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Pushpak – ISRO’s Reusable Launch Vehicle, Clears Landing Test

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully carried out the third Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) Landing Experiment (LEX) on June 23 at the Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) in...

June 24, 2024

Daily Current Affairs Quiz: June 23-24, 2024

1. Which ministry recently launched the first National Additive Manufacturing Symposium (NAMS) 2024? [A] Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology[B] Ministry of Home Affairs[C] Ministry of Defence[D] Ministry...

June 24, 2024

India Ranks 63rd in the Global Energy Transition Index

The World Economic Forum (WEF) just released the Global Energy Transition Index on June 19, 2024. It shows that the global energy transition scene has changed in big...

June 22, 2024

What is AlphaFold?

In the past few years, the creation of AlphaFold, a tool that has greatly sped up the process of understanding protein structures, has been a huge step forward...

June 22, 2024

Iberian Lynx Conservation Status Upgraded to Vulnerable

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) changed the Iberian Lynx’s protection status from “Endangered” to “Vulnerable” on June 20. The species was once very close to going...

June 22, 2024

67th Global Environment Facility Council

The 67th meeting of the Global Environment Facility concluded on June 20, 2024, resulting in significant financial commitments. A total of $736.4 million was approved to support 34...

June 22, 2024

World’s Oldest Termite Mounds Discovered in Namaqualand

In Namaqualand, South Africa, the heuweltjies are old termite mounds that take up about 20% of the land. The southern harvester termite (Microhodotermes Viator) lives in these sandy...

June 22, 2024

What is Balon Protein?

Recently, scientists made a big finding in microbiology. It involves a special protein called Balon. This protein helps the bacterium Psychrobacter urativorans go into and come out of...

June 22, 2024

Daily Current Affairs Quiz: June 22, 2024

1. What is “Indiconema”, recently seen in news? [A] New genus of the Gomphonemoid diatom[B] Newly discovered species of spider[C] Nuclear ballistic submarine[D] Ancient irrigation technique Show Answer...

June 22, 2024

India Ranks 129th on Global Gender Gap Index

India is ranked 129th out of 146 countries in the 2024 Global Gender Gap Index. This is the same spot it has held in the bottom 20 for...

June 21, 2024

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