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INSACOG report: Delta variant driving infections in India
A genome sequencing government consortium of Laboratories in India, INSACOG, stressed that breakthrough infections of coronavirus cases in India comprise a high proportion of Delta variant. Key Points INSACOG Highlights that, Continuing COVID-19 outbreaks in India are the result of ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2021
DCGI approves ZyCoV-D vaccine for Emergency Use Authorization
The Drug Controller General of India (DGCI) has approved ZyCoV-D vaccine by Zydus Cadila for Emergency Use Authorization. Key Points According to Ministry of Science and Technology, ZyCoV-D vaccine is the world’s first and India’s indigenously developed DNA-based vaccine for ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2021
Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: August 21, 2021
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for August 21, 2021 INDIA – PM Modi lays foundation stone of multiple projects in Somnath, Gujarat including foundation stone for Parvati temple – DCGI approves Zydus Cadila’s DNA-based vaccine ZyCoV-D for ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2021
Diksha Shinde-14-yr-old panellist on NASA’s MSI Fellowship
Diksha Shinde, who is a 14-year-old girl in Aurangabad, was selected as a panellist on Minority Serving Institution (MSI) Fellowships Virtual Panel of American Space Agency, NASA. Highlights She wrote a theory on black holes. It was liked and accepted ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2021
China approves Three-Child Policy
National legislature of China formally endorsed the three-child policy that was mooted by ruling Communist Party. Key points According to the Chinese officials, one-child policy that was implemented for over three decades has prevented around 400 million births. Third child ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2021
Religious Tourism: PM Modi inaugurates multiple projects in Somnath
Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated and laid foundation stone of multiple projects in Somnath on August 20. Highlights Inaugurated projects include the Somnath Promenade, reconstructed temple precinct of Old (Juna) Somnath and Somnath Exhibition Centre. While inaugurating the projects, ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2021
Sanskrit Week: being celebrated from August 19 to 25
Sanskrit Week is being celebrated from August 19 to August 25, 2021. Key Points Sanskrit Week is celebrated to promote and popularise this ancient language. On the beginning of this event, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged everyone to learn and ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2021
BRICS deal on cooperation in remote sensing satellite data sharing
BRICS Nations- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa- signed a deal for cooperation in remote sensing satellite data sharing. Key Points According to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), this deal will enable the space agencies of BRICS nation ..