CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The WIT Women Health Coalition (WHC) from Walchand Institute of Technology, Maharashtra, won the 2020 Lilavati Award under the subtheme of ‘women’s health. ‘ Under the sub-theme of ‘legal awareness, ’ Radiant Seetha from the Thiagarajar Polytechnic College, Tamil Nadu, won the award.

Detailed explanation-2: -The mean objective of this scheme is to provide awareness on the issues like sanitation, hygiene, health, and nutrition using traditional Indian values. Also, the issues about literacy, employment, technology, credit, marketing, innovation, skill development, natural resources, and rights among women.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Leelavati Award is an award for outstanding contribution to public outreach in mathematics. It is named after the 12th-century mathematical treatise “Lilavati” devoted to arithmetic and algebra written by the Indian mathematician Bhāskara II, also known as Bhaskara Achārya.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Union Education Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank recently presented the AICTE Lilavati Awards, 2020 in New Delhi. The awards were presented based on the theme “Women Empowerment”. The winners were selected by AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) in six sub-themes.