World Lion day is observed on August 10 each year to raise awareness about the conservation of lions. The lion is an endangered species on the IUCN Red List. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 In 2013, co-founders Dereck and Beverly Joubert the Big Cat Initiative, and National Geographic made a partnership to create World Lion […]
Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav reported that the IPCC report on climate change is a clarion call for the developed nations to immediately cut emissions and decarbonise their economies. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The authors of the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report, “Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis”, said the warming of the ocean
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Wildfires are continuing to rip through the Greek island of Evia with strong winds driving flames towards villages. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 More than 2,000 people have already been evacuated from the island, many of those by ferry. Euboea or Evia is the second-largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete. It is
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Parliament recently passed the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2021 with the Lok Sabha clearing it amid din with voice vote. The Rajya Sabha has already approved it. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Bill seeks to amend the constitutional list of Scheduled Tribes as recommended by Arunachal Pradesh. It removes the Abor tribe
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India recently got its first Gold medal in Tokyo Olympics 2020 in the men’s javelin throw event bagged by Neeraj Chopra got, also a first in the category of Track and Field. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear is thrown. The javelin
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An infant believed to be the tiniest in the world at birth has been released from Singapore’s National University Hospital after 13 months of intensive treatment. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The unique thing about 10 of the world’s tiniest surviving babies is that all of them were born before the average gestation period of
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A study published in Nature Climate Change notes that the North Atlantic Ocean circulation, known officially as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), is losing its stability. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The AMOC is a large system of ocean currents. It is the Atlantic branch of the ocean conveyor belt or Thermohaline circulation (THC),
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An Olympian bat is peaking the interest of climate scientists after she broke British records by flying a distance of more than 2,000 km from London to the Pskov region in northwestern Russia. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The female Nathusius’ pipistrelle bat was only as big as a human thumb and its wing was
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The Union Minister for Minority Affairs, Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi informed Rajya Sabha about the Seekho Aur Kamao scheme. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Seekho Aur Kamao is a skill development scheme for youth of 14 – 35 years age group and aiming at providing employment and employment opportunities, improving the employability of existing workers,
Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has launched two new products- Khadi babywear and handmade paper ‘Use and Throw’ Slippers. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 KVIC has introduced Babywear for the first time for the age group of new-born and upto 2 years. Khadi babywear is made of high quality hand-spun and hand-woven Khadi Cotton
