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Lok Sabha passed the Foreign Contribution Amendment Bill, 2020

The Lok Sabha passed the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2020 even as the Opposition raised concerns that the legislation may be used to target political opponents and religious minorities. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Bill seeks to streamline the provisions of the FCRA by strengthening the compliance mechanism, enhancing transparency and accountability […]

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Rajya Sabha passed two contentious agriculture bills

The Rajya Sabha descended into chaos as the House passed two contentious agriculture bills amid a prolonged outpouring of anger by the opposition parties. The two ordinances – Farmers’ and Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 and Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 – were

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Daily Free Mock Test – 1 August | Data interpretation & Data sufficiency Test – 6

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Daily Current Affairs Quiz 21 September 2020

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Daily Current Affairs Quiz 20 September 2020

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India’s first CRISPR Covid-19 test approved for use in India

The Tata CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) test, powered by CSIR-IGIB (Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology) FELUDA, received regulatory approvals today from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for commercial launch, as per ICMR guidelines, meeting high quality benchmarks with 96% sensitivity and 98% specificity for detecting the novel coronavirus. Daily

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Bacterial outbreak in Lanzhou city in China

Thousands of people in northwest China’s Lanzhou city have tested positive for a bacterial infection. The outbreak was caused by a leak at a state-owned biopharmaceutical company making animal vaccines last year. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Brucellosis is a bacterial disease that mainly infects cattle, swine, goats, sheep and dogs. Humans can get

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BAC holds meeting to discuss legislative business

The Business Advisory Committee (BAC) of Parliament held a meeting to discuss the legislative business and other issues related to the ongoing Monsoon Session. The BAC consists of 15 members including the Speaker who is the ex-officio Chairperson. The members are nominated by the Speaker. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points In practice, a new

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Rajya Sabha passed Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (2nd Amendment) Bill

Rajya Sabha passed the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (2nd Amendment) Bill, thereby temporarily suspending initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points It amends the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. The Bill seeks to temporarily suspend initiation of the corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP) under the Code. When a default occurs,

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Lok Sabha passed taxation bill to provide reliefs for taxpayers

Lok Sabha passed a taxation bill that seeks to provide various reliefs in terms of compliance requirements for taxpayers amid the coronavirus pandemic. The reliefs include extending deadlines for filing returns and for linking PAN and Aadhaar. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Bill,

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