Emmanuelle Charpentier of France and Jennifer Doudna of the U.S. on October 7 won the Nobel Chemistry Prize for the gene-editing technique known as the CRISPR-Cas9 DNA snipping “scissors”, the first time a Nobel science prize has gone to a women-only team. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Charpentier, 51, and Ms. Doudna, 56, are […]
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The Supreme Court has found the indefinite “occupation” of a public road by the Shaheen Bagh protestors unacceptable. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The verdict came on a plea against the Anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests which had led to blocking of a road in Shaheen Bagh in the national capital last December. It said
Three Laureates share this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics for their discoveries about one of the most exotic phenomena in the universe, the black hole. Roger Penrose showed that the general theory of relativity leads to the formation of black holes. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Roger Penrose used ingenious mathematical methods in his
Americans Harvey J Alter and Charles M Rice, and British scientist Michael Houghton were chosen for the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology for the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The prestigious award comes with a gold medal and prize money of 10 million Swedish kronor (over $1,118,000),
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According to Union Water Resources Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, the Centre will determine the jurisdictions of the Krishna and Godavari river management boards (KRMB and GRMB). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points He was speaking after convening an apex council meeting involving the Centre, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the second since 2016. The meeting is
iPhone maker Apple’s contract manufacturers Foxconn Hon Hai, Wistron and Pegatron, apart from Samsung and Rising Star and a bunch of home-grown players are among the mobile phone manufacturing firms that have won approvals to do business in India under the PLI (Performance-linked incentives) scheme. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Production Linked Incentive Scheme
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India and Myanmar have agreed to work towards the operationalization of the Sittwe port in the Rakhine state in the first quarter of 2021. The announcement came post conclusion of the two-day visit of Indian Army Chief General MM Naravane and Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla to Myanmar. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Situated
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Prasar Bharati and Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited, IFFCO have signed a MoU to broadcast and promote new agriculture technology and innovations. According to the agreement, DD Kisan will broadcast various innovative techniques being adopted in agriculture field in easy language through 30 minutes program series for the benefit of farmers. Daily Current Affairs Quiz
The National Clinical Management Protocol based on Ayurveda and Yoga for the management of Covid-19 was released jointly by Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare and Shri Shripad Yesso Naik, Union Minister of State (IC) for AYUSH virtually. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Experts and other national research organizations have
