Daily Current Affairs  – 28 June 2021

Facts in News Siliguri Corridor China encroachments in Bhutan could emerge as a headache for India in chicken’s neck. India’s North East is geographically isolated from the rest of India and is connected to the mainland by a narrow strip of land called the Siliguri Corridor also known as Chicken’s Neck. It is about 200 […]

In News The Indian economy is completing the first quarter of the current financial year — April, May and June. Two questions come up in this context: How far did the second Covid wave hurt India’s fledgling economic recovery? What are the more medium- to long-term impacts of the second Covid wave?   About The […]

In News A new study has now shown that by studying a meteorite and its minerals we may find new clues about the Earth’s lower mantle.    About A meteorite, which belonged to the Asteroid Belt, fell in Assam in 2015, holds clues to Earth’s deeper layers and its formation. A team of students and […]

In News Recently, Researchers from China have claimed to have found an ancient human skull that could belong to an altogether new species of humans.    About The researchers have published their findings and said that the cranium (the portion that encloses the brain) could be over 146,000 years old. The skull was found in […]

In News Indian Prime Minister pays homage to Rishi Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay on his Jayanti on 27th June.   Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay About: He was a celebrated writer, poet and journalist and considered to be the father of the Bengali novel. He is widely regarded as a key figure in literary renaissance of Bengal as […]

In News New research from the Population Biology Lab at IISER Pune made an observation that some bacteria evolve multidrug resistance while others do not.   Key Findings The antibiotics exert a very strong selection pressure, it would appear that every bacteria in nature can become multidrug resistant, which is not the case. One of […]