TNPSC Current Affairs April 25, 2018

www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current Affairs April 25, 2018 (25/04/2018)

Topic : Latest Inventions On Science and Health, Ecology and Environment

World’s smallest land fern

Researchers have discovered the world’s smallest land fern in the Ahwa forests of the Western Ghats in Gujarat’s Dang district.

Key facts:

The size of the new Malvi’s adder’s-tongue fern Ophioglossum malviae is just one centimetre.

The fingernail-sized fern belongs to a group known as the adder’s-tongue ferns, named after their resemblance to a snake’s tongue.

The ferns are seasonal and grow with the first monsoon rains. They last only for a few months and new plants are born through their spores next year.

Topic : Latest Inventions On Science and Health, Ecology and Environment

Giant mosquito with 11.15cm wingspan found in China

A super-sized mosquito with a wingspan of 11.15 centimetres has been found in China’s Sichuan province.

According to Zhao Li, curator of the Insect Museum of West China, the mosquito belongs to the world’s largest mosquito species Holorusia mikado. The mosquito feeds on nectar, not blood.

Topic : Sports and Medals, persons in News

Rivzi won silver – ISSF World Cup

Shahzar Rizvi won India’s first medal at the ongoing ISSF World Cup, winning a silver in the 10m air pistol event.

Rizvi, who had won the gold medal in his first appearance in the ISSF World Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico in March, fell short by just 0.2 points this time.

Russia’s Artem Chernousov clinched the gold medal with a final score of 240 while the bronze went to Bulgaria’s Samuil Donkov who shot a total score of 217.1.