China took another step towards completing the construction of its first space station by the end of next year following the launch and docking of a cargo spacecraft. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft, described by as “the delivery guy for China’s space station”, was launched on a Long March-7 rocket from […]
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On account of the disruptions caused by the second wave of COVID 19 pandemic to businesses across various sectors of the economy, Government has further enlarged the scope of Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Under ECLGS 4.0, a100% guarantee cover is being offered to loans up to Rs.2 crore
Prices of edible oils such as mustard, vanaspati, soya, palm, sunflower, and groundnut are more than their highest in a decade. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Prices have risen as much as 62 percent from last year, Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey said at a recent meeting on the issue. India imports about 65 percent of
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Chief Minister of West Bengal appointed West Bengal’s Chief Secretary (CS) Alapan Bandyopadhyay as Chief Advisor for three years, after allowing the bureaucrat who was ordered by the central government to report to Delhi, to retire. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 In normal practice, the Centre asks every year for an “offer list” of officers
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NASA announced to launch a Falcon 9 rocket under the SpaceX’s 22nd cargo resupply mission to send the micro-animals which includes 5,000 tardigrades dubbed as ‘water bears’, 28 glow-in-the-dark baby squids,Tardigrades, Butterfly IQ Ultrasound and new solar panels into the space. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The water animals, which will be launched aboard SpaceX’s
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Germany has recognised that it committed genocide against the Herero and Nama people in present-day Namibia during its colonial rule over a century ago. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Between 1904 and 1908, German colonial settlers killed tens of thousands of men, women and children from the Herero and Nama tribes after they rebelled against
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The Suryakiran aerobatic display team of the Indian Air Force (IAF), which has enthralled crowds across the country with their hair-raising manoeuvres with their aircraft in red and white, has just completed 25 years. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 One of the few nine aircraft display teams in the world and the only one in
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The study identified the declining forest bird species in Western Himalayas and found that while the forest interior harbors a large number of endemic bird species, all landscapes showed a drastic loss of bird species diversity. With the loss of natural habitats in the region, dispersal corridors between those habitats need to be restored to
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According to the Chinese government, Married Chinese couples may have up to three children, in a major shift from the existing limit of two after recent data showed a dramatic decline in births in the world’s most populous country. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The policy change will come with supportive measures, which will be
