Published on: April 12, 2022

SNIPPETS – 11 APRIL 2022

SNIPPETS – 11 APRIL 2022

  • Bengaluru has become the first Indian city to get into the global network of silk cities. It is part of Silk Metropolis community
  • Pollutants like microplastics may be causing growth defects in fish, including skeletal deformities, in the Cauvery river, a new study by IISC has revealed
  • Birth Anniversary of Jyotiba Phule celebrated.
  • The 20th Meeting of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) was held in Pakke tiger reserve in Arunachal Pradesh  recently under the chairmanship of Union Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change. For the first time in history the NTCA meeting happened outside the national capital.
  • As per Ministry of Earth Sciences Bengal coast faces most erosion
  • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently released guidelines for the banks of the country to set up digital banking units (DBUs). They are specialised fixed point business unit / hub housing certain minimum digital infrastructure for delivering digital banking products & services
  • The World Homoeopathy Day is observed on April 10 to commemorate the birth anniversary of the founder of Homoeopathy, Dr. Christian Fredrich Samuel Hahnemann
  • China has launched a new Earth observation satellite named Gaofen-3 03. This satellite will become a part of the country’s land-sea radar satellite constellation. It will capture images to help China safeguard its maritime interests.