8/8 Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion

 Elon Musk, a billionaire, has signed an agreement to buy Twitter for $44 billion. Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest person, has indicated he wants to buy Twitter because he believes it isn't living up to its potential as a "free speech" platform.

Musk is both a popular Twitter user and a contentious person. He has over 83 million followers on the social media platform, which he has used for anything from sharing memes and discussing his businesses to assaulting politicians, spreading misleading information on Covid-19, and making nasty remarks about the transgender community.

7/8 One District One Product Scheme for 22 Districts of Haryana

Haryana has reached yet another milestone with the acceptance of the state's most ambitious project, 'One District One Product.' All 22 districts have included agricultural, horticulture, dairy, poultry, and other goods in this scheme, which the government will promote through financial and technical aid. One district, one product is an important step toward a self-sufficient India.

6/8  Govt signed an agreement with UNDP for SDG localization

A collaborative statement of agreement on the localization of Sustainable Development Goals was signed by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

 Approximately 65% of India's population resides in rural areas, and the government is progressively channeling social sector financing through rural local governments. Through its hallmark solution of Sustainable Development Coordination Centres, the UNDP has been leading efforts in collaboration with the NITI Aayog and state governments, including Haryana, Karnataka, Nagaland, Punjab, and Uttarakhand, to localize and accelerate the SDGs.

5/8 "Ael" Blood Group, A Rarest Of Rare Blood Group found in 30-year-old 

Ael blood group, one of the rarest blood groups, was found in a blood donor at Shalby Hospital.Aman Jain, 30, had earlier donated blood under the belief that it was O group, but hematologists discovered unusual anomalies in his blood sample and chose to investigate more. There's no documented record of the blood type in the state, according to the hospital.

"Only a few investigations have been conducted to unravel its molecular mechanism." Only a few cases with Ael have been reported around the world, making it one of the rarest blood types.

4/8 Kerala signs MoU with the Netherlands for Cosmos Malabaricus project 

According to the state administration, Kerala and the Netherlands inked an MoU on Thursday for the Cosmos Malabaricus project, which would assist explain the history of the southern state in the 18th century. In addition, the agreement plans to create painting academics in Kollam and Malappuram.

The Cosmos Malabaricus initiative intends to make digitized Dutch archive material available to a wide range of audiences, including foreign and Indian experts, as well as Kerala residents. Translation and dissemination of English-language summaries will be used to accomplish this. It went on to say that the project will take six years to complete.

3/8 New York's Central Park Inspired, "Olympic City" is planned around Noida airport 

The Master Plan-2041 proposes a world-class commercial zone with a 500-hectare park modeled after New York's iconic Central Park, an 'Aerotropolis' similar to New Delhi's Aerocity, and an 'Olympic City' for the region surrounding the Noida International Airport.

By 2041, the region is expected to have a population of 41.7 lakh people, necessitating the construction of eight lakh dwellings, 1,200 hectares of commercial space, and 4,000 hectares of industrial property, according to the proposed plan.

2/8 Indian Railway Runs Water trains to survive 350 mugger crocodiles in Rajasthan’s Pali

Owing to the region's water bodies drying up due to a hot March, the Indian Railways has started transporting water to the Pali district in western Rajasthan. In March, authorities in Pali were compelled to release water from the Jawai dam, which is located on the Jawai river, a tributary of the Luni that flows through Pali.

Due to high demand, water from the reservoir's dead zone was delivered to Pali, and the dam is currently much lower than it should be. The Jawai dam is now home to approximately 350 mugger crocodiles, who are battling for survival. The reservoir's water level is at three feet. Crocodiles must be able to swim in at least 10 feet of water to survive.

1/8 Fossils of 'Fish Lizards' larger than whales found

Extinct marine reptile fossils have been discovered in an odd location: the Swiss Alps at high heights.

The ichthyosaur fossils belonged to three separate species. One was 65 feet (20 meters) in length, and the other was 49 feet (15 meters). The largest ichthyosaur tooth ever discovered has been the most interesting find related to these fossils.

Around 250 million years ago, these "fish lizards" originally formed in the ocean, with extended bodies and small heads, resembling dolphins. They arose after the Permian mass extinction, which wiped away over 95% of marine species.

