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India Abstains from Voting on UNHRC Resolution Critical of Sri Lanka

India abstained from voting on the resolution at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) critical of Sri Lanka and aims to establish a central international database to enable future persecutions of war crimes. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Resolution 46/L1 has decided, among other things, to “strengthen” the Office of the High Commissioner on […]

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Indian Government Says Companies Must Disclose Crypto Holdings

The Indian government is amending current legislation to require companies to disclose cryptocurrency holdings in their financial statements. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 All companies will now have to disclose in their statutory financial filings to the RoC any profit or loss on transactions involving cryptocurrency, the amount of cryptocurrency held on the reporting date,

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Bihar special police bill passed amid unprecedented chaos in the assembly

The Opposition in Bihar has called a statewide bandh on March 26 to protest the passed of the Bihar Special Armed Police Bill, 2021 by the Bihar Assembly. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The bill aims to develop the Bihar Military Police into a well-trained and fully equipped armed police force with multi-domain expertise to

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Cellphone makers seeking lockdown-hit FY21 as zero year for PLI

The Indian Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA) has written letters to the NITI Aayog, the Secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, as well as officials from other ministries to consider declaring 2020-21 as zero year for production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for manufacturing of mobile phones. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 PLI schemes

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Political parties are frequently invoking rhinos in Assam

Political parties are frequently invoking Assam’s world-famous one-horned rhino to connect with the people of the state, the animal has now become a part of poll rhetoric, with promises to save “the pride of Assam”. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The projection of rhino as the pride of Assam began during the Assam Movement (1979-85).

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Current Affairs 28 March 2021 – Gkseries

Current Affairs 28 March 2021 is the most important area from which a major share of questions come in SSC, Railway, state government recruitment exams, UPSC prelims and mains. General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies Election Commission of India, in exercise of the powers under sub-section (1) of Section 126A of the Representation of the

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Almost 40% of RTI rejections last year did not invoke valid reason

The Centre has only rejected 4.3% of all Right to Information (RTI) requests in 2019-20, the lowest ever rate, according to the Central Information Commission’s annual report. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 However, almost 40% of these rejections did not include any valid reason, as they did not invoke one of the permissible exemption clauses

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Commerce Department is planning re-routing shipments through the Cape of Good Hope

The Suez Canal blockage that has disrupted east-west shipping could impact India’s trade and curtail key manufacturing supplies while raising transport costs as shipping rates spike due to the crisis. Department of Commerce is planning re-routing shipments through the Cape of Good Hope. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Cape of Good Hope is a

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NASA and ISRO are collaborating on developing a satellite “NISAR”

To developing a satellite called NISAR, NASA and ISRO are collaborating which will detect movements of the planet’s surface as small as 0.4 inches over areas about half the size of a tennis court. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 NISAR is an SUV-sized satellite that is being jointly developed by the space agencies of the

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Eritrea will pull out troops from Tigray

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed reported that Eritrea will pull its troops out of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region. It is a potential breakthrough in a drawn-out conflict that has seen atrocities carried out against civilians. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Tigray Region is the northernmost of the nine regions (kililat) of Ethiopia. Tigray is

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