Published on: February 16, 2024
Snippets : 16 FEBRUARY 2024
Snippets : 16 FEBRUARY 2024
- Swachhata Green Leaf Rating system – for the hospitality sector
- Fourteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (COP14) will be hosted by the Government of Uzbekistan, in Samarkand
- Cuscuta Dodder – Native to North America + parasitic vine without roots + choking the Chengalpet forests and Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary
- Nvidia releases ‘Chat with RTX’ AI chatbot
- The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), has approved Jardiance (empagliflozin) 10mg tablets to reduce the risk of sustained decline in patients with end-stage kidney disease, cardiovascular death, and hospitalisation in adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) at risk of progression
- NOTE : Sanjay Agrawal Committee – set up to “promote Zero budget based farming, to change crop pattern keeping in mind the changing needs of the country, and to make MSP more effective and transparent” by the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare on July 18, 2022
- Claude 2 – AI chatbot by Anthropic PBC is an American artificial intelligence (AI) startup
- Assam government declared the GI-tagged (2019) ‘Kaji Nemu’ (Citrus Limon) as the State Fruit. It is elongated and oblong compared to other lemon varieties and is popular for its unique aroma and health benefits
- Prime Minister of India launched PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana to provide free electricity to its beneficiaries
- Supreme Court struck down Electoral Bond scheme. Electoral bonds scheme allows corporations and individuals to anonymously donate money to political parties by purchasing electoral bonds from the State Bank of India
- United Nations named seven initiatives from across Africa, Latin America, the Mediterranean and Southeast Asia as the intergovernmental organisation’s World Restoration Flagships
