GK & CA
Collection of weekly GK & CA since year 2016.
July, 2022
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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve
The Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve is a wildlife sanctuary in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra state in India. It is Maharashtra's oldest and largest national park. Created in 1955, the reserve includes the Tadoba National Park and the Andhari Wildlife Sanctuary. (Source: Wikipedia)
Sun, 31 Jul, 20225457
44th Chess Olympiad
The 44th Chess Olympiad organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising open and women's tournaments, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, is being held in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India from 28 July to 10 August 2022 (Source: Wikipedia)
Sun, 31 Jul, 20225456
Russia To Quit International Space Station
Russia has decided to quit the International Space Station "after 2024".Russia and the United States have worked side by side on the ISS, which has been in orbit since 1998. (Source: ndtv.com)
Sun, 31 Jul, 20225455
Sir Winston Churchill Leadership Award
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson presented Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with the Sir Winston Churchill Leadership Award, drawing comparisons between the two leaders in times of crises. Zelenskyy accepted the award by video link during a ceremony at Johnson's London office (Source: Outlookindia.com)
Sun, 31 Jul, 20225454
India's forests to become home to cheetahs.
For the first time in 70 years, India's forests will be home to cheetahs.
Eight of them are set to arrive in August from Namibia.
Their return comes decades after India's indigenous population was declared officially extinct in 1952 (Source: bbc.com)
5453
Zero-gravity vertical city
Saudi Arabia has unveiled details of “The Line,” a vertical city that will eventually house around 9 million residents. The Line is 200 metres wide, 170 kilometres long, and 500 metres above sea level. (Source:arabianbusiness.com)
5451
Millions of galaxies from Nasa's James Webb telecope
Stunning images of a "stellar nursery" and a "cosmic dance" have been acquired by Nasa's new $10bn space telescope.
The two pictures, and others, were presented to the world on Tuesday to mark the James Webb observatory's readiness to begin science operations. (Source: bbc.com)
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Human Space Flight Expo
ISRO’s three-day Human Space Flight Expo in Bengaluru - Being held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, the expo commemorates Indian achievements in space and has been organised as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations marking 75 years of Independence. (Source: The Print)
Sun, 24 Jul, 20225449
Vehicle Location Tracking, Emergency Panic Button
Himachal Pradesh the first state in the country to launch Vehicle Location Tracking Device, Emergency Panic Button System, and Command Control Centre of the State Transport Department. (Source: thestatesman.com)
Sun, 24 Jul, 20225448
International Moon Day
The General Assembly declared International Moon Day, a United Nations-designated international day to be observed annually on 20 July. International Moon Day marks the anniversary of the first landing by humans on the Moon as part of the Apollo 11 lunar mission. (Source: un.org)
Sun, 24 Jul, 20225447
Droupadi Murmu
Droupadi Murmu is an Indian politician who is the president-elect of India. She is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. She is the first person belonging to the indigenous, scheduled tribe community to be elected President of India, also the country's youngest president (Source: Wikipedia)
5445
Monkeypox
Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus. The monkeypox virus is in the same family of viruses as the smallpox virus. But monkeypox is less contagious than smallpox. And its disease causes milder symptoms and is usually not fatal. India reported its first monkey-pox case in the state of Kerala.
Sun, 17 Jul, 20225444
qHPV vaccine against cervical cancer
The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) granted market authorisation to Serum Institute of India (SII) to manufacture India’s first Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus vaccine (qHPV) against cervical cancer. Cervical cancer in India ranks as the second most frequent cancer among women between 15 and 44 years of age (Source: The Indian Express)
Sun, 17 Jul, 20225443
KFON
The Kerala Fiber Optic Network (KFON) scheme is envisaged to provide free internet to BPL families and 30,000 government offices. Kerala has now become the first and only state in the country to have its own internet service. (Source: The Indian Express)
Sun, 17 Jul, 20225442
LANCE pod
US aviation company Lockheed Martin has reportedly delivered a compact directed energy weapon to the US Air Force (USAF) for operational testing. The LANCE ( Laser Advancements of Next-Generation Compact Environments) system is one-sixth the size of the other laser energy systems being developed by the company. (Source: The Indian Express)
Sun, 17 Jul, 20225441
The Kailasha temple
The Kailasha temple is the largest of the rock-cut Hindu temples at the Ellora Caves, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra. A megalith carved from a rock cliff face, it is considered one of the most remarkable cave temples in the world (Source: Wikipedia).
5439
Sri Lanka crisis
Demonstrators take over presidential residence ~ anger among demonstrators at the country's rampant inflation and shortages of food, fuel and medicine (Source: bbc.com)
Mon, 11 Jul, 20225438
Shinzo Abe
Shinzo Abe was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2020. He was the longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history (Source: Wikipedia)
Mon, 11 Jul, 20225437
New G-20 Sherpa
Amitabh Kant's appointment comes ahead of India assuming the G-20 presidency later this year. India will hold the presidency from December 1, 2022 to November 30, 2023 (Source: The Indian Express)
Mon, 11 Jul, 20225436
Mission Vatsalya
Mission Vatsalaya guidelines details the process by which funds will be disbursed to states under various heads by defining institutionalised arrangements. (Source: The Indian Express)
Mon, 11 Jul, 20225435
Narmada water to Kutch
Kutch Branch Canal (KBC) - The development marked the completion of the KBC, Narmada waters reaching 750 kilometres from Narmada dam (Source: The Indian Express)
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Autonomous Flying Wing
India conducted the maiden flight test of the Autonomous Flying Wing Technology Demonstrator, said to be the precursor to the future combat drones. While being operated in a completely autonomous mode, it exhibited a perfect flight, according to the DRDO. (Source: The Indian Express)
Sun, 03 Jul, 20225432
Electoral bonds
Electoral bonds are an instrument through which anyone can donate money to political parties. Such bonds, which are sold in multiples of Rs 1,000, Rs 10,000, Rs 1 lakh, Rs 10 lakh, and Rs 1 crore, can be bought from authorised branches of the State Bank of India (Source: The Indian Express)
Sun, 03 Jul, 20225431
Eknath Sambhaji Shinde
Eknath Sambhaji Shinde is an Indian politician currently serving as the 20th Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He was earlier the Cabinet Minister of Urban Development and Public Works (Public Undertakings) in the Government Of Maharashtra.
Sun, 03 Jul, 20225430
CAPSTONE
CAPSTONE (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment) is a lunar orbiter. It will study a specific orbit where NASA plans to build a small space station for astronauts to stop at before and after going to the moon’s surface. (Source: The Indian Express)