Published on: January 31, 2024

Snippets :31 JANUARY 2024

Snippets :31 JANUARY 2024

  • Bengaluru will host the largest annual gathering of astronomers from India when the 42nd meeting of the Astronomical Society of India
  • Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare prepared a framework to promote Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) in the agricultural sector of the country with a view to encourage small and medium farmers to avail benefits of carbon credit.
  • Ministry of Culture’s Tableau on theme ‘India: Mother of Democracy’ clinches First Spot at Republic Day Parade 2024
  • Inaugural edition of India-Saudi Arabia Joint Military Exercise ‘SADA TANSEEQ’ held at Mahajan, Rajasthan
  • Dr Nitya Anand, who discovered India’s first oral contraceptive pill, ‘Saheli’, passed away recently
  • Researchers recently discovered a previously unidentified protein named mitochondrial coxiella effector F (MceF) with antioxidant properties produced by Coxiella burnetii, a Gram-negative intracellular bacterium
  • First-ever survey of India’s snow leopard conducted + Four-year-long exercise named Snow Leopard Population Assessment in India (SPAI) + By MOEFCC + Mysuru-based Nature Conservation Foundation + Wildlife Institute of India + wildlife biologists and conservationists + India has estimated 718 snow leopards spread over six states and Union Territories
  • International Health Regulations National Focal Point (IHR NFP) in Argentina alerted the World Health Organization of a human case of Western Equine Encephalitis Virus (WEEV) infection + Mosquito-borne virus + Primarily found in the western parts of North America, including the western United States and Canada