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AICTE- Adobe Partnership on Digital Skilling

September 2, 2022

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has recently signed a partnership agreement with Adobe to accelerate digital creativity skills across the country. Key Points Under this agreement, Adobe will provide curriculum and expertise with the creative and digital literacy ..

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CAPF e-Awas Portal

September 2, 2022

Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently launched a new online portal ‘e-Awas’ for CAPF personnel. Key Points With the help of this new portal, CAPF personnel will also be able to find the houses available with other forces instead of ..

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India’s first indigenously developed qHPV against cervical cancer

September 1, 2022

Recently Serum Institute of India (SII) and Department of Biotechnology (DBT) launched indigenously developed quadrivalent Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine for prevention of cervical cancer. Highlights The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) last month granted market authorization to Serum ..

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Pharma Sahi Daam 2.0 App

August 31, 2022

The Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya launched the Pharma Sahi Daam 2.0 App and Integrated Pharmaceutical Database Management System 2.0 during the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA). Pharma Sahi Daam 2.0 ..

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Germany: Fleet of hydrogen-powered passenger trains

August 27, 2022

Germany recently launched the world’s first fleet of hydrogen-powered passenger trains to replace 15 diesel trains running on non-electrified tracks in the state of Lower Saxony. Key Points The new trains are equipped with a hydrogen tank and fuel cells ..

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‘Xylitol’: New sugar substitute

August 26, 2022

Recently, researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati have developed an ultrasound-assisted fermentation method to produce a safe sugar replacement called “Xylitol” from bagasse, which is the residue left after crushing sugarcane. Key Points Xylitol, recently developed by ..

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‘Azadi Quest’: Mobile games based on freedom struggle

August 26, 2022

To bring to the fore the story of the heroes of the Indian freedom struggle, the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Shri Anurag Singh Thakur recently launched ‘Azadi Quest’, a series of online educational mobile games developed in association ..

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Jupiter images in James Webb Space Telescope

August 23, 2022

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured such a spectacular picture of the planet Jupiter for the first time. Actually this picture was taken by James Webb on 27 July 2022. Key Points Images of Jupiter’s stormy Great Red ..

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Uttarakhand: Observatory to monitor space activity

August 23, 2022

India’s first commercial space observatory will be set up in the Garhwal division of Uttarakhand. Digantara, a startup started in the field of space, will build this laboratory. Key Points This observatory will monitor the 10 cm size of microscopic ..

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India’s first indigenously developed Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus

August 22, 2022

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh recently launched India’s first truly indigenously developed Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus developed by KPIT-CSIR in Pune. Key Points This bus has zero emissions compared to a diesel bus plying on long distance routes which usually ..

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