GS – 2 National Dashboard to predict COVID -19: Researchers from IIT Delhi have developed web-based dashboard to predict the spread of COVID-19 in India. The dashboard has been named PRACRITI-Prediction and Assessment of Corona Infections and Transmissions in India. The dashboard provides detailed district-wise and state-wise predictions of COVID-19. The dashboard provides basic reproductionContinue reading “Daily Current Affairs – April 25/2020”
Category Archives: Science and Technology
Daily Current Affairs – April 24/2020
GS – 2 National Anti – narcotics law: The Supreme Court of India pronounced that it is the quantity of the banned drug mixture that will decide the punishment of the offender and not the purity. The clarification was given by the apex court under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. In order toContinue reading “Daily Current Affairs – April 24/2020”
Daily Current Affairs – April 23/2020
GS – 2 International Marijuana Cultivation: Lebanon became the first Arab country to legalize marijuana cultivation. The cannabis plant has been farmed illegally in Lebanon in the fertile Bekaa Valley. Today the country has legalized marijuana cultivation for industrial and medical purposes to cope with the economic crisis that is being faced by the country.Continue reading “Daily Current Affairs – April 23/2020”
दैनिक सामयिकी : 22 अप्रैल
GS – 2 राष्ट्रीय विश्व प्रेस स्वतंत्रता सूचकांक में भारत 142 वें स्थान पर: विश्व प्रेस स्वतंत्रता सूचकांक कहता है कि 2018 की तुलना में 2019 में भारत में पत्रकारों की हत्या नहीं होने से देश में सुरक्षा स्थिति में सुधार हुआ है। सूचकांक के अनुसार, 2018 में देश में पत्रकारों की 6 हत्याएं हुईं।Continue reading “दैनिक सामयिकी : 22 अप्रैल”
Daily Current Affairs – April 22
GS – 2 National India ranks 142nd in World Press Freedom Index: The World Press Freedom Index says that with no murder of journalists in India in 2019 as compared to 2018, the security situation in the country has improved. According to the index, there were 6 murders of journalists in the country in 2018.Continue reading “Daily Current Affairs – April 22”
कोरोनावायरस का हमला: उत्तरोत्तर
प्रसंग:• COVID-19 रोग के इलाज की खोज में, शोधकर्ता कोरोनोवायरस (SARS-CoV2) के विशिष्ट व्यवहारों को लक्षित कर रहे हैं जो इस बीमारी का कारण बनता है।• जबकि वायरस का अभी भी अध्ययन किया जा रहा है, एक इलाज के लिए शिकार इस बात पर आधारित है कि अब तक मनुष्यों को संक्रमित करने के तरीकेContinue reading “कोरोनावायरस का हमला: उत्तरोत्तर”
Assault of Coronavirus, Step by Step
Context: In the search for a treatment for COVID-19 disease, researchers have been targeting specific behaviours of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) that causes the disease. While the virus itself is still being studied, the hunt for a treatment is based on what is known so far about the way it infects humans. How does coronavirus infect someone? It beginsContinue reading “Assault of Coronavirus, Step by Step”
Daily Current affairs – April 20/2020
GS – 2 Government policies and Interventions Electricity Amendment Bill 2020: The power Ministry has released a revised draft of the Electricity Amendment Bill 2020, which calls for the creation of an Electricity Contract Enforcement Authority (ECEA), proposes a National Renewable Energy Policy and mandates payment security as necessary for Scheduling of Electricity and facilitatesContinue reading “Daily Current affairs – April 20/2020”
Important News articles – April 18/2020
Indian Express – https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/acharya-prafulla-chandra-ray-hydroxychloroquine-coronavirus-6366764/ GS – 2 National Indian Express – https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/india-coronavirus-parliament-judiciary-lockdown-6367368/ Indian Express – https://indianexpress.com/article/business/business-others/powermin-releases-revised-draft-of-electricity-amendment-bill-2020-6367507/ GS – 3 Science Indian Express – https://indianexpress.com/article/business/amid-pandemic-drug-regulator-asks-chemists-to-help-ensure-sufficient-stock-of-55-key-medicines-6367497/ Indian Express – https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/coronavirus-covid-19-virus-sars-cov2-6361206/ Economy Indian Express – https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/reserve-bank-of-india-rbi-ways-and-means-advances-wma-repo-rate-coronavirus-covid-19-6367396/ Live Mint – https://www.livemint.com/news/india/rbi-vows-to-do-all-it-takes-to-boost-indian-economy-11587150052720.html Live Mint – https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/after-repo-rate-cut-rbi-can-focus-on-bond-yields-sectoral-incentives-11587146185245.html
Daily Current Affairs – April 17/2020
GS – 2 National BRICS meeting on COVID – 19: India is to attend BRICS foreign ministers meet by the end of April 2020. The members will discuss economic fallout due to the spread of COVID-19. It is essential to conduct more of such meeting as the global economic growth is declining at its highest.Continue reading “Daily Current Affairs – April 17/2020”
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