Published on: January 5, 2024
Snippets : 5 JANUARY 2024
Snippets : 5 JANUARY 2024
- An inscription written in Kannada and Sanskrit and said to be of Kadamba period 10th century A.D. has been discovered in the Mahadeva temple at Cacoda in southern Goa.
- Rashmi Shukla becomes first woman Maharashtra DGP
- Railways to get Fog Pass Devices – GPS based navigation device that helps the loco pilot to navigate during dense fog conditions
- ERNET – India’s newly developed integrated web portal for educational institutes in the country + By Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology + offer domain registration, DNS and value-added services viz. Website as a Service (WaaS) and Learning Management as a Service (LMaaS)
- Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports announced ‘Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar’ 2023 + Identification and nurturing of budding / young talent – Jain Deemed to be University, Bengaluru + Encouragement to sports through Corporate Social Responsibility – Odisha Mining Corporate Limited
- GolDN – Instrument by IIT Bombay + For melt-mixing of waste thermoplastic polymers and inorganic particulate fillers to manufacture polymer composites
- The Election Commission of India (ECI) brought in new rules for the allocation of symbols to registered unrecognised political parties (RUPPs) + Mandatory for parties to furnish audited accounts of the last three financial years, expenditure statements of the last two elections, and the signature of the authorized office-bearer of the party along with the application form for symbols + In accordance with Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968
- Supreme Court judge Justice BR Gavai has been nominated as the Chairman of the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee (SCLSC) + Body established under Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 to provide free legal services
- Ministry of Education launches PRERANA program + Week-long residential program for selected students of class IX to XII for experiential and inspirational learning + Will run from a Vernacular School Mehsana, Gujarat
- Government of India has accorded its approval for India’s participation in the international mega science project, Square Kilometer Array (SKA) + Ten countries involved are – Australia, Canada, China, India, Italy, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, the Netherlands and UK + DAE – lead agency
