CURRENT AFFAIRS: STATES
First-ever cannabis medicine project coming up in Jammu
- Union minister Jitendra Singh announced that the first ever cannabis medicine project will soon be set up at Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM) in Jammu with Canadian collaboration.
- Special permission had to be obtained to produce the pain-relief medicine for patients suffering from cancer, diabetes, etc., using cannabis, which is otherwise restricted for use because of narcotic drug abuse.
- The medicine prepared from this plant can be utilised even for export to other countries.
- Singh also reviewed the progress of the construction of north India’s first biotech industrial park in Kathua near Jammu.
- A few other projects are also being set up through the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
About Jammu and Kashmir
- Capitals: Jammu (Winter), Srinagar (Summer)
- Governor: Manoj Sinha
Tamil Nadu Govt constitutes 7- member panel to look into NEP-2020
- The Tamil Nadu Government has constituted a seven member panel to look into the National Education Policy-2020.
- The committee will be headed by the state education department principal secretary Dheeraj Kumar with six former vice chancellors as the members.
- The higher level committee will go through the policy and make recommendations that are feasible for adoption.
About TN
- Capital: Chennai
- Chief minister: Edappadi K. Palaniswami
- Governor: Banwarilal Purohit
