MedTech Mitra
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare have launched ‘MedTech Mitra’.
- A Strategic Initiative to empower MedTech Innovators and Advance Healthcare Solutions.
- A platform that will help young talents of country in shaping their research and getting regulatory approval.
- Facilitates indigenous development of affordable, quality MedTech devices and diagnostics
- Leads to reduction in import dependence (presently around 80%) in MedTech.
T+0 Settlement
SEBI issued a consultation paper proposing to introduce same-day settlement (known as T+0) of trades on stock exchanges and real time settlement on an optional basis.
- T+0 settlement – a financial transaction settlement process that is completed on the same day as the trade date.
- Earlier in 2021, T+1 settlement was introduced which was fully implemented from January 2023.
Physical Training Instructors (PTIs) as Teachers
Supreme Court recently held that physical training instructors (PTIs) come within the definition of “teachers”.
- Physical training instructors impart to students the skills and rules of various sports and games.
Amnya
An international team of archaeologists has uncovered what is believed to be the world’s oldest-known fort in a remote region of Siberia.
- Location – Amnya (Amnya River, western Siberia)
- Radiocarbon dating of samples collected at the site places the fort’s construction around 8,000 years ago.
- Complex defence structures existed among hunter-gatherers much earlier than previously thought.