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1.World Homeopathy day. In News: A two-day convention on ‘Homoeopathy – Roadmap for Integrative Medicine’ was inaugurated at New Delhi. Important Information: About World Homoeopathy Day: April 10 is observed as World Homoeopathy Day to honour Dr Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann, whose birth anniversary falls on this day. Born in 1755, Hahnemann was a German […]
1.NanoSniffer IN NEWS: Union Education Minister, Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ today launched NanoSniffer, the world’s first Microsensor based Explosive Trace Detector (ETD) developed by NanoSniff Technologies, an IIT Bombay incubated startup. KEY POINTS: Nanosniffer is world’s first Explosive Trace Detector using microsensor technology. It uses MEMS system. MEMS is Micro-Electromechanical System. NanoSniffer is a 100% […]
1.Meeting of International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) IN NEWS: Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman here today attended the Plenary Meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee of the Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at the virtual Spring Meetings 2021. The meeting was attended by […]
1. India-Seychelles High Level Virtual Event. IN NEWS: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will take part in a high level virtual event with the President of the Republic of Seychelles H.E. Wavel Ramkalawan on April 8, 2021 to inaugurate a range of Indian projects in Seychelles. Key features of event: Joint e-inauguration of the new […]
1.National Dialogue on ‘Manufacturing Excellence & Innovation for Competitiveness & Sustainability of Chemicals Manufacturing’. In News: Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda virtually addressed at National Dialogue on Manufacturing Excellence and Innovation for Competitiveness and Sustainability of Chemicals Manufacturing in New Delhi . Key takeaways: Union minister said that the Chemicals […]
April 4th Current Affairs -Vignan IAS NAXALISM Five security personnel were killed and more than 12 injured in an encounter with Maoists in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh. About: Two of the dead were from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). One of them belonged to the elite Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) of the […]
April 3rd Current Affairs – Vignan IAS MATERNAL DEATHS The failure of the health system to cope with COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an increase in maternal deaths and stillbirths, according to a study published in The Lancet Global Health journal. About: Overall, there was a 28% increase in the odds of stillbirth, and the risk […]
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Parliament passed the Major Port Authorities Bill, 2020. Now the Bill will go to the President of India for his assent The salient features of the Major Port Authorities Bill 2020 are as under: The Bill is more compact in comparison to the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 as the number of sections has been […]
Joe Biden assumed office as President of the United States on January 20, 2021, and among the first orders he signed was one to restore America’s participation in the United Nations Paris Agreement on climate change His decision on America’s return will take effect on February 19, which would be 107 days after its withdrawal […]