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• Aug 20, 2021

•  India to Get Control of Chabahar Port in Iran for 18 Months-Faster Pace at Farzad-B Gas (Important) [ International Relations & Organizations ]

  India and Iran signed a pact, which gives New Delhi operational control of a part of the strategically located Chabahar port on the Gulf of Oman for 18 months. Indian and Iran are also reaching appropriate results in energy cooperation, including on Farzad-B gas field.

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•  Protecting Ongole Cattle Breed [ Agriculture, Agro Industry & Allied Activities ]

  Vice President of India called for protecting and promoting the indigenous Ongole cattle breed which became popular all over the World. He released a Compendium on Ongole breed of cattle at the Swarna Bharat Trust in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.

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•  Fourth President of the United States to Face Impeachment [ International Relations & Organizations ]

  As per the announcement from the House Speaker of the United States dated 25 September 2019, a formal impeachment inquiry is likely to take place against the present President of the United States. Prior to this the last three previous cases resulted in impeachment or in the resi…

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•  Covid19 Vaccine in Sight [ Health ]

  • At present 70 projects are under development phase to fight COVID-19.
  • Three vaccines have already reached the human testing stage.
  • 67 vaccines are still in pre-clinical levels.
  • This task of finding a vaccine can sometimes take decades and success is often elusive.

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•  CSIR’S New Patented Clot Buster, PEGylated Streptokinase Set to Revolutionize Treatment of Strokes [ Science & Technology ]

  New Clot buster, PEGylated Streptokinase - Novel Biological Entity developed by CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology (CSIR-IMTECH) , Chandigarh is all set to revolutionize treatment of ischemic strokes.

  • Epygen is 1^st company in India w/exclusive li…

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•  About Ram Nath Kovind- Elected 14^th President of India- Took Oath on July 25th [ Appointments ]

  Ram Nath Kovind born on 1^st October 1945 is a lawyer and now the President of India. He is the 2^nd Dalit leader to be elected to the post. Earlier served as the 35^th Governor of Bihar from 2015 to 2017 and as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from 1994 to 2006.

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•  India-Pak War 45^th Anniversary: Veterans to Take Part in Bangladesh Function [ Economics ]

  It isthe occasion of 45^th Vijay Diwas; the entire nation is paying tributes to the martyrs of 1971 India-Pakistan. The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 was a confrontation between India and Pakistan during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.

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•  One Nation One Poll [ Policies & Governance ]

  The one Nation One Poll has been backed by The President and The Prime Minister of India in Lok Sabha including the state assemblies. Normal public life and essential services are disrupted due to frequent elections including the road traffic during political rallies leading to n…

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•  Astronomers Create the Largest Map of the Universe [ Science & Technology ]

  The first and largest map of the large-scale structure of the universe has been created by the astronomers based on the positions of quasars. Quasars are glowing rings of matter and energy around supermassive black holes, and are incredibly bright.

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•  Warming Seas a Breath of Foul Air [ Based on Down-to-Earth ]

  The sea level rose globally by about 15 cm relative to 1986 - 2005 on an average during the 20^th century. This warming of seas is expected to rise twice as fast and could reach up to 60 cm by 2100. On September 23,2019 according to the reports of UN Climate Action Summit (UNCAS) …

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