Today in History (Apr 13th, 1919)
The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, also known as the Amritsar Massacre, occurred on April 13, 1919, in Amritsar, Punjab. The British army troops, under the command of General Reginald Dyer, opened fire on a crowd of unarmed Indian civilians, killing at least 379 people and injuring more than 1,200. The crowd had gathered to protest against the arrest of the nationalist leaders, Dr. Satya Pal and Saifuddin Kitchlew.
Summary of Today’s News
Graphene
Graphene is a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice structure with excellent mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties. It has many applications, including electronics, energy storage, water purification, and biomedical engineering. It is a highly conductive material, which makes it helpful in making ultrafast transistors, sensors, and solar cells. It was first discovered in 2004 by Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, who were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2010.
Consumer Price Inflation slides below 6% for the first time in 2023.
The Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) touched 5.66% in March 2023 due to base effects. It slid below the 6% mark for the first time in 2023. CPI (Rural) dropped to 5.51% from 6.72% in February 2023. But the urban inflation dropped marginally to 5.89% from 6.1% in February 2023.
Fact Check Unit
As proposed in the Information Technology Rules, 2021, the Fact Check Unit upholds the highest levels of professional and ethical standards to ensure trustworthiness and neutrality in identifying potentially misleading or fake content by asking social media platforms to take such content. It will have representatives from the IT Ministry, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, a media expert, and a legal expert.
Higgs Boson
The Higgs Boson is a subatomic particle that physicist Peter Higgs first proposed in the 1960s as part of the Higgs mechanism, which explains how particles acquire mass. The existence of the Higgs Boson was confirmed in 2012 by experiments conducted at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research.
Large Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) near Geneva, Switzerland. It aims to study the behavior of subatomic particles by recreating conditions that existed just moments after the Big Bang.
