The Bengaluru based Indian Institute of Science and R&D Centre of Indian Oil Corporation have signed an MOU to develop and demonstrate biomass gasification based hydrogen generation technology for producing fuel cell-grade hydrogen at an affordable price. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Both IISc and Indian Oil will demonstrate the technology in the Indian […]
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For the first time, scientists have completed a 3D map that reveals the location of every atom in the molecule of this enzyme. As Covid-19 cases surge again in several countries, this 3D mapping will allow scientists to better understand how the coronavirus behaves, and how it can be stopped. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020
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Indian Army has developed a simple and secure messaging application named the “Secure Application for Internet (SAI)” in the quest for ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’. The application supports end to end secure voice, text and video calling services for Android platform over internet. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The model is similar to commercially available messaging
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Recently published findings on convalescent plasma therapy on Covid-19 patients have triggered a debate over its efficacy. After the country’s largest such trial, known by the acronym PLACID, found that convalescent plasma was ineffective in arresting Covid-19, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has been considering dropping this option from the national guidelines. Daily
A recent study suggests that the drug tocilizumab may not prevent mortality in Covid-19 patients. It is the second such study on this drug. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Tocilizumab is the second drug, after hydroxychloroquine, that had quickly earned global popularity as a Covid-19 treatment before its efficacy came under question in the
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Indian Institutes of Technology Kharagpur and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) have jointly developed a novel Industry 4.0 technology for remotely controlled factory operations and real-time quality correction during industrial production in a bid to deliver quality output at low costs. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the Geneva-based
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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has introduced facial recognition system which will enable class 10 and 12 students to download their digital academic documents. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This computer application matches human face from a digital image already stored in the database. The computer and the human interact to map
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Scientists have discovered a potential new organ in the human throat in the Netherlands that they stumbled upon while carrying out research on prostate cancer, Live science reported. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Researchers at the Netherlands Cancer Institute have identified a set of salivary glands deep in the upper part of the throat
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The Union Minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurated the DME fired “Aditi Urja Sanch” unit along with the DME-LPG blended fuel cylinders and handed them over for common public and CSIR-NCL (National Chemical Laboratory) canteen use on a trial basis at CSIR-NCL premises virtually through video-conferencing. Daily Current Affairs
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Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated Indian Oil’s compact reformer plant and launched the much-awaited trial run of Delhi’s buses on Hydrogen-blended CNG (HCNG) at the Rajghat Bus Depot-I of Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points HCNG is a hydrogen-enriched compressed natural gas (CNG). In
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