DAILY GK 14 SEPT 2019
- India join global AMR research hub
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India
has joined as the new and 16th member of the Global Antimicrobial Resistance
(AMR) Research and Development (R & D) hub.
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Antimicrobial
resistance (AMR) is the ability of a microorganism (like bacteria, viruses, and
parasites) to stop an antimicrobial (such as antibiotics, antivirals and
antimalarials) from working against it.
- India to export
bulletproof jackets
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India
is the fourth country in the world to have its own national standard on
bulletproof jackets after the United States, United Kingdom and Germany, which
provides 360-degree protection.
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The
bulletproof jackets are being exported from India to more than 100
countries,including European nations.
- Military conference for
SCO member
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The
first conference on military medicine for Shanghai Cooperation Organization(SCO)
member countries was organised in New Delhi .The aim of the conference was to
share the best medicinal practice.
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Members-
China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, India and
Pakistan.
- Indo-Thailand joint
military exercise “Maitree – 2019” scheduled to be held at Foreign
Training Node, Umroi, Meghalaya
- National Genomic Grid
for cancer research
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Union Minister of State (MoS) Aswini Kumar Choubey announced
the plan to set up National
Genomic Grid for cancer research in line with the National
Cancer Tissue Biobank (NCTB) set up at the Indian Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT), Madras.
- World Energy Congress 2019
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The
24th Edition of World Energy Congress (WEC) for 2019 was held at the Abu Dhabi,UAE
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the
theme “Energy for Prosperity”. The triennial event is a global flagship
event of World Energy Council.
- Megan Schutt claim 2
white-ball hat-tricks
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Australian
fast bowler Megan Schutt created record by becoming the first woman to have two
hat tricks in white ball cricket in third One Day International (ODI) matches
against West Indies at Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium in Antigua, Barbuda.
- National forest martyrs
day-11 Sept
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To
commemorate foresters who had laid their lives to protect nature and wildlife,
National Forest Martyrs’ Day was observed on September 11, 2019, at Forester
Memorial in the Forest Research Institute (FRI) in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
