Published on: July 11, 2023

Snippets: 7-10 JULY 2023

Snippets: 7-10 JULY 2023

  • Under ‘Road Reader’ project ,new QR code appears on road signboards in South zone of Bengaluru , that takes citizens to a page with not only details of the road, but also contact numbers of civic officials and contractors in charge of the road.
  • Rudrappa Lamani was elected unopposed as Deputy Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
  • Threads is billed as a text-based version of Meta’s photo-sharing app Instagram that the company says provides “a new, separate space for real-time updates and public conversations
  • The Netherlands will hand back hundreds of colonial-era artefacts to Indonesia and Sri Lanka, including a haul of treasure and a gem-encrusted bronze cannon. The commission was set up after a request by Indonesia for the return of some art pieces and natural history collections by its former colonial ruler the Netherlands. Some of the items to be handed back include the so-called “Lombok treasure” of hundreds of golden and silver objects, looted by the Dutch colonial Army from Indonesia in 1894
  • Karuvatta Mana Vasudevan Namboodiri, beloved to readers of Malayalam as Artist Namboodiri passed away
  • The Czech would send combat helicopters to Ukraine and train its pilots on U.S.-made F-16 jet fighters to help it battle the Russian invasion.
  • Colombo is currently hosting the 67th convention of the Travel Agents Association of India, in a bid to further boost Indian tourist arrivals
  • The Election Commission of India and Electoral Tribunal (ET) of Panama signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Panama City to establish the institutional framework for their ongoing cooperation in the field of election management and administration.
  • NLC India Limited, a navratna company under the Ministry of Coal, bagged GeM award in the category “Timely Payments (CPSEs)” for the year 2023 for its outstanding contribution in improving the reliability of e-market practices in line with the vision of GeM.
  • Department of Telecommunication , in collaboration with MYGOV, is celebrating “Bharat Internet Utsav” to celebrate Power of Internet
  • Punjab Regiment soldiers set to march in Bastille Day Parade held at Paris
  • Ministry of Defence signed, a contract with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for procurement of two Dornier Aircraft for Indian Coast Guard (ICG)
  • Defence minister launched an NCC Integrated Software in New Delhi ,developed in partnership with Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo Informatics (BISAG), is a single window interactive software for Cadets, designed on the ‘Entry to Exit Model’
  • Researchers from the Indian Institute of Science may have uncovered the cause of the mysterious “gravity hole” in the Indian Ocean.
  • According to Global peace Index, Iceland is the world’s most peaceful country and Indian ranked 126th .
  • The Department of Consumer Affairs and the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) recently held a joint consultation with stakeholders on the menace of ‘dark patterns’ with ASCI has come up with guidelines for the same .
  • Trin Trin is all set to be taken a notch higher with the Karnataka Government embarking on a project to revamp it with technological interventions.
  • New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins signed a free trade agreement with the European Union which can lift exchanges between the two by 30% within a decade.
  • England beats Spain to win dramatic Under-21 Euro final for the first time since 1984
  • The two-day Urban 20 Mayoral Summit, hosted by the chair city Ahmedabad, in Gandhinagar
  • Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW) to conduct bankers’ awareness workshop for State Bank of India
  • Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India on-boarded to ONDC to expand market presence and make Handicrafts and Handloom products easily accessible to customers
  • One District One Product (ODOP) programme under Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry collaborated with an e-commerce player, Groyyo to onboard aggregators selling ODOP-identified products on its platform consisting of several categories such as home textiles, home décor etc
  • Third G20 Culture Working Group (CWG) meet begins in Hampi, Karnataka
  • The National Fish Farmer’s Day celebrated in Mahabalipuram on 10th July 2023 will feature an exhibit of 30 outstanding startups from across the country, showcasing the best in fishing innovators in the country
  • India recently joined UN’s Global Crisis Response Group
  • According to data from National AIDS Control Programme (NACP), Karnataka has third highest number of TB-HIV co-infection cases in India