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Japan has recently renamed an area, including islands disputed with China and Taiwan. The local assembly of Ishigaki city approved a plan to change the name of the area covering the Tokyo controlled Senkaku Islands known currently by Taiwan and China as the Diaoyus from “Tonoshiro” to “Tonoshiro Senkaku”. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points […]
US President Donald Trump has temporarily suspended new work visas and barred hundreds of thousands of foreigners from seeking employment in the United States, part of a broad effort to limit the entry of immigrants into the country. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Trump blocked visas for a wide variety of jobs, including those
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has greeted the people on the special occasion of Ashadhi Bij, the Kutchi New Year. The Kutchi new year is celebrated on Ashadhi Bij, which also marks the onset of rains. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Ashadhi Beej Ashadhi Beej is an auspicious day for farming communities in North India especially
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Nikhil Rathi has been appointed as the new chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which regulates UK financial markets and 59,000 financial services firms. He is currently the Chief Executive of London Stock Exchange plc. From September 2009 to April 2014, he was Director, Financial Services Group at HM Treasury. Daily Current Affairs
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Urjit Patel, former governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) who resigned from his post in December 2018 after a tussle with the government over the central bank’s autonomy has been appointed as the chairman of the New Delhi Based economic think tank National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) for a period of
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India is set to impose a basic customs duty as soon as the safeguard duty, currently in place, expires on 29 July. To impose this 20% tariff barrier on imports of green energy equipment, the ministry of new and renewable energy will soon write to the ministry of commerce and industry. Daily Current Affairs Quiz
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Defence Minister of India Rajnath Singh has left for a three-day visit to Russia during which he is expected to ask Moscow to urgently supply spares required by the Indian military against the backdrop of tensions with China. His visit is to attend the ceremonies associated with the 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory over
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The Karnataka government has decided to open the land market by allowing non-agriculturists to purchase agricultural land, remove income restrictions imposed on the buyers’ non-agricultural income, and increase the maximum permissible size of holdings by an individual or family and by larger families. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The government plans to amend the
Karnataka government to sale the agricultural land to help farmers Read More »
In a bid to promote self-reliant India and push country’s ‘Make in India’, online trading platform for state-run agencies – Government e-Marketplace (GeM), has made it mandatory for sellers to mention ‘country of origin’ on products they wish to sell through the platform. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Government e-Marketplace(GeM) Government e-Marketplace owes its genesis
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The United Nations Public Service Day is celebrated on June 23 of every year. UN Public Service Day celebrates the value and virtue of public service to the community; highlights the contribution of public service in the development process; recognizes the work of public servants, and encourages young people to pursue careers in the public
