Published on: February 14, 2024

Snippets : 14 FEBRUARY 2024

Snippets : 14 FEBRUARY 2024

  • Aiming to bring down the mortality rate among newborns, the Karnataka Health department has launched a new neonatal ambulance service that will help shift premature and critically ill infants to specialised healthcare facilities
  • Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) became the first Indian company to surpass Rs 20 lakh crore in market capitalization
  • Amogh Agrawal from Bengaluru has emerged the State topper with 100 percentile score in Joint Entrance Examination 2024 (JEE Main)
  • The Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT) has initiated the trial run for a new traffic signalling system at the Kensington Road and Murphy Road junction near Ulsoor. The system incorporates Japanese MODERATO (Management of Origin-Destination-Related Adaptation for Traffic Optimisation) technology
  • Researchers have observed instances of brumation in various reptilian species across habitats. It is the name to describe a period of dormancy or slowed activity in reptiles, much like hibernation in mammals
  • BBMP drafts New Ad Policy to allow Commercial hoardings and outdoor advertisements after High Court of Karnataka ruled in favour
  • NITI Aayog Launches Greening India’s Wastelands with Agroforestry (GROW) Report and Portal + Hosted on the Bhuvan website + Aims to restore 26 million hectares of degraded land by 2030 and create an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent
  • BAPS Swaminarayan temple in Abu Dhabi is the first Hindu temple in the Gulf nation.