Published on: September 8, 2023

Snippets : 6-7 SEPTEMBER 2023

Snippets : 6-7 SEPTEMBER 2023

  • India beats Pakistan in penalty shootout, wins Men’s Hockey 5s Asia Cup 2023 held at Salalah, Oman
  • First-of-its-kind in India, Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) have installed a 500 KV underground distribution transformer in Malleshwaram, Bengaluru
  • The EdTech India – Feed Geo Report noted that EdTech start-ups in Bengaluru raised a total of over $8 billion as of August 7, 2023, followed by Mumbai ($2.5 billion) and Gurgaon ($497 million).
  • PM praises ex-BMTC driver K Dhanapal in the latest episode of his radio show ‘Mann Ki Baat’ for discovery of inscription stones and present their findings at yearly conferences organised by Karnataka Itihasa Academy.
  • The Union Education Ministry signed an agreement with global software major Adobe to help children develop creative expression in classrooms using the application Adobe Express with free of cost
  • Narayana Bhagwat of Sirsi and Sapna shrishail Anigol of Bagalkot have been chosen for the prestigious award for National teachers day 2023 from Karnataka
  • Dinesh Babu J., Associate Professor at the International Institute of Information Technology in Bengaluru, was awarded for developing an innovative UPSC virtual reality interviewing platform.
  • Hong Kong’s top court ruled in favour of recognising same-sex partnerships and gave the government two years to come up with a legal framework, but stopped short of granting full marriage rights to the city’s LGBTQ community.
  • Cuba has identified an alleged human trafficking ring aimed at recruiting its citizens to fight in Russia’s war in Ukraine
  • Amul will be the official sponsor of the Indian contingent for the Hangzhou Asian Games
  • The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) launched a revamped version of the ‘Adopt a Heritage’ programme
  • National Nutrition Week is an annual event commemorated every year from September 1 to 7
  • Maya Train project, connecting Caribbean with Maya sites been described as a “megaproject of death” causing “crimes of ecocide and ethnocide”
  • Karnataka’s first elephant care facility opened in Malur in 2022
  • IBM renews collaboration with IIT-B and IISc to drive hybrid cloud and AI innovation
  • The patent office of the Government of India has granted a patent to the Botanical Survey of India for ‘reusable straw and its manufacturing’. The straw is developed from a species of endemic bamboo plant which is found on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The bamboo species Schizostachyum andamanicum was discovered on the island about three decades ago and now its economic potential has got a new boost with this patent
  • Noted wildlife photographer and conservationist Adiya ‘Dicky’ Singh, known for developing a forest reserve on the outskirts of the Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur district passed away
  • 18th East Asia Summit held in Jakarta
  • As part of Global Fintech Fest 2023, the UIDAI also facilitated an industry meet-up under the theme “reimagine Aadhaar #together” with executives of various fintech firms and associated ecosystem partners, with the intent to explore opportunities to collaborate, co-innovate and enable wider adoption of Aadhaar.
  • Ministry of Tourism, Government of India has set up the G20 Tourism and SDGs Dashboard in partnership with United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) for sustainable tourism
  • Recently, 10th year anniversary celebrations of Ksheera Bhagya Yojana was organised by Karnataka Cooperative Milk Producers Federation and District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union in Madhugiri
  • The International Day of Clean Air for blue skies is commemorated annually on 7 September every year
  • Global Summit 2023 released ‘Gujarat Declaration’ underlining outcome of the first WHO Traditional Medicine
  • The presence of a leucistic sambar has been documented in the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary