November 2020 | Page 38 of 45

Significance and impact of SC order on confessions in narcotics cases

The Supreme Court has ruled on a long-pending question of law on whether statements recorded under Section 67 of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act can be admissible as confessional statements during criminal trials. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The majority judgment ruled that statements recorded by officers under the NDPS Act […]

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4 Lakh beneficiaries received legal advice under the initiative through CSC

Tele-Law has touched a new milestone on 30th October 2020 with 4 Lakh beneficiaries having received legal advice under this through CSCs (Common Service Centres). As against total 1.95 lakh advices given till April 2020 since the launch of the programme, 2.05 lakh advices have been enabled during the first seven months of this financial

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13th Urban Mobility India Conference 2020

The 13th Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference is being organized by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on 9th November 2020. The day-long Conference will be held on-line through Video Conference/Webinar. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India issued the National Urban Transport Policy, 2006

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NCAER Report on Estimating the economic benefits of Investment in Monsoon Mission

Union Minister of Science and Technology released the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) Report on “Estimating the economic benefits of Investment in Monsoon Mission and High Performance Computing (HPC) Facilities”. “ Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points A total of Rs. 1000 crores has been invested in setting up National Monsoon Mission(NMM) and

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8th Meeting of the India-UAE High Level Joint Task Force on Investments

The eighth meeting of the India-UAE High Level Joint Task Force on Investments (“the Joint Task Force”) was hosted by India, in virtual format due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The meeting was co-chaired by Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce & Industry, Government of India and Sheikh Hamed

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Centrally Sponsored Pilot Scheme on Fortification of Rice & its distribution

To initiate the process of taking the country towards nutritional security, Department of Food & Public Distribution (DFPD) has been running a “Centrally Sponsored Pilot Scheme on Fortification of Rice & its distribution through Public Distribution System”. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Pilot Scheme has been approved for a period of three years

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Violinist Shri TN Krishnan passed away

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed grief over the passing away of noted violinist Shri TN Krishnan. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Trippunithura Narayanaiyer Krishnan (1928 – 2020) was a Carnatic music violinist. Along with Lalgudi Jayaraman and M. S. Gopalakrishnan he was considered part of the violin-trinity of Carnatic music. He

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America’s Mallakhamb couple

In the 70th episode of Mann ki Baat last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi dwelt on Indian sports becoming popular in many countries in the West. He mentioned the US where an ancient Indian form of sports — Mallakhamb — was drawing in a steady stream of players, thanks to the efforts of a couple

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6 women led startups won COVID-19 Shri Shakti Challenge

Six women led startups have won COVID-19 Shri Shakti Challenge organized by MyGov in collaboration with UN Women. With an objective to encourage and involve women led startups to come up with innovative solutions that can help in the fight against COVID19 or solve problems that impact a large number of women, MyGov in collaboration

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Importance of Gilgit-Baltistan

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan announced that his government would give the region “provisional provincial status”. 1 November has been observed every year in Gilgit-Baltistan as “Independence Day”. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points When that happens, G-B will become the fifth province of Pakistan, although the region is claimed by India as part of

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