Department of Science & Technology, Government of India in a rapid response to combat COVID-19 global pandemic approved setting up of a Centre for Augmenting WAR with COVID-19 Health Crisis (CAWACH) at a total cost of Rs 56 Cr to scout, evaluate and support the innovations and start-ups that address COVID-19 challenges. The Society for […]
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While the country’s leadership is seized of the way forward after April 14 when the 3 week national lock down in the wake of Corona virus crisis comes to an end and the basis of such decision is being debated. Vice President of India Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu urged that concerns about the health of
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Indian Railways has taken up the in-house production of PPE type overall on a mission mode. An overall produced by Jagadhari workshop was recently cleared by a DRDO lab, authorised for the purpose. Approved design and material will now be used for making this protective overall by other workshops under different zones. Daily Current Affairs
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The number of positive cases in Mysuru has touched 28 and seven cases have been reported within a span of 24 hours. This is as per the latest media bulletin released by the Karnataka Health Department. Mysuru-based CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CSIR-CFTRI) has joined hands with the district administration by making available equipment needed
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The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved a loan of USD 500 million to support India’s efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The aim of the move is to help reduce health care pressures in pandemic preparedness and health infrastructure in India. It will also provide liquidity, fiscal
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The Centre’s mobile app, Aarogya Setu, developed for tracking COVID-19 patients, has become the world’s fastest app to reach 50 million downloads in just 13 days. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Aarogya Setu app alerts people if any known person or person in their vicinity has tested positive. District administration has asked all
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India has banned all exports of hydroxychloroquine – an anti- malaria drug that is being used in the treatment of Covid-19. India has banned exports of a host of medical devices, including sanitiser, all types of ventilators and surgical masks. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has recommended the
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The Supreme Court (SC) has asked the governments of Kerala and Karnataka to amicably settle the dispute over the closure of roads linking Kasaragod district (Kerala) to Mangaluru (Karnataka). The SC bench took up via video conferencing an appeal against the Kerala High Court order directing the opening of roads so that patients from Kasaragod
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A team of researchers of Pune based Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET) has developed a low-cost indigenous prototype of polymer swab which can be used for collection of samples for coronavirus (Covid-19) testing. If it is approved for production, the country will not need to depend on imported swabs. Daily Current Affairs Quiz
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The International Olympic Committee has set June 29, 2021 as the new deadline for the qualification period of the Tokyo Olympics, which has been rescheduled to next year in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. The decision was made after discussion with the National Olympic Committee (NOC) Presidents, Secretary Generals and Chef de Missions, IOC Director
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