Published on: February 21, 2023
Snippets:21 FEBRUARY 2023
Snippets:21 FEBRUARY 2023
- Earlier in February, 14 pilot whales were stranded near the shore of Kalpitiya, a town located on Sri Lanka’s west coast
- With many developing nations facing a triple whammy of rising debt loads, climate change and nature loss, conservationists say the answer could lie with a financial instrument enabling them to tackle all three at once: “debt-for-environment swaps”
- The residents of Pithoragarh district’s Dharchula town, situated on the India-Nepal border and close to the China border, staged a protest over the proposed Bokang-Baling Hydroelectric Project in the Darma Valley
- India’s real-time retail payment system Unified Payments Interface (UPI), which has allowed for quick digital payments through apps like BharatPe and Paytm, and its equivalent network in Singapore called PayNow, were integrated
- Spain has become the first European country to introduce paid menstrual or period leaves. Also included in the law are provisions for free menstrual hygiene products that would be made available in educational centres, prisons, and social centres
- feb 21st is recognised as a pivotal moment in the Bhasha Andolon (Bengali Language Movement), which laid the foundations of linguistic nationalism in East Pakistan and led to the creation of Bangladesh in 1971.In recognition of the Bengali people’s struggle for their language and culture, UNESCO announced in 1999 that February 21 would be observed worldwide as International Mother Language Day. This year’s theme is “Multilingual education – a necessity to transform education”, emphasising Indigenous people’s education and languages.
