Residents of “Pakistan Wali Gali” in Greater Noida have urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to change the name of their colony as they were not being able to access basic amenities provided by the government due to the locality’s name. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 The area got the name […]
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India slips to 7th position in global GDP ranking in 2018, and is now the seventh-largest economy with the United Kingdom and France ahead of India, data from the international lending institution said. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 In 2018, GDP of India was $2.72 trillion, while that of the GDP of United Kingdom was
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A joint venture company namely Khanij Bidesh India Ltd. (KABIL) is to be set up with the participation of three Central Public Sector Enterprises namely, National Aluminium Company Ltd.(NALCO), Hindustan Copper Ltd.(HCL) and Mineral Exploration Company Ltd. (MECL). The Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Shri Pralhad Joshi said that the objective of constituting
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Trudeau announces protected marine area in Arctic region of Canada, where climate change is taking effect three times faster than global average, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in 1st August. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Glacial melting and maritime traffic are threatening multiple species off the coast of Baffin Island, in Canada’s northeastern Arctic archipelago.
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MacKenzie Bezos is become the world’s third richest woman. She is also Amazon’s second largest shareholder after her ex-husband Jeff Bezos. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos earlier this week filed the paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission revealing that he had transferred 968,148 Amazon shares worth $1.8 billion between July 29 and July 31 as
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Lok Sabha passes Dam Safety bill to set up an institutional mechanism for surveillance, inspection, operation and maintenance of specified dams across the country with the centre asserting it has no intention of taking over power of the states. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 The provisions of the Dam Safety bill is proposed to be
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NDTV journalist Ravish Kumar wins Ramon Magsaysay Award 2019 for “harnessing journalism to give voice to the voiceless” and his “unfaltering commitment to a professional, ethical journalism of the highest standards”. Ravish Kumar is among the five recipients of the 2019 Magsaysay award, the Asian equivalent of the Nobel, which recognises the “greatness of spirit
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The Milky Way is “warped and twisted” and not flat as previously thought, according to researchers who have developed a large-scale three-dimensional (3D) map of our galaxy. By measuring the distance from the Sun to thousands of individual pulsating stars scattered across the Milky Way, the researchers have charted the galaxy on a larger scale
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S. Jaishankar, foreign minister said that he had conveyed to the US in clear terms that any talks to resolve the Kashmir dispute can only be held between India and Pakistan, and that he will not invite third-party mediation. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 This came on a day US President Donald Trump seemed to
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