Current Affairs September 2020

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India successful conducted flight test of ABHYAS

India has successfully conducted the flight test of ABHYAS – High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) vehicles from a test range in Odisha. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points During the trials, two demonstrator vehicles were successfully test flown. The vehicle can be used as target for evaluation of various missile systems. ABHYAS has been designed […]

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Lok Sabha passed Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Bill, 2020

Lok Sabha passed several bills including National Forensic Science University Bill 2020

Lok Sabha has passed the National Forensic Science University Bill 2020. The Bill establishes National Forensic Science University as an institute of national importance. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The proposed university would facilitate and promote studies and research and help achieve excellence in the field of forensic science in conjunction with applied behavioural

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Lok Sabha passed Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Bill, 2020

Lok Sabha passed Industrial Relations Code Bill, 2020

Parliament passed the three key labour reform bills that will provide greater flexibility to employers to hire and fire while ensuring social security for workers. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Efforts made by the Government under the code for quickly resolving disputes of the workers are: Provision for two members instead of one member

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Rajya Sabha passed Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2020

Rajya Sabha passed Rashtriya Raksha University Bill 2020

Rajya Sabha passed the Rashtriya Raksha University Bill 2020, which seeks to establish Rashtriya Raksha University as an institution of national importance by upgrading Raksha Shakti University, Gandhinagar. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Bill establishes the Raksha Shakti University, Gujarat (established under the Raksha Shakti University Act, 2009) as a University called the

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Rajya Sabha passed Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2020

Rajya Sabha passed IIIT Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020

The government has passed the Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) bill in the Rajya Sabha. The bill will confer the status of National Importance to five Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) — Surat, Bhopal, Bhagalpur, Agartala and Raichur. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points  The Bill seeks to declare five IIITs set up

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Lok Sabha passed Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Bill, 2020

Lok Sabha passed the Social Security Code, 2020

The Lok Sabha cleared three labour Bills amalgamating laws on social security, occupational safety and industrial relations which would usher in changes including allowing companies with less than 300 workers to hire and fire without prior approval and provide gig and platform workers social security. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points  Extending the reach of

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India is home to largest number of Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros

India is home to largest number of Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros

India is home to the largest number of Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros in the world with population in the range of 3000 animals in Assam, West Bengal and UP. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points  Environment Ministry launched the National Rhino Conservation Strategy last year to conserve the greater one-horned rhinoceros. This is a first of

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IEA and NITI Aayog Report on Sustainable Recovery Post Covid-19

IEA and NITI Aayog Report on Sustainable Recovery Post Covid-19

Against the backdrop of the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, International Energy Agency (IEA), in collaboration with NITI Aayog, presented a ‘Special Report on Sustainable Recovery’ on 18 September 2020. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Part of IEA’s flagship World Energy Outlook series, the report proposes a number of actions that could be taken over the

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Government announced increase in MSPs for six Rabi crops

Government announced increase in MSPs for six Rabi crops

Union Government has announced increase in the Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for all mandated Rabi crops. The decision was taken in the meeting of Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs held under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The MSP of six Rabi crops including Wheat, Chana, Masoor, Mustard,

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