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Sugamya Bharat App launched to ease accessibility issues faced by differently abled

Union minister Thaawarchand Gehlot virtually launched “Sugamya Bharat App”, a crowd-sourcing mobile application, and a handbook entitled “Access – The Photo Digest” to enhance accessibility. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The App has been developed by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) under Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Sugamya Bharat APP […]

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Indian Railways install MTRC system, commuters to get real-time updates

Indian Railways’ Western Railway zone has introduced the Mobile Train Radio Communication (MTRC) system which will play an important role in preventing train accidents through effective communication. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Mobile Train Radio Communication system is an effective and a technologically advanced communication system which can play an intrinsic role in preventing

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Hyderabad CSIR lab helped develop key molecule for Covaxin

The Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), a Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) lab , played a role in the development of Covaxin, the indigenous vaccine developed by city-based Bharat Biotech International Limited. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The vaccine is a highly purified, whole virion, inactivated SARS-Cov-2. The vaccine has been formulated

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NASA’s Perseverance rover makes historic Mars landing

NASA’s science rover Perseverance, the most advanced astrobiology laboratory ever sent to another world, streaked through the Martian atmosphere and landed safely on the floor of a vast crater, its first stop on a search for traces of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Among the scientists who are

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ISRO Successfully Launches PSLV-C51 Carrying Brazil’s Amazonia-1

Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) first launch of 2021, PSLV-C51 carrying Amazonia-1 and 18 other satellites took off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 PSLV-C51, which is the 53rd mission of PSLV, will launch Amazonia-1 of Brazil as primary satellite and 18 Co-passenger satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC)

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Latest Technology Integrated Bamboo Treatment

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated the latest technology Integrated Bamboo Treatment Plant in the premises of North East Cane and Bamboo Development Council (NECBDC). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The plant is based on

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New Material Converts Waste Heat to Electricity for Small Home Appliances & Vehicles

Scientists have found a new Lead (Pb) free material which can efficiently convert waste heat to power our small home equipment and automobiles. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Most efficient thermoelectric materials developed by scientists so far use Lead (Pb) as a major constituent element, restricting their use for mass-market applications. Scientists from Jawaharlal Nehru

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Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile

The Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted two successful launches of the Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile (VL-SRSAM). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The launches were carried out from a static vertical launcher from Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha. Indigenously designed and developed by DRDO for

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India emerges key mover of global S&T partnerships

The world-class 3.6 meter optical telescope set up at the place has assumed global importance for observing a number of time-critical cosmic explosive events such as Gamma Ray Bursts and Supernovae. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 It is the Asia’s largest fully steerable optical telescope, an international facility for and people from different parts of

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India’s first app to assess one’s carbon footprint

Chandigarh became the first state or Union Territory in India to launch Carbon Watch, a mobile application to assess the carbon footprint of an individual. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Although the app can be accessed by everyone, it has specific options for the residents of Chandigarh to compile a detail study. The application can

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