India, Oct. 12 -- Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday inaugurated the fifth Border Hill District Children's Science Festival at Vivekananda Vidya Mandir Inter College in Mandalsera, Bageshwar. The two-day event, organised under the Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology (UCOST), has brought together 240 selected young science participants from Chamoli, Champawat, Rudraprayag, Bageshwar, Uttarkashi and Pithoragarh.

Dhami announced Rs.1 crore for the border district science festival and related programmes to encourage research and innovation. He also announced plans to connect the state's STEM laboratories with artificial intelligence and establish a Lab on Wheels in every development block. Science and i...