Published on: March 6, 2024
Snippets : 6 MARCH 2024
Snippets : 6 MARCH 2024
- Bengaluru International Film Festival has decided to confer the Lifetime Achievement Award on veteran filmmaker and theatre director M S Sathyu
- Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) have developed a ready-to-serve (RTS) dragon fruit/kamalam fruit beverage + overcomes difficulties of tiny seeds and the nature of its pulp
- March 4 is observed as International HPV Awareness Day
- MethaneSAT — a satellite which will track and measure methane emissions at a global scale — was launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon9 rocket from California
- National Council for Educational and Research Training (NCERT) is introducing a new ‘holistic progress card’ (HPC) + designed under Performance Assessment, Review, and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development (PARAKH) + It will measure, apart from academic performance, a child’s progress in interpersonal relationships, self-reflection, creativity, and emotional application in classrooms
- Aditi scheme for Defence launched + stands for Acing Development of Innovative Technologies with iDEX + Aim: Develop about 30 indigenous deep-tech critical and strategic technologies
- Naval Detachment Minicoy will be commissioned as INS Jatayu, an upgraded naval base + It is upgraded version of Naval Detachment Minicoy, which is under the operational command of the Naval Officer-in-Charge (Lakshadweep) + Had administrative, logistics, and medical facilities which has been upgraded to include additional infrastructure such as an airfield, housing, and personnel etc
- Women, Business and Law index released by World Bank index to measure how laws and regulations affect women’s economic opportunity. India’s ranking improved to 113 out of 190 countries