10/10 Garbhanga Reserve Forest to be declared Wildlife Sanctuary by assam Govt.

Assam's Garbhanga reserve forest will become the state's 25th wildlife sanctuary. A total area of 117 sq. km in Rani and Garbhnaga reserve forests will be notified as a wildlife sanctuary following the settlement of rights.

The 'Dornier 228', the first-ever made-in-India commercial aircraft, began flying from Dibrugarh, Assam, to Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh. The Dornier 228 has an air-conditioned cabin that can operate at any time of day or night.

8/10 Northeast India’s first Flying Training Organization inaugurated in Assam’s Lilabari 

 Lilabari Is One Of Nine FTOs Set To Open In Five Indian Airports By June 2022, Including Belagavi And Kalaburagi In Karnataka, Jalgaon In Maharashtra, And Khajuraho In Madhya Pradesh.

 

The Permission To Build An FTO At Lilabari Has Been Awarded To Redbird Aviation. India Hopes To Become A Global Centre For Pilot Training By Establishing These FTOs.

 

Redbird Aviation Now Has Two Aircraft Stationed At Lilabari For Flying Training - Tecnam P2008JC Single Engine And Tecnam P2006T Multi-Engine - Which Will Be Raised To Five By The End Of The Year.

7/10 Megalithic era Stone's Jars Connect Assam with Laos & Indonesia

On Spurs, Hill Slopes, And Ridge Lines In Assam's Dima Hasao District, Researchers Discovered Three Distinct Jar Types (Bulbous Top With Conical End; Biconical; Cylindrical).

A Total Of 546 Jars Were Discovered In One Location, Dubbed 'Nuchubunglo.'

The Stone Jars Discovered In Laos And Indonesia Could Be Linked.

Once Upon A Time, Between Laos And Northeast India, A Group Of People With Comparable Cultural Practises Occupied The Same Territory.

Jars Were Positioned At The Sites As Early As The Late Second Millennium BC, According To Dating Done At The Laos Site.

6/10 Kangra Tea will get GI Tag from European Commission 

In 2005, the Indian government designated Kangra tea as a Geographical Indication (GI). The production and growth of tea in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra region have steadily improved since 1999. It will soon receive a Geographical Indication (GI) tag from the European Commission; this tag will allow Kangra Tea to access the European market.

5/10 India's first Donkey Conservation Park to be set up in Leh

Donkeys are considered amusing animals and are associated with a taboo. The animal is in bad shape. As a result, the country's population is rapidly dwindling.

In Leh, Organico, a Delhi-based social venture, is establishing India's first donkey park.

According to Brooke Hospital for Animals (India), an international animal welfare organization located in London, the significant fall in donkey population in India over the previous decade could be linked to the rising demand for donkey skin in the Chinese market.

4/10 India to get World's Longest & Highest Tunnel at Shinku-La Pass 

The world's highest tunnel, at 16,580 feet, will be built by BRO to connect Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh. At Shinku La Pass, when over a half-dozen cars cross the Shinku La Pass from the Zanskar side towards Manali, the Himachal to Zanskar Road was opened.
 
By July of this year, the BRO will begin building a tunnel connecting Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh's Zanskar Valley.

3/10 India’s First Pure Green Hydrogen Plant Commissioned In Jorhat 

With the installation of India's first 99.999 percent pure Green Hydrogen pilot plant with an installed capacity of 10 kilograms per day at its Jorhat Pump Station in Assam today, Oil India Limited (OIL) has taken the first critical step toward a Green Hydrogen Economy in India. The plant was completed in 3 months, which is a world record.

In the future, this plant is expected to boost its green hydrogen production from 10 kg per day to 30 kg per day.

2/10 West Bengal set up to 500 KM Industrial Corridor from Tajpur to Purulia

West Bengal is building a 500-kilometer industrial corridor that will run from Tajpur, the state's forthcoming port, to Purulia, right on the state's boundary with Jharkhand, promoting clusters catering to industries like cement, edible oil, steel, and iron-ore production, among others.
 
