[CA] March 05, 2020

PRAGYAN CONCLAVE 2020 “PRAGYAN CONCLAVE 2020”, a two-day Indian Army International Seminar being organised by Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), commenced on 04 Mar 2020 at Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi. The event brings together a cross-domain national and international experts to deliberate on the complex subject of ‘Changing Characteristics of Land Warfare and its Impact on the Military’. WI – FI IN AIRLINES The central government has approved airlines companies operating in India to provide in-flight wi-fi services to its passengers upon permission from the pilot-in-command. However, while using Wi-Fi, the passengers’ gadgets must be on flight mode. This step has been taken to make domestic flights at par with global airlines while providing convenience to passengers. AAHAR 2020 35th edition of the Food and Hospitality fair ‘AAHAR 2020’ has commenced in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. This fair has been specially focused on promoting the agriculture-community as well as tourism sectors especially hospitality companies. PRITZKER PRIZE Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara were announced as the winners of Pritzker Architecture prize 2020 [Pritzker Prize is also called ass Nobel Prize for Architecture]. It is the 1st time an Irish citizen & a female combination won the prize. It is an annual award sponsored by Hyatt foundation is regarded as the profession’s highest award. The duo co-founded Grafton Architects in 1978 at Dublin. They gained international fame for their blocky, brutalist-inspired structures that include Paris’s Institut Mines Telecom building. They won the World Building of the Year award in 2008 for their Bocconi University building in Milan. Before them 3 women have won the prize previously: Zaha Hadid in 2004, Kazuyo Sejima in 2010 (with Ryue Nishizawa) and Carme Pigem in 2017 (with Ramon Vilalta and Rafael Aranda). INDIA PHARMA 2020 & INDIA MEDDICAL DEVICE CONFERENCE Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, in association with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry- FICCI is organising India Pharma 2020 & India Medical Device 2020 Conference & Exhibition at Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat from March 5-7, 2020 Theme of the event is “India Pharma: Meeting Challenges of Affordable and Quality Healthcare and India Medical Device: Promoting Affordable responsible and Quality Medical Device for Universal Health Care” It aims to encourage innovations to further reduce the cost of  quality healthcare for all and a platform to global investment community to connect with stakeholders in Medical Device Sector in India, Central and State Governments, leading business leaders and top executives from the industry ,academics and experts from the world.