DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 22TH MAR 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
GOVERNMENT SET TO LAUNCH INDIA’S FIRST SIGN LANGUAGE DICTIONARY SOON
i.
The government has planned to soon launch India’s state of the art dictionary
depicting the sign languages used by hearing and speech impaired people across
the nation to bring uniformity and bridge the communication gap.
ii.
The Indian Sign Language dictionary is being developed by the Indian Sign
Language Research and Training Centre in both print and video format.
iii.
ISLRTC has so far compiled 6,032 Hindi and English words and their
corresponding graphic representation of the signs which are used in daily life.
iv.
The ISL dictionary consists of graphic representations of popular signs used by
the hearing impaired and will also include regional variations along with
legal, technical and medical terms.
v.
Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre is an autonomous organization
of the Government of India established under Society Registration Act, 1860
under the aegis of Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities under
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
vi. The main objectives of ISLRTC are to develop
manpower for using, teaching and conducting research in Indian Sign Language,
to promote the use of ISL as an educational mode in collaboration with
universities, national and international bodies.
2.
BIRAC’S 5TH FOUNDATION DAY CELEBRATED ON MARCH 20-21, 2017
i.
The Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council has celebrated its 5th
foundation day on March 20-21 with the theme “BIRAC@5: Impacting the Biotech
Ecosystem”.
ii.
Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan,
was the Chief Guest of 2017 foundation day while Minister of State for Science
& Technology and Earth Sciences, Y S Chowdary was the Guest of Honour.
iii.
The foundation day celebration was followed by Grand Challenges India Meeting
2017 which was organized by the BIRAC – PMU of DBT – BMGF and Wellcome Trust.
3.
MUKESH AMBANI TOPS THE FORBES’S BILLIONAIRE LIST IN INDIA
i.
According to the report released by Forbes, India has 4th highest number of
billionaires in the World and the Indian group is led by Reliance Industries
chief Mukesh Ambani.
ii.
Top 3 Billionaire are Bill Gates, Microsoft Co-Founder $ 86 billion, Warren Buffet, Berkshire Hathaway Chief $75.6
billion and Jeff Bezos, Amazon $72.8 billion.
iii.
Top 3 Indian Billionaires are Mukesh Ambani Reliance Industries $ 23.2 billion,
Lakshmi Mittal Arcelor Mittal $ 16.4
billion and Azim Premji Wipro Ltd $ 14.9 billion.