In terms of supply, the corridor will take advantage of the deep-sea port's connectivity with the rest of Bengal, allowing for "rapid transit of goods.

1/10 Increase in child marriages seen in Bihar 

From 2015–16 to 2019–20, underage marriages of girls increased in 10 of Bihar's 37 districts, with seven districts seeing an alarming increase of more than 5 percentage points. On the other hand, the prevalence of early marriage decreased by more than five percentage points in 11 districts. Although there is still more work to be done, this survey suggests that opinions toward early marriage are slowly improving, particularly among young women.

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10/10 Yellow fever

This disease is now uncommon, but it was the most feared disease in the world from 1600 to 1900.It is caused by viruses and spread by mosquitoes. People suffer from high headaches, fevers, and nasty muscle pain, and it is almost impossible for anyone to bear such pain. Jaundice is one of the symptoms of this disease in which the body turns yellow. 

The person suffering from this dies within 8–10 days. From 1694 to 1855, this contagion spread like wildfire in the USA's Boston, Philadelphia, and Norfolk, and several people died. In 1878, 1,20,00 people got infected again and 20,000 of them died. Although there is a vaccine for this, a few attacks still occur in some African countries.

9/10 Smallpox in Japan

It is caused by the Variola virus. Fever, rashes, and vomiting afflict the victim. The person also has horrible tongue and throat ulcers. It had a 30% fatality rate. In 735, the plague erupted in a horrific form in Japan's Kyushu, killing a million people in just two years. The Japanese are still traumatized by the incident, and this disease is seen as a divine curse.

8/10 Hong Kong Fever

The H3N2 virus is the cause of this flu. It's also a form of influenza that causes coughs, colds, and mild fevers, but 40 million people died from it between 1968 and 1970. The reason for the high number of deaths was a virus mutation.

7/10 antonine plague

The Plague, Commonly Known As The Black Death, Is One Of The World's Oldest Pandemics. It Is Propagated By Rats And Is Induced By A Bacteria Called Pasteurella Pestis. There Is A High, Increasing Temperature, Swollen Lymph Nodes (Known As Buboes), And Blood Starts To Pour From These And Later Turn Black. Even The Roman Empire Was Hit By The Pandemic, Which Is Thought To Be One Of The Reasons For Its Decline. It Assassinated Two Emperors And Destroyed 10% Of The Empire's Population.

6/10 Third Plague

From 1855 until 1969, this epidemic lasted 104 years! The plague invaded all continents for the first time. It wreaked havoc in many parts of the globe. Hong Kong 1894, Mumbai 1896, Sydney 1900, and Lost Angels (1924) are only a few examples. The death toll is the most frightening aspect. Twelve million individuals died throughout this time frame. At that time, containment zones were created in the same way that they are now, but they were not effective in preventing incursions.

5/10 HIV-AIDS

4/10 Justinian's Plague

3/10 Spanish Flu

This pandemic began in 1918, following the end of World War I. It was a crushing blow to the general population, who were recovering from the war's aftermath. This flu was spread by soldiers returning from war. It was also an influenza strain. In a very short period, this pandemic engulfed the entire planet and claimed the lives of 50 million people.

2/10 Smallpox

The plague's wrath was so great at the time that it was stated that those who caught it early were lucky, and those who survived saw hell form around them. After all, who wants to witness people's rotting bodies? The pandemic took nearly one-third of Europe's population during this period. However, the truth is unknown. This pandemic lasted four years, and in London alone, 100,000 people perished as a result.

1/10 Bubonic Plague

After circulating in Japan in the 7th century, this epidemic wreaked havoc in Mexico in 1520, causing massive destruction. The Tenochtitlan empress governed Mexico at the time, and every person in the empire died solely as a result of this epidemic. Until vaccines were developed, 400 thousand people perished in Europe each year as a result of this.

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"Greed blinds and fools a man, and makes him an easy target for destruction."

The captives who had been released post - civil war boarded the Sultana riverboat to return to their homes. Around 2:00 a.m. that night, an explosion occurred, followed by two more explosions, and the steamboat sank. This catastrophe claimed the lives of even more people than the Titanic disaster. Although this incident is not well-known, it was tragic enough to startle you.

