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Giant Magnellan Telescope

February 7, 2022

The Giant Magnellan Telescope is under construction. It will have resolving powers ten times the Hubble Space Telescope. Key Features Giant Magnellan Telescope is extremely large telescope. That is, the aperture of the primary mirror is between 20 metres and ..

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Karnataka Rajyotsava Awards

February 7, 2022

The Karnataka Government will not accept applications for Rajyotsava Awards from 2023. Rather a panel is to be set up to choose the eligible candidates. The state government is following the footsteps of the central government. The central government chooses ..

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African Union Summit

February 7, 2022

The 35th African Union summit was held at Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. Security and pandemic were given top priority at the summit. Key Points on the summit The countries discussed about the unavailability of COVID vaccines to many African countries ..

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Hijab Controversy in Karnataka

February 7, 2022

On February 5, 2022, Government of Karnataka stated that, ‘clothes that disturb equality, integrity and public law & order should not be worn”. Key Points This directive from government validates decisions of state education institutions to prohibit Muslim girl students ..

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Changes proposed by J&K Delimitation Panel

February 7, 2022

Delimitation Commission proposed significant changes to the electoral map of Jammu and Kashmir, by carving out new constituencies. Key Points Delimitation Commission also redraw several of existing constituencies. The draft delimitation working paper has been rejected by National Conference (NC). ..

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Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: February 7, 2022

February 7, 2022

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for February 7, 2022 INDIA – Playback legend Lata Mangeshkar dies in Mumbai at 92; awarded Bharat Ratna in 2001 and Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1989 ECONOMY & CORPORATE – DCGI grants ..

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Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: February 6, 2022

February 7, 2022

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for February 6, 2022 INDIA – PM kickstarts 50th Anniversary Celebrations of ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics) in Hyderabad and inaugurates two research facilities – PM inaugurates 216-foot ..

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Daily Current Affairs Quiz : February 6-7, 2022

February 7, 2022

41. CPEC is an Economic Corridor connecting Xinjiang region of China and Gwadar Port of which country? [A] Iran[B] Pakistan[C] Afghanistan[D] Kazakhstan Show Answer Correct Answer: B [Pakistan] Notes:China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a 3,000-km long route of infrastructure projects ..

India’s Unemployment Rate in January 2022

February 6, 2022

The Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy recently released the unemployment report. According to the report, the unemployment in India was at 6.57% in January 2022. This is the lowest since March 2021. The improvement comes as the lock down restrictions ..

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Aravalli Biodiversity Park-India’s first OECM site

February 6, 2022

On World Wetlands Day, that is, on February 2, the Aravalli Biodiversity Park was announced as the first Other Effective Area – based Conservation Measures site, OECM site. What is OECM? The OECM tag is provided by the International Union ..

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