1)MeITY launches Stree Swabhiman Initiative for Women Health and Hygiene:- Its aim is to create sustainable model for providing adolescent girls and women an access to affordable sanitary products((eco-friendly) sanitary napkins (menstrual pads)) by leveraging Common Service Centres.
Its purpose is to improve awareness on menstrual health and hygiene of women, thus help to protect dignity and rights of women.
The Most important Point here is that it is Ministry of Electronics and Information technology and not Ministry of Women and child Development which has launched the scheme.
2)28 January 2018: World Leprosy Day(last Sunday of January month).
Leprosy (also known as Hansen’s disease) is one of the oldest diseases known to humankind. It is caused by by a slow-growing type of bacteria called Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae).
3)Scientists clone monkeys:- Shanghai scientists have created two genetically identical long-tailed macaques. The monkeys are named Hua Hua and Zhong Zhong.
This is for the first time that scientists have created cloned primates using the same complicated cloning technique that made Dolly the sheep in 1996. The technique is called somatic cell transfer, or SCNT.
4)India’s first floating market in Kolkata:- India’s first floating market is now open in Kolkata’s Patuli area in West Bengal. Set up by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA), the market functions solely on boats at the lake in Patuli, where shopkeepers sell fruits, vegetables, fish among other produce.
5)Watch rare ‘super blood blue moon’ on January 31:-The cosmic event will be witnessed after a gap of 36 years.
The event is causing a buzz because it combines three unusual lunar events — an extra big super moon, a blue moon and a total lunar eclipse.
A blue moon refers to the second full moon in a month.
6)Mehul Garg: Indian-origin boy sets new Mensa record:-Indian-origin boy Mehul Garg (10) in United Kingdom became youngest applicant in decade to achieve highest score in Mensa IQ test, beating geniuses like Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. He scored maximum score of 162 to become a member of Mensa.
Mensa is the largest and oldest high IQ society in the world. It is non-profit organization.
7)India is the leading country in coconut production and productivity in the world.
8)Roger Federer Won the Australian Open 2018 :- This is his 20th Grand Slam Title.
Its purpose is to improve awareness on menstrual health and hygiene of women, thus help to protect dignity and rights of women.
The Most important Point here is that it is Ministry of Electronics and Information technology and not Ministry of Women and child Development which has launched the scheme.
2)28 January 2018: World Leprosy Day(last Sunday of January month).
Leprosy (also known as Hansen’s disease) is one of the oldest diseases known to humankind. It is caused by by a slow-growing type of bacteria called Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae).
3)Scientists clone monkeys:- Shanghai scientists have created two genetically identical long-tailed macaques. The monkeys are named Hua Hua and Zhong Zhong.
This is for the first time that scientists have created cloned primates using the same complicated cloning technique that made Dolly the sheep in 1996. The technique is called somatic cell transfer, or SCNT.
4)India’s first floating market in Kolkata:- India’s first floating market is now open in Kolkata’s Patuli area in West Bengal. Set up by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA), the market functions solely on boats at the lake in Patuli, where shopkeepers sell fruits, vegetables, fish among other produce.
5)Watch rare ‘super blood blue moon’ on January 31:-The cosmic event will be witnessed after a gap of 36 years.
The event is causing a buzz because it combines three unusual lunar events — an extra big super moon, a blue moon and a total lunar eclipse.
A blue moon refers to the second full moon in a month.
6)Mehul Garg: Indian-origin boy sets new Mensa record:-Indian-origin boy Mehul Garg (10) in United Kingdom became youngest applicant in decade to achieve highest score in Mensa IQ test, beating geniuses like Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. He scored maximum score of 162 to become a member of Mensa.
Mensa is the largest and oldest high IQ society in the world. It is non-profit organization.
7)India is the leading country in coconut production and productivity in the world.
8)Roger Federer Won the Australian Open 2018 :- This is his 20th Grand Slam Title.
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