Published on: April 19, 2022
SNIPPETS – 19 APRIL 2022
SNIPPETS – 19 APRIL 2022
- The 9-day Karaga festival comes to end in Bengaluru. Karaga festival is celebrated each year to mark the return of Draupadi in the form of Adishakti
- The State Cabinet approved the Karnataka Data Centre Policy 2022 with a focus on creating demand and value for data centres, by providing a robust and well-connected ecosystem for the growth of data centres in the State
- Recently, the 40th edition of the ‘Hunar Haat’ was inaugurated in Mumbai under the theme Vocal for Local and “Best from Waste
- Central government has expressed its desire to stop the purchase of excess parboiled rice. It is rice that has been partially boiled at the paddy stage, before milling
- The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has released a mandate for vehicles of M1 category, manufactured after 1st of October 2022, to be fitted with two side torso airbags and two side tube airbags. Vehicles of M1 category includes motor vehicles that carry passengers. These vehicles have not more than eight seats in addition to the driver’s seat.
- The government of Maharashtra has developed a website-based migration tracking system (MTS) to track the movement of the vulnerable seasonal migrant workers through individual unique identification numbers that will be assigned to them.
- According to the United States Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) Vaquita porpoise is nearing extinction and immediate measures are needed to save the remaining population. It is World’s smallest cetacean & most endangered marine mammal
- Samia Suluhu Hassan is Tanzania’s first female president.
- World Liver Day is observed on 19 April to raise awareness about liver-related diseases.
- World Haemophilia day is celebrated on 17thApril every year, aiming to increase awareness about haemophilia and other inherited bleeding disorders.
