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In Northern Myanmar, at least 162 people were killed in a landslide at a jade mine. It was the worst in a series of deadly accidents at such sites in recent years that critics blame on the government’s failure to take action against unsafe conditions. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Hpakant is a rough […]
Saharanpur Divisional Commissioner has sent a proposal to the Uttar Pradesh State government to declare the Shivalik forest in the Saharanpur circle into a tiger reserve. The State government is actively considering the proposal and would push it forward to the Central government to take a call. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points If the
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As coronavirus cases continue to surge across the world, including ours, there are some activities which are supremely risky-including touching our face. Here NASA has invented a pendent that stops people from touching the face. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points NASA, joining the league of innovative inventions has now come up with a unique
A “dense” urban forest has been created at one of the national capital’s most polluted areas, in a park adjacent to the ITO metro station, by the government’s official auditor comptroller and auditor general. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Urban Forest is made up of trees that are native to the area. There
International Co-operative Day is annually celebrated on the first Saturday in July by the International Co-operative Alliance. In 2020, it is being celebrated on 4 July under the theme “Let’s cooperate and invite everyone to fight for climate action.” Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The aim of this celebration is to increase awareness of
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur has developed an innovative virtual classroom aid titled ‘Mobile Masterjee’. The classroom-to-home teaching setup is designed to record the lectures/instructions by the teachers while using smartphones. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points ‘Mobile Masterjee’ can capture the videos in horizontal (table) and vertical (blackboard) positions. COVID-19 has brought the
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India’s drug pricing regulator has allowed pharmaceutical companies to increase the ceiling price of essential medicine heparin by 50 percent. This may only be the first of several drugs to get a price hike as the country tries to tackle the Covid-19 outbreak here as the nationwide lockdown and the ‘China’ factor takes its toll
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Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad have started using computational methods to understand the factors and impediments in incorporating biofuels into the fuel sector in India. A unique feature of this work is that the framework considers revenue generation not only as an outcome of sales of the biofuel but also in terms of carbon
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Government of India has announced a new category of awards titled ‘Prerak Dauur Samman’ as part of Swachh Survekshan 2021. The Prerak Dauur Samman has a total of five additional sub- categories -Divya (Platinum), Anupam (Gold), Ujjwal (Silver), Udit (Bronze), Aarohi (Aspiring) – with top three cities being recognized in each. Key-Points In a departure
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Online nominations/recommendations for the Padma Awards to be announced on the occasion of Republic Day, 2021 have started from 1st May, 2020. The Government is committed to transform Padma Awards into “People’s Padma”. All citizens are therefore requested to make nominations/recommendations including self-nomination. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Padma Awards, namely, Padma Vibhushan,
