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World Sanskrit Day is observed on Sawan Poornima in the Hindu calendar every year. The day also marks the holy festival of Raksha Bandhan. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Being the first spoken and oldest language, Sanskrit holds significance in the ancient history of India. It is also considered as the Dev Vani which translates […]
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has launched the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) in New Delhi. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 It comprises a four-year pipeline of the Central Government’s brownfield infrastructure assets. Besides providing visibility to investors, NMP will also serve as a medium-term road map for the asset monetisation initiative of the government. Union Budget
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Zydus Cadila has received approval for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for ZyCoV-D on 20/08/2021. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 It is the world’s first and India’s indigenously developed DNA based vaccine for COVID-19 to be administered in humans including Children and adults 12 years and above. Developed
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The actual turmeric slices or turmeric powder that we use every day in preparing our meals (as Haldi, Manjal, Pasupu, Arishina, Halud) has about 3% of the active component molecule called curcumin, a polyphenol diketone (and not a steroid). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Researchers point out that there is another molecule in turmeric called
Marine biologists from the Central University of Punjab (CUP) have discovered a new species of marine green algae from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and named the green seaweed Acetabularia jalakanyakae after the goddess of oceans. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 It has been named Acetabularia jalakanyakae. Jalakanyaka in Sanskrit literally means mermaid and a
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Moderna has indicated that it may begin human trials for a vaccine for HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) in September, employing the same m-RNA platform that it has used in its COVID-19 vaccine. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Formally known as mRNA-1644, it is made in a way to stimulate the B cells of the immune
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Fintech platform CRED recently announced the launch of a new peer-to-peer lending feature called CRED Mint. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 In P2P lending, users sitting on idle money provide loans to potential borrowers identified by the service provider. These lenders then receive payments from the borrowers on a set basis — either one time,
The Panjshir Valley is Afghanistan’s last remaining holdout where anti-Taliban forces seem to be working on forming a guerrilla movement to take on the Islamic fundamentalist group. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Panjshir (also spelled as Panjsher and Panjsheer) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country
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Senior BJP leader and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh passed away recently. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 He served twice as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was appointed CM of UP for the first time in 1991, but resigned following the demolition of the Babri Masjid in December 1992. He became
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National Institute of Animal Biotechnology, Hyderabad notified as Central Drugs Laboratory for testing and batch release of vaccines. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 In public interest it is necessary to establish more facilities to regulate the testing of COVID-19 vaccines for quick release of vaccine batches for prevention and treatment of COVID-19 infection. Considering this
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