The first-ever World Pulses Day (WPD) is observed on which of the following dates?
A. February 11
B. February 09
C. February 08
D. February 10
A. February 11
B. February 09
C. February 08
D. February 10
France’s Lourdes Roman Catholic shrine, which usually attracts millions of pilgrims every year, organised the first-ever e-pilgrimage on Thursday designed to gather people from all over the world, but virtually.
Lourdes is usually thronged in summer with pilgrims who travel, sometimes across the world, to light a candle in the sanctuary where Catholics believe the Virgin Mary appeared.
A. Japan
B. Iran
C. China
D. USA
Iran unveiled the Simorgh supercomputer, which will deliver 1 petaflops of performance, according to state-run news outlet IRNA. The system was designed by Tehran’s Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT) at a cost of 1 trillion Iranian rials (~$4.5 million).
A. Benjamin
B. Yair Lapid
C. Ayelet Shaked
D. Naftali Bennet
A. Chang’e-5 probe
B. Change ‘e 6 probe
C. Change’e 7 probe
D. None