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- India''s first nocturnal zoo, Kankaria, has recorded over Rs. 3 crore yearly income.
- The two-floor zoo is designed to create a night-like environment in the day time and vice versa.
- "Total investment on this zoo was Rs. 17 crore and we get around Rs. 3.6 crore annual return a year," said RK Sahu, director.
- It was built in 2017, housing nocturnal animals such as Hedgehog, Jungle cat, and Striped Hyena, who are active in dark.
- It has got a geothermal system for aeration, introduced first time in India for animals as well as visitors.
- It is also provided with a special lighting system to give it a night-like look, said Sahu.
- The whole property is designed in a way to give it a jungle-like texture also.
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- NASA’s Curiosity rover has tasted its first sample from a Martian region called “the clay-bearing unit” on Mount Sharp, the US space agency said.
- Curiosity drilled a piece of bedrock nicknamed “Aberlady” on April 6 the 2,370th Martian day, or sol, of the mission and delivered the sample to its internal mineralogy lab on 10th April , NASA said in a statement.
- The rover’s drill chewed easily through the rock, unlike some of the tougher targets it faced nearby on Vera Rubin Ridge.
- It was so soft, in fact, that the drill did not need to use its percussive technique, which is helpful for snagging samples from harder rock.
- This was the mission’s first sample obtained using only rotation of the drill bit.
- “Curiosity has been on the road for nearly seven years,” said Curiosity Project Manager Jim Erickson of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, US.
- “Finally drilling at the clay-bearing unit is a major milestone in our journey up Mount Sharp,” Erickson said.
- Scientists are eager to analyse the sample for traces of clay minerals because they usually form in water.
- NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spied a strong clay “signal” here long before Curiosity landed in 2012.
- Pinpointing the source of that signal could help the science team understand if a wetter Martian era shaped this layer of Mount Sharp, the 5-kilometer-tall mountain Curiosity has been climbing.
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- A Russian official said the ‘Order of St Andrew the Apostle’ is awarded to prominent statesmen, public figures and those working in the fields of science, culture and arts in recognition of their exceptional services in promoting prosperity and glory of Russia.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been honoured with Russia’s highest state decoration, the Order of St Andrew the Apostle, for his role in promoting close ties between the two countries.
- The award comes days after the United Arab Emirates announced to confer Modi with ‘The Order of Zayed’.
- The Russian government said Modi is being given the highest state decoration for “exceptional services” in promoting special and privileged strategic partnership between Russia and India and friendly relations between the Russian and Indian people.
- A Russian official said the ‘Order of St Andrew the Apostle’ is awarded to prominent statesmen, public figures and those working in the fields of science, culture and arts in recognition of their exceptional services in promoting prosperity and glory of Russia.
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