Published on: April 2, 2022
SNIPPETS – 2 APRIL 2022
SNIPPETS – 2 APRIL 2022
- The midday meal scheme of the Karnataka Government for school children will bear the name of late Shivakumara Swami who started the concept of mid-day meal for poor children in institutions run by the Siddaganga mutt of Tumakuru
- Union Cabinet approved the “Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance” (RAMP) scheme
- Record nesting of Olive Ridley turtles noticed in Rishikulya. The mass nesting process is called as ARRIBADA
- United Nations Population Fund released state of world population report 2022
- The Chairperson of SEBI has launched the ideathon ‘Manthan’, to promote innovations
- Recently, Geological Survey of India (GSI) has identified two geological heritage sites in the Indian Himalayan Region of India. The sites identified are Siwalik Fossil Park, Himachal Pradesh and Stromatolite bearing Dolomite / Limestone of Buxa Formation of Buxa Formation, Sikkim.
- The 20th edition of the Indian and French Navy bilateral exercise ‘VARUNA-2022’ is being conducted in the Arabian Sea.
- The largest electric cruise ship in the world has returned back to port in Yichang in central Hubei province, China after traveling up and down the Yangtze River for its maiden voyage
- NOTE – Mes Aynak is a site that is located 40 km southeast of Kabul, Afghanistan. It is located in the Logar Province’s barren region. This region contains the largest copper deposit in Afghanistan. Also, in this region, there are remains to be found of an ancient settlement that has 400 Buddha stupas, statues, and a monastery complex of 100 acres.
