New Delhi, May 10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a programme marking National Technology Day 2023 at Pragati Maidan on Thursday. The programme will also mark the commencement of the celebration of the 25th year of National Technology Day, which will be held from May 11 to 14.

On the occasion, Modi will also lay the foundation stone and dedicate multiple scientific projects worth more than Rs 5,800 crore to the nation. He will also lay the foundation stone for Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory - India (LIGO-India). It will be one of the handful of laser interferometer gravitational wave observatories in the world. Amazon Anywhere Immersive Shopping Experience Launched, Users Can Purchase Physical Items in Games and Apps.

Prime Minister Modi will also virtually dedicate 'Rare Earth Permanent Magnet Plant, Visakhapatnam' to the nation. India will join a select group of nations with the capacity to produce Rare Earth Permanent Magnets.

During the event, the Prime Minister will also dedicate to the nation the 'National Hadron Beam Therapy Facility' and the 'Fission Molybdenum-99 Production Facility'. WhatsApp Says Bug Causing Android Devices To Falsely Report Mic Access After Twitter Engineer Alleged Meta-Owned App Using Microphone in the Background.

The facilities will boost the country's capacity for cancer treatment and advanced medical imaging. He will also lay the foundation stone and dedicate several cancer hospitals and facilities to the nation, which will decentralise and enhance the provisioning of world-class cancer care in different regions of the country.

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