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NDTV journalist Ravish Kumar wins Ramon Magsaysay Award 2019

NDTV journalist Ravish Kumar wins Ramon Magsaysay Award 2019 for “harnessing journalism to give voice to the voiceless” and his “unfaltering commitment to a professional, ethical journalism of the highest standards”. Ravish Kumar is among the five recipients of the 2019 Magsaysay award, the Asian equivalent of the Nobel, which recognises the “greatness of spirit […]

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The Milky Way is “warped and twisted” and not flat

The Milky Way is “warped and twisted” and not flat as previously thought, according to researchers who have developed a large-scale three-dimensional (3D) map of our galaxy. By measuring the distance from the Sun to thousands of individual pulsating stars scattered across the Milky Way, the researchers have charted the galaxy on a larger scale

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Donald Trump irks India offers to mediate in Kashmir dispute

S. Jaishankar, foreign minister said that he had conveyed to the US in clear terms that any talks to resolve the Kashmir dispute can only be held between India and Pakistan, and that he will not invite third-party mediation. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 This came on a day US President Donald Trump seemed to

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Rajya Sabha passes UAPA Bill 2019

Rajya Sabha passed the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill (UAPA Bill), 2019 to a select committee with 147 votes in favour and 42 against it. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Home Minister Amit Shah, during a discussion on the Bill, said that terrorism had no religion and every member of the House should show their

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Government offers easy credit access to boost growth

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman started the process of rolling out a slew of measures to boost industry’s access to credit, including opening a ₹10,000 crore liquidity window for home financiers. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Sitharaman will meet chiefs of all state-run as well as private sector banks on Monday to discuss issues related to

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GST collection grows 5.8% to Rs 1.02 lakh crore in July

Gross GST collection grows 5.8% to Rs 1.02 lakh crore in July, marginally up from the previous month, official data showed. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Revenue collection from the Goods and Services Tax (GST) had slipped below the Rs 1 lakh crore mark for the first time in the current fiscal in June at

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RBI allowed Bank of China to offer regular banking services

The Reserve Bank of India allowed Bank of China to offer regular banking services in the country. All commercial banks, like SBI, HDFC Bank, Punjab National Bank and ICICI Bank, are in the Second Schedule. Banks falling under this schedule have to adhere to the norms of the RBI. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 “We

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One Nation – One Ration Card Scheme

To sustain the reforms brought in by scheme on ‘End to End Computerization of Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) Operations’ the Department of Food & Public Distribution has launched a new scheme namely “Integrated Management of Public Distribution System (IM-PDS)” for implementation during 2018-19 and 2019-20. The main objective of the scheme is to introduce

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Nagar kirtan from Pakistan reaches India for first time

For the first time after Partition, nagar kirtan (Sikh religious procession) being carried out as part of the 550th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, reached India via the Attari-Wagah border from Nankana Sahib in Pakistan. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 The procession crossed the zero line to enter the Indian

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US to impose an additional 10 percent tariff on Chinese goods

China shot back after President Donald Trump announced on Twitter that the U.S. would impose an additional 10 percent tariff on $300 billion in Chinese goods starting next month. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying called Trump’s move a “serious violation” and warned Beijing would have to take “necessary countermeasures”

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