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Turkey could establish a spaceport in Somalia with a $350 million investment as part of its nascent space program that will cost upward of $1 billion. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced Turkey’s plans to land on the moon by 2023 in a news conference earlier this month during the inauguration […]
Ayesha Aziz, 25, became the country’s youngest pilot when she acquired her flying license at the age of 16. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 She now flies GoAir planes and is emerging as a role model among women in the Kashmir valley, who too are eager to break the social barriers of a conservative society
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Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the ‘Paediatric Rare Genetic Disorders’ lab at the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) is an autonomous organization funded by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. The lab will be
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The Ahmedabad-Kevadia seaplane returned from the Maldives on February 16, 2021 after a two-week maintenance tour at its home country. This was the third major suspension since its launch on October 31, 2020. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 A thorough maintenance check is part of the operation manual of the seaplane, which is a Twin
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Uber drivers must be treated as workers rather than self-employed, the UK’s Supreme Court has ruled. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 With this ruling, Uber and other service providing platforms could also potentially face legal and regulatory challenges in India, as big tech companies from across the globe are under government scrutiny for the differential
A prison in Uttar Pradesh is preparing for what could be the first-ever hanging of a woman convict in independent India. Shabnam Ali was sentenced to death for killing seven members of her family, including a baby, in 2008. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The same day, Shabman filed a second mercy petition with the
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL) has applied for emergency use authorisation with the Indian drug regulator for Sputnik V vaccine. Earlier, DRL had indicated that it aimed to launch the vaccine in March itself if it gets the regulator’s nod. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 This is a vaccine that uses two different human common cold
India could have its own ‘Footwear Sizing System’ by next year, which will hopefully remove some of the confusion involved in buying shoes of ‘EU’, ‘UK’ or ‘US’ sizes, especially online. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) will lead a pan India feet scanning survey, data from which will be used
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Nankana Sahib, the birth place of first Sikh guru, Guru Nanak Dev, was also the site of the first big agitation by the SGPC to take back control of gurdwaras from mahants backed by the British. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The centenary of Sri Nankana Sahib massacre, which is popularly known as Saka Nankana
WION, in partnership with Mobius Foundation, is taking the vision of the Government of India forward and launching a one-year-long social initiative called ‘Mission Sustainability – Population v/s Planet’. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The campaign commenced with a two-hour-long Thought Leadership Conclave on February 20, 2021. World population has witnessed an increase from 1
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