Page-14 of Current Affairs - June, 2024

Why is 2025 the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology?

June 12, 2024

The United Nations has made a big announcement: 2025 will be the “International Year of Quantum Science and Technology.” The goal of this statement is to make more people around the world aware of quantum science and how it can ..

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Lt. Gen. Upendra Dwivedi Appointed Next Army Chief

June 12, 2024

Lt. Gen. Upendra Dwivedi was recently named by the Ministry of Defense as the next Chief of the Army Staff. His replacement will be Gen. Manoj Pande, and the change will happen on June 30, 2024. General Pande was given ..

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IIT-M and NASA Study Pathogens on ISS

June 12, 2024

Recently, the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) worked together to study how bacteria that are resistant to multiple drugs behave on the International Space Station (ISS). Their research is mostly about Enterobacter bugandensis, ..

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Why Do Southeast Asians Consume Most Microplastics?

June 12, 2024

Researchers at Cornell University recently published a study that put Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines at the top of the list of countries in the world in terms of how much microplastics each person eats. The study in April shows ..

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World Bank Supports Chennai’s Sustainable Waste Management Goals

June 12, 2024

The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC), with help from the World Bank, wants to improve the way it handles trash so that it can set up a system that will last until 2026 or 2027. These attempts are mostly about stopping ..

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Is Donanemab a Breakthrough Treatment for Alzheimer’s?

June 12, 2024

The FDA advisory group recently gave its approval to donanemab, a drug made by Eli Lilly to treat Alzheimer’s. This unanimous vote shows that the drug may help people in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease more than it hurts ..

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Visakhapatnam Port Ranks 19th in Global Efficiency Index

June 12, 2024

Along with Mundra Port, Visakhapatnam Port has moved to 19th place in the famous Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) 2023. The World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence work together to make the CPPI 2023. It rates the effectiveness of ..

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Researchers Develop Portable Sea-Based Optical Atomic Clocks

June 12, 2024

Atomic clocks are very important for the Global Positioning System (GPS), and there have been recent improvements in this area. Not only are these devices important for navigation, but they are also used in military actions and case of emergencies. ..

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