Page-11 of Current Affairs - January, 2024

Global Hydrogen Price Index

January 17, 2024

The International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) at GIFT City in Gandhinagar announced a new collaboration with the Indian Gas Exchange (IGX) and Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC). The goal is to jointly develop a Global Hydrogen Price Index. Developing a ..

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The Global Cooperation Barometer 2024

January 17, 2024

The World Economic Forum (WEF) recently released a report assessing global cooperation trends across five key areas, including health and wellness. The report found that prior to 2020, global health cooperation indicators were slowly but steadily improving. However, since the ..

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X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft

January 16, 2024

Two decades after the last civilian supersonic jet, NASA and Lockheed Martin have unveiled a new experimental aircraft that aims to tackle the problematic sonic boom issue hindering faster-than-sound travel. Rather than loud booms, NASA’s X-59 jet produces a gentler ..

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Marginal Rise in Saltwater Crocodiles of Odisha’s Bhitarkanika National Park

January 16, 2024

The population of saltwater or estuarine crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) in Odisha’s Bhitarkanika National Park has seen a slight increase, numbering 1,811 as per the 2024 census. This is up from 1,793 crocodiles counted last year through an extensive survey effort. ..

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Rare All-White Gentoo Penguin Spotted in Antarctica

January 16, 2024

A photographer has captured images of an extremely rare all-white Gentoo penguin in Chile’s Antarctic territory. The leucistic female penguin was filmed at the Gabriel Gonzalez Videla Base amongst a large colony of typically black-and-white Gentoo penguins. Gabriel Gonzalez Videla ..

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Earliest Cases of Genetic Syndromes Identified

January 16, 2024

Researchers have uncovered the most ancient known instances of individuals with sex chromosome syndromes, dating back roughly 5,000 years. The findings indicate people with extra or missing chromosomes have existed through human history. Genetic syndromes often confer distinct appearances and ..

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Researchers Discover Oldest Known Skin Fossil

January 16, 2024

Scientists have uncovered the most ancient skin fossil, dated to about 286 million years old. But the creature it belonged to remains a mystery for now. The textured fragment exceeds previously known skin fossils by over 21 million years. Texture ..

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Rare ‘Tree Lobsters’ Beat Back Extinction

January 16, 2024

In an extraordinary survival story, the Lord Howe Island stick insect has defied extinction after its rediscovery in 2001 on a rocky volcanic outcrop called Ball’s Pyramid. With only 20-30 left in the wild, zoos like San Diego now showcase ..

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