TITBITS: 15.07.2024

TITBITS:

1.
The Indian flapshell turtle (
Lissemys
punctata) is a freshwater species of turtle.

IUCN Red List: Vulnerable.
CITES: Appendix II. Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972: Schedule

 

2.
Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016,
was passed by the Parliament of India to give effect to the United
Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD)
,
which India ratified in 2007.

3.
Puri Jagganath Temple, believed to have been built during the reign of King
Anantavarman Chodaganga Deva,
of the Eastern Ganga dynasty, in the 12th
century. 

 

4.
Zepbound,
a diabetic drug by US pharma
giant Eli Lilly as weight loss drug will be getting regualtory approval from
Government of India.

 

5.
Code of Criminal procedure (CrPC) Section 125
- SC upheld the divorced Muslim women’s Right to
claim maintanence.