China has successfully launched the first of a new generation meteorological satellite into planned orbit which will be used in the fields of weather analysis, environmental and disaster monitoring. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The satellite, Fengyun-4B (FY-4B), was launched by a Long March-3B rocket in the early hours from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre […]
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US space agency NASA has selected two missions – VERITAS and DAVINCI+ – to head to Venus. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Venus is the brightest object, after the moon, visible in the night sky from the Earth, which is because of the thick cover of cloud that reflects and scatters light around it. Moreover,
To treat fungal infections post COVID treatment, Hyderabad based Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), recently developed nano-fibre based oral tablets of Amphotericin B, called as AmB. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The researchers of IIT Hyderabad have decided to keep the technology free of intellectual property rights and ready for technology transfer for mass production
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Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar (IIT Ropar) in Punjab has developed a first-of-its-kind IoT device – AmbiTag that records real-time ambient temperature during the transportation of perishable products, vaccines and even body organs and blood. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 That recorded temperature further helps to know whether that particular item transported from anywhere in
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China took another step towards completing the construction of its first space station by the end of next year following the launch and docking of a cargo spacecraft. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft, described by as “the delivery guy for China’s space station”, was launched on a Long March-7 rocket from
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Defense Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS), the research laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), has developed an antibody detection-based kit called ‘DIPCOVAN’. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The kit will help people detect if they have previously been exposed to the COVID-19 virus and if their bodies had produced antibodies to
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is going to launch James Webb Space Telescope that is planned to succeed the Hubble Space Telescope as NASA’s flagship astrophysics mission. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The JWST will provide improved infrared resolution and sensitivity over Hubble, and will enable a broad range of investigations across the fields
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Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar in Punjab and Monash University, Australia have developed a unique detector named ‘FakeBuster’ to identify imposters attending a virtual conference without anybody’s knowledge. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 It can also find out faces manipulated on social media to defame or make a joke of someone. FakeBuster
Recently, European Medicines Agency’s human medicines committee (CHMP) has recommended a change to the approved storage conditions of Comirnaty, the COVID-19 vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer that will facilitate the handling of the vaccine in vaccination centers across the European Union (EU). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 With the new recommendations, an unopened thawed
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Researchers have demonstrated a low-cost digital system to efficiently measure unknown magnetic fields. Digital signals are the backbone of communication systems processed by hardware systems that transmit and receive the signals with the help of intermediate systems called ‘digital receiver systems’ or DRS. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 A magnetometer is a device that measures
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