India’s arms imports decreased by 33% between 2011–15 and 2016–20 while the nation continues to remain the second largest arms importer after Saudi Arabia, according to a report from Swedish think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The overall drop in arms imports between 2011–15 and 2016–20 was due […]
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Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has launched a ‘bee-fences’ project to mitigate human-animal (elephant) conflict in the country. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 An initiative of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Project RE-HAB (Reducing Elephant-Human Attacks using Bees) intends to create “bee fences” to thwart elephant attacks in human habitations using honeybees.
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Rajya Sabha recently has approved a bill to declare two food technology institutes at Kundli in Haryana and Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu as national institutes. The Rajya Sabha passed the National Institutes of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management Bill, 2019 by voice vote. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Bill declares certain institutes of food
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The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has started work on reopening the crucial Baralacha Pass in Himachal Pradesh much before schedule to restore connectivity to Leh in Ladakh. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Bara-lacha la also known as Bara-lacha Pass is a high mountain pass in Zanskar range, connecting Lahaul district in Himachal Pradesh to Leh
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Guru Chemancheri Kunhiraman Nair was a seasoned Kathakali actor and he played a significant role in making classical dances such as Bharatanatyam popular in north Kerala. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Chemancheri Kunhiraman Nair, also known as Guru Chemancheri (1916 – 2021) was a noted Indian Kathakali actor. He also played a significant role in
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Current Affairs 16 March 2021 is the most important area from which a major share of questions come in SSC, Railway, state government recruitment exams, UPSC prelims and mains. Education Minister announced linking of OTPRMS certificates with DigiLocker Education Minister announces linking of OTPRMS certificates with DigiLocker with complete waiver of registration fees in order
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A mosquito protein, called AEG12, strongly inhibits the family of viruses that cause yellow fever, dengue, West Nile, and Zika, and also weakly inhibits coronaviruses, according to scientists at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and their collaborators. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The researchers found that AEG12 works by destabilising the viral envelope,
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Having left the European Union’s flagship Erasmus scholarship programme after Brexit, the UK launched its own replacement called the Turing scheme to enable UK students to study abroad. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Named after the celebrated English mathematician and codebreaker Alan Turing, the scheme will enable schools, colleges and universities in the UK to
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A committee set up by the Narendra Modi government last year to suggest ways of India improving its ranking in the World Press Freedom Index has concluded that the media is doing well and that India’s poor score – which it says is “not in line with the ground situation” – is the product of
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Members who were part of the Commission for Air Quality Management said they were taken aback by the sudden dissolution of the body, constituted last October and via an ordinance. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The commission was headed by M.M. Kutty, a former Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. The dissolution
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