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Daily Current Affairs – 30 August 2020
The day’s news that matters for Prelims and Mains, organised by GS paper, with practice questions.
Daily Current Affairs 30.08.2020 (Covid-19, Galaxy)
Current Affairs
1. Memory T cells may only reduce COVID-19 severity The immune cells may mount a faster and stronger response upon exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, but not totally prevent infection At least six papers published in reputable journals — Cell, Nature, Science, and Science Immunology — have found that 20-50% of people who have not […]
Daily Current Affairs 28.08.2020 (Sub-Groups among SC/ST)
Current Affairs
1. States can have sub-groups among SC/STs, says court Order counters 2004 verdict; referred to seven-judge Bench A five-judge Bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday held that States can sub-classify Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the Central List to provide preferential treatment to the “weakest of the weak”. The Constitution Bench, led by […]
Daily Current Affairs 27.08.2020 (India’s Space Vision)
Current Affairs
1. The uncharted territory of outer space India’s space vision also needs to address global governance, regulatory and arms control issues Outer space has been the arena of some of the most memorable technology demonstrations. Russia’s Sputnik and the U.S.’s Apollo 11 were metaphors of geopolitical competition. For India, Chandrayaan and Mangalyaan were symbols of […]