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First Indian peacekeeper to honoured with UN Military Gender Advocate award

Indian Army officer and woman peacekeeper Major Suman Gawani, who has served with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), has been selected for the prestigious United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award (2019). She is the first Indian peacekeeper to be given the UN Military Gender Advocate award, for her outstanding […]

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Power Finance Corporation inked MoU with NBPCL to fund hydro-electric projects

Power Finance Corporation has entered into an agreement with Narmada Basin Projects Company Ltd (NBPCL), a wholly-owned company of government of Madhya Pradesh, to fund projects worth Rs 22,000 crore. The funds will be used for setting up hydroelectric projects of 225 MW and power components of 12 major multipurpose projects in the state. Some

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Facebook Launched its Audio-only Calling App ‘CatchUp’

Facebook’s New Product Experimentation (NPE) team has launched a new app called CatchUp. The app makes it easier for friends and family in the US to coordinate or join a group call with up to eight participants. This audio-only unique app has been developed to coordinate call timings with friends and family members and enables

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WFIRST Telescope renamed after ‘Mother of Hubble’ Nancy Grace Roman

US Space agency NASA has renamed its Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) in honor of Nancy Grace Roman, the US space agency’s first chief astronomer, who paved the way for space telescopes focused on the broader universe. The WFIRST Telescope will now be called Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (or Roman Space Telescope, for

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‘Hunar Haat’ to make a comeback in September 2020

‘Hunar Haat’, the flagship initiative by the Minority Affairs Ministry to generate employment for master craftspeople, will make a comeback in September with a ‘Local to Global’ theme after an over five-month gap due to the coronavirus pandemic. The skill fare will resume to operate after an over five-month gap due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Aarogya Setu became open source on Android

Android version of Aarogya Setu becomes the first government product in the world to be made open source, bumping up its transparency credentials. Government informs 11.5 crore people have downloaded the app so far and 8 lakh people have done their self-assessment. Opening the source to the developer community means that the developers and privacy

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Organic-Inorganic hybrid nanocoatings for disposable masks

The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has approved support for large scale production of organic-inorganic hybrid nanocoatings for disposable masks developed by Dr Viswanatha R from Jyothy Institute of Technology, Bengaluru under the DST Nano Mission. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The N95 masks are capable of filtering out all types of particles,

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Proto-type test samples of PPE Coveralls tested

The proto-type test samples of PPE Coveralls are tested and certified by Nine (9) authorized laboratories as per the technical specifications prescribed by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. The test standards are in conformity with the WHO Guidelines for COVID-19, and tested in accordance with ISO 16603 Class 3 and above for ‘Synthetic

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Bacterial secreted proteins effective in inactivating coronavirus

Researchers have discovered two bacterial secreted proteins that can effectively inactivate a series of viruses, including the novel coronavirus, dengue, and the HIV. Initially, the researchers identified a soil bacterium from the gut of Aedes aegymosquitoes. The whole bacterial genome was sequenced to characterize the bacterium and the scientists identified two proteins that can effectively

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Researchers found new possibility to improve rice productivity

Researchers have discovered a region in the genome of a rice, which seems to have the potential for improving productivity. The Researchers was conducted jointly by the Department of Biotechnology’s National Institute of Plant Genome Research (DBT-NIPGR), ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR-IARI), ICAR-National Rice Research Institute (ICAR-NRRI), Cuttack and University of Delhi South Campus (UDSC).

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