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Israel, Bahrain formally establish diplomatic ties following US brokered deal

Israel and Bahrain have formally established diplomatic relations after signing the US brokered deal in Arab country’s capital Manama. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The two countries are now expected to open embassies. Bahrain is now the fourth Arab country in the Middle East – after the UAE, Egypt and Jordan – to recognise […]

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Indian & Sri Lankan Navy Maritime Exercise SLINEX-20 off Trincomalee

The Eighth Edition of annual Indian Navy (IN) – Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) bilateral maritime exercise SLINEX-20 is scheduled off Trincomalee, Sri Lanka from 19 to 21 October 2020. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The previous edition of SLINEX was conducted off Visakhapatnam in September 2019. SLINEX-20 aims to enhance inter-operability, improve mutual understanding

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Daily Current Affairs Quiz 19 October 2020

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RBI to conduct first-ever OMO purchase of SDLs on October 22

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is going to conduct its first-ever Open Market Operation (OMO) purchase of State Developments Loans (SDLs) on 22nd October. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The OMOs worth ten thousand crore rupees will be conducted as a special case during the current financial year with an aim to improve liquidity

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PM expressed grief on demise of Dr Joseph Mar Thoma

Prime Minister of India has expressed grief over the demise of Dr Joseph Mar Thoma, the spiritual head of the Marthoma Christian community who passed away. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church is often shortened to Mar Thoma Church and is also known also as the Reformed Syrian Church

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Buldhana Pattern of water conservation got national recognition

Maharashtra’s ‘Buldhana Pattern’ of water conservation’ has won national recognition and the NITI Aayog is in the process of formulating National Policy on water conversation based on it. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Synchronisation of national highway construction and water conservation was achieved for the first time in Buldhana district, by using soil from

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India must urgently step up efforts to improve its sex ratio

C Rangarajan (former Chairman, Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council) and J K Satia (Professor Emeritus, Indian Institute of Public Health) argue that there is an urgent need to reach young people both for reproductive health education and services as well as to cultivate gender equity norms. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This is because

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WHO made available interim results from the Solidarity Therapeutics Trial

World Health Organization (WHO) made available interim results from the Solidarity Therapeutics Trial. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Solidarity Trial is the world’s “largest” multinational human trials on Covid-19 therapeutics. It was initiated by WHO and its partners in March to help find an effective treatment for Covid-19. It covers four repurposed drugs or

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‘Zero Rajdhani’ bypasses Guwahati to bridge time gap

Bogibeel, India’s longest rail-and-road bridge across the Brahmaputra, had in December 2018 brought the two “emotionally connected” banks of eastern Assam closer by more than seven hours. A ‘zero Rajdhani’ train via this 4.94 km bridge has now brought the people of the two banks closer to New Delhi by more than 100 km. Daily

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BJP-led Centre reviving Gorkhaland issue

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had invited the West Bengal government, the Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA), and the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) for a tripartite meeting to “discuss issues related to Gorkhaland”. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Gorkhaland region consists of Nepali-speaking people of Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Kurseong and other hilly districts of West Bengal.

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