Published on: November 10, 2022

Snippets: 10 November 2022

Snippets: 10 November 2022

  • Researchers have discovered a new species of estuarine crab at the mangroves of Parangipettai near the Vellar river in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu . The species has been named Pseudohelice annamalai in recognition of Annamalai University’s 100 years of service in education and research
  • India’s first privately developed rocket, Vikram-S, is poised to create history as it undergoes final preparations at the ISRO launchpad in Sriharikota. It was developed by the Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace. The mission named ‘Prarambh’
  • The European Union (EU) enacted Digital Services Act (DSA). The DSA regulates intermediary liability in the EU. The DSA also gives intermediaries an opportunity to challenge the government’s decision to block content and defend themselves
  • The retired High Court Chief Justice Rituraj Awasthi was appointed as the chairperson of  22ndlaw Commission
  • UAE and Egypt agreed to develop one of the world’s largest wind farms in a deal struck on the sidelines of COP -27 summit
  • Greenwashing is an unsubstantiated claim to deceive consumers into believing that acompany’s products are environmentally friendly or have a greater positive environmental impact than what is true.
  • Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on proposed setting up an international climate change university in Sri Lanka, with an ancillary institution in the Maldives in COP -27
  • Pakistan bowling great Abdul Qadir, former West Indies batter Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Charlotte Edwards of England have been inducted into the International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame
  • The chiefs of Indian an French Air Forces joined the Air Exercise Garuda-VII in Jodhpur