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Why in news: Genome Sequencing Lab in DelhiWhole genome sequencing (WGS), also known as full genome sequencing, complete genome sequencing, or entire genome sequencing, is the process of determining the entirety, or nearly the entirety, of the DNA sequence of an organism's gen
Read More About It...National Institute of Biomedical Genomics creates world’s first database of genomic variants of oral cancerdbGENVOC is a browsable online database of GENomic Variants of Oral Cancer and is a free resourceThe repository, which will be updated annually with varia
Read More About It...Why in news: Egypt angry as it says Ethiopia has resumed filling GERDThe Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, formerly known as the Millennium Dam and sometimes referred to as Hidase Dam, is a gravity dam on the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia.Egypt depends on the Nile for nearly all of
Read More About It...Rajasthan has three tiger reserves at Ranthambore Tiger Reserve (RTR) in Sawai Madhopur, Sariska Tier Reserve (STR) in Alwar, and Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve (MHTR) in Kota.National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) approved the conversion of the Ramgarh Vishdhari Sanctuary in
Read More About It...NFAI has announced a significant addition of the original camera negative of Rajkumar Hirani’s film PK.It was one of the last films shot on celluloid.About NFAINFAI was established as a media unit of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in February 1964 at Pune.
Read More About It...In a historic move, a separate ‘Ministry of Co-operation’ has been created for realizing the vision of ‘Sahkar se Samriddhi’.This ministry will provide a separate administrative, legal and policy framework for strengthening the cooperative movement in the c
Read More About It...Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair (1857-1934) was an acclaimed lawyer and judge in the Madras High Court. He simultaneously opposed the extreme Indian nationalist movement led by Mohandas K. Gandhi and its forcible suppression by the British Indian government.He upheld conver
Read More About It...By: Quality Council of India, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and IndustryONDC aims at promoting open networks developed on open sourced methodology, using open specifications and open network protocols independent of any speci
Read More About It...Full form: National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy, Aim: To ensure that every child in the country necessarily attains foundational literacy and numeracy by the end of Grade 3, by 2026-27This Mission has been launched under the aegis o
Read More About It...Why in news: The Supreme Court termed the continued use of Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 as “a shocking state of affairs”66A Punishment for sending offensive messages through communication service, etc.Any person who sends, by means of a comp
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