Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) has completed six years. The scheme was launched on 28th of August in 2014 with an aim to provide universal access to banking facilities to the people in the country. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points While launching the programme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had described the occasion as […]
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The National Health Authority (NHA) has released the Draft Health Data Management Policy of the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) in the public domain. The draft has been released on the website of the NDHM and will be available for public comments and feedback till September 3. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Draft
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Pension Payment Order (PPO) can now be stored in ‘DigiLocker’ by the central civil pensioners. This move comes after it was noticed by the Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW) that several pensioners, over a period of time, misplace the original copies of their PPO. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This system will
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AstroSat, India’s first multi-wavelength satellite that has five unique X-ray and ultraviolet telescopes working in tandem, has detected extreme UV light from a galaxy called AUDFs01, 9.3 billion light-years away from Earth. Key-Points A global team led by scientists of the Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) has discovered one of the earliest
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Jammu and Kashmir’s agriculture department has created an e-auction portal to promote trading of GI-tagged ‘Kashmir Saffron’. Key-Points The Department, under the aegis of India International Kashmir Saffron Trading Centre (IIKSTC), has created the portal in collaboration with NSE-IT, with the sole motive to assure buyers to have access to quality ‘Kashmir Saffron’. The Saffron
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The tourism global industry has been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, with USD 320 billion lost in exports in the first five months of the year and more than 120 million jobs at risk. Key-Points UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that tourism is the third-largest export sector of the global economy, behind fuels and chemicals,
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NITI Aayog in partnership with the Institute of Competitiveness released the Export Preparedness Index (EPI) 2020. The first report to examine export preparedness and performance of Indian states, EPI intends to identify challenges and opportunities; enhance the effectiveness of government policies; and encourage a facilitative regulatory framework. Key-Points The structure of the EPI includes 4
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Uttar Pradesh Government has prepared a database of the migrant workers of the state working in different countries of the world. It will help in providing them assistance during any emergency. Key-Points The portal would also prove helpful to overseas Indians and NRIs to get their problems with the local administration or the State Government
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