Forest officials and villagers gave full credit to the trained jumbos for their critical role in subduing a rampaging lone elephant.
- Kumkis – Kumki or Koomkie is a term used in for trained captive Asian elephants used in operations to trap wild elephants.
- Koundinya Wildlife Sanctuary – a wildlife sanctuary and an elephant reserve situated in Andhra Pradesh
Oldest yet fossils of a plant-eating dinosaur found in Rajasthan
Tharosaurus indicus – sauropod dinosaur
- The scientists named the dinosaur Tharosaurus indicus, with Tharo deriving from the Thar desert; saurus from the Greek ‘sauros’, or lizard; and indicus from its Indian origin.
Chest X-ray interpretation using AI can detect more TB cases
qXR algorithm –
- AI algorithm developed by the Mumbai-based Qure.ai
- Can help in early detection of people with presumptive TB disease in less than a minute
Government has cut the windfall profit tax on crude oil produced in the country.
Windfall Profit Tax –
- It is a higher tax levied by the government on specific industries when they experience unexpected and above-average profits.
- “Windfall” refers to a dramatic and unanticipated increase in profits.
- Examples – Crude oil prices soared high due to the prevailing war conditions in Russia and Ukraine, taxes on lottery etc.
Department of Investment & Public Asset Management (DIPAM) invited Request for Proposal (RFP) to engage an asset valuer for Strategic Disinvestment of IDBI Bank.
Strategic Disinvestment –
- It implies the sale of a substantial portion of the Government shareholding of a central public sector enterprise (CPSE) of up to 50%, or such higher percentage as the competent authority may determine, along with transfer of management control.
- DIPAM is under the Ministry of Finance to oversee work related to Strategic Disinvestment and Privatisation, Minority Stake Sales and Capital Restructuring.
National e-Governance Division (NeGD) of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is set to integrate Personalised Adaptive Learning (PAL) into its existing Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing (DIKSHA) platform.
DIKSHA –
- Ministry – Ministry of Education
- Provides e-content for schools by an online portal and a mobile application.
PAL –
- A software-based approach that aims to provide each student with an individualized learning experience based on their unique needs and abilities.