1. Scientists from Louisiana State University (_____________) discovered a new Ghost Snake Species of elusive, pale grey reptiles dwelling at Ankarana National Park in Madagascar. It is named as‚ Madagascarophis lolo. ?
2. A team of scientists at _____________ University of Wollongong has discovered world's oldest stromatolite fossils about 3.7 billion years old in worlds oldest sedimentary rocks in Isua Greenstone Belt along edge of Greenland's icecap. ?
3. According to the scientists and wildlife conservationists, _________________ (National Aquatic Animal of India) are at threat with decvelopment of National Waterways. It has been declared endangered species and is protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 ?
4. CSIR-_________ launched Handheld GPS-Enabled Ksheer Tester Tool on occasion of its 64th Foundation Day. It will enable people to tackle a national level health hazard due to adulteration in milk ?
5. Human Resource Development Minister Praksh Javadekar launched PARAM-ISHAN supercomputer at IIT ___________. It is fastest and most powerful computer in northeastern, eastern and southern regions ?
6. ISRO successfully Launched advanced weather satellite _________ and 7 other co-passenger satellites on board the PSLV C35. 371-kg. _______________ meant for ocean and weather related studies. This was placed into a 730-km polar sun synchronous orbit. Other seven satellites, including 3 from Algeria and 1 each from the US and Canada. It was ISRO‚„s longest mission spread over 2 hours and 15 minutes ?
7. Indian Institute of Technology _____ students created Pratham, a 10 KG microsatellite aimed at total electron count of the ionosphere. It will be launched by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) ?
8. Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched advanced weather satellite ______________, on board of Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F05). It was launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. ?
9. India‚„s first LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) laboratory will be set up in Aundh in Hingoli district of __________. It will be 3rd such laboratory in world and first outside USA . The existing two laboratories are located in Hanford, Washington and in Livingston, Louisiana ?
10. India‚„s largest pharmaceutical company __________ signed deal with International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) for clinical development Cissampelos pariera (Cipa), India‚„s first vaccine (drug) for treatment of dengue ?
11. Invasive species (Dangerous) of Giant African Land Snail (GALS) sighted in _________. It is among world‚„s 100 most invasive species as listed by International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural resources (IUCN). Its threats include harm to crops and local flora, displacing local land snails species (Xetatle Konge) and may cause brain fever (eosinophilic meningitis) in humans ?
12. NASA‚„s Cassini spacecraft entered in the final year of its voyage to __________, beginning November 30, 2016 Cassini will make the closest-ever observations of _______________.?
13. New species of a lizard discovered in _____________, named as Cyrtodactylus Varadgirii or Giri‚„s Geckoella after a Bengaluru-based scientist Varad Giri. It has been discovered 130 years after last such gecko was discovered ?
14. Researchers from ______________(Maharashtra) produced high-quality carbon from sugarcane waste within minutes by using a low power microwave system. They used a cost-effective and quick process to convert sugarcane bagasse into anode-grade porous, conducting, activated carbon material for use in Li-ion batteries. The process will bring down the time to get anode-grade carbon dramatically. Thus, it will help to reduce electrical energy input substantially ?
15. Scientists discovered a new species of Pika (a mammal belonging to the rabbit and hare family) in Himalayas in __________. It has been identified as ‚ËœOchotona sikimaria‚„. ?
16. ___________Scientists grown 3 dimensional lungs in lab, using stem cells. The lungs were created by coating tiny gel beads with lung-derived stem cells and then allowing them to self-assemble into the shapes of the air sacs found in human lungs. ?
17. USA's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched unmanned _________________ spacecraft to collect samples from an asteroid 101955 Bennu and return to Earth in 2023, with atleast 60 grams of debris and dirt from asteroid 101955 Bennu ?
18. World‚„s first robotic operation inside the human eye has successfully performed by __________ surgeons ?
19. World’s first three-parent baby boy was born in ___________to a Jordanian couple with help a controversial new fertility technique that incorporates DNA from three people in the embryo (Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy) ?
