Current Affairs August 2020

SpaceX launched SN5 starship rocket prototype hundreds of feet above Texas

SpaceX’s has launched it’s next-generation Starship, SN5 rocket which passed its most critical test yet, taking off and landing in a short flight at the company’s facility in Texas. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Starship prototype Serial Number 5, standing at about 100 feet tall, launched gradually and rose to about 500 feet above […]

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Online Exit Examination system for seafarers

Union Ministry of State for Shipping has launched Online Exit Examination for the seafarers via virtual ceremony. Seafarers, who are getting training in different Maritime Training Institutes under Directorate General of Shipping, can now appear in the exam from the comfort of their homes in this unprecedented time of COVID-19 pandemic. Daily Current Affairs Quiz

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Delhi Airport develops portal for all international arriving passengers

Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) has announced that it has developed a first-of-its-kind portal where India-bound international arriving flyers can fill the mandatory self-declaration form and also apply online for exemption from mandatory institution quarantine process. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The GMR Group led, Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) is a consortium; comprising

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PM Modi inaugurated Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra

Prime Minister Modi has inaugurated Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra, an interactive experience centre on the Swachh Bharat Mission, on 8th August, 2020. A tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, the Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra (RSK) was first announced by the Prime Minister on 10th April 2017, on the occasion of the centenary celebrations of Gandhiji’s Champaran Satyagraha. Daily Current

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India to launch submarine cable connectivity for Andaman & Nicobar

India set up to inaugurate the submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) connecting Chennai and Port Blair on August 10, via video conferencing. The submarine cable will also connect Port Blair to Swaraj Dweep (Havelock), Little Andaman, Car Nicobar, Kamorta, Great Nicobar, Long Island, and Rangat. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This connectivity will enable

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Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome in East China

A disease called Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (SFTS), caused by a tick-borne virus, has killed seven and infected at least 60, setting off alarm bells among health officials in East China’s Jiangsu and Anhui provinces. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points SFTS is caused by the Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus (SFTSV) which

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NGMA, New Delhi organised a virtual tour titled “The Great Maestro – Abanindranath Tagore”

National Galary of Modern Art, New Delhi has organise the virtual tour titled “The Great Maestro – Abanindranath Tagore” to commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Abanindranath Tagore on 7th August 2020. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This virtual tour also includes ‘Jeevansmriti’ to throw light into the memory lane and ‘Quiz’ based on

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Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana Phase-I

Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana is a food security welfare scheme announced by the Government of India in March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in India. The program is operated by the Department of Food and Public Distribution under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points

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Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India Regulations, 2016

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) notified the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Liquidation Process) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2020. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Regulations require the committee of creditors to fix the fee payable to the liquidator. Where the fee has not been fixed by the committee of creditors,

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Ministry of HRD and MyGov jointly organise online essay competition

Ministry of Human Resource Development in partnership with MyGov is organizing an online essay writing competition for specific age of school students across the country in the run up to the Independence Day celebrations. The NCERT will be the Nodal Agency for this event. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 The subtopics under the main topic

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