Current Affairs December 2020

Task force set up to prepare roadmap for imparting technical education in mother tongue

Task force set up to prepare roadmap for imparting technical education in mother tongue

Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ has set up a task force for preparing a roadmap on imparting technical education in Mother Tongue. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The task force set up under the chairmanship of Secretary, Higher Education will take into consideration the suggestions made by various stakeholders and will submit a report […]

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AYUSH Day Care Therapy Centres for Central Government employees

AYUSH Day Care Therapy Centres for Central Government employees

Ministry of Health and Family welfare has approved the proposal of Day Care Therapy Center facility under Ayurveda, Yoga, and Naturopathy systems for central government employees and pensioners. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Private Day Care Therapy centers of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy will be empanelled under Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) shortly, in

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Emergency use authorisation drugmakers seeking for the Covid-19 vaccine

Emergency use authorisation drugmakers seeking for the Covid-19 vaccine

US drugmaker Moderna was applying for emergency use authorisation for its Covid-19 vaccine. A few days earlier, Pfizer applied for emergency use authorisation for the vaccine it has developed in collaboration with BioNTech. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Vaccines and medicines, and even diagnostic tests and medical devices, require the approval of a regulatory

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KVIC’s Honey Mission Earns First Income for Migrant Workers

KVIC’s Honey Mission Earns First Income for Migrant Workers

The self-sustainability measures initiated by Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) in wake of the Covid-19 pandemic have begun yielding results. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The distressed migrant workers who were engaged with KVIC’s Honey Mission in Uttar Pradesh in the month of August, have reaped their first honey harvest and are awaiting

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Jammu & Kashmir’s Roshni Act

Jammu & Kashmir’s Roshni Act

The Jammu & Kashmir administration has recently released a series of lists of alleged beneficiaries of the Roshni Act of 2001, now scrapped, which gave ownership rights to the unauthorised occupants of state land against payment of a premium. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Political leaders and bureaucrats have been among those named. The

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Cyclonic storm 'Burevi'

Cyclonic storm ‘Burevi’

The Deep Depression over southwest Bay of Bengal moved west-north westwards with a speed of 09 kmph during past six hours, intensified into Cyclonic Storm ‘Burevi’. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced that a cyclone brewing in the Bay of Bengal is likely to affect Tamil Nadu and Kerala,

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Nagaland Statehood day 2020

Nagaland Statehood day 2020

Nagaland celebrated its 58th Statehood day on1st December. It became the 16th State of the Union of India on 1st December 1,963.  Nagaland is a state in north-eastern India. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points It is bordered by the state of Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south

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The First Ever Virtual Aadi Mahotsav

The First Ever Virtual Aadi Mahotsav

Union Tribal Affairs Ministry has launched the virtual edition of Aadi Mahotsav- Madhya Pradesh. The 10-day long festival, commencing on December 1, 2020, is being hosted on the Tribes India website (www.tribesindia.com). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The main focus is on the tribal craft and culture of Madhya Pradesh. Aadi Mahotsav is a

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