Olympiad Test Level 2: Current Affairs- 1 - Class 6 MCQ

India for the first time used Lopinavir and Ritonavir combination to treat Italian patients in India infected with COVID-19. The couple were on a tourto India and are currently being treated in Jaipur.

Poonam Yadav is the only Indian player to feature in the Women’s T20 World Cup team of the tournament, International Cricket Council announced. 16-year-old Shafali Verma has been selected as the 12th member of the team, after not being picked in the playing XI.

The Union Minister Jitendra Singh announced that ISRO’s Chandrayaan-III would be launched in the first half of 2021. A slight delay might happen in the launching of the third moon mission. Chandrayaan-III mission is configured based on the lessons learnt from Chandrayaan-II. The revised configuration is expected to take care of the robustness in design, and capacity enhancement for mission flexibility.

Luxembourg in Europe has become the first country to make all forms of public transport free. It is the second smallest country in the European Union.

Rafael Nadal secured his 85th ATP Tour title with a resounding win over Taylor Fritz in the Mexican Open final. The Spanish great proved too good for Fritz 6-3 6-2 in just 74 minutes in the decider in Acaoulco.

Renowned Vedic Scholar Sudhakar Chaturvedi passed away in Bengaluru on 27 February. He was believed to be 122-years-old. Sudhakar Chaturvedi was claimed to be bom on 20 April 1897 in Kyatsandra near Tumkur as Sudhakar Krishna Rao. He moved to Bengaluru after his father became an inspector in the city with the education.

The Union Minister for Agriculture & Fanners’ Welfare, Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurating the 11th National Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Conference 2020 on 28 February in New Delhi. The conference directed KVKs to serve not only the affluent, resourceful and Progressive farmers but also focus on the small and deprived farmers.

Scientists from the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI) and Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute o f M ed ical S c ie n c e s (SCTIMST), Thiruvananthapuram, under the Department of Science & Technology (DST) jointly developed new generation Iron-Manganese based alloys for biodegradable metal implants for use in humans.

Dr. Harsh Vardhan, U n ion M in iste r o f Health & Family Welfare participated in the 32nd Commonwealth Health Ministers ’ M eeting through V ideo C on feren ce on 14 May. The timely, graded, and proactive measures taken by the Indian government towards COVID-19 management were highlighted during the meeting. The theme o f the con feren ce was “D elivering a co-ordinated Commonwealth COVID-19 response.”

INSPIRE under the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India has developed porous carbon materials that have the potential to replace the lead grid in lead-acid batteries. The carbon foam was developed by Dr. Rajeev Kumar from CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute, Bhopal, a recipient of the INSPIRE Faculty Award.