16th JULY 2024 ENGLISH TNPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS PDF TNPSC SHOUTERS
Supreme Court Judges R. Mahadevan and N. Kotiswar Singh appointed
- Jammu and Kashmir High Court Chief Justice N. Koteswar Singh, Madras High Court Chief Justice R. Mahadevan was recommended by the collegium for appointment as Supreme Court judge.
- Accepting this recommendation, President Drabupati Murmu has ordered to appoint both of them as judges of the Supreme Court. Subsequently, D. Krishnakumar has been appointed as the Chief Justice of Madras High Court.
- With the filling of two vacancies in the Supreme Court, the number of Supreme Court judges has increased to 34.
- Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh today inaugurated Asia's first health research-related pre-clinical facility under the Consortium for Pandemic Preparedness Innovations at the Regional Biotechnology Centre, with the support of the Institute of Health Sciences and Technology, Faridabad.
- The Consortium for Pandemic Preparedness Innovations has selected the Institute of Health Sciences and Technology, Faridabad, as a pre-clinical infrastructure laboratory based on its ability to handle PSL 3 pathogens.
- It is the ninth structural laboratory of its kind in the world and the first in Asia. Other laboratories are located in USA, European countries and Australia.