The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a first-of-its-kind intentional genomic alteration (IGA) in a line of domestic pigs referred to as GalSafe pigs. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Genetically modified (GM) pigs have been approved for food and medical use in the ...

The ‘SolarWinds hack’, a cyberattack recently discovered in the United States, has emerged as one of the biggest ever targeted against the US government, its agencies and several other private companies. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This is being called a ‘Supply Chain’ ...

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has published a draft notification GSR 757(E) dated 11th December 2020, seeking comments from the public for adoption of E20 fuel, i.e, blend of 20% of ethanol with gasoline, as an automotive fuel and for the adoption of mass emission standards for this ...

Defence Minister has handed over three indigenously developed Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) systems Indian Maritime Situational Awareness System (IMSAS) to the Chief of Naval Staff , ASTRA Mk-I Missile to Air Chief Marshal and Border Surveillance System (BOSS) to Army, Navy ...

India’s communication satellite CMS-01 was successfully launched by PSLV-C50 on December 17, 2020 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points CMS-01 is envisaged to provide services in the extended-C Band of the frequency ...

Indian-American US Air Force Colonel Raja Chari has been selected as the Commander of the SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) by NASA and the European Space Agency. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Indian-American will command the mission, which is ...

Review of the National Hydrology Project (World Bank supported initiative of Ministry of Jal Shakti) was carried out by Ministry of Jal Shakti. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points  National Hydrology Project (NHP) was started in the year 2016 as a Central Sector Scheme with ...

The Union Cabinet has approved a proposal of the Department of Telecommunications to conduct spectrum auction through which spectrum will be assigned to the successful bidders for providing commercial mobile services. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points  The auction will be ...

The United States has imposed sanctions on Turkey over Ankara’s acquisition of Russian S-400 air defence systems. Ankara acquired the Russian S-400 ground-to-air defenses in mid-2019 and says they pose no threat to NATO allies. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Washington has ...

Department of Posts and India Post Payments Bank unveiled a new digital payment app DakPay. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points DakPay is a suite of digital financial and assisted banking services provided by India Post and India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) through the trusted Postal ...