World AIDS Day is celebrated on 1 December every year to raise awareness about the Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) disease. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The disease is caused by the pandemic disease known as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Due to this disease, ...

US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on November 29 announced an all-women team of the White House staff to serve in senior communication roles. Biden’s office claims that this will be the first time the communications positions will be filled entirely by women. ...

In the November 29 episode of Mann Ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that an ancient idol of the goddess Annapurna, stolen from India about a century ago, is being brought back from Canada. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This idol was stolen from a temple of ...

A tiny freshwater fish named ‘Zebrafish’, barely 2-3 cm long can efficiently regenerate its damaged heart within a short time period. Scientists at Pune-based Agharkar Research Institute have used this tiny animal model and identified genes that can promote heart regeneration. Daily Current ...

India strongly hit out at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for making factually incorrect and unwarranted references to Jammu and Kashmir in resolutions adopted by the grouping at a meeting in Niger, and asserted that the union territory is an integral and inalienable part of the ...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited the Bhagyalakshmi temple while on a trip to Hyderabad to campaign for the city’s municipal elections. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, campaigning in Hyderabad, made a pitch for renaming the city as Bhagyanagar. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 ...

Twenty years ago, the kiwis that grew wild in Arunachal Pradesh’s Ziro Valley barely caught anyone’s attention. However, in the last decade, farmers slowly recognised the commercial value of the fruit. The kiwis of the region are the only certified organic fruit of their kind in the country. ...

Vice President of India & Chair of the SCO Council of Heads of Government in 2020 launched the first ever SCO Online Exhibition on Shared Buddhist Heritage, during the 19th Meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of Government (SCO CHG) in New Delhi. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 ...

After a gap of 15 years, former Punjab cabinet minister Bibi Jagir Kaur (66) made a comeback as chief of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC). She was elected after the voting in the SGPC House during the Sikh body’s annual meeting at Teja Singh Samundri Hall. Daily Current ...

Guru Nanak Jayanti or Gurpurab is celebrated with religious fervour to mark the birth of the first Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak, who laid the foundation of Sikhism.  Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Guru Nanak (1469 – 1539), also referred to as Baba Nanak was the founder of ...

8 Track and Field Athletes were included in the core group of the Target Olympic Podium Scheme at the 50th MOC meeting held on November 26. 7 Track and Field Athletes were included in the TOPS developmental group. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Target Olympic Podium Scheme ...

The Government of India (GOI) has announced the third stimulus package of Rs. 900 Crore for the Mission COVID Suraksha- the Indian COVID-19 Vaccine Development Mission. This grant will be provided to the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) for Research & Development of Indian COVID-19 vaccines. ...