UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurates the UNESCO-India-Africa Hackathon 2022: Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, has launched the UNESCO-India-Africa Hackathon 2022 at the Gautam Buddha University in Greater Noida. The Union Ministry of Education organised the Hackathon, which is being attended by students from 22 African countries. The Unesco India-Africa Hackathon event is seeing the participation of 603 students who will engage in coding for 36 hours non-stop to find technology-based solutions for issues prevailing in the field of education, agriculture, health, energy and drinking water, among others.
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The U.P. CM also invited participating African students to travel to ancient cities like Varanasi, Prayagraj, Ayodhya, and others in the state. Students from Botswana, Cameroon, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zimbabwe will take part in the event.
What is a Hackathon?
A hackathon, also known as a codefest, is a social coding event that brings computer programmers and other interested people together to improve upon or build a new software. During the present Hackathon, students will code nonstop for 36 hours in order to identify technology-based solutions to problems in education, agriculture, health, energy, and drinking water, among other areas. They will also try to figure out smart solutions for global issues such as climate change, environmental issues, and renewal energy.
Important takeaways for all competitive exams:
- UNESCO Founded: 16 November 1945;
- UNESCO Headquarters: Paris, France;
- UNESCO Members: 193 countries;
- UNESCO Head: Audrey Azoulay.