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Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, 2023 - Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman  for “discoveries concerning nucleoside base modification that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19”. Nobel Prize for Physics, 2023   - (i) Pierre Agostini, (ii) Ferenc Krausz, and (iii) Anne L’Huillier  for “experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electro dynamics in matter”. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023   - Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov for “the discovery and development of quantum dots”. Nobel Prize in Literature 2023   - Jon Fosse,  "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable" Nobel Peace Prize,  2023 - Narges Mohammadi of Iran  “for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all” Nobel Prize in Economics, 2023 i.e. the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences  - Claudia Goldi...

Which Gas is filled in Aeroplane's Tyre? (A) Oxygen     (B) Helium (C) Nitrogen    (D) Radon Answer: click here

 Who among the following fixes the date of election of the speaker of the Lok Sabha? (A) The President of India (B) The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs (C) The Secretary General of Lok Sabha (D) The Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha  [This Question has been asked in UPSC CAPF(ACs) Examination, 2021]   Answer: Right Answer is Option (A) i.e. The President of India.   Explanation :  As per Rule 7(1) of Rules of Procedures and Conduct of Business of Lok Sabha, the election of a Speaker shall be held on such date as the President may fix, and the Secretary General shall send to every member notice of this date

  Scheme type- Central Sector Scheme  Launch Date- 24th Feb, 2019. The Scheme is implemented by D/o Agriculture and Farmer Welfare. Aim:- Providing financial assistance to cultivable landholding farmer families to enable them to take care of agriculture and allied related expenses as well as domestic needs. Benefit: An amount of Rs. 6000/- is transferred annually in three equal installments of Rs.2000/- directly into the Aadhaar seeded bank accounts of the farmers through DBT. Target Group:-  The scheme is applicable only for landholding farmers.   The responsibility to identify the beneficiaries and upload their correct and verified data on PM-KISAN portal lies with the respective State/UT Government.   These data go through various levels of verification and validation including Aadhaar/PFMS/Income Tax database and after verification and validation, the benefit of the Scheme is passed on to eligible beneficiaries.   The number of farmers whose land d...

   Who was the first Comptroller and Auditor General of India? (A) Shri Anil Kumar Chanda (B) Shri S. Rangnathan (C) Shri Girish Chandra Murmu (D) Shri V. Narahari Rao Answer: (D) Shri V. Narahari Rao from 1948 to 1954.

 Who was the first Comptroller and Auditor General of India? (A) Shri Anil Kumar Chanda (B) Shri S. Rangnathan (C) Shri Girish Chandra Murmu (D) Shri V. Narahari Answer: Click here

Who among the following fixes the date of election of the speaker of the Lok Sabha? (A) The President of India (B) The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs (C) The Secretary General of Lok Sabha (D) The Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha  [This Question has been asked in UPSC CAPF(ACs) Examination, 2021]   Answer: click here  

(A) Somnath Lahiri (B) B. R. Ambedkar (C) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (D) B.N. Rau [This Question has been asked in UPSC CAPF(ACs) Examination, 2021] Answer: Right answer is Option (A) : Somnath Lahiri. Explanation: Shri Somnath Lahiri, a Communist member, i n the debate  on  RESOLUTION RE. AIMS AND OBJECTS of Constituent Assembly on 19 th Dec, 1946 , had said:  ..............Well, the Interim Government has not brought peace nor freedom to our ,country. Similarly, whether the Congress is inside this British-made. Constituent Assembly and the Muslim League is out or whether, the Congress and the Muslim League are both inside this British-made Constituent Assembly and working the British plans as the British should like it to be worked out, then also the same thing will follow, viz., the quarrelling that is there to-day in the country, will only get more intensified inside this Assembly also. That is all and nothing else Therefore, Sir, I am not sorry that the League is not ...

  Answer-  James Rennel James Rennel was an English Historian, Geographer and Oceanographer. He is called as the  Father of oceanography. He first produced a detailed map of India for the first time in the year 1782, on the direction of Robert Clive. He produced the first accurate map of  Bengal province of Mughal era.

  Introduction of English Education in India ·       English education was introduced in India during 18 th Century in the charity schools at Calcutta, Madras and Bombay. ·        The real beginning of western education in India was through the Charter Act of 1813.The Charter Act of 1813 allowed; Ø   Missionaries travel to India; Ø   Allocation of 100 thousand rupees for two specific purpose; (a) The encouragement of learned natives of India and revival of and improvement of literature. (b) Promotion of Knowledge of the sciences amongst the inhabitants. ·        But the nature of the education was yet to be decided. The Orientalist vs Anglicists debate culminated in favour of Anglicists when William Bentinck, a Utilitarian reformist became Governor General in 1828 and Thomas Babington Macaulay was appointed the law member in his council in 1834. ·     ...