COVID 19 Recovery Rate Improves in India

According to the data released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the recovery rate in India has improved to around 63.92% since the total number of recovery cases has reached 885576. Along with that, the gap between the ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

Tropical Storm Hanna Hits Texas Coast

Downgraded to a tropical storm, Hanna came ashore on July 25 as a category 1 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale and later made a second landfall in Kenedy Country, Texas. Powerful winds affected trucks and a recreational vehicle and ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

PM to Launch High-Throughput COVID 19 Testing Facilities

In a bid to ramp up testing in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to launch three high-throughput COVOD 19 testing facilities so that more cases can be detected through intensive testing. These facilities have been set up at ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

RBI to extend $400 million Currency Swap Facility to Sri Lanka

The Reserve Bank of India has signed all the necessary documents for extending a $400 million currency swap facility to Sri Lanka to boost the island nation’s draining foreign exchange reserves on account of the coronavirus pandemic around the world. ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

No Fees for Govt. Schools in Punjab for This Year

Punjab Government has announced that the government schools in the state will not charge any admission, re-admission and tuition fees for this session because of the COVID 19 crisis. The state government has also decided to move the court against ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

Wrist Band to detect COVID 19 Symptoms to be launched by IIT Madras Startup

Muse Wearables, a startup incubated in IIT Madras, is on its way to launch a wearable wrist tracker to detect COVID 19 symptoms at an early stage. This is expected to be available in the market within the next month. ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

Plasma Donation Program to be launched in Dharavi, Mumbai

Maharashtra government will launch a plasma donation program following the ‘Plasma Daan Sankalp Abhiyan’ for primary screening of recovered COVID 19 patients in the Dharavi area of Mumbai. This comes after Dharavi set an example of controlling the Coronavirus spread ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

India-EU Scientific and Technological Cooperation Agreement Renewed till 2025

India and the European Union have renewed its agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation for a period of the next five years (2020-2025) and this has been done now by the exchange of Note Verbale between two sides. The initial ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

Affordable and Portable Device to Detect COVID 19 Developed by IIT-Kharagpur

A team of researchers from the IIT Kharagpur has developed an affordable and portable test in order to detect COVID 19 infection. The test can be conducted in an ultra-low-cost portable enclosure as an alternative to specialized laboratory equipment. The ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

Haryana to Host the Khelo India Youth Games 2021

The Ministry of Sports has announced that Haryana is going to host the 4th edition of the Khelo India Games in 2021. Star Sports will be the official broadcast partner of the games for this year also just like the ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020