September 2020

Tribal Affairs Ministry tied-up with IIPA for setting up of National Institute of Tribal Research

Tribal Affairs Ministry tied-up with IIPA for setting up of National Institute of Tribal Research

Tribal Affairs Ministry has signed an agreement with Indian Institute of Public Administration, IIPA for setting up of National Institute of Tribal Research at the IIPA campus, New Delhi. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The proposed National Institute will be functional in a few months and will be engaged in quality tribal research in […]

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India calls for boosting cooperation among BRICS countries to deal with terrorism

India calls for boosting cooperation among BRICS countries to deal with terrorism

The Foreign Ministers of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) in a virtual meeting, India has called for boosting cooperation among the five-nation grouping BRICS in dealing with the threat of terrorism. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar stressed on boosting cooperation among the member nations in dealing

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Defence Minister of India met Chinese counterpart in Moscow

Defence Minister of India met Chinese counterpart in Moscow

Defence Minister of India Rajnath Singh and his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe held talks in Moscow on ways to ease escalating border tension in eastern Ladakh. The focus of the talks between the two Defence Ministers was on ways to resolve the prolonged border standoff. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The meeting was requested

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Two black holes merged billions of years ago

Two black holes merged billions of years ago

In 2019, signals from a collision between two black holes sent gravitational waves were detected at the gravitational wave observatory LIGO (United States) and the detector Virgo (Italy). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points GW190521 is a gravitational wave signal resulting from the merger of two black holes near a third supermassive black hole. The

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42,480 farmers and daily wagers committed suicide in 2019

42,480 farmers and daily wagers committed suicide in 2019

As many as 42,480 farmers and daily wagers committed suicide in 2019, an increase of about 6 per cent from the previous year, as the number of farmers committing suicide fell marginally while that of daily wagers increased 8 per cent. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points 10,281 farmers committed suicide in 2019, down from

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600-acre Aarey land near national park earmarked as forest in Maharashtra

600-acre Aarey land near national park earmarked as forest in Maharashtra

The Maharashtra government has decided to reserve 600-acre Aarey land near the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) in suburban Mumbai as a forest and conserve the same. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Aarey Milk Colony, spread over 3,162 acres, was established in 1949 as a centre for processing and marketing milk for Mumbai

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Data for Accidental Deaths & Suicides released by NCRB

Data for Accidental Deaths & Suicides released by NCRB

The data for Accidental Deaths and Suicides released by the National Crime Records Bureau, NCRB  shows that India is doing better than the global rate. The rate of road accident deaths per thousand vehicles in India is 61, while the global rate as per the WHO Report is 64. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points

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