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India, Japan and Australia unveil supply chain initiative

India, Japan and Australia unveil supply chain initiative

Trade ministers of India, Japan and Australia formally launched the Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (SCRI) to counter China’s dominance of supply chain in the Indo-Pacific region. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Supply Chain Resilience Initiative aims to create a virtuous cycle of enhancing supply chain resilience with a view to eventually attaining strong, sustainable,

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Andaman & Nicobar becomes first large territory to get organic certification

Andaman & Nicobar becomes first large territory to get organic certification

About 14,491 hectare (ha) area in Andaman and Nicobar has been certified as organic, the first large contiguous territory to be done under a government scheme. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW) is working to identify Traditional Organic Areas to transform them into certified organic production hubs. The

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Israel committing 'crime of apartheid' against Palestinians

Israel committing ‘crime of apartheid’ against Palestinians

Human Rights Watch recently reported that Israel is committing the crime of “apartheid” by seeking to maintain Jewish “domination” over Palestinians and its own Arab population, an explosive allegation fiercely denounced by Israel. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization, headquartered in New York City, that conducts research

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The Ct value in a Covid-19 test

The Ct value in a Covid-19 test

Among various scientific terms that the Covid-19 pandemic has made part of the public vocabulary, one is the ‘Ct value’ in RT-PCR tests for determining whether a patient is positive for Covid-19. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Short for cycle threshold, Ct is a value that emerges during RT-PCR tests, the gold standard for detection

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Oxygen from Sterlite Copper

Oxygen from Sterlite Copper

The Supreme Court allowed Vedanta Limited to operate its oxygen production units at the Sterlite Copper plant in Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Sterlite Copper plant has been shut for three years following public protests and police firing that killed 13 protesters in May 2018. The Supreme Court decision follows

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Drug for common bowel disorder

Drug for common bowel disorder

People who take a commonly-prescribed drug for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) should not assume they are protected after a first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, say the authors of a large-scale study that found many had poor antibody responses. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The research measured antibody responses after vaccination with the Pfizer-BioNTech or the

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Integrated Solar Dryer and Pyrolysis Plant to Help Transform Waste into Energy

Integrated Solar Dryer and Pyrolysis Plant to Help Transform Waste into Energy

A Solar Dryer and Pyrolysis pilot plant at Chennai will soon offer an innovative approach for smart cities to transform urban organic waste into biochar and energy. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The pilot is part of the Indo-German project ‘Pyrasol’ launched to transform urban organic waste into biochar and energy in smart cities. It

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