Current Affairs 2020

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronauts have launched from American soil in a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft on its way to the International Space Station. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley lifted off on the company’s Falcon 9 […]

The astronomers have detected a strange repeating rhythm of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) emanating from an unknown source outside our galaxy, 500 million light-years away. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Fast radio bursts are the short, intense flashes of radio waves that are thought to be the product of small, distant, extremely dense objects,

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has launched ‘Bal Shramik Vidya Yojana’ on the occasion of the International Child Labour Prohibition Day. Under the scheme, the government will give monthly financial assistance of Rs 1,000 and Rs 1,200 to selected boys and girls, respectively. Key-Points Children who have been forced to work to support their

Indian government is looking at the possibility to increase the marriageable age to 21 of women in India. The main reason for reconsidering this is the maternal mortality rate and health of young mothers in India. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Since 1978, the minimum legal age for marriage has been 18 for women

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has allowed listed companies to raise funds as part of its attempts to make it easier for listed companies to raise funds in the current volatile scenario, at shorter intervals while also giving promoters the go-ahead to increase their stakes by a higher quantum without triggering an

The Sports Ministry is all set to establish Khelo India State Centres of Excellence (KISCE) under the ministry’s flagship, Khelo India Scheme. One KISCE will be identified in each state and union territory, with an effort to create a robust sporting ecosystem in the entire country. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points: In the first

The US Supreme Court has delivered a watershed victory for LGBT rights and a defeat for President Donald Trump’s administration by ruling that a longstanding federal law barring workplace discrimination protects gay and transgender employees. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points:              The landmark 6-3 ruling represented the biggest moment for LGBT rights in the United

North Korea has blown up a joint liaison office with the South near the North’s border town of Kaesong. The move comes just hours after the North renewed threats of military action at the Korean border. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points: The Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) is located inside North Korea just across the

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) reported that India received USD 51 billion in foreign investment in 2019 and was the world’s 9th largest recipient of foreign direct investments (FDI) in 2019. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points: A lower but positive economic growth in India in the post-COVID19 pandemic period and India’s

The film Axone which released on Netflix recently to mixed reviews, revolves around two flatmates from Manipur and Nepal, living in Delhi, who wish to surprise their third flatmate, from Arunachal Pradesh, by making her favourite dish. The film was made by Nicholas Kharkongor. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points: The first two characters, played