Page-40 of GKToday Archives: June, 2020

India Ideas Summit 2020 on 21st & 22nd July

June 20, 2020

The 45th annual meeting of the United States India Business Council (USIBC) will be marked with the 2020 India Ideas Summit. This year’s summit will be held virtually on 21st and 22nd July. During the Summit, different sessions are organized, ..

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68 Million Years Old Egg discovered from Antarctica

June 20, 2020

In 2011, on the Seymour Island of Antarctica, a group of scientists from South American Nation Chile discovered a fossil 200 meters away from the spot where the fossil of a 10-meter long Mosasaur (an ancient reptile) was unearthed. The ..

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Stegodon Fossil discovered from Saharanpur estimated to be 5 to 8 Million Years Old

June 20, 2020

Over decades, a number of richest fossil records in South Asia have been found at the Dhok Pathan Formation of the Sivalik range. This time, the researchers found a fossil of an extinct ancestor of Elephant, that is estimated to ..

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WWF, forest officials claim discovery of stegodon in Saharanpur district

June 20, 2020

A team of forest officials and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) have claimed to have discovered fossil of a stegodon – a now-extinct elephant species known as Proboscideans – in Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The fossil is believed to ..

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Brazil’s COVID-19 cases crosses 1 million mark

June 20, 2020

On 19th June, Brazil has confirmed that the country’s COVID-19 cases have surpassed 1 million, second only to the United States. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is still downplaying the risks of the on-going pandemic despite facing nearly 50,000 deaths from ..

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Chhattisgarh launches ‘Roka-Chheka Abhiyan’

June 20, 2020

Chhattisgarh government has launched the ‘Roka-Chekka Abhiyan’ in all villages in the state. The objective of this scheme is to revive traditional agricultural methods and to save Kharif crops from open grazing by stray cattle. The programme involves the use ..

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