October 2020
PM to release ₹100 commemorative coin in honour of Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia
Prime Minister Modi will release a commemorative coin of ₹100 in honour of Vijaya Raje Scindia today through a virtual ceremony. Vijaya Raje Scindia is popularly known as the Rajmata of Gwalior. The coin is being released in celebration of birth centenary of Vijaya Raje Scindia. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Vijaya Raje Scindia
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India test fired 1st indigenously developed anti-radiation missile Rudram-1
India has successfully test fired a new generation anti-radiation missile which will be part of the tactical weaponry of the Indian Air Force. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Anti-radiation missiles are designed to detect, track and neutralise the adversary’s radar, communication assets and other radio frequency sources, which are generally part of their air
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Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP)
The Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority has directed Delhi and neighbouring States to implement air pollution control measures under very poor and severe category air quality of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) from 15th October 2020. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Approved by the Supreme Court in 2016, GRAP was notified in
Archaeologists found a 1200-Year-Old Pagan Structure at Site of First Norse Temple
Archaeologists from the University Museum of Bergen have found proof of a 1200-year-old pagan construction in Norway. Once a wood building, it dates again to the Viking Age. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Once a wooden construction, it dates back to the Viking Age. The large wooden temple is said to have been used
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Scientists have found a rare Rose-breasted Grosbeak, a bird with both female and male plumage colours, in the United States’ Pennsylvania. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Rose-breasted Grosbeak derives its name from the male of the species who have a ruby-red triangular marking on a white chest and dark black wings with pink
Brahma Kamal flowers bloom in Chamoli, Uttarakhand
Brahma Kamal flowers, which used to bloom from August to mid-September, are now blooming in Garhwal of Chamoli district, Uttarakhand in October due to climate change. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points It is said that Brahma Kamal – named after God Brahma who is believed to have created the universe – takes about two
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Odisha Universities (Amendment) Bill 2020
Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has requested the Centre to repeal the Odisha Universities (Amendment) Bill 2020, which was passed in the state Assembly during the Monsoon Session recently. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Describing the bill as anomalous, Mr Pradhan said, in his letter to Union Education Minister, that the bill is in
Centre permits export of Bangalore Rose Onions & Krishnapuram Onions
Union Government has permitted export of Bangalore Rose Onions and Krishnapuram Onions of up to ten thousand metric tonnes each. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Bangalore rose onion, locally called gulabi eerulli, is a variety of onion grown in and around Bangalore in Karnataka. Rose onions are not cultivated in any other place in
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Trial run of India’s first hydrogen fuel cell car successfully conducted by CSIR, KPIT
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and KPIT successfully ran trials of India’s first Hydrogen Fuel Cell (HFC) prototype car running on an indigenously developed fuel cell stack at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The fuel cell is a low temperature PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) type Fuel Cell
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