Published on: April 22, 2024

Snippets : 22 APRIL 2024

Snippets : 22 APRIL 2024

  • Karnataka Milk Federation to sponsor Scotland and Ireland cricket teams during T20 World Cup
  • World Health Organization (WHO) has prequalified a new oral vaccine for Cholera called Euvichol-S.
  • Indian Navy conducted Exercise Poorvi Lehar on East Coast under the Operational Control of The Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command. The exercise aimed at validation of procedures towards assessment of Indian Navy’s preparedness to meet Maritime Security challenges in the region.
  • Senior IPS officer Nalin Prabhat has been appointed as the Director-General of National Security Guard (NSG), the country’s counter-terrorism force
  • Salas y Gómez: It is an underwater mountain chain in the Southeastern Pacific Ocean. It lies in a west-east orientation. Its western end intersects the East Pacific Rise inside the Chilean Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Easter Islands and its eastern end adjoins the western end of Nazca ridge. Ecosystems in this region are isolated by the Atacama Trench, the Humboldt Current System, and an extreme oxygen minimum zone
  • Bengaluru Traffic Police collaborates with Mappls MapmyIndia to launch a navigation app focusing on traffic management, real-time updates, and user engagement for efficient commuting.
  • The Union government mandates the generation of a Unique ID (NOTTO-ID) for organ donation cases, ensuring transparency, regulatory compliance, and eliminating commercial dealings, especially with foreign citizens. The process involves hospitals generating the ID through the NOTTO website, with strict monitoring and investigation protocols in place
  • Honeywell Hometown Solutions India Foundation (HHSIF) partners with FSID and IISc to support 37 Indian start-ups with financial aid and research. They focus on sectors like agri-tech, clean-tech, health-tech, and green-tech, promoting deep science research to address critical challenges and foster innovation.
  • The IMF’s global financial stability report highlights risks like inflation, geopolitical tensions, and unregulated credit markets, affecting financial stability. It assesses market conditions and systemic issues, emphasizing emerging market financing and addressing economic imbalances. The IMF, formed in 1944, fosters global monetary cooperation, financial stability, and economic growth, with headquarters in Washington, D.C.