Current Affairs June 2021

GI certified Zardalu mangoes exported to the United Kingdom

Giving a possible boost to the potential of farm exports from the eastern region, India exported the first commercial consignment of Geographical Indications (GI) certified ‘Jardalu’ mangoes from Bhagalpur, Bihar, to the United Kingdom. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority, APEDA, in collaboration with Bihar government, Indian […]

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Operation Olivia to protect Olive Ridley turtles

The Indian Coast Guard’s “Operation Olivia”, conducts in every year, initiated in the early 1980s, helps protect Olive Ridley turtles as they congregate along the Odisha coast for breeding and nesting from November to December. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) is listed as vulnerable under the International Union for Conservation

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IITs Ropar developed the first electrical free CPAP device Jeevan Vayu

IIT Ropar recently developed a device ‘Jivan Vayu’ which can be used as a substitute for a CPAP machine. Dr Khushboo Rakha, Assistant Professor, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering developed the device at the Advanced Materials and Design Lab of IIT Ropar. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The device is the nation’s first such device that

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Suresh Raina’s autobiography “Believe – What Life and Cricket Taught Me”

Suresh Raina, one of India’s most successful international cricketers, has published his own memoir ‘Believe: What Life and Cricket Taught Me’ along with cricket writer Bharat Sundaresan. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 ‘Believe’, the word Sachin Tendulkar told him-and he took it to heart, getting the word etched on his arm as a tattoo. In

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Volleyball player Nirmal Milkha Singh passed away

Former India women’s volleyball captain, Nirmal Milkha Singh, passed away in Chandigarh at the age of 85. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Nirmal was born as in Sheikhupura, Pakistan, on October 8, 1938. She was captain of the Punjab volleyball team on three separate occasions. In 1955, she also went on tour to Ceylon (Sri

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India’s agriculture exports registers increase of 17.34% in 2020-21

According to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, exports of agriculture and allied products jumped to 41.25 billion US dollars and registered an increase of 17.34 per cent during the fiscal year 2020-21. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Exports of agriculture and allied products including marine and plantation products jumped to 41.25 billion US dollars

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15-metre tree discovered in Andaman & Nicobar Islands

A 15-meter-tall tree that belongs to the genus of the coffee family has recently been discovered from the Andaman Islands by a team of researchers from India and the Philippines. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The new species, Pyrostria laljii, is also the first record of the genus Pyrostria in India. Plants belonging to genus

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Project O2 for India to increase supply of medical oxygen

The Centre has launched ‘Project O2 for India’ to step up the production of medical oxygen to meet the potential increase in demand due to further waves of the pandemic. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 ‘Project O2 for India’, an initiative of the Office of Principal Scientific Adviser, Government of India (GoI). It aims to

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Ajai Puri re-elected as COAI chairman for 2021-22

Ajai Puri has been re-elected as Chairman of the industry association for 2021-22. Pramod Kumar Mittal, President of Reliance Jio Infocomm, will continue as Vice Chairman of the association. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 COAI – whose members include telcos like Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea – noted that the past year has

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ESA to developed World’s First Wooden Satellite called WISA Woodsat

A Finnish company called Arctic Astronautics is working on sending the world’s first wooden satellite to space by the end of this year from New Zealand. It has sensors that have been developed by the European Space Agency (ESA). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The satellite will be launched to test the applicability of wooden

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