Published on: March 16, 2023

Snippets:16 MARCH 2023

Snippets:16 MARCH 2023

  • India has ranked eighth in the list of countries with the worst air quality index and 12 of the 15 most polluted cities in Central and South Asia are in India, according to the Annual World Air Quality Report released by Swiss air quality technology company, IQAir.
  • The Department of Space’s Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) announced a seed fund scheme aimed at promoting space technology in the country. It provide a grant upto 1 crore to select start-ups on milestone basis, in three or more instalments. As per the Guidelines for IN-SPACe Seed Fund Scheme for Indian Start-ups, only Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) registered start-ups are eligible to apply for the seed fund and should not have received more than Rs 50 lakh of monetary support under any other Union or State government schemes
  • Surekha Yadav, Asia’s first woman loco pilot, has become the first woman to operate the newly introduced semi-high-speed Vande Bharat Express train.
  • Pyre, the English translation of writer Perumal Murugan’s Tamil novel Pookkuzhi, has figured on the long list for the International Booker Prize, 2023. The translator is Aniruddhan Vasudevan, who also translated the writer’s Maathorubhagan into English as One Part Woman.
  • Taiwan unveiled its first portable attack drone, an unmanned aerial vehicle similar to a U.S. model used in Ukraine’s fight against Russia, as China steps up military pressure on the island.
  • Athletics legend Dick Fosbury, who revolutionised high jumping with his signature ‘Fosbury flop’ passed away
  • The Singapore Army and Indian Army participated in the 13th edition of Exercise Bold Kurukshetra, a bilateral armour at Jodhpur Military Station, India.
  • CCI approves acquisition of METRO Cash and Carry India Private Limited by Reliance Retail Ventures Limited
  • The National Conference on Digitizing and Georeferencing India with Bhu-Aadhaar (ULPIN) – Bhumi Samvaad IV on implementation of Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) or Bhu-Aadhaar is being organized by Department of Land Resources in New Delhi.
  • The Green National Highway Corridor Project to be implemented in four states (Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh)with financial assistance of World Bank
  • Indian Railways to become Net Zero Carbon Emitter by 2030
  • “AgriUnifest” is recently inaugurated in Bengaluru
  • Manipur government decided to withdraw from the Suspension of Operations (SoO) agreement with Kuki National Army (KNA) and Zomi Revolutionary Army (ZRA) )
  • The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), the National Standards Body of India has announced the launch of ‘Learning Science via Standards’, a unique initiative for students for learning science via standards