Published on: April 7, 2023

Snippets:7 April 2023

Snippets:7 April 2023

  • Appe midi is a traditional pickling variety of mango from Karnataka, which is grown in the Malnad region of the State-especially in Sirsi, Sagara, Siddapur, Thirthahally, Kumata, Sakleshpur, Kodagu and Chikkamagaluru. The Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (ICAR-IIHR) in Hesaraghatta for the first time will conduct an exclusive ‘appe midi’ mango fair, where 100 varieties of such mangoes will be displayed.
  • India has been elected to the highest statistical body of the United Nations for a four-year term beginning January 1, 2024
  • The Information & Broadcasting Ministry on entered into an agreement with Amazon India under which the speeches of President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be streamed via Alexa and Amazon Music.
  • South Korea and the United States staged joint air drills involving at least one U.S. nuclear-capable B-52H strategic bomber.
  • Reliance Industries Ltd., and its telecom arm Jio Infocomm have raised a total of $5 billion in foreign currency loans, the largest syndicated loan in India’s history.
  • The US and 10 other nations issued the first-ever significant anti-spyware declaration that excludes India. Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Denmark, France, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States are the countries involved.
  • Sports Authority of India integrates Khelo India games certificates with DigiLocker
  • National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), that governs UPI, in a circular issued directly to banks, intimated that they can now levy charges on merchant transactions made through Prepaid Instrument wallets using UPI.