Published on: March 2, 2024
Snippets : 2 MARCH 2024
Snippets : 2 MARCH 2024
- In Bengaluru, Vehicle users can now access photographic evidence and directly pay their fines using a QR code printed on the inland letter notices received for each violation
- The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has bagged five awards of the Association of State Road Transport undertaking (ASRTU). According to a KSRTC release, the details of awards won are :KSRTC has bagged two awards for best innovative branding on image building practices in operations. BMTC has been awarded for innovative operations of Astra electric buses. Kalyana Karnataka Road Transport Corporation has been awarded for best road safety practices and North West Karnataka Road Transport Corporation has been awarded for best road safety practices
- A researcher from Jain (Deemed-to-be-University) has identified and documented a previously unknown plant genus in Karnataka. Previously unknown plant genus in State identified. Hunteria, genus of Apocynaceae family, has been found in Uttara Kannada district
- India-Malaysia bilateral exercise ‘Samudra Laksamana’
- Researchers of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) recently discovered a new species of head-shield sea slug from Odisha and the West Bengal coast named ‘Melanochlamys Droupadi’
- BioTRIG is a new waste management technology based on the pyrolysis system. It works by sealing the waste inside an oxygen-free chamber and heating it above 400 degrees Celsius. Useful chemicals are produced in the process
- March to be celebrated as National Birth Defect Awareness Month 2024
- Prime Minister dedicates to the Nation the Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Ltd (HURL) Sindri Fertiliser Plant at Jharkhand. It is Joint Venture Company of Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) namely, National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd (NTPC), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL), Coal India Ltd (CIL) and FCIL/HFCL. The plant aims to ensure adequate supply of urea to the farmers
- Karnataka Govt launches dedicated Panchamitra portal for panchayat services
- Civil Accounts Day 2024 celebrated in New Delhi to mark the 48th foundation day of Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS). It is one of the Group ‘A’ services in the Central Civil Services (CCS) working under the coordination with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) for auditing government accounts
- APEDA facilitates India’s first commercial trial shipment of Sangola pomegranates to the US via sea
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a cautionary message to mobile phone users advising them against charging their devices using public ports. The warning comes amidst growing concerns over the security risks posed by a cyberattack known as “juice jacking.”
- Prime Minister recently inaugurated the Vikramaditya Vedic Clock, which is mounted on an 85-foot tower within Jantar Mantar in Ujjain. It is the world’s first clock that calculates time according to Indian Panchang
