1. Amritpal lok
sabha MP, under Article
101(4) of the Indian Constitution, an MP can be disqualified if absent from
Parliament sessions for 60
days without permission.
2. IN-SPACe has
launched the ₹500-crore Technology
Adoption Fund (TAF) to support indigenous space tech development,
offering up to 60% funding
for startups/MSMEs and 40% for larger industries, fostering R&D, innovation, and economic growth
in India's space sector.
3. Scientists at
Macquarie University, Sydney, have discovered that two nocturnal bull ant
species, Myrmecia pyriformis
and Myrmecia midas,
navigate at night using polarized
moonlight, making them only the second known animals after dung beetles to do so.
4. The South American tapir, the largest land mammal in South America,
has been spotted in Brazil's Cunhambebe
State Park after 100 years; it is an endangered herbivore known
as a "forest
gardener" for aiding seed dispersal and ecosystem balance.