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Category: PRELIMS TERMINOLOGY
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NASA’s Moxie successfully produces oxygen on Mars
The MIT-led Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment, or MOXIE, has been successfully making oxygen Read More …
CERT-In hosts Cyber Security Exercise “Synergy” for 13 countries
Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) under Ministry of Electronics & IT, Government of India, Read More …
What is Zombie ice?
The melting of the Greenland ice sheet will unavoidably raise the global sea levels by Read More …
ONDC-Beta-testing
After conducting a pilot launch (Alpha testing) in five cities with a closed user group, Read More …
One Herb, One Standard
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy Read More …
Solomon Islands suspends all visits from foreign Navies
Solomon Islands has suspended visits from all foreign Navies, citing a need to review approval Read More …
Development of Enterprises and Services Hub (DESH) Bill, 2022
A Workshop on Development of Enterprises and Services Hub (DESH) Bill, 2022 was organized by Read More …
Competitiveness Roadmap for India@100
The Competitiveness Roadmap for India@100 was released by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Read More …
Vedic Planetarium-World’s largest religious monument
The Temple of Vedic Planetarium in West Bengal’s Mayapur in Nadia district will soon join Read More …
Muqtada al-Sadr and Sadrist movement
At least 23 supporters of the Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr were killed and more than Read More …
Updated Pharma Sahi Dham App launched
Union Minister of Chemical and Fertilizers, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya addressed the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of Read More …
England’s gardeners to be banned from using peat moss
All sales of peat to amateur gardeners in England will be banned by 2024, the Read More …
Cloud Seeding race in Middle East and North Africa
With the Middle East and North Africa drying up, countries in the region have embarked Read More …
International Driving Permit (IDP)
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued a notification on 26 August 2022 Read More …
Fijivirus and Southern Rice Black-Streaked Dwarf Virus
The Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI) has stated that the disease-causing ‘dwarfing’ in rice plants Read More …
UN members failed to agree on High Seas Treaty
The United Nations members in New York were deliberating on a one-of-its-kind agreement to conserve Read More …
Russia blocks nuclear treaty agreement
Russia on August 26 blocked the adoption of a joint declaration by a United Nations Read More …
Third Positive Indigenisation List
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved the third Positive Indigenisation List of 780 strategically important Read More …
Marabat procession organised in Nagpur
In Maharashtra, the historical Marabat procession was organised in Nagpur on August 27. The yellow Read More …
Shumang Leela Festival 2021-2022
The 50th All Manipur Shumang Leela Festival 2021-2022 kicked off at Iboyaima Shumang Leela Shanglen Read More …
Nova V1280 Scorpii
In the winter months of 2007, astrophysicists from all over the world had made a Read More …
Aashwasan Campaign-Tribal TB Initiative
Ministry of Tribal Affairs and TB division of Ministry of Health and Family welfare organized Read More …
National Cancer Grid (NCG)
The National Cancer Grid (NCG) has established the Koita Centre for Digital Oncology (KCDO) to Read More …
IIT-H researchers document practices of endangered Thoti tribe
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IIT-H) are in the process of recording Read More …