Independent India went on to enshrine the principle of gender equality in its Constitution in 1950.

AIR correspondent reports that International Women's Day is celebrated on the 8th of March every year. The theme this year was Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow.