CS Balala Letter Forces UN Agency to Apologise
14 January 2021 - 3:24 pm
Tourism CS Najib Balala speaking during the launch of the Tourism and Travel, Health and Safety Protocols on July 1, 2020.
The United Nation Development Program (UNDP) has responded to concerns raised by Tourism CS Najib Balala over an advertisement it ran in the local dailies.
The published notice included a section that implied a call for proposal by UNDP would allow participants to consume endangered wildlife.
As a result, The East African Wildlife Society Executive Director Nancy Ogonje wrote a protest letter to Balala who in turn sought clarification from UNDP.
IIT-Delhi’s scientist receives UNDP first prize for innovation of plant-based mock egg
Apart from the egg, the IIT Delhi scientist has also developed the meat analogues for chicken and fish from plant sources using fruits and vegetables. Updated: December 21, 2020 6:13:39 pm
Omelet made of mock egg
The innovation of plant-based mock egg by Prof Kavya Dashora, Centre for Rural Development and Technology, IIT Delhi has secured first prize at Innovate4SDG contest by ‘UNDP (United Nation Development Program) Accelerator Lab India’. The award includes a sum of $5000. According to the UNDP, the mock egg innovation will help in accelerating progress towards the SDGs.