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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change has called upon people to resolve to plant trees around them and also take care of them for a better future on the occasion of Van Mahotsav week 2020. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Van Mahotsav is an annual one week tree ...

Recently, the Ministry of Environment has reconstituted the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) to include an expert from the School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi, and a molecular biologist. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The CZA is a statutory body chaired by the Environment ...

Ashadhi Ekadashi is one of the most significant festivals in Maharashtra. It is also marks the culmination of the pilgrimage undertaken by the Warkaris (devotees of Lord Vitthal) from different parts of the state on their feet to travel hundreds of kilometres to reach temple town Pandharpur in ...

Indra Mani Pandey has been appointed as the next Ambassador/ Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, Geneva. He was an Indian Foreign Service officer of 1990 batch. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Permanent Mission is the diplomatic mission that every ...

Union Public Service Commission has decided to give an opportunity to them to submit their revised choice of Centre keeping in view the large number of candidates of the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2020 and requests received from the candidates for changing their Centers. Daily ...

Recently, scientists from China have identified an emerged strain of influenza virus that is infecting Chinese pigs and that has the potential of triggering a pandemic. Named G4, the swine flu strain has genes similar to those in the virus that caused the 2009 flu pandemic. Daily Current ...