Published on: July 7, 2023

Snippets : 6 JULY 2023

Snippets : 6 JULY 2023

  • Taiwan announced it would open its third representative office in India in Mumbai, more than a decade after it last expanded its presence in India.
  • The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO),is planning to launch the Chandrayaan-3 moon mission, integrated the spacecraft with the Launch Vehicle Mark-III (LVM3) at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota
  • The United Kingdom, Canada, Sweden and Ukraine launched a case against Iran at the United Nations’ highest court over the downing in 2020 of a Ukrainian passenger jet.
  • The Tamil Nadu Basketball Association president Aadhav Arjuna was elected as president of the Basketball Federation of India (BFI) in the elections held at the Nehru Stadium
  • Aryan Nehra of Gujarat and A.K. Lineysha of Karnataka were adjudged ‘best male’ and ‘best female’ swimmers respectively in the senior National aquatics championship at Gachibowli Aquatics Complex at Hyderabad. Karnataka clinched the overall championship
  • The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has launched Bharat 6G Alliance to drive innovation and collaboration in next-generation wireless technology.
  • A study was published in Science Advances that offered to help accelerate healing in such cases –using a wearable, wireless, mechanically flexible device called “smart bandage”.
  • In a first-of-its-kind judgment, a Sessions Court in Rajasthan has ordered the payment of half of the fine amount, imposed on a convict in a chinkara killing case, to the informer as a prize for helping in the detection of crime against wildlife.
  • World Zoonoses Day is observed annually on July 6th to honor the achievements of Louis Pasteur, a renowned French biologist.
  • Government of Karnataka, is planning for first night safari in state at Hampi Zoo