UPSC Prelims Mini Mock Test: 510

12345 1. Consider the following: 1. Extensive farming 2. Shifting cultivation 3. Monoculture 4. Contour farming 5. Zero tillage agriculture Which of the above are likely to cause land degradation? 2 and 3 Only 1, 2 and 5 Only 1, ..

European Union Signs Agreement with Gilead for Supply of Remdesivir

The European Union has reached an agreement with Gilead Sciences Inc. regarding the supply of the company’s antiviral drug Remdesivir to combat the deadly COVID 19 pandemic in the countries of the bloc. The deal of 63 million euros ($74 ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

UP to Set up District-level Panels to fight COVID 19

The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to set up district-level panels consisting of district magistrates, chief medical officers and chief development officers to prepare a working plan in order to fight the COVID 19 pandemic more effectively. Details The government ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

New Track Construction (NTC) Machine Used for the First Time by Indian Railways

Indian Railways has, for the first time, used the New Track Construction (NTC) machine in order to construct the Khurja-Dadri Section of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor. At present, seven such machines have been deployed along the Dedicated Freight Corridor ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

ICMR Proposes Research on Non-Communicable Disease in relation to COVID 19

The government has come out with a proposal to conduct research for COVID 19 in relation to the non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, cancer, heart and kidney ailments, which puts people with these conditions, especially the elderly, at higher risk ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

Robots being tried to Ease Social Care Burden in UK

The researchers at Heriot-Watt University have programmed robots in order to perform tasks normally carried out by the care workers. This comes after a surge in loneliness among vulnerable groups during the coronavirus pandemic. The experiment, named Ambient Assisted Living, ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

Subsidized Credit-Enhancement Bond Facility for Renewable Energy Proposed

The Centre for Energy Finance has proposed that a subsidized first-loss cover facility to credit-enhanced bonds raised by the developers and institutions looking to refinance their underlying projects should be introduced in India. This is required due to the challenges ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

National Education Policy 2020 Approved by Cabinet

The Union Cabinet has approved the National Education Policy 2020 that has the objective of ensuring universal education to all levels of students in the schools around the country. The salient features of the NEP 2020 are: It will focus ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

‘Ashray’ System for Medical Bed isolation Launched in Pune for COVID 19

In order to combat the rising cases of COVID 19 in India, a deemed to be University in Pune has developed a medical bed isolation system named as ‘Ashray’ in order to prevent the spread of the deadly virus in ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

Air Pollution Reduces Life Expectancy by Five Years in India: AQLI

The Air Quality Life Index, developed by the Energy Policy Institute of The University of Chicago, has reported that pollution is the greatest risk to human life, especially in India, more than any other country in the world. The reason ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020