Current Affairs August 2021

Effective defense strategy deployed by a resistant tomato cultivar

Effective defense strategy deployed by a resistant tomato cultivar

Effective defense strategy deployed by a resistant tomato cultivar against Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus unravelled by scientists of National Institute of Plant Genome Research. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV) infection causes severe losses in tomato yield worldwide. Lack of information on resistance (R) genes against ToLCNDV […]

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Indian researchers have developed a new Visceral Leishmaniasis therapy

Indian researchers have developed a new Visceral Leishmaniasis therapy

Indian researchers have developed a non-invasive, easy to administer, cost-effective, and patient compliant potential therapeutic strategy against Visceral Leishmaniasis. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Their strategy based on nano carrier-based oral drugs coated with Vitamin B12 enhanced oral bioavailability and efficacy of the therapy by more than 90%. Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is a complex infectious

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Ministry of Civil Aviation grants drone use permission to 10 organizations

Ministry of Civil Aviation grants drone use permission to 10 organizations

Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have granted conditional exemption from Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Rules, 2021 to 10 organizations. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The detail of these permissions include: Government of Karnataka: Drone based aerial survey for creating urban property ownership records in Bengaluru National Health Mission,

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Narendra Tomar inaugurated world's second-largest refurbished gene bank

Narendra Tomar inaugurated world’s second-largest refurbished gene bank

Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar recently inaugurated the world’s second-largest refurbished state-of-the-art National Gene Bank at the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR), Pusa in New Delhi. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The National Gene Bank established in the year 1996 to preserve the seeds of Plant Genetic Resources

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Shaurya Chakra conferred on CoBRA commandos for anti-Naxal ops in Chhattisgarh

Shaurya Chakra conferred on CoBRA commandos for anti-Naxal ops in Chhattisgarh

Three CoBRA commandos of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have been awarded the ‘Shaurya Chakra’ for displaying bravery and killing four “hardcore” Naxals in the worst Maoist violence-affected Sukma district of Chhattisgarh. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Shaurya Chakra is an Indian military decoration awarded for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice while not

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