Published on: June 4, 2023
Snippets:1 JUNE 2023
Snippets:1 JUNE 2023
- The Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru achieves ACI’s Level 4+ Transition and Green Airports Recognition. This accreditation is one of the highest accolades an airport can receive under the Airport Carbon Accreditation programme by Airports Council International (ACI). BIAL bags Green Airports Recognition 2023 Platinum award
- Bengaluru-based Pixxel, which is India’s first company to launch private commercial satellites in space, has announced $36 million in a Series B funding round with participation from new investors such as Google, along with existing investors Radical Ventures, Light speed, Blume Ventures, GrowX, Sparta, and Athera. The new funds will advance to build the world’s first and highest-resolution hyper spectral satellite constellation, delivering actionable climate insights on a planetary scale.
- The fourth meeting of the National Level Steering Committee (NLSC) of the Atal Bhujal Yojana was held in New Delhi under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Department of Water Resources, RD & GR, Ministry of Jal Shakti. Atal Bhujal Yojana (ATAL JAL) is being implemented as a Central Sector Scheme since April, 2020 in 8220 water stressed Gram Panchayats of 229 administrative blocks/Talukas in 80 districts of seven States, viz. Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh for five-year period (2020-25).
- The U.S. announced sanctions on Sudanese leaders for the failure of U.S. and Saudi-brokered ceasefire efforts after shelling and air strikes killed civilians at a Khartoum market.
- India’s junior men’s hockey team maintained its continental supremacy as it beat Pakistan to emerge Asia Cup champions
- NIPCCD organizes an Orientation Training Programme on ‘Poshan Tracker & Height/Weight Measurement’ under Poshan Abhiyaan in Guwahati
- NHPC and VUCL, Nepal sign MoU for development of Phukot Karnali Hydro Electric Project (480MW) in Nepal
- Bureau of Indian Standards notifies 31 Indian standards related to Ayush herbs and products
- India has joined the Centralised Laboratory Network (CLN), which has 15 partner facilities in 13 countries that works to test vaccines which can be used during pandemics and epidemic disease outbreak
- Brazil’s Lower House of Congress approved a legislation that would limit expanded demarcations of Indigenous lands.
- North Korea spy satellite launch fails as Chollima-1 rocket falls into the sea
- The United Arab Emirates has withdrawn from a U.S.-led maritime coalition tasked with securing tense Gulf waterways that are vital to the global oil trade
- World Milk Day is observed every year on June 1 by FAO. Theme 2023 – ‘Showcasing how dairy is reducing its environmental footprint, while also providing nutritious foods and livelihoods.’
- Places in News:
- Zawiya, a city near Tripoli of Libya has been witnessing intense fighting among various groups in recent times.
- Ethnic Serbs gathered in a flashpoint town in north Kosovo (landlocked in the centre of the Balkans), at the site of clashes with NATO-led forces, as Washington urged both Belgrade and Pristina to diffuse tensions.
