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By EXAM JOB EXPERT Published: October 03, 2024
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Virus Appreciation Day
- Let’s start off with explaining the difference between bacteria, and a virus. First off, bacteria are classically alive, by which we mean they have all the metrics that define life, most importantly of all, cell-structure. Virii, on the other hand, are not quite alive, they’re more like randomly wandering bits of DNA with an attitude problem and a suit of protein-based armor.
- So why would we want to appreciate virii? They can’t possibly be helpful, can they? Think that, dear reader, and you would be sorely mistaken.
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56 years after IAF plane crash, body of soldier to be handed over to extended family in Chamoli
- Fifty-six years after his death, the body of soldier Narayan Singh will reach his ancestral village in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand on Thursday, and will be received by his extended family.
- Narayan was one of the four crew members on board the Indian Air Force AN-12 transport plane that crashed into snow-covered mountains near Rohtang in Himachal Pradesh on February 7, 1968. The plane carried 102 passengers, including the crew.
- A joint team of Dogra Scouts of the Indian Army, in collaboration with representatives of Tiranga Mountain Rescue, recovered the remains of four individuals from the crash site, almost 16,000 ft. above sea level near Dhaka glacier, earlier this week.
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Student polls: DU to foot the bill of clean-up drive for now; candidates to reimburse later
- Delhi University (DU) will foot the bill for the restoration of public properties defaced with campaign material across the city in the run-up to the student union polls and recover the expenditure incurred on the drive from the candidates later, according to officials.
- The drive was initiated after the Delhi High Court expressed displeasure over the “blatant disregard for election norms” and “abuse of money power” by candidates during campaigning for the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) polls.
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Climate activist Wangchuk visits Rajghat, says will ‘meet India’s highest leadership’
- After hours of uncertainty, climate activist Sonam Wangchuk was allowed to visit Rajghat on Wednesday evening. The activist and others were on a march from Ladakh to the Capital demanding the inclusion of Ladakh in the Sixth Schedule.
- Talking to the media later, Mr. Wangchuk said the Home Ministry has assured him an audience. The activist said, “Schedule 6 of the Constitution protects tribal and local people, and gives them the authority regarding the management and governance of Ladakh. I have been given this assurance by the Home Ministry that in the days to come, I’ll get to meet India’s highest leadership, the PM or the President or the Home Minister.”
2 women Navy officers begin voyage around the world
- Lieutenant Commander Dilna K. and Lieutenant Commander Roopa A. of the Indian Navy on Wednesday embarked from Goa on a challenging expedition to circumnavigate the globe, covering 23,000 nautical miles over 240 days.
- The second edition of the Navika Sagar Parikrama was flagged off from Ocean Sailing Node, INS Mandovi, by Navy chief Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi. The two women officer set sail on the INSV Tarini.
- The voyage will take the two women officers across four continents through three oceans and three challenging capes.
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‘Surplus rains to help reduce food inflation, raise demand’
- With Kharif crop sowing up 1.5% over last year’s levels by late September, and the healthy Southwest monsoon boosting reservoir levels as well as Rabi crop prospects, food inflation is expected to recede and rural demand is likely to see a steady rebound in the second half of 2024-25.
- As of September 30, the monsoon had yielded an 8% surplus over the long-period average, and reservoir levels stood at 87% capacity by September 26, Bank of Baroda economist Sonal Badhan said in a note. Barring the northern region, where reservoir levels are 68% of capacity compared with 86% last year, all other parts of the country have more water stocked up than a year ago as well as their normal levels.
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