March 2020
Rajya Sabha passed 2020 JK Appropriation Bills
The Rajya Sabha has approved a bill for the budget of Rs 1-lakh crore for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir for 2020-21. After approval, the bill was returned to the Lok Sabha. Only 10 per cent of the funds will be spent for security purposes in the union territory and the remaining have
Lok Sabha passed the Finance Bill 2020 without discussion
The Lok Sabha has passed the Finance Bill by voice vote without discussion, amid ruckus in the House with opposition parties seeking a fiscal stimulus package in the wake of the Coronavirus outbreak. In the Union Budget 2020-2021, the government proposed to spend Rs 30,42,230 crore in the next financial year, 12.7% higher than the
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National Supercomputing Mission to boost supercomputing infrastructure
The 2020-21 is an important year for India’s National Supercomputing Mission (NSM). The mission was set up to provide the country with supercomputing infrastructure to meet the increasing computational demands of academia, researchers, MSMEs, and startups by creating the capability design, manufacturing, of supercomputers indigenously in India. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 The target of
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World Tuberculosis Day 2020
Each year World Tuberculosis (TB) Day is celebrated on March 24 to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of TB, and to step up efforts to end the global TB epidemic. The theme of the 2020 World Tuberculosis Day is “It’s time.” The theme aims to scale up access to
Centre announces free ATM withdrawals for 3 months
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman waived minimum balance charges for savings bank accounts to help citizens deal with the lockdown due to the coronavirus crisis. Also, debit card holders can now withdraw cash from ATMs of all banks free of charge for the next three months. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Sitharaman further extended the
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US slashes aid to Afghanistan after Mike Pompeo visit to Kabul
US is slashing $1 billion in assistance to Afghanistan and threatening further reductions in all forms of cooperation after the country’s rival leaders failed to agree on forming a new government. The decision to cut the aid was made by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo after he made an unannounced, urgent visit to Kabul to
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Cabinet approves promotion of the Domestic Manufacturing of Medical Devices in country
The Union Cabinetchaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has approved the following schemes: Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 The scheme on Promotion of Medical Device Parks for financing CommonInfrastructure Facilities in 04 Medical Device Parks with financial implications of Rs. 400 crore. The Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for promoting domesticmanufacturing of medical
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SAARC launches website to give information about COVID-19
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Disaster Management Center has launched a website, www.covid19-sdmc.org, to provide information about COVID-19 pandemic in the region. The website shows the number of Coronavirus patients in member countries and arrangements are made to update it regularly. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 SAARC is an organization of seven
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