Bizarre’ bird-like dinosaur fossil unearthed
Fujianvenator:
- Unearthed from Fujian Province, China
- Fujianvenator is a member of a grouping called avialans that includes all birds and their closest non-avian dinosaur relatives
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s office denied a BBC report that a deal for Britain to rejoin the European Union’s Horizon scientific research scheme had been negotiated
Horizon Europe:
- European Union’s key funding programme for research and innovation
- It tackles climate change, helps to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and boosts the EU’s competitiveness and growth.
6 Big Tech companies namely Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, ByteDance, Meta, and Microsoft were named as Gatekeepers by the EU.
Gatekeepers –
- They are the companies to face the highest level of scrutiny under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) of the EU.
- Criteria: A strong economic position in multiple markets of EU; and Large user base for the last 3 financial years.
Latest excavations indicate that an “elite” class of citizens were staying at PuranaQila.
Purana Qila–
- Built by Mughal Emperor Humayun
- Part of Humayun’s new city of Dinpanah in 16th century.
- Major architectural features: Qila-e-Kuhna mosque, Sher Mandal, Lal Darwaza and KhairulManazil etc.
- Significance: Provided evidence that Delhi has a continuous history for almost 3000 years.
‘Bharat-Vadya-Darshanam’ organised by the Sangeet Natak Akademi at dinner hosted by President will witness rare instruments.
Rare instruments include –