Published on: March 1, 2023
Snippets:28 FEBRUARY 2023
Snippets:28 FEBRUARY 2023
- Advocate V. Ashwath Narayana was elected as president of the Karnataka Public Prosecutors Association (KPPA)
- Vulture survey spots 3 species each in Bandipur, Nagarahole
- The Karnataka Medicinal Plants Authority (KaMPA), under the Ayush Department, has recommended a list of 13 species to the KFDCL for the programme. This year, the plants will be introduced in a five-hectare area each in four districts — Bengaluru, Dharwad, Chikkamagaluru and Shivamogga
- Denmark’s Crown Prince Frederik André Henrik Christian and Crown Princess Mary Elizabeth arrived in India on a four-day visit. It is the first visit by the Danish Royal family to India in two decades.
- S. papers drop the popular “Dilbert” comic strip after its creator posted a video calling Black people a “hate group”.
- A wooden boat crowded with migrants smashed into rocky reefs and broke apart off the Italian coast.
- Australia won the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup for the sixth time after it beat South Africa
- F1 2023 season to begin with Bahrain GP
- Madhya Pradesh defeats Maharashtra to clinch title of 13th Hockey India senior women’s National at Kakinada
- The Prime Minister laid the foundation stone for two railway projects in Shivamogga which include Shivamogga – Shikaripura – Ranebennur new Railway line and Koteganguru Railway coaching depot.
- Prime Minister inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of multi-village schemes worth more than Rs 950 crore under the Jal Jeevan Mission in Shivamogga
- Indian Institute of Science (IISc) scientists have been selected to receive a research grant from the Degrees Modelling Fund (DMF), which supports scientists in developing countries and emerging economies to explore whether a controversial proposal to reflect sunlight from the earth could reduce the regional impact of climate change.
- Solar Radiation Modification (SRM), also known as solar geoengineering or climate intervention, is a proposal for reducing some of the risks of global warming. If implemented, it might involve spraying tiny particles into the upper atmosphere to reflect some sunlight back out into space and reduce the impact of climate change.
- World NGO Day 2023 observed on 27th February. This year, the “role and influence of NGOs in advancing human rights, addressing social and environmental challenges, and achieving sustainable development goals” will be the theme
- ‘National Protein Day’ is celebrated every year on 27 February in the country. Right to Protein, a national level public health initiative, organised the first ever Protein Day in India on February 27, 2020. The theme of this year’s is “Easy Access to Protein for All,”
