Coronavirus Pandemic Current Affairs, GK & News

Digital India Awards, 2020: Bihar wins in Pandemic category

December 28, 2020

The Chief Minister Secretariat of Bihar, National Informatics Centre and the Disaster Management Department have been jointly chosen as winners in “Pandemic Category” in Digital India Awards, 2020. Earlier the Uttar Pradesh Food and Civil Supplies Department won the Digital India Award, 2020 under the “Excellence in Digital Governance” category. It was selected for its ..

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IIT Delhi launches ‘‘Chakr DeCoV’’ to decontaminate N95 masks

September 4, 2020

In the series on Atmanirbhar Bharat IIT Delhi incubated startup Chakr Innovation has launched ‘Chakr DeCoV’ Key Facts It is a decontamination device that decontaminate N95 masks. Designed in the shape of a cabinet. Built with an innovative decontamination mechanism. The mechanism utilises the high penetrability of Ozone gas for cleaning the pores of the ..

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How Sero-survey evaluates the trend of Covid-19?

August 27, 2020

Indian Council for Medical Research has recommended to carry out sero-surveys to detect the presence of coronavirus antibodies in the people. Such surveys conducted in big cities have proved to be beneficial to understand the activities and characteristics of the Covid-19 virus. Process Surveys have been conducted to find out the pandemic’s progress. Samples have ..

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Around 24 million may drop out of school due to COVID-19: U.N.

August 5, 2020

According to the United Nations Policy Brief, it has been estimated that around 24 million children across the countries are not going to return to school next year due to the economic impact of the COVID 19 pandemic. This has been observed in the study involving the effect of the pandemic on education in the ..

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