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Amazon 16th July, 2020 Quiz Answers

1.Swami Vivekanada was a monk and one of the most celebrated spiritual leaders of India. He worked tirelessly towards betterment of the society, in servitude of the poor and needy. What is his real name? Narendra Nath Datta 2.What is ..

Top GKToday’s News Headlines-16 July 2020

Top GKToday’s News Headlines-16 July 2020 INDIA Govt. to allow Invalid Pension to Armed Forces Personnel with less than 10 years of qualifying service 15th India-EU Summit held in virtual format; “India-EU Strategic Partnership: A Roadmap to 2025” adopted Malini ..

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UNICEF and SAP India Come Together to Improve Employability of Youth

UNICEF has partnered with SAP India in order to provide career counselling to the youths in the country so that they can learn something useful and get a good job as per their aptitude. The main objective of the partnership ..

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Indian Company Zydus Cadila Starts Clinical Trial for COVID 19 Vaccine

The Indian pharmaceutical behemoth, Zydus Cadila, has started the Phase I, II clinical trials for its COVID 19 vaccine. The pharma giant had received approval from the Drug Controller General of India for clinical trials earlier this month. The company ..

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India-EU Virtual Summit: Highlights of the High Level Dialogue

The virtual summit between India and the European Union was held in order to boost trade and investment, to remove all kinds of trade hurdles and expand the market access on reciprocal basis between the two parties. However, the Free ..

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UPSC Prelims Mini Mock Test: 496

12345 1. Consider the following: Jasmine Sugarcane Turmeric Which among the above can be propagated by vegetative method? 1 & 2 2 & 3 1, 2 & 3 1 & 3 2. Consider the following:  Convention on Biological Diversity United ..

IIT Delhi Launches “Corosure”, a Low-Cost Test Kit for COVID 19

The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi has developed the most affordable test kit for COVID 19, named as “Corosure”, to provide low-cost testing facility to all the people in the country. The Union Human Resource Development Minister launched the test ..

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India Energy Modelling Forum to Exchange Important Ideas on Energy and Environment: NITI Ayog

The government think-tank, NITI Ayog, stated that ‘The India Energy Modelling Forum’ would deliberate on ideas pertaining to important energy and environment issues. The India Energy Modelling Forum was launched on July 02, 2020, during the joint working group meeting ..

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World Population to Peak in 2064 and Will Shrink after That: Lancet

The Lancet Journal has come out with a report stating that the world population should come down after 2064 after reaching the peak. It is estimated that in 2064, the world population should touch 9.7 billion and will fall to ..

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Universal Testing Might Reduce Spread of COVID 19: John Hopkins University

The researchers at the John Hopkins University, USA, have come out with a report suggesting that universal testing might prove to be fruitful to reduce the infection of COVID 19 among the general public. According to the report published in ..

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