CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Mahatma Gandhi IT & Biotechnology Park inaugurated in Cote d’Ivoire. The Mahatma Gandhi IT and Biotechnology Park (MGIT-BP) was jointly inaugurated by Ambassador of India to Cote d’Ivoire Sailas Thangal and country’s Vice President Daniel Kablan Duccan at Grand-Bassam in Cote d’Ivoire.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jitendra Singh inaugurates North India’s First Biotech Park at Ghatti, Kathua district, J&K.

Detailed explanation-3: -Biotech Park at Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh is the first technology incubator. This has been set up jointly as a partnership between Central and State governments i.e. the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology and Government of Uttar Pradesh.

Detailed explanation-4: -Union Bank of India (UBI) was registered on 11 November 1919 as a limited company in Mumbai and was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi.