Page-7 of GKToday Archives: June, 2024

India Ranks 3rd-Largest Domestic Aviation Market

The Indian aviation market has grown to become the third biggest in the world. It has moved up from fifth place a decade ago to this important accomplishment. The success made under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi shows an ..

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Indian Scientists Discover Two New Plant Species

Indian botanists have recently identified two new plant species in distinct bio-geographic hotspots: the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Arunachal Pradesh. These results show how diverse India’s plants are and how important it is to keep up protection efforts. Discovery ..

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How Advances in Plutonium Fission Impact India?

By starting the core-loading process of the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at the Madras Atomic Power Station in Kalpakkam on March 4, India made progress in its nuclear power program. India’s second part of its nuclear initiative, which is ..

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Srinagar – ‘World Craft City’ by World Crafts Council

Srinagar, the largest city of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, has recently been designated as a ‘World Craft City’ by the World Crafts Council. The Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, shared this ..

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Pushpak – ISRO’s Reusable Launch Vehicle, Clears Landing Test

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully carried out the third Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) Landing Experiment (LEX) on June 23 at the Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) in Chitradurga, Karnataka. This was a big step forward in space technology. As ..

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Daily Current Affairs Quiz: June 23-24, 2024

1. Which ministry recently launched the first National Additive Manufacturing Symposium (NAMS) 2024? [A] Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology[B] Ministry of Home Affairs[C] Ministry of Defence[D] Ministry of Urban Development Show Answer Correct Answer: A [Ministry of Electronics and ..

India Ranks 63rd in the Global Energy Transition Index

The World Economic Forum (WEF) just released the Global Energy Transition Index on June 19, 2024. It shows that the global energy transition scene has changed in big ways. After falling to 67th place, India moved up to 63rd place ..

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What is AlphaFold?

In the past few years, the creation of AlphaFold, a tool that has greatly sped up the process of understanding protein structures, has been a huge step forward in biological study. Molecular biology is used in medicine, agriculture, and many ..

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