Published on: September 30, 2023
Snippets : 28 SEPTEMBER 2023
Snippets : 28 SEPTEMBER 2023
- In commemoration of World Tourism Day, Chief Postmaster General, Karnataka Postal Circle, S. Rajendra Kumar released AR (augmented reality) picture postcards on the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of ‘The Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas’ with special cancellation. These picture postcards contain the pictures of the Chennakeshava temple at Belur, Hoysaleshwara temple at Halebid, and Keshava temple at Somanathapur.
- Swati Nayak, scientist, International Rice Research Institute South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC), known for her research on climate-resilient and nutritious rice varieties, recently won the Norman Borlaug Field Award given by the World Food Prize in honour of the agricultural scientist and Nobel laureate.
- Iran’s Revolutionary Guards “successfully” launched a new military imaging satellite “The Nour-3” placed in orbit 450 kilometres above earth
- Thirteen-year-old Cui Chenxi became China’s youngest gold medallist at the Asian Games when she won the women’s street skateboarding
- Vishnu Saravanan secures bronze to Indian sailing at Asian games
- Bangalore University has decided to confer honorary doctorates on former prime minister H D Deve Gowda and ISRO chairperson S Somanath during its 58th annual convocation.
- Every year, World Maritime Day is celebrated on September 28. Theme 2023 is “MARPOL at 50 – Our commitment continues”
- World Rabies Day is celebrated globally September 28. Theme 2023 is “All for 1, One Health for All”.
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a large-scale drone exhibition called “Bharat Drone Shakti 2023” at the Hindon airbase in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad.
- OSIRIS-REx that carried sample from asteroid Bennu, made a successful return to Earth after seven years it was launched.
