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April 22 , 2024 11 days 160 0
  • Sany India has launched the SKT105E, a fully electric dump truck, which will be manufactured domestically.
  • The World Economic Forum has named Nykaa co-founder and Nykaa Fashion CEO Adwaita Nayar as a ‘2024 Young Global Leader’.
  • Kerala Health department will soon come out with the detailed standard operating procedures (SOP) for the outbreak investigation and control of at least eight diseases.
  • India's second-ever installation of artificial reefs (after Pondicherry) to boost marine life is being deployed near Worli Koliwada, Mumbai.
  • The World's first 'Miss AI' beauty pageant was announced with 2 AI-generated judges’ part of its panel.
  • The 8 people of Indian origins including Ajay Banga, Alia Bhatt and Sakshi Malik, have secured spots on TIME magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2024.
  • The genome of the Arabica species traced its origins to a natural mating between two other coffee species an estimated 610,000 to one million years ago in the forests of Ethiopia.
    • That makes this species older than our own species Homo sapiens, which arose in Africa about 300,000 years ago.
  • Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has launched India’s first medical devices calibration facility “on wheels”.
    • The facility has been developed by IIT Madras under its Anaivarukkum IITM (IITM for all) Initiatives.
  • The 42nd Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) annual meet was held in Bengaluru.
    • This initiative aims to achieve debris-free space missions by all Indian space actors, governmental and non-governmental, by 2030.
  • UN Chinese Language Day is observed annually on April 20 to pay tribute to Cangjie, a mythical figure who is presumed to have invented Chinese characters about 5,000 years ago.
  • World Creativity and Innovation Day is observed on April 21 every year to raise awareness about the importance of creativity and innovation in solving global problems.

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