Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Eddapadi K Palaniswami has launched Free Mask Distribution Scheme on 27 July 2020. In the CM Free Masks Scheme, the state govt. will benefit over 69 lakh families in the first phase. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This scheme will provide masks absolutely free of cost to ration card holders […]
Union Minister for AYUSH and Minister of State for Defence inaugurated the Regional Raw Drug Repository (RRDR) for ASU&H Medicine at National Institute of Siddha today through a virtual event. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Ministry of AYUSH, through the National Medicinal Plants Board, initiated establishment of National Raw Drug Repository and Regional Raw
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Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist of World Health Organisation, was conferred with the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s special award, in recognition of her advisory role in combating the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The WHO representative has been offering suggestions to the state health department to step up measures in
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Tamil Nadu state government has launched a free mask distribution scheme to benefit over 69 lakh families in the first phase, as part of measures to help fight COVID-19. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Palaniswami gave away the masks to five people at the Secretariat marking the inauguration of the first phase of the
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Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras have shown that curcumin, the active compound from turmeric curcumin can enhance cancer cell death. Finding agents that can trigger apoptosis, or programmed cell death, has been of interest to cancer researchers. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) is an agent with the
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The Tamil Nadu State government has formed a high-level committee headed by former RBI Governor is comprised of economists and industry experts. It will assess the overall immediate and medium-term impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on different sectors of the State’s economy and identify possible sources of financing and funding. The committee will access the
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Tamil Nadu is to host the first-ever regional event “Divya Kala Shakti: Witnessing the abilities in disabilities a unique cultural” event at Kalaivanar Arangam, Chennai on 12 March 2020. This event is being organized by the National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (Divyangjan) (NIEPMD), Chennai in collaboration with Department of Empowerment of
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The Tamil Nadu government has declared the Cauvery delta region as a Protected Special Agriculture Zone. The protected zone includes eight districts namely Thanjavur (Rice Bowl of Tamil Nadu), Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Pudukottai, Cuddalore, Ariyalur, Karur and Tiruchirapalli. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 The Cauvery delta region is an important agricultural region in Tamil Nadu. It
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami has announced a new scheme, the ‘Direct CTO scheme for Green Industries’ to relax the process for pre-establishment clearances for green category industries. Under the new scheme, the green industries just need to apply for consent to establish, and don’t have to wait till obtaining final approvals to
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The Centre approved a Rs 453-crore loan at a subsidised interest rate of five per cent to the Tamil Nadu government for setting up three fishing harbours. The funds will be released from the Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF) that has a corpus of Rs 7,522 crore. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 An