The civil war has come to an end, and peace has returned. Soldiers who'd been imprisoned as war prisoners were being freed. The US government paid the ship captains $5 per soldier and $10 per officer to return them to their respective zones. Many captains showed interest in the deal, but one of them crossed all the limits of greed. . Captain James Mason, the captain of the Sultana steamboat, developed for the Mississippi cotton trade. It weighed 1719 tonnes and was 260 feet in length. It sailed for over two years from St. Louis to New Orleans.

When the captain heard about the deal, he was delighted.  the value of the $5 was equal to $150 of today., As a result, the captain agreed to the offer. A mechanic informed him that one of the boilers had a problem and required immediate repair, but the captain was unwilling to invest his time and money. The first blunder was the mechanic's temporary patch for the boiler. The second was to overload the vessel. As we all know, it was a commercial ship with a capacity of only 376 people, but due to the captain's selfishness, 2137 people sat in this boat. When government officials questioned him about the same he bribed them for profit.

Sultana was on her way to its destination on April 24, 1865, with 1907 war prisoners, 22 guards, 70 cabin passengers, and 85 crew members. The captives were hopeful that the boat would carry them home. The boat arrived in Memphis port at 7 p.m., when it unloaded 120 tonnes of sugar and 200 passengers.  These 200 were the lucky ones as The dance of death was just about to begin. Sultana has been travelling for two days on the Mississippi River through a terrible storm.

On April 27, 1865, at around 2 a.m., the temporary boiler exploded, killing 100 persons on the spot! After then, the other two boilers blew up at the same time, killing the ship's pilots. Most of them were set on fire and burnt to death. Some of them jumped into the water, but the most of them drowned, with only a few being rescued by the rescue squad. This catastrophe claimed the lives of 1547 people, however the exact number is uncertain. The most perplexing aspect is that the captain's body is still to be discovered.

The Titanic had a total of 1517 passengers and crew members. Soldiers who were looking forward to returning home had to bid farewell to this world for one reason only because of one man's greed.

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 Would you believe me if I tell you that there was a man which used to fight with a bow and arrow during the WW1, not only did he fight but captivated 12 people? All this sounds absurd, but this man was real and was a total crazy. Using bow and arrow instead of guns, riding a bike for thousands of km crossing different countries despite the road unavailability and such craziness for a war that if a war is not going on in his own country, then moving to different counties to fight in a war. That's how weird was John Churchill.

Born on 16 September 1906, John Churchill from the very start used to get bored quickly and always looked to do something interesting. When he newly joined the army, he used to carry an umbrella for his training on rainy days. No soldier may carry an umbrella in their training despite how much it's raining. As a result, he got scolded by his senior officers, but don't you dare to assume that he was a coward because the craziness and courage which he had might not be there in anyone. He was named Mad Jack or Fighting Jack for nothing. He always needed some excitement in his life. When the world was at peace between WW1 and d WW2, he traveled 7000 km from India to satisfy when there were not even proper roads in the country. But it didn't satisfy him and he played bagpipe, not only did he play the instrument but achieved such excellence that he even secured the 2nd position in a bagpiper competition. Later, this adventurous man become passionate about archery and even started representing England in international tournaments. Though crazy, he was truly a daredevil. 

He might be the only person who was happy when France declared war against Germany after joining hands with Britain, but things didn't go the way he had expected. A saw new ray of hope arose when USSR attacked Finland as he wanted to fight only for an adrenalin rush! He wanted to fight the war but was called back as the German army attacked his country. He gathered a team and attacked the enemy with no plan. While other soldiers were using guns, he was slaughtering the enemies with his sword and bow, and arrow.

In 1943, when he had to defat German soldiers along with the Americans and Germany had highly advanced weapons. Even though the circumstances were against him, he was successful. He attacked the soldiers in the evening or night when the soldiers were tired. One night he exceeded all the limits when he located several German camps and captivated the German soldiers at the tip of his sword and captured over 50 soldiers only in one night! Even he was captured by the enemy after a few months, but somehow escaped along with his six other companions.

