The fruit fly ‘Euphranta siruvani’ belonging to family Tephritidae, was identified by researchers from a non-forest area near Siruvani, and the discovery has been published in the Zootaxa journal recently
Month: January 2021
** Satya Paul, who ‘reinvented’ saree passes away
According to a press release, Mr. Satya Paul’s inquisitive nature led him to be a pioneer in the field of retailing, starting in the late 1960s and expanding to exports of the finest Indian handloom products to high-end retail stores in Europe and the U.S.
In 1980, he launched the first saree boutique in India, L’Affaire, and in 1986, India’s first designer label, with his son Puneet.
** Poorna, the youngest girl in the world to scale Mount Everest, shares her story
Poorna Malavath was in the Visakhapatnam to launch her biography
** Telangana HC gets first woman Chief Justice
Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan administered the oath of office to Justice Hima Kohli.
She is the first woman Chief Justice of Telangana HC which was carved out of the Hyderabad HC for the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on January 1, 2019.
** Hyderabad-startup launches eco-friendly, compostable bags
Hyderabad-based startup SpruceGel is launching its range of eco-friendly and compostable bags today. Their products range from carry bags, garbage bags, shopping bags, grocery bags and apparel bags to disposable pouches. The event is taking place at Shubham Celebration Restaurant in Shapurnagar.
** Seven Delhi police officers receive ‘out-of-turn’ promotions for exemplary work
** All-women cockpit crew to fly inaugural San Francisco-Bengaluru flight: Hardeep Singh Puri
The Air India flight will fly on Saturday over the North Pole, taking the Atlantic route to reach Bengaluru, a senior official of the airline said.
** India to chair UNSC’s crucial Taliban and Libya sanctions committees
India will head three key panels in the United Nations Security Council after it assumed a two-year-long non-permanent membership at the body on January 1.
** Odisha’s 7-year-old wonder kid clears Microsoft Technology Associate examination
Venkat Raman Patnaik, a Class-III home-schooled student of WhiteHat Jr from the district of Balangir, has cleared the MTA examination.
** Hyderabad second most surveilled city in world, beats New York, London
Hyderabad is the second-most surveilled city in the world, beating major cities such as London, Beijing and New York.
Hard to believe? Read on. A study — ‘The Top Surveillance Cities Worldwide’ conducted by Surfshark and published in the South Asia Journal — says Hyderabad has 480 CCTVs per sq km and 30 for every 1,000 people.