The 100th death anniversary of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak is being observed on 1 August. An iconic leader and one of the strongest proponents of purna swaraj or total self-rule, Bal Gangadhar Tilak died on this day in 1920, in Mumbai. Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) conducted the webinar to observe his death anniversary. […]
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport of Hyderabad has received a mass fever screening system to help the authorities screen passengers for Covid-19. The new thermal scanner at the airport is a ceiling-mounted mass fever screening system which is capable of scanning, detecting and tracking febrile persons with elevated skin temperature. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points
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The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has given approval to Serum Institute of India, Pune to conduct Phase II+III clinical trials of Oxford University-Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine (COVISHIELD) in India. This will hasten the development of the COVID-19 vaccine. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points India continues to improve the Case Fatality Rate (CFR),
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NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley have splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday for the first time in a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft, returning from the International Space Station to complete a test flight that marks a new era in human spaceflight. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points
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Ministry of Defence (MoD) has formulated a draft Defence Production and Export Promotion Policy 2020 (DPEPP 2020) in implementing self-reliance in defence manufacturing framework and to position India amongst the leading countries of the world in defence and aerospace sectors. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The DPEPP 2020 is envisaged as overarching guiding document
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John Hume, the visionary politician who won a Nobel Peace Prize for fashioning the agreement that ended violence in his native Northern Ireland, has died at 83. John Hume (1937 – 2020) was an Irish politician who served as the second Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) from 1979 to 2001. Daily
The Government of India has clarified that any foreign direct investment (FDI) in commercial coal mining from an entity of a country that shares land border with India will be allowed only after government approval. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Recently, the government modified its FDI policy according to which any entity of a
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The Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (eVIN) is an innovative technological solution aimed at strengthening immunization supply chain systems across the country. This is being implemented under National Health Mission (NHM) by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points eVIN aims to provide real-time information on vaccine stocks and flows, and
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Recently, Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $200 million financing package with Reliance Bangladesh LNG and Power Limited (RBLPL) to build and operate a 718MW gas-fired power plant in Bangladesh. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The plant is proposed to be located on land allotted by Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), in Meghnaghat,
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India’s infrastructure sector contracted at a slower pace in June compared to May aided by the relaxation in lockdown restrictions. However, barring fertilisers, other seven industries registered a decline in output, prompting independent economists to expect industrial production to again contract in June. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The output of eight core infrastructure
