TIT BITS: 20.01.2025

TIT BITS:

1. The recent
discovery of "dark oxygen" production in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone
reveals that metallic nodules generate oxygen through electrolysis at depths of
4,000 meters, independent of sunlight.

2. India’s first
indigenous surgical tele-robotic system, SSI Mantra, was used to
perform two complex heart surgeries remotely, with the surgeon in Gurugram
and the patient in Jaipur.

3. In just over three months, the
Supreme Court has reiterated for the second time the need for investigative
agencies to show restraint when invoking the charge of abetment of
suicide. 











4. The Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India (TRAI) will be using distributed ledger technology (DLT) to
register spam preferences from customers, TRAI chairman said.