Published on: January 25, 2024

Snippets : 25 JANUARY 2024

Snippets : 25 JANUARY 2024

  • Former India cricketers Ravi Shastri and Farokh Engineer were awarded the prestigious Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award during the BCCI’s ‘Naman’ Awards
  • Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve in Assam has received the addition of two new mammalian species, the elusive binturong (Arctictis binturong) and the small-clawed otter
  • Delhi to Kanyakumari Bikers Rally, under Siddha Wellness Rally & Awareness Campaign (SWRAC) to be flag-offed
  • For the year 2024, 60 Parachute Field Hospital, Uttar Pradesh, in the Institutional category, has been selected for the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar-2024 for its excellent work in Disaster Management
  • The Indian Army contingent comprising 25 personnel reached Egypt to take part in the India-Egypt Joint Special Forces Exercise CYCLONE
  • India-Kyrgyzstan Joint Special Forces Exercise KHANJAR has commenced at the Special Forces Training School in Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh
  • New innovative plant-inspired robot which is named FiloBot has been developed that climbs up structures just like climbing vines
  • International Institute of Information Technology (IIITB) has introduced a new course — Competitive Programming — that will help humans solve problems that even AI tools struggle with
  • The Army has launched Operation Sarvashakti in the Rajouri-Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir, deploying forces on both sides of the Pir Panjal range to target terrorists who have carried out a series of attacks on troops in the area
  • Election Commission of India (ECI) has conducted a training programme in virtual mode on the recently introduced Election Seizure Management System (ESMS) for the officers concerned from Andhra Pradesh
  • The Lake Retba’s waters are virtually devoid of life and are on the verge of disappearing due to pollution and mining. Also known as Lac Rose, is a unique and stunning natural wonder located in Senegal, West Africa
  • 9th India International Science Festival (IISF) held in Haryana
  • India has been elected as the First Vice Chair of the Food and Agriculture Organization’s Committee on Fisheries (COFI) Sub-Committee on Fisheries Management