Published on: March 1, 2022

SNIPPETS – 1 MARCH 2022

SNIPPETS – 1 MARCH 2022

  • The satellite design and launch project by government school students has been named after the late Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar. The Puneeth Rajkumar Student Satellite Project will be launched by September 2022.
  • DYES ‘B’ defeated Postal 4-1 in the Hockey Karnataka league championship
  • Researchers at IISc, QBI develop model to predict how antibody responses determine efficacy of Covid vaccines
  • A recent study conducted by CSTEP has revealed highest PM2.5 in South zone, Rajarajeshwarinagar in Bengaluru
  • The Delhi police launched their revamped official website and new digital initiatives such as QR code-based public feedback system.
  • “Ungalil Oruvan” (One Among You) is the autobiography of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin
  • Ministry of external affairs set up 24×7 control centres in order to assist the evacuation of Indian nationals from Ukraine. India also launched a multi-prong evacuation plan titled ‘Operation Ganga’.
  • The West Bengal government’s ambitious Deocha Pachami coal block mining project despite the announcement of a relief and rehabilitation package, saw widespread protests which resulted in the arrests of nine people including economist-activist Prasenjit Bose.
  • International Monsoons Project Office launched to scientifically study monsoons. It is hosted at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune under Ministry of Earth Sciences
  • Every year on February 27, people all over the world celebrate World NGO Day to honour the work and contributions of various NGOs. NGO stands for Non-Governmental Organization, and it is a type of organization that works to improve society.
  • On the fourth day of Russian invasion to Ukraine, Russia destroyed the largest plane in the world called “Ukraine’s Antonov-225 cargo plane”. The plane was destroyed outside Kyiv.