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China landed a spacecraft on Mars carrying its first Mars rover in a big boost to its space ambitions. China had in July last year launched its first Mars mission, called Tianwen-1, meaning Questions to Heaven, carrying a lander and rover. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Tianwen-1 had been in orbit since February, and recently, […]

Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras and Rice University, U.S., have developed algorithms for lensless, miniature cameras. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The lensless cameras have numerous vision applications in sectors including augmented reality, virtual reality, security, smart wearables and robotics where cost, form-factor and weight become major constraints. Existing algorithms to deblur

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) recently developed a prototype of a moveable electric cremation system that claims to be using first-of-its-kind technology that involves smokeless cremation despite using wood. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 It uses half of the wood otherwise required for the cremation and still is eco-friendly because of the technology that

The rockets fired from Gaza being intercepted by the Israeli Iron Dome air defence system. It appeared that the rockets were hitting an invisible shield. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Iron Dome is a short-range, ground-to-air, air defence system that includes a radar and Tamir interceptor missiles that track and neutralise any rockets or

Acute shortage of anti-fungal injection ‘amphotericin’ and other anti-fungal medicines used to treat mucormycosis, a life-threatening infection that follows Covid-19 in roughly 30% of diabetics, is now adding to the difficulties of patients. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Amphotericin B injection is used to treat serious and potentially life-threatening fungal infections. Amphotericin B injection is

SpaceX achieved the first successful touchdown of its prototype Starship rocket during the latest test flight of the next-generation launch vehicle in south Texas after four previous landing attempts ended in explosions. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The feat marked a key milestone for the private rocket company of Elon Musk in its development of

The Department of Telecom approved applications of telecom companies, Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, and MTNL, for conducting 5G trials but none of them will be using technologies of Chinese entities. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The applicant TSPs include Bharti Airtel Ltd., Reliance JioInfocomm Ltd., Vodafone Idea Ltd. and MTNL. The duration of the

The CSIR- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology has developed, possibly the first specific drug for COVID-19 treatment, which contains therapeutic antibodies. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Drug Controller General of India (DGCI) has given its approval for human trials, Phase-I and Phase-II for the VINCOV-19 and expected to be tried next week in