6 October 2013 Current Affairs
Giant Channels Discovered Beneath Antarctic Ice Shelf
Researchers from the University of Exeter, Newcastle University, the University of Bristol, the University of Edinburgh, the British Antarctic Survey and the University of York announced that they discovered Giant 250-metre high channels, beneath a floating ice shelf in Antarctica.The height of the ice shelf is around 250 metres and the channels are almost as tall as the Eiffel tower and stretched hundreds of kilo metres along the ice shelf.Giant 250-metre high channels of ice will help to predict future of Antarctic ice.Researchers used satellite images and airborne radar measurements to reveal the channels under the ice shelf.
India Wins Two Bronze In IJF Judo Grand Prix
India won two bronze medals in the IJF Grand Prix Judo tournament which ended on 6 October in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The Kapana Devi won the first bronze before H Sunibala Devi added another in the under 78kg weight category in the event .