Published on: February 5, 2024
Snippets : 5 FEBRUARY 2024
Snippets : 5 FEBRUARY 2024
- Karnataka has fixed uniform kilometre-based fares for all types of cabs plying in Bengaluru and across the state, including airport taxis and those attached to ride aggregators, a first-of-its-kind move that aims to address inconsistencies in fares and complaints from harried drivers and passengers
- C- CARES – web portal of Coal Mines Provident Fund Organization (CMPFO) + developed and designed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
- Indian Air Force will be conducting Exercise Vayu Shakti-24 on 17 February 2024 at the Pokhran Air to Ground Range, near Jaisalmer
- GHAR – GO Home and Re-Unite Portal -by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) + to digitally monitor and track the restoration and repatriation of children according to the protocols under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, and Rules thereof
- Researchers recently discovered a new fungus species in Kerala named Trichoglossum syamviswanathii
- Scientists recently uncovered a never-before-seen class of virus-like entities named obelisks in the human body
- 22nd Law Commission Report on defamation of India was published recently + Suggested Offence of criminal defamation should be retained in the new criminal laws
- Flightless Aldabra rail went extinct over 130,000 years ago, but the species then reappeared via iterative evolution + ITERATIVE EVOLUTION – Process by which similar traits or adaptations evolve independently in different lineages over multiple generations + Aldabra rail are native to Aldabra rail Known for repeated evolution of flightlessness
- Indian Navy commissioned its latest survey vessel, Sandhayak, at Naval Dockyard in Vizag
- The 2024 Grammy Awards were given away + Annual awards ceremony recognizing outstanding achievements in the music industry + Presented by the Recording Academy, a professional organization of musicians, producers, recording engineers, and other recording professionals
