July 2020

PM extends Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana

PM extends Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has extended PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana for a further five months till November-end for distributing free foodgrains to the poor. The government will keep providing free foodgrains to the poor section of the society due to the increased need during the festivals. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points […]

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Ministry of Food processing industry launches FME scheme

Ministry of Food processing industry launches FME scheme

Ministry of food processing industries has launched the PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PM FME) scheme named as ‘Sapno Ki Udaan’ in a virtual conference from village Badal. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The PM FME scheme, launched as part of the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, will cover two lakh enterprises in five

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Govt launched PM FME scheme to help micro food processing enterprises

Govt launched PM FME scheme to help micro food processing enterprises

The government of India has launched Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Enterprises (PM FME) scheme for micro enterprises which offers 50% subsidy for storage and transportation to prevent distress sale by farmers. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points It aims to bring in new technology, apart from affordable credit to help small entrepreneurs penetrate

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Reserve Bank of India releases the International Investment Position data

Reserve Bank of India releases the International Investment Position data

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released data relating to India’s International Investment Position as it stood at the end of March 2020. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The ratio of overseas financial assets to India’s GDP in 2019-20 (at current market prices) moved up to 26.5 per cent in March 2020 as

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Google Doodle celebrates LGBTQ+ rights activist Marsha P Johnson

Google Doodle celebrates LGBTQ+ rights activist Marsha P Johnson

Google Doodle has celebrated LGBTQ+ rights activist and drag queen Marsha P. Johnson. The month of June is celebrated as the Pride Month throughout the world. The doodle was illustrated by Los Angeles-based guest artist Rob Gilliam. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The ‘Pride month’ refers to the commemoration of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising

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Prime Minister pays tributes to freedom fighters on Hul Divas

Prime Minister pays tributes to freedom fighters on Hul Divas

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has paid tributes to freedom fighters on the occasion of Hul Divas. It is a day to commemorate the historic revolution in Jharkhand. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Bhognadih is a village in Sahebganj district of Jharkhand State, India. Bhognadih has a place in history, as the main

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Rare biological phenomenon in dragonflies spotted in Kole wetlands

Rare biological phenomenon in dragonflies spotted in Kole wetlands

Recently, Researchers have been spotted a rare biological phenomenon i.e. Gynandromorphism in a dragonfly, the Scarlet Skimmer (Crocothemis servilia), which is found in the Kole wetlands, Kerala. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Gynandromorphs are chimeric individuals having both male and female tissues, and are viewed by the scientific community as a genetic aberration. The

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Delhi Gymkhana Club functioning prejudicial to public interest

Delhi Gymkhana Club functioning prejudicial to public interest

The National Company Law Tribunal has declined to suspend the General Committee of the Delhi Gymkhana Club and also the appointment of administrator as sought by the Centre, instead directed the central government to appoint two of its nominees in the GC to monitor the affairs of the Club along with other GC Members and

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Supreme Court refuses to review decriminalisation of adultery

Supreme Court refuses to review decriminalisation of adultery

A five-judge Review Bench led by Chief Justice of India Sharad A. Bobde upheld a September 2018 Constitution Bench which had struck adultery out of the penal statute book. The original judgment in 2018 was based on a writ petition filed by a Kerala resident, Joseph Shine. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The judgment

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Govt lays the Foundation Stone of Indian Oil’s R&D Campus in Faridabad

Govt lays the Foundation Stone of Indian Oil’s R&D Campus in Faridabad

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas &Steel along with the Haryana Chief Minister Shri Manohar Lal has laid the foundation stone of Indian Oil’s state-of-the-art Technology Development & Deployment Centre as its second R&D Campus at IMT, Sector-67, Faridabad. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The new centre, with an investment of Rs. 2282 crore,

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