Current Affairs August 2021

Rekha Sharma got 3-year term as Chairperson of the National Commission for Women

Chairperson of the National Commission for Women, Smt. Rekha Sharma got Nominated for another term of 3 years. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The National Commission for Women (NCW) is the statutory body of the Government of India, generally concerned with advising the government on all policy matters affecting women. It was established on 31 […]

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PM Modi released installment of financial benefit under PM-KISAN scheme

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently released the installment of financial benefit under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi is a central sector scheme under the government of India which provides income support to the farmers and their families. PM-KISAN scheme was first implemented as

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Balaram Jayanti 2021

Balaram Jayanti is observed on Shravan Purnima in many parts of the country and on Akshaya Tritiya day in other regions of India. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The festival of Balaram Jayanti is also famous as Lalahi Chhath or Shashti in some of the Northern states of the nation. The day is also celebrated

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Nagasaki Day 2021

Nagasaki day is observed on 9 August each year to promote peace politics and is a focus for anti-war and nuclear disarmament groups around the world. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The pictures of mushroom clouds after the nuclear bombs were detonated by the United States over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan have gone down

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Quit India Movement Day 2021

Quit India Movement Day is celebrated on 8 August each year in India. Quit India Movement was a mass civil disobedience movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi on 8 August 1942. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 He launched the movement in Gowalia Tank Maidan (now also known as August Kranti Maidan), and gave a call ‘do

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Special moment for Indian wrestling

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated ace Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia for winning bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics 2020. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The 27-year-old defeated Kazakhstan’s Daulet Niyazbekov in the men’s freestyle 65kg category to clinch a medal on his Olympic debut. Bajrang Punia is a freestyle wrestler from Haryana. He competes in

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New technique to study ultrasmall particles in cells

Researchers from IIT Madras and IISER Kolkata have developed a method to detect minute quantities of chemicals in solution. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 They use a variation of absorption spectroscopy that surpasses the systemic limits imposed by conventional absorption spectroscopy. With this technique, they can, in principle, illuminate the insides of cells and detect

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Hydrogen Fuel Cell-Based Technology for Diesel-Run Trains

The Indian Railways Organisation of Alternative Fuels (IROAF) recently invited bids for Hydrogen Fuel Cell based Train on Indian Railways Network, which will be used to determine whether diesel-run trains can be operated by using hydrogen instead. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The project entails retrofitting Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU) in 89 km Sonipat-Jind

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China impacted by temperature rise higher than the global average

China is facing a growing risk of experiencing extreme weather and climate events and a temperature rise higher than the global average as a result of continuing climate warming. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 A Blue Book on Climate Change in China 2021 published by China’s China Meteorological Administration (CMA) this week cautioned that between

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Google Doodle honours India’s first woman pilot Sarla Thukral

Google honoured India’s first woman pilot Sarla Thukral on her 107th birthday with a dedicated Google Doodle. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Sarla Thakral (1914 – 15 March 2008) was the first Indian woman to fly an aircraft. Born in 1914, she earned an aviation pilot license in 1936 at the young age of 21

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