India has pledged $1 million to the World Anti-Doping Agency’s scientific research budget, the “highest among contributions made by other world governments.” Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The World Anti-Doping Agency is a foundation initiated by the International Olympic ...

The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has approved Capital Acquisition proposals of various Weapons/Platforms/Equipment/Systems required by the Indian Army, the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force at an approximate overall cost of Rs. 28,000 Cr. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points ...

The Ministry of AYUSH (Ayurveda Yoga and Naturopathy Unani Sidda Homoeopathy) and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports formally recognised yogasana as a competitive sport. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The origins of Yogasana competitions can be traced to the Indian Yoga ...

Indian-American US Air Force Colonel Raja Chari has been selected as the Commander of the SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) by NASA and the European Space Agency. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Indian-American will command the mission, which is ...

India dropped two ranks in the United Nations’ Human Development Index this year, standing at 131 out of 189 countries. However, if the Index were adjusted to assess the planetary pressures caused by each nation’s development, India would move up eight places in the ranking, according to the ...

Extending support to J&K and Ladakh students, AICTE has decided to release the instalment of Rs. 20,000/- as maintenance allowance under Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS). The decision has been taken to support & empower students for completing their online studies. ...

The Government of India and the World Bank signed a $750 million of $1 billion proposed for Accelerating India’s COVID-19 Social Protection Response Programme to support India’s efforts at providing social assistance to the poor and vulnerable households, severely impacted by the COVID-19 ...

India is poised to become the 3rd largest aviation market in the world by 2022. In January 2019, India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation published a report, ‘Project Rupee Raftar’, that provided roadmap to developing an aircraft financing and leasing industry in India. Daily Current Affairs Quiz ...

Review of the National Hydrology Project (World Bank supported initiative of Ministry of Jal Shakti) was carried out by Ministry of Jal Shakti. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points  National Hydrology Project (NHP) was started in the year 2016 as a Central Sector Scheme with ...

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the Revised Cost Estimate (RCE) of the North Eastern Region Power System Improvement Project (NERPSIP) at an estimated cost of Rs.6,700 crore. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points  This is a major step, towards the ...

The Government of India and the New Development Bank (NDB) signed a loan agreement for lending $1,000 million for ‘supporting India’s economic recovery from COVID-19’ by supporting expenditures on rural infrastructure related to natural resource management (NRM) and rural employment generation ...

The Union Cabinet has approved a proposal of the Department of Telecommunications to conduct spectrum auction through which spectrum will be assigned to the successful bidders for providing commercial mobile services. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points  The auction will be ...