He was probably the only person who was sad when WW2 ended. After his retirement, he worked as a teacher in many army schools. Several attempts were made to kill him, but no one could ever lay even a scratch on him and he died naturally in 1996. 

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6/6 Meghalaya's Living Root Bridges on Tentative List Of UNESCO World Heritage Site 

Meghalaya's famous living root bridge (Jingkieng Jri) has been included in the tentative list of World Heritage Sites of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). Presently, there are 100 known living root bridges spread across 72 villages in the state. 

These bridges highlight the socio-cultural, social, and botanical links between humans and nature. Villagers, especially Khasi and Jaintia communities, are building and maintaining these bridges for over 600 years. These bridges highlight the socio-cultural, social, and botanical links between humans and nature. It takes almost 15-20 years to build one bridge, but it has a lifespan of several centuries.

5/6 Three-Headed Sculpture of Lord Vishnu Recovered in Kashmir

 A three-headed sculpture of Lord Vishnu was found in Kashmir. The sculpture was recovered from river Jhelum by some laborers when they were extracting sand at Kakapura area of Pulwama district. Later, it was handed over to the police station, Kakapura.

It's made from greenstone which is very rare and is highly decorated. Although, some parts of the sculpture are missing. The frontal human face is that of ‘Vasudeva’, the right face is of a lion and is called ‘Samkarsana’, the left one boar is north facing and of ‘Aniruddha’. 

4/6 GSI identified Two New Geological Heritage Sites

Recently, Geological Survey of India (GSI) has identified two geological heritage sites in the Indian Himalayan Region of India. The sites identified are Siwalik Fossil Park, Himachal Pradesh and Stromatolite bearing Dolomite / Limestone of  Buxa Formation, Sikkim.With inclusion of these two sites, there are 34 Geological Heritage Sites in India.

Siwalik Fossil Park

Buxa Formation, Sikkim

The Siwalik Fossil park displays a rich collection of vertebrate fossils recovered from the Siwalik rocks of the area of Plio-Pleistocene age (2.6 million to 11,700 years ago). Site at Mamley exposes litho units of Buxa Formation, Daling Group of Proterozoic age (2.5 billion years to 541 million years ago).

3/6 UP tops in vegetable and Andhra Pradesh in fruit production.

Uttar pardesh has again become the top vegetable producer, getting back it's position from west bengal after 2 years with a production diffenrce of a million tonnes in 2021-22 Crop year(July- June) . Other top producers are Madhya Pradesh at 20.59 mt, Bihar at 17.77 mt and Maharashtra at 16.78 mt.

Andhra Pradesh continues to hold his position as the top producer of fruits. India’s horticulture output is expected to drop slightly by 0.4% to 333.25 mt in 2021–22 from the previous year (2020–21) as production of vegetables, spices, and plantation crops will decline.

2/6 Scientists finally decoded the first complete Gap free Human Genome.

Around 20 years prior, researchers finished a draft of the human genome and sequence of approximately three billion letters. Yet, the blueprint was just not complete. Eight percent of the genes were missing. Finally, researchers have at long last completed their pursuit. 

When the human genome was first drafted in the early  2000s, genetic sequencing technology was undeniably more restricted. DNA sequencing technology could deliver short bits of genetic code, around 500 letters at a time. The Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) Consortium has now introduced 3.055 billion base pair sequences.

The finding provided new insights into the workings of the DNA, how it influences the risks of disease and how cells keep it neatly organized.

1/6 India's First 'STEEL SLAG' road in Surat

Surat is now the first city of India to have a steel slag road made out entirely out of industrial waste. This road is result of joint-venture project by of ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) India, the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), and the Niti Aayog at Hazira.

 This six-lane road is 1.2km long and around 1 lakh tonnes of processed steel slag have been used in its construction. Steel slag is a significant issue of worry for the steel industry as the environmental effect of metal waste on landfills is high. There is a ton of potential in steel slag as a road construction material substitute.

This initiative will not only utilise the million of tonnes steel waste produced every year, but it's will also result in more durable roadways.The construction cost of processed steel slag road is 30% less expensive than roads built from natural . "The thickness of the road is additionally 30% lesser than typical ones, while the  durability is significantly longer because of the usage of steel slag.