Daily Current Affairs  – 5 April 2021

                                       Facts in News International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (21st March) Adopted on 26th October 1966, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21st March as this International Day to be commemorated annually. History: In […]

In News Recently, the Government of India has asked the refiners to review their contracts for buying crude oil from Saudi Arabia and negotiate more favourable terms. India, the world’s third-largest consumer of oil, hopes to use the might of its market to change the terms of engagement with big suppliers. Background Oil producers cartel […]

In News The Supreme Court has held that a public employer can reject a candidate as unsuitable if he had, in the past, been acquitted of a serious crime merely on the benefit of doubt. Background A candidate was not appointed after qualifying the recruitment test of constable in Rajasthan Police Service based on its […]

In News India is fast catching up with the western world in millet consumption. Millet-based products are fast gaining acceptance in the West. Millet It is a common term to categorise small-seeded grasses that are often termed Nutri-cereals or dryland-cereals and includes sorghum, pearl millet, ragi, small millet, foxtail millet, proso millet, barnyard millet and […]

In News Researchers from India, the U.K. and Russia have analysed a large collection of 502 genomes of the bacterium that causes diphtheria – Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Key Takeaways There is an increasing trend in the number of cases of diphtheria globally, as the number of cases in 2018 (16,651) was double the 1996–2017 average (8,105). […]

In News Recently, the Government of India has announced the National Policy for Rare Diseases, 2021. Rare Diseases Rare diseases (also called “Orphan” diseases) are broadly defined as diseases that infrequently occur in a population and three markers are used (the total number of people with the disease, its prevalence, and the availability/non-availability of treatment […]