India’s drug pricing regulator has allowed pharmaceutical companies to increase the ceiling price of essential medicine heparin by 50 percent. This may only be the first of several drugs to get a price hike as the country tries to tackle the Covid-19 outbreak here as the nationwide lockdown and the ‘China’ factor takes its toll […]
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Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad have started using computational methods to understand the factors and impediments in incorporating biofuels into the fuel sector in India. A unique feature of this work is that the framework considers revenue generation not only as an outcome of sales of the biofuel but also in terms of carbon
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Government of India has announced a new category of awards titled ‘Prerak Dauur Samman’ as part of Swachh Survekshan 2021. The Prerak Dauur Samman has a total of five additional sub- categories -Divya (Platinum), Anupam (Gold), Ujjwal (Silver), Udit (Bronze), Aarohi (Aspiring) – with top three cities being recognized in each. Key-Points In a departure
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Online nominations/recommendations for the Padma Awards to be announced on the occasion of Republic Day, 2021 have started from 1st May, 2020. The Government is committed to transform Padma Awards into “People’s Padma”. All citizens are therefore requested to make nominations/recommendations including self-nomination. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Padma Awards, namely, Padma Vibhushan,
A high-level Industry consultation roundtable for the formulation of the new Science, Technology & Innovation Policy STIP 2020 will be organised during 2 – 3 July 2020 over a virtual platform by the STIP 2020 Secretariat in partnership with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Science Policy Forum. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The
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Government of India has launches Drug Discovery Hackathon 2020 (DDH2020), a first of its kind National Initiative for supporting drug discovery process. This Drug Discovery Hackathon is a joint initiative of MHRD’s Innovation Cell (MIC), All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and supported by Centre for
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The Ministry of Civil Aviation has allowed for flying engine-operated drones to target and destroy clusters of locusts at night across North-Western and Central States. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points In a first, permission was given to fly the drones, each weighing about 50 kg, to spray chemicals on the locusts swarming on huge
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The Defence Acquisition Council has approved deals worth ₹38,900 crore. This includes procurement of 21 MiG-29 fighter jets for the Indian Air Force (IAF), upgrade of 59 of them and acquirement of 12 Su-30 MKI aircraft. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The 21 MiG-29s had been partially manufactured by Russia for an unfulfilled order
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Recently, a very rare Red Coral Kukri snake has spotted in the Dudhwa National Park in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri. A photograph of the red snake was captured by a staff member and shared on Twitter by wildlife conservation and tourism organisation WildLense. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Red Coral Kukri is a nocturnal
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Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) generally known as Sahiya didis have played an important role in the recently conducted door-to-door Intensive Public Health Survey from June 18 to 25 to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Jharkhand. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Sahiya didis have played the role of real warriors in the war
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