UPSC Prelims Facts – 08 February 2024

UPSC Prelims Facts

Grammy awards presented

  • Grammy Awards – Recognition to outstanding achievements in the music industry
  • Presented by – The Recording Academy
  • Ceremony – Held annually in Los Angeles, California

The term Humbdolt’s Enigma was in news recently.

  • Humbdolt’s Enigma – Concept suggesting a relationship between temperature, altitude, humidity, and biodiversity
  • Tropical areas receive more solar energy fostering greater primary productivity and biodiversity
  • While we expect diversity to decrease away from the tropics, mountains have been an exception to the rule posing Humboldt’s enigma.
  • Proposed by – Alexander Humbdolt

Vyommitra to fly into space

  • ‘Vyommitra’ – A humanoid robot
  • Developed by – ISRO
  • Aim – To fly aboard unmanned test missions ahead of the Gaganyaan human space-flight mission
  • Features –
    • Can withstand vibrations and shock during the flight
    • Resemble a human with facial expressions and speech and sight capabilities
    • It is a half-humanoid lacking lower limbs.

Environmental activists protested against a proposed elevated highway in BNP.

  • Location – Karnataka
  • Significance – Hosts India’s first butterfly park
  • Vegetation – Scrub type with mixed dry deciduous patches.
  • River – Suvarnamukhi

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