Published on: February 26, 2022
SNIPPETS – 26 FEBRUARY 2022
SNIPPETS – 26 FEBRUARY 2022
- Karnataka govt gives nod for Mahadayi hydro power project . It is a west flowing river that originates in Karnataka , joining the Arabian Sea in Goa
- Indian and Japanese armies to start their annual Dharma Guardian at the Foreign Training Node in Belgaum, Karnataka
- The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Pune, has discovered a new frog species which are growing in the freshwater regions along all the states spanning the Western Ghats. It is named Euphlyctis jaladhara
- Odisha ex-CM Hemananda Biswal dead
- The Reserve Bank of India has amended the Payments and Settlement Systems Regulations. This system allows the companies who are seeking to run payment businesses to apply for licenses from the regulator
- Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), the premier Telecom R&D centre of the Government of India has bagged three awards at 12th Annual Aegis Graham Bell Awards for its indigenously designed & developed innovative Telecom solutions in various categories.
- HAL’s AMCA and IMRH programmes to be implemented under SPV model . AMCA is programme to get indigenous fighter Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) with geometric stealth and IMRH is to get Indian Multi-Role Helicopter (IMRH) as a replacement for the MI-17 helicopters in service
- Government of India launched National Policy Guidelines on Bio-Medical Innovation and Entrepreneurship recently. It aims to Develop an entrepreneurial environment in India that will be innovation-driven with the ultimate goal of improving human health and well-being
- Ombudsman App for MGNREGA was recently released for smooth categorization and reporting of grievances. Launched in 2006 , it provides Legal guarantee for 100 days of wage employment to every household in the rural areas of the country each year
- Aviation and defence colossus Boeing delivered India’s 12th maritime surveillance and anti-submarine warfare P-8I aircraft. It is designed for long-range anti-submarine warfare (ASW), anti-surface warfare (ASuW), and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions
- Birth anniversary of the Dayanand Saraswati recently celebrated
- International Intellectual Property Index published by US Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center
- The Intracortical Visual Prosthesis (ICVP) is a type of implant that bypasses the optic nerves and the retina to link directly to the brain’s visual cortex. At Rush University Medical Center, this was successfully placed surgically in the study’s first participant.
