1) Tulu and Kodava: speakers have opposed the draft of the Kannada Language Comprehensive Development Bill, 2022 to ensure the “extensive use” of Kannada. Both are Dravidian languages.
The native speakers of Tulu are referred to as Tuluva or Tulu people and the geographical area is unofficially called Tulu Nadu. Separated early from Proto-South Dravidian, Tulu has several features not found in Tamil–Kannada. At present, Tulu is not an official language in the country. Tulu has a rich oral literature tradition with folk-song forms like paddana, and traditional folk theatre yakshagana.
Kodava, which is also called Coorgi, is spoken mainly in Kodagu district.
2) IMT TRILAT: The first edition of India-Mozambique-Tanzania Trilateral Exercise (IMT TRILAT), a joint maritime exercise among the Indian, Mozambique and Tanzanian navies commenced at Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Indian Navy is represented by the guided missile frigate, INS Tarkash, a Chetak helicopter and MARCOS (Special Forces).
3) Salmonella tphimurium DT104: It is a disease caused by the bacteria Salmonella.
Salmonella Typhimurium and salmonella typhi are two types of salmonella bacteria.
It is usually characterized by acute onset of fever, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, nausea and sometimes vomiting.
According to a recent study, multi-drug resistant Salmonella tphimurium DT104 causes infections in humans and cattle.
4) Kalanamak Rice: it is a traditional variety of paddy with black husk and strong fragrance.
It is considered a gift from Lord Buddha to the people of Sravasti when he visited the region after enlightenment. It is protected under the Geographical Indication (GI) tag system.
Grown in Terai region of north-eastern Uttar Pradesh and in Nepal, the traditional variety has been prone to ‘lodging’, a reason for its low yield. (Lodging is a condition in which the top of the plant becomes heavy because of grain formation, the stem becomes weak, and the plant falls on the ground.)
2 new varieties developed by IARI: Pusa Narendra Kalanamak 1638 and Pusa Narendra Kalanamak 1652.
5) Kushan coinage: According to historians, the Kushans, who hailed from the Central Asian region and ruled till 3rd century AD, were the first to use the image of Goddess Lakshmi on their coins, along with Ardochsho, the Iranic Goddess of wealth.
The Kushans also depicted Oesho [Shiva], moon deity Miro and Buddha in their coinage.
Closer home, the Vijayanagara kings used coinage with Hindu idols. Harihara –II (1377-1404) introduced coins that had Brahma-Saraswati, Vishnu-Lakshmi and Shiva-Parvati.
coins with Goddess Lakshmi were also issued by Mohammed bin Sam, known to us as Mohammed Ghori after defeating Prithviraj Chauhan in the battle of Terrain in 1192 AD.
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