A moment of hesitation, may cause you a life time of regret.
1. First step on moon on July 20 1969 .
Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on moon.
First steps by human on another planetary body were taken by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
Apollo 11 space craft was launched from Cape Kennedy.
Que- who was the first person to step on Moon.
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2. Central institute of petrochemicals engineering and technology (CIPET) Bhubaneswar , an institute under Ministry of chemical and fertilizer.
Accredited by national accreditation board for testing and calibration (NABL) for testing and certification of PPE kit.
NABL- A constituent Board of quality council of India which is an autonomous body under department for promotion of industry and internal trade, Ministry of commerce and industry.
NABL- Department of science and technology.
Que- what is the main work of NABL?
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3. India's case Fatality rate falls below 2.5 % for the first time.
29 states and UTs register a case fatality rate lower than National average.
With effective containment strategy aggressive testing and standard clinical standard of case approach.
India has one of the lowest fatality rate in the world.
Que- write a short note on India strategy against covid-19?
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4. Bihar - Indian national injured after Nepal police open fire along border in kishanganj.
This is the second such incident to have been reported recent time.
last month Nepal armed Police Force responsible for border security had opened fire on a group near sitamari in Bihar, killing one Indian and enjoyed to other.
Que- write a short note on India Nepal relationship.
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5. China's top universities sacks Xi Jinpings Critis.
Chinese Communist party leadership including the constitutional amendment facilitating indefinite tenure for president XI jinping by scraping the two term limit.
XU Zhangrum, an outspoken Chinese lo professor Tsinghua University, was removed.
The Tsighua University, whose famous alumni (à¤ूतपूर्व छात्र) president XI, listed China's number one university by times higher education world University ranking.
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a legal scholar publicly challenge the Communist party of China, he published many long essays against government it and several short essays.
It is a serious violation of the 10 standard of professional conduct for teachers in tertiary institute.
Professor taken in prison, police taken him from his house.
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6. Over 27 crore people in India out of poverty in last 10 year: UNDP
UNDP: United Nation development programme.
World's largest reduction in multidimensional poverty took place in India between 2005-06 to 2015 -16.
Study conducted by UNDP and Oxford poverty and human.
Significant improvement has also been observed in use of cooking fuel and sanitation and housing.
Swachh Bharat mission- from 2014
Ujjwala yojana- 1 May 2016
PM aawas yojana- 25 June 2015.
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7. Comet neowise was discovered by a near Earth object wide-field infrared survey explorer (NEOWISE) astronomical space telescope through wise mission of NASA.
Closest approach to Earth on 22nd July 2020 distance 103 million kilometre. (10 crore 30 Lakh)
Scientific name- C/2020 F3 Neowise
5 kilometre wide comet, next time will be visible from Earth in 8786 A.D., almost 6000 years later.
Comet is visible in India from 14 July 2024 A period of 20 years.
Passes of comet from near the sun caused the eruption of gases and dust resulted hundred kilometre tail.
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