The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved a Blue Origin license to carry humans on the New Shepard launch system into space. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Former Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos is set to fly to the edge of space on Blue Origin’s maiden crewed voyage on July 20. Blue Origin is authorised to […]
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The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is going to launch the geo-imaging satellite GISAT-1 on board GSLV-F10 rocket on August 12. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 GISAT-1 will facilitate near real-time observation of the Indian sub-continent, under cloud-free conditions, at frequent intervals. GISAT-1 will be placed in a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit by GSLV-F10 and it
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China has recently launched Fengyun-3E satellite, a new Chinese weather satellite that flew into an early morning polar orbit to feed data into global computer models. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The three-stage Long March 4C rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan spaceport in the Inner Mongolia region of northwestern China. The liquid-fueled launcher flew
International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI) established a new solar thermal components testing facility at Hyderabad to give further fillip to India’s growing solar sector. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The facility will validate solar thermal components such as solar receiver tubes, heat transfer fluids, concentrating mirrors, and AR coated
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DBT-National Institute of Biomedical Genomics (NIBMG), Kalyani an Autonomous Institute has created a database of genomic variations in oral cancer; the first of its kind in the world. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 dbGENVOC is a browsable online database of GENomic Variants of Oral Cancer and is a free resource. First release of dbGENVOC contains
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NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) will continue its hunt for asteroids and comets including objects that could pose a hazard to Earth for two more years. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 This mission extension means NASA’s prolific near-Earth object (NEO) hunting space telescope will continue operations until June 2023. Originally launched as
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The Central government of India recently launched six technology innovation platforms as part of India’s push for domestic manufacturing. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The goal is to create global manufacturing champions in the country and attract firms exploring a China-plus-one strategy for production. This comes in the backdrop of production linked incentive (PLI) schemes
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The Indian Army recently inducted the first batch of 12 indigenously designed and developed Short Span Bridging systems into the Corps of Engineers at Delhi which are designed by DRDO and manufactured by Larsen and Toubro Limited. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The system is mechanically launched and capable of carrying tanks over different types
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Zydus Cadila has applied for emergency use authorisation (EUA) to the office of the Drug Controller General of India for ZyCoV-D, its plasmid DNA vaccine against Covid-19. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 ZyCoV-D is a plasmid DNA vaccine which, when injected, produces the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and elicits an immune response mediated
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The first production lot of 12 Short Span Bridging System (SSBS)-10 m, designed and developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), has been inducted into Indian Army. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The SSBS-10 m plays a crucial role of bridging the gaps up to 9.5 m as a single span providing a 4
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