current affairs

1 - Mass hatching of Olive Ridley turtles along Odisha coast Mass hatching of Olive Ridley turtles began at Odisha’s Rushikulya rookery, a major nesting site of these marine turtles. The newly born Olive Ridley turtles along the Odisha coast, made their journey back to sea. Mother Olive Ridleys lay eggs in nests dug up in the beach sand. Each nest on average contains around 100 eggs. The eggs hatch in about 45 days. 3,23,063 mother Olive Ridley turtles nested this year at the major nesting 2 - 2019-20 census unveiled increase in Royal Bengal Tigers to 96 As per the 2019-20 census by the West Bengal’s forest department, the number of Royal Bengal Tigers in the Sunderbans has climbed to 96, up by eight from last year. The census was conducted between November, 2019 and January, 2020. Highlights Sundarbans has mangrove cover in 2,125 sq km in India. The whole tract of forest reaches about 100-130 km inland. Out of 96 tigers, 23 were identified as male and 43 as female, while the sex of 30

1 - Rajnath Singh apprructure Scheme Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved the launch of Defence Testing Infrastructure Scheme (DTIS) with an outlay of Rs 400 crore for creating state of the art testing infrastructure. It would run for five years and envisages to setup 6-8 new test facilities in partnership with private industry. The projects under the Scheme will be provided with up to 75% government funding in the form of ‘Grant-in-Aid’. The remaining 25% of the project cost will have to be borne by the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) whose constituents will be Indian private entities and State Governments. 2 - Landing Craft Utility Ship 'INLCU L57' commissioned into Indian Navy Landing Craft Utility Ship 'INLCU L57' was commissioned into Indian Navy in Port Blair. The indigenously designed ship has been built by Garden Reach Shipbuilder and Engineers, GRSE, Kolkata. This is the seventh Landing Craft Utility (LCU) MK-IV class to be inducted into Indian Navy.