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International Anti Drug Day International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking COVID-19 has brought unprecedented public awareness on health, protective measures for staying healthy, and most importantly, and on protecting each other. A growing sense of global community and solidarity continues to emerge, as does the need to ensure health care for all. Now […]
China to Run First Electric Train in Tibet Why in news? China will operationalise first electric train in remote Himalayan region of Tibet. The electric train will connect provincial capital Lhasa with Nyingchi The 435.5-km Lhasa-Nyingchi section of Sichuan-Tibet Railway will be inaugurated ahead of centenary celebrations of ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) on […]
Ingenuity Undertook Its 8th Flight on Red Planet To buy our online courses: Click Here Why in news? Most recent flight was made by Ingenuity to Mars was on June 21, 2021. During the flight, Ingenuity remained aloft for 77.4 seconds. It flew 525 feet and landed about 440 feet away from Perseverance rover. Ingenuity was […]
The PACK (Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, and Kashmir) To buy our online courses: Click Here Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, and Kashmir. Three enemies vying to invade India in Kashmir. India’s PACK challenge being dealt with refreshingly well. Mistakes of previous regimes are being rectified by the BJP led Narendra Modi government while new paths are being forged. Forces […]
Why in news? German agrochemicals major Bayer has commercially launched first-ever yellow watermelon variety called “Yellow Gold 48” in India under Seminis brand. To buy our online courses: Click Here About Yellow Watermelon: Yellow watermelon has been developed from superior germplasm under Bayer’s global research and development efforts. Yellow watermelon variety has been commercially introduced in […]
WISA Woodsat Recently, scientists conducted experiments on monoclonal antibody cocktail named REGEN-COV2. Antibody has been found to be life-saving treatment for severely affected Covid-19 patients. Monoclonal antibodies are artificial antibodies that perform the activity of our immune systems. They are produced by extracting specific antibodies from human blood and then cloning them. They are designed […]
International Yoga Day Every year International Yoga Day is observed on June 21. The idea behind the day is to create awareness about yoga and its many benefits. To buy our online courses: Click Here History of International Yoga Day The idea of an International Yoga Day was proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014 […]
World Hydrography Day 2021 World Hydrography Day is celebrated globally on the 21st of June each year. World Hydrography Day is an opportunity to increase public awareness of the vital role that hydrography plays in everyone’s lives. This year, the theme of World Hydrography Day 2021 is “100 years of international cooperation in hydrography”. History […]
DEEP SEA OCEAN MISSION Recently, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) on the Deep Ocean Mission (DOM). The blueprint of the DOM to explore the deep recesses of the ocean was unveiled in 2018. Earlier, MoES had also rolled out the draft Blue Economy […]
Why in news? The Ministry of Culture on 18th June had organised a programme to observe the Flag Satyagraha in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. It is a campaign of peaceful civil disobedience that focused on exercising the right and freedom to hoist the nationalist flag and challenge the legitimacy of the British Rule in India through […]