January 2020 | Page 13 of 21

Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2019- result declared.

Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2019 held by the Union Public Service Commission from 20th September to 29th September, 2019 result has been declared. The candidates have qualified for the Personality Test (Interview) for selection to the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police Service and other Central Services (Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’). Daily […]

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Yashaswini Scheme for Women entrepreneurship in Goa

Union Minister for Women and Child Development and Textiles launched Yashaswini Scheme for Women entrepreneurship in Goa. Swasthya Sakhi Project and breast cancer screening initiative were inaugurated on the occasion. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Development of women is the base for the development of nation. Under Yashaswini scheme, women self-help groups will be given

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GSAT 30 to be launched on January 17

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch ‘GSAT-30’ from French Guiana on January 17, 2020. The launch of the communication satellite will be ISRO’s first satellite launch of the year 2020. The satellite with an approximate weight of 3357 kg will have a mission life of more than 15 years. Daily Current Affairs Quiz

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Statue of Unity finds place in 8 Wonders of SCO

Statue of Unity in Gujarat has been included in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s ‘8 Wonders of SCO’ list. The statue was inaugurated in October 2018 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of Patel’s 143rd birth anniversary. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 The ‘Statue of Unity’, the world’s tallest statue. It is a colossal

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Oldest material on Earth discovered

Scientists analysing a meteorite have discovered the oldest material known to exist on Earth. They found dust grains within the space rock – which fell to Earth in the 1960s – that are as much as 7.5 billion years old. The oldest of the dust grains were formed in stars that roared to life long

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China operationalised world’s largest radio telescope

China operationalised the world’s largest radio telescope with a diameter of half-a-kilometre that the colossal device is expected to make major scientific discoveries in the coming years. The “Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope” (FAST) is a single-dish telescope and is located in southwest China’s Guiyang city. The telescope has a receiving area of around 30

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RBI to impose fines on banks with poor progress

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may impose heavy penalties on banks, and stipulate higher provisioning for stressed loans following a supervisory review of its June 7 circular. And, in a first-of-its-kind move, chief executive officers (CEOs) and senior management of banks could also be held liable for lack of progress. Daily Current Affairs Quiz

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India and Bangladesh ink key agreements in Information & Broadcasting sector

India and Bangladesh signed key agreements in the field of Information and Broadcasting at the Information and Broadcasting Minister’s meet 2020, in New Delhi. A formal co-production agreement was signed on the biopic of “BangaBandhu” which will be released during the birth centenary year of Bangabandhu. Bangladesh has decided to celebrate the ‘Mujib Year’ from

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SBI signed MoU with South Central Railway for Doorstep Banking

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between South Central Zone of Indian Railways and State Bank of India for Doorstep Banking for direct pickup of earnings covering all 585 Railway stations over SCR Zone. The direct pick up of cash from all the railway stations on SCR as per the MoU dispenses with the tedious

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Kaziranga National Park records 96 species of wetland birds

Kaziranga National Park and avian specialists conducted the second wetland bird count on January 9-10. The teams counted a total of 19,225 birds belonging to 96 species under 80 families. The first waterfowl census in 2018 had yielded 10,412 birds covering 80 families from 21 families. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Kaziranga National Park is

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