Page-17 of Current Affairs - January, 2022

Ramisyllis kingghidorahi: New Species of Branching Worm

January 24, 2022

The marine biologists recently described the third species of syllid worm. It was named as Ramisyllis kingghidorahi. The species was found in shallow waters of Sado island in Japan. It was found inside the sponges. About the new species The ..

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Kirbati Island: Maiden COVID Cases

January 24, 2022

Kirbati is one of the most isolated islands in the world. It is located in Pacific Ocean, at 4,800 kimlometres from North America. So far Kirbati had recorded only two COVID-19 cases. Recently, Kirbati is facing community transmission. What happened? ..

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Japan’s Renkoji Temple offer

January 24, 2022

A new translation of a letter to the Indian Government in 2005, written by chief priest of Tokyo’s Renkoji temple in Japanese language, reveals that Justice MK Mukherjee was given permission to conduct DNA test of ashes and bone fragments, ..

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South Bengal Elephant Corridors

January 24, 2022

The fragmented and patchy forests in south Bengal have become one of the hotspots of human-elephant conflict in India. It has resulted in loss of lives of humans as well as pachyderms. Highlights Conflict often led to law-and-order problems. In ..

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Twitter: NFT Profile Picture feature

January 24, 2022

On January 21, 2022. Twitter announced a new way for users to authenticate their profile pictures, which is fuelled by non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Key Points It is significant for NFT owners who have been uploading their digital assets as profile ..

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Shortage of Lithium for EV batteries

January 24, 2022

Recently, the Serbian Government cancelled licenses for a major lithium project, which is owned by Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto Plc. Highlights Lithium is in hot demand because of rapidly growing production of electric vehicles, which use lithium-ion batteries. However, there ..

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SC Judgement on Inheritance of Daughters

January 24, 2022

In a significant verdict Supreme Court recently declared that; daughters will be entitled to inherit the properties of the father. Key Facts The apex court pronounced that, daughters of a male Hindu, dying intestate, will be entitled to inherit the ..

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Earth’s sixth mass extinction

January 24, 2022

As per a report published in Biological Reviews, Sixth Mass Extinction crisis is underway on the Planet Earth. It could have already lost around 13 percent of its total species. Mass extinction on Earth In the past Earth has witnessed ..

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