GK & CA
Collection of weekly GK & CA since year 2016.
July, 2021
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Nasa's Perseverance prepares to drill first rock sample
The US space agency's Perseverance rover is getting ready to take its first sample of Mars rock. The core, about the size of a finger, will be packaged in a sealed tube for eventual return to Earth. (Source: bbc.com)
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Prehistoric cave paintings discovered near Delhi NCR
Recently after environmental activist Sunil Harsana discovered prehistoric cave painting in the Mangar Bani hills in May this year, archaeologists in Haryana conducted further explorations in the Shilakhari, Mangar, Kot and Dhauj areas in Faridabad (Source: financialexpress.com)
Sat, 24 Jul, 20215142
Automated Auditory Brainstem Response (AABR)
To manage the hearing loss in newborn and young children, Punjab Government on Monday launched Automated Auditory Brainstem Response (AABR) system under Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Programme. (Source: dailypioneer.com)
Sat, 24 Jul, 20215141
Pegasus
Pegasus is a spyware developed by the Israeli cyberarms firm NSO Group that can be covertly installed on mobile phones (and other devices) running most versions of iOS and Android.The 2021 Project Pegasus revelations suggest that the current Pegasus software can exploit all recent iOS versions up to iOS 14.6. (Source: Wikipedia)
Sat, 24 Jul, 20215140
Mirabai Chanu wins silver medal
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu is an Indian weightlifter. She won the silver medal at Tokyo Olympics 2021 in Women's 49 kg, thereby bringing India its first medal in the event (Source: The Indian Express)
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Sputnik V vaccine
Morepen Laboratories has started production of the test batch of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine at its facility in Himachal Pradesh, Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and the domestic drug firm (Source: The New Indian Express)
Sun, 18 Jul, 20215135
Jovenel Moïse
Jovenel Moïse ( 26 June 1968 – 7 July 2021) was a Haitian entrepreneur and politician who served as the president of Haiti from 2017 until his assassination in 2021. (Source: Wikipedia)
Sun, 18 Jul, 20215134
Kanwar Yatra
An annual pilgrimage of devotees of Shiva, known as Kānvarias or "Bhole" to Hindu pilgrimage places of Haridwar, Gaumukh and Gangotri in Uttarakhand and Sultanganj in Bihar to fetch holy waters of Ganges River. UP govt cancels Kanwar Yatra this year due to COVID-19. (Source: Wikipedia)
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Vitalik Buterin
Vitaly Dmitriyevich "Vitalik" Buterin is a Russian-Canadian programmer and writer who is best known as one of the co-founders of Ethereum. Involved with cryptocurrency early in its inception, co-founding Bitcoin Magazine. In 2014, Buterin launched Ethereum with Gavin Wood. (Source: Wikipedia)
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Kadambini Ganguly
Kadambini Ganguly was one of the first Indian female doctors who practiced with a degree in Western medicine, alongside other pioneering women such as Anandibai Joshi. Ganguly was the first woman to gain admission to Calcutta Medical College in 1884, subsequently trained in Scotland, and established a successful medical practice in India. (Source: Wikipedia)
Sun, 18 Jul, 20215129
InterPlanetary File System (IPFS)
A protocol and peer-to-peer network for storing and sharing data in a distributed file system.As opposed to a centrally located server, IPFS is built around a decentralized system[5] of user-operators who hold a portion of the overall data, creating a resilient system of file storage and sharing. (Source: Wikipedia)
Sun, 11 Jul, 20215128
National Statistics Day
National Statistics Day is celebrated on June 29 on the birth anniversary of late Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis. Often referred to as the 'father of Indian statistics', (Source: The Hindustan Times)
Sun, 11 Jul, 20215127
The Global Cybersecurity Index
The Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) is a trusted reference that measures the commitment of countries to cybersecurity at a global level – to raise awareness of the importance and different dimensions of the issue. India scored a total of 97.5 points from a possible maximum of 100 points, to make it to the tenth position worldwide in the GCI 2020.
Sun, 11 Jul, 20215125
Ayurveda doyen, Dr PK Warrier
Managing trustee of Vaidyaratnam P S Varier’s Arya Vaidya Sala. In his nearly seven-decade career, Warrier played a pivotal role for the renaissance of ayurveda. As a physician, Warrier never accepted consultation fees — from rich patients or poor. (Source: The Indian Express)
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Dilip Kumar
Mohammed Yusuf Khan known professionally by his stage name Dilip Kumar, was an Indian actor and film producer who worked in Hindi cinema. One of the most successful film stars in the industry and holds the record for most wins for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor (eight), and was also the inaugural recipient of the award. (Source: Wikipedia)
Sun, 11 Jul, 20215121
Sir Richard Branson to make spaceflight
He'll be a passenger in the back of the Unity rocket plane his Virgin Galactic company has been developing in the US. The vehicle can climb to an altitude of 90km (295,000ft), giving those onboard a few minutes of weightlessness and a view of the curvature of the Earth. (Source: bbc.com)
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ZyCov-D the world's first DNA vaccine against COVID
ZyCov-D is a “plasmid DNA” vaccine (by Zydus Cadila )— a vaccine that uses a genetically engineered, non-replicating version of a type of DNA molecule known as a ‘plasmid’. ZyCov-D has been developed with the support of the central government's Department of Biotechnology and the Indian Council of Medical Research. (Source: The Indian Express)
Sun, 04 Jul, 20215119
LiDAR survey
Govt launches LiDAR survey reports to augment water in forest areas. The LiDAR (light detection and ranging) technology was used to create 3-D images of the project areas to recommend soil and water conservation structures. (Source: The Indian Express)
Sun, 04 Jul, 20215118
Ludwig Guttmann
Sir Ludwig Guttmann was a German-British neurologist who established the Stoke Mandeville Games, the sporting event for people with disabilities (PWD) that evolved in England into the Paralympic Games. Guttmann was a founding father of organized physical activities for people with disabilities (Source: Wikipedia)
Sun, 04 Jul, 20215117
Windows 11
Windows 11 will be a major release of the Windows NT operating system created and developed by Microsoft. Announced on June 24, 2021 Windows 11 will require Intel 8th Gen Coffee Lake or Zen 2 CPUs and up, TPM 2.0 (Trusted Platform Module) support, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage.
Sun, 04 Jul, 2021