Published on: January 10, 2024

Snippets : 10 JANUARY 2024

Snippets : 10 JANUARY 2024

  • Peregrine lander module is Lunar mission + carried by Vulcan rocket + First US lunar lander since 1972
  • Tshering Tobgay elected as prime minister of Bhutan
  • South Korea bans production and sale of dog meat
  • Gabriel Attal – France’s youngest-ever and first openly gay PM
  • Music maestro Rashid Khan passes away at 55
  • Research team at Stanford University has found the absorption capacity of a sisal-based material to be higher than those in commercial menstrual pads
  • Researchers at the Indian Institutes of Technology Madras and Mandi have metabolically engineered Nothapodytes nimmoniana plant cells to increase production of anti-cancer drug camptothecin (CPT)
  • Noted hindi litterateur, Pandit Hariram Dwivedi passed away
  • Prime Minister shares devotional bhajan “Sabne Tumhein Pukara Shree Ram Ji” sung by Hariharan
  • Regional Conference on the theme “e- Governance” held in Guwahati
  • International Purple Festival – six days of celebration and empowerment for Persons with Disabilities + celebration of inclusivity and empowerment + 2024 edition held in Goa
  • The data and terminology relating to diseases based on Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani systems will now be included in the WHOs ICD11 classification. WHO ICD – Latest version of the global standard for reporting diseases and health conditions started in 2018
  • Nepal and India have reached an understanding to take forward the procedural activities of the 6,480-megawatt Pancheshwar Multipurpose power plant on Mahakali river that forms boundary between the 2 countries
  • India to become chair of World Heritage Committee first time + Part of UNESCO + Under World Heritage Convention adopted by UNESCO in 1972 + Aims to identify, protect, and preserve cultural and natural heritage of outstanding universal value
  • Golden Globes 2024 presented + Awards by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) + Started in 1944
  • Chandubi Festival was celebrated along the Chandubi Lake in the state of Assam aimed at promoting eco-tourism in this biodiversity hotspot of Assam