A report by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Secretariat stated that the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) region has been expected to post an economic decline by 2.7 percent in 2020 because of the Coronavirus pandemic. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The report recorded a 3.6% economic growth in the APEC region. The unemployment rate […]
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Rajiv Kumar has been appointed as the chairperson of the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) on 29 April. The appointment of Rajiv Kumar is approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He will serve as the PESB chairperson for a period of three years. Daily Current Affairs
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Shri Suresh N. Patel took oath as Vigilance Commissioner. Following social distancing norms, he was administered the oath of office by Shri Sanjay Kothari, Central Vigilance Commissioner on video link. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The tenure of Vigilance Commissioner is of four years or till the incumbent attains the age of 65 years.
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Scientists have confirmed that the largest hole in the ozone layer which was 1 million square kilometers wide over the Arctic has now healed. The information has been confirmed by Copernicus ECMWF — A European satellite system which has found that the largest ozone layer hole over the Arctic has closed. Daily Current Affairs Quiz
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has allowed the Common Service Centre, an SPV (special purpose vehicle) under the Ministry of IT and Electronics, to start the Aadhaar updation facility at 20,000 centres that operate as Banking Correspondents (BCs). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Around 20,000 CSCs will now be able to offer the
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Y. S.Jaganmohan Reddy has launched the ‘Jagananna Vidya Deevena’ Scheme today at Tedepalli, in Guntur District in AP. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Under the scheme over Rs.4,000 crore of funds have been released along with Rs.1880 crore towards the pending amount left by the earlier government. Under this scheme,
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Around $1 trillion of debt owed by developing countries would be cancelled under a global deal proposed by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to help them overcome the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points UNCTAD report stated that over 64 low-income countries currently spend more on
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Government of India has issued guidelines regarding the SVAMITVA scheme, a new initiative of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj. He also released a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) regarding e-Gram Swaraj. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The aim of the program is to provide rural people with the right to document their residential properties so
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Indian Railways is taking steps for its customers and the general public! The Railway Emergency Cell for COVID-19 has been responding to nearly 13,000 queries, suggestions, and requests daily, from five communication as well as feedback platforms – Helpline numbers 138 and 139, social media platforms, especially Twitter, email and CPGRAMS. Daily Current Affairs Quiz
The Saudi G20 Presidency has welcome the launch of “Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator”, a landmark, global and timely collaboration for the accelerated development, production and equitable access to new COVID-19 tools. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points ACT Accelerator initiative provides a global platform for action to enhance connections and leverage interdependencies for
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