Current Affairs 2020

The Ministry of Shipping has invited the ship owners worldwide to flag their ships in India to take advantage of the Make in India policy. Government has revised its Make in India Policy for public procurement, among others, of all services.  Under the revised policy, no global tender enquiry shall be issued, except with the […]

The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution, proclaiming June 21 as the International Day of the Celebration of the Solstice. The celebration of the solstice is the embodiment of the unity of cultural heritage and centuries-long traditions, which plays a significant role in strengthening the ties among peoples on the basis of mutual

World Music Day or Fête de la Musique is celebrated on June 21. It is celebrated as World Music Day or Fête de la Musique as an annual celebration that was founded by Jack Lang and Maurice Fleuret in 1981. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points On Music Day the citizens of a city or

Indian Institutes of Technology, Palakkad, has developed an automated lung ultrasound (LUS) for COVID-19 screening and monitoring through cloud-based image analysis and scoring system. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The app, the first of its kind in India, is now available for clinicians to perform automated analysis by just uploading the ultrasound video. A

United States President Donald Trump has announced his intention to nominate leading Indian-American global venture capitalist Deven Parekh as a member of the Board of Directors of an independent agency of the government that provides financing for private development projects. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The nomination of Parekh to be a member of

Indian pharmaceutical company Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has launched antiviral drug Favipiravir, under the brand name FabiFlu, for the treatment of patients with mild to moderate COVID-19. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has received manufacturing and marketing approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI). FabiFlu is the first oral Favipiravir-approved medication for

Defence Minister of India Rajnath Singh will visit to Moscow on 24 June, 2020 to attend the Victory Parade to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the victory in the Second World War. Defence Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu has invited Singh to the Victory Parade, which was originally scheduled for 9 May, 2020

The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) and Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has signed an MoU to engage SIDBI as the implementation agency for the PM Street Vendor’s AatmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi), a special micro-credit facility for street vendors. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points As per the MoU terms, SIDBI

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched the auction process of 41 coal blocks for commercial mining through video conference. It was part of the series of announcements made by the Government of India, under the AatmaNirbhar Bharat Abhiyan. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Coal Ministry in association with FICCI launched the process for