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The Asia Book of Records has listed the Virasat-e-Khalsa museum in Punjab’s Anandpur Sahib as the most visited museum in the Asian...
10 Aug 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Improvement in Sex Ratio at Birth
According to the fourth National Family Health Surveys (NFHS) 2015-16, the sex ratio at birth (SRB) in India has improved from 914 to 919. SRB is...
09 Aug 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Solar Thermal Energy Technology
The National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) have signed an agreement to initiate...
08 Aug 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Vikram Sarabhai Journalism Award
ISRO has recently announced the ‘Vikram Sarabhai Journalism Award in Space Science, Technology and Research’, as part of the centenary...
08 Aug 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Microscopic Earthlings known as Tardigrades, likely survived a crash landing on the Moon surface by Israel's Beresheet probe in April,...
08 Aug 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Heracles Inexpectatus: Giant Extinct Parrot
The fossils of the largest ever parrot named Heracles Inexpectatus have been discovered in New Zealand. The 19 million years old fossils were...
08 Aug 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Recently, researchers have found Mexico’s prickly pear cactus, that can play a new and innovative role in the production of biodegradable...
08 Aug 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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India: Second-largest Scrap Importer
India has emerged the world’s second-largest scrap importer of steel toppling South Korea. Scrap imports In India increased by 35% in the...
08 Aug 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Toni Morrison, the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, has passed away. Morrison was born in Ohio (US) on 18th...
07 Aug 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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The 5th National handloom day is being celebrated across the country on 7th August 2019. The National handloom day is observed annually on 7th...
07 Aug 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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While Article 370, which limited purchase and inheritance of property to permanent residents, was scrapped for J&K, similar provisions are also...
06 Aug 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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The Strait of Magellan is located near southern Chile along the southern edges of the South American continent and links the Atlantic and Pacific...
06 Aug 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Hundreds of thousands of people have signed up to a Facebook event, promising to storm the alleged secret US military base, Area 51, located in the...
05 Aug 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Biometric Token System in Railways
The Western and Central Railways have introduced a Biometric Token System (BTS) that seeks to streamline the process of boarding unreserved coaches...
05 Aug 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has notified guidelines on Fit and Proper criteria for elected directors on the boards of Public Sector Banks...
03 Aug 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Recently, the Union Ministry of Culture has released its 100-day agenda which also includes digging rainwater harvesting pits at over 100 major...
03 Aug 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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The Repealing and Amending Bill, 2019
The Parliament has passed the Repealing and Amending Bill, 2019. The bill seeks to repeal certain enactments and to amend certain other...
03 Aug 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Indian journalist Ravish Kumar has been awarded the 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award for “harnessing journalism to give voice to the...
03 Aug 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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Increasing the Strength of SC Judges
The Union Cabinet of India has approved increasing the strength of judges in the Supreme court. The Cabinet has taken a decision to increase the...
02 Aug 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced that it will launch the 'Hope Probe', the Arab world's first spacecraft to Mars, in July 2020. The...
02 Aug 2019 Quick Facts For Prelims
