Published on: April 1, 2022
SNIPPETS – 1 APRIL 2022
SNIPPETS – 1 APRIL 2022
- A new genus of Braconid wasp has been named ‘Atree’, after the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), a leading research institution and environmental think tank based in Bengaluru
- 115th birth anniversary of Siddaganga Mutt late seer Shivakumara Swami celebrated on 1 April
- Karnataka government has revised amount to be paid as green tax for renewal of fitness certificates. The new notification is as per central government instructions
- Darlongs – a small community of around 11,000 people in Tripura – was officially included in the list of Scheduled Tribes after the Lok Sabha passed the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2022
- Reserve Bank of India celebrates its annual establishment day. It was established on April 1, 1935, in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
- The dolphin population along Odisha’s coast and in its waterbodies has increased but the number of Irrawaddy dolphins in Chilika lake has fallen
- The second P-8I aircraft squadron of the Navy has been commissioned by the Indian Navy in a ceremony that was held at INS Hansa, Goa
- Utakala Dibasha or Odisha Day is celebrated every year on April 1
- CS Rajan has been appointed as the chairman of Infrastructure Leasing and Finance Ltd (IL&FS) and will take office after Uday Kotak’s term ends this week
