Snippets : 14 FEBRUARY 2024

Published on: February 14, 2024

Aiming to bring down the mortality rate among newborns, the Karnataka Health department has launched a new neonatal ambulance service that will help shift premature and critically ill infants to specialised healthcare facilities
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) became the first Indian company to surpass Rs 20 lakh crore in market capitalization
Amogh Agrawal from Bengaluru has emerged the State topper with 100 percentile score in Joint Entrance Examination 2024 (JEE Main)
The Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT) has initiated the trial run for a new traffic signalling system at the Kensington Road and Murphy Road junction near Ulsoor. The system incorporates Japanese MODERATO (Management of Origin-Destination-Related Adaptation for Traffic Optimisation) technology
Researchers have observed instances of brumation in various reptilian species across habitats. It is the name to describe a period of dormancy or slowed activity in reptiles, much like hibernation in mammals
BBMP drafts New Ad Policy to allow Commercial hoardings and outdoor advertisements after High Court of Karnataka ruled in favour
NITI Aayog Launches Greening India’s Wastelands with Agroforestry (GROW) Report and Portal + Hosted on the Bhuvan website + Aims to restore 26 million hectares of degraded land by 2030 and create an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent
BAPS Swaminarayan temple in Abu Dhabi is the first Hindu temple in the Gulf nation.

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