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The National Council for Science & Technology Communication (NCSTC), Department of Science & Technology (DST) has released an information brochure for a recently launched programme on health and risk communication ‘Year of Awareness on Science & Health (YASH) with focus on COVID-19’. The brochure carries information on the genesis and need of such a mega […]
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Chak-Hao, the black rice of Manipur and the Gorakhpur terracotta have bagged the Geogrphical Indication (GI) tag. Chak-Hao is scented glutinous rice. It has been cultivated in Manipur over centuries. It is characterized by its special aroma. It is normally eaten during community feasts and is served as Chak-Hao kheer. Chak-Hao has also been used
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Shri Ajay Tirkey assumed charge as Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) in New Delhi on 1 May 2020. He succeeded Shri Rabindra Panwar who retired on superannuation on 30 April 2020. Ajay Tirkey is the 1987 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre. Prior to this, held the post of Special Secretary
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CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, Chandigarh, has designed and developed an innovative technology for effective disinfection and sanitization to fight with corona pandemic. CSIR-CSIO has transferred this technology to a Nagpur-based company, Rite Water Solutions Pvt. Ltd., for commercialization and large-scale production. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This technology has been found very efficient and
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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has released a new list with the names of 169 tropical cyclones that are likely to emerge over the north Indian Ocean, including the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The tropical cyclones forming over different Ocean basins are named by the concerned
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JNCASR scientists have developed a natural product based Alzheimer inhibitor. Scientists from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) have modified the structure of Berberine, a natural and cheap product similar to curcumin, available commercially, into Ber-D to use as a Alzheimer’s inhibitor. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The scientist selected isoquinoline natural
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About 5 million people were displaced in India last year, the highest in the world, due to disasters, including cyclones and monsoon floods. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The report highlighted that the displacements were caused due to a combination of increasing hazard intensity, high population exposure, and high levels of social and economic
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The Task Force on National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) submitted its Final Report on NIP for FY 2019-25 to the Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs. The Summary Report of the Task Force on National Infrastructure Pipeline for 2019-2025 has already been released by the Finance Minister on December 31st, 2019. Daily Current Affairs Quiz
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International Guide Dog Day is celebrated on 29 April 2020 every year on the last Wednesday of April to honour the importance of a guide dog that is in the life of a person who is blind or visually impaired. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The dog enables people with impaired vision to get
International Jazz Day is celebrated on 30 April to create awareness around the world of the virtues of jazz as a force of peace, unity, dialogue, and enhanced cooperation among people, and an educational tool. International Jazz Day 2020 is the ninth year celebration of International Jazz Day. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The
