Published on: March 29, 2022
SNIPPETS – MARCH 29 2022
SNIPPETS – MARCH 29 2022
- The standing committee of the National Board of Wildlife (NBWL) has rejected the proposal of the Karnataka Road Development Corporation Limited (KRDCL) to build a concrete road to Kodachadri hills cutting through Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary.
- The milestone of having 50,000 open defecation-free (ODF) Plus villages has been crossed by the country. It is a village which sustains its Open Defecation Free (ODF) status, ensures solid and liquid waste management and is visually clean
- Zojila tunnel deadline advanced to 2024.
- COP-4 Minamata Convention on Mercury, took place in Bali, Indonesia recently,
- In a recent study, Micro-plastics was discovered from Human Blood. They are Tiny bits of various types of plastic found in the environment
- Punjab Chief Minister announced home delivery of foodgrains to beneficiaries. Under the Ghar Ghar Ration Yojna, the state government would deliver wheat, packed in bags, at the doorstep of the beneficiaries
- The government introduced the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 in Lok Sabha amid strong protests from the Opposition. The Bill proposes to allow the police and prison authorities to collect, store and analyse physical and biological samples including retina and iris scans.
- P V Sindhu won the Swiss Open 2022 defeating Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand in the finals of the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament held in Basel, Switzerland.
- ‘Prasthan’ is an offshore security exercise that was conducted in Mumbai’s Offshore Development Area (ODA) recently. This exercise was conducted under the aegis of the Western Naval Command’s Headquarters.
- According to the newly released National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey 2019-2021, the highest incidents of pulmonary tuberculosis cases across the country were recorded in Delhi with the lowest being in Kerala.
