Excellence by Saikat Sir: 08/12/20

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World Lion Day is observed across the world on August 10 every year.
The main purpose of the day is to raise awareness about lions and educate people about issues concerning their protection and conservation.
The day aims at supporting and promoting charities and foundations that instill awareness of the need for conservation efforts and sustainable solutions for addressing the dwindling lion population.

National Son’s and Daughter’s Day is celebrated on 11 August every year.
The history of National Son’s and Daughter’s Day was celebrated for the first time in 1988.
The day is celebrated to honor the sons & daughters and appreciate all that they do for the family.

International Youth Day was designated by the United Nations (UN) in the year 1999, in an attempt to raise awareness regarding the cultural and legal issue concerning youth.
The first IYD was observed on 12 August 2000 and has been observed annually ever since.
The theme of International Youth Day 2020, “Youth Engagement for Global Action”

World Elephant Day is an international annual event on August 12, dedicated to the preservation and protection of the world’s elephants.
On August 12, 2012, the inaugural World Elephant Day was launched to bring attention to the urgent plight of Asian and African elephants.

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has launched ICAR’s data recovery centre – Krishi Megh. The move is aimed at protecting the precious data of the government’s premier research body Indian Council of Agricultural Research. It has been set up at National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM) in Hyderabad.
Currently, the main data centre of the ICAR is at the Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute (IASRI) in the national capital. Krishi Megh has been set up under the National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP), funded by both the government and World Bank.
Mr Tomar stated NAARM, Hyderabad has been chosen as it lies in a different seismic zone with regard to the Data Centre at ICAR-IASRI in New Delhi. He stated Hyderabad is also suitable as skilled IT manpower is available along with other suitable climatic conditions such as low humidity level which is controllable in the data center environment.
Mr Tomar stated, the data recovery centre at NAARM is synchronised with the data centre at IASRI. He stated it has been built to mitigate the risk, enhance the quality, availability and accessibility of e-governance, research, extension and education in the field of agriculture in India. Mr Tomar emphasised the need to save and preserve the important research-based data in a prompt digitised form to enable its access anywhere in any corner of the country and the world.

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