{
  "id": 13188631,
  "title": "Maharashtra Eyes World Record With Youth Innovation Challenge, Over 9,000 Registrations So Far",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/maharashtra-eyes-world-record-with-youth-innovation-challenge-over-9",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T19:00:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/maharashtra-eyes-world-record-with-youth-innovation-challenge-over-9000-registrations-so-far"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai: Maharashtra's Skill Development Department is making strides toward a world record with the Seva First Innovation Challenge, having already registered over 3,000 students and innovators from the state. Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, and Chhattisgarh have contributed more than 6,000 participants, according to Skill Development Minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha. The multi-state competition, organized under the Seva Sankalp Abhiyan to commemorate Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday, aims to encourage young people to tackle real-world issues through innovations in sectors like agriculture, healthcare, women's safety, urban development, environment, defence, artificial intelligence, education, and employability. The challenge, which accepts participants of all ages, opened on September 21 and will run until October 17. Registrations are currently led by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who has emphasized increasing participation, particularly among rural students. To boost outreach, the department has signed memorandums of understanding with Srujan Trust, Pune, and Vidnyan Bharati Konkan Prant at Mantralaya, which will aid in spreading awareness and guiding students through the registration process.",
  "summary": "Mumbai: Maharashtra’s Skill Development Department is stepping up efforts to achieve a world record in youth registrations for the Seva First Innovation Challenge, with more than 3,000 students and young innovators from the state having registered so far. Over 6,000 participants from Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, and Chhattisgarh have also signed up, Skill Development Minister…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}