The Forest Man of India, Padma Shri Jadav Payeng has conferred with the prestigious Swami Vivekananda Karmayogi Award on February 29 in New Delhi. The arward is instituted by My Home India for his consistent efforts in creating a real man-made forest through massive reforestation. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Padma Shri Jadav ‘Molai’ Payeng… Read More »
The Bihar Assembly unanimously passed a resolution requesting the Centre to hold the 2021 census on the basis of caste. This is the second time Bihar has passed this resolution in the recent past. On February 18, 2019, too, it had passed the same resolution. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Bihar Assembly passed a resolution… Read More »
Bengaluru has accounted for the highest number of digital transactions in India in 2019, followed by Chennai, Mumbai and Pune, while United Payments Interface (UPI) was the most preferred mode of payment. Bengaluru was the leading city in digital transactions in 2018 as well. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 UPI was followed by debit cards,… Read More »
The Union Cabinet has approved the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2020, on 26 February. The Bill will allow widows and divorced women to be surrogate mothers. The Bill has incorporated all recommendations made by the Rajya Sabha Select Committee. The amended Bill is the reformed version of the draft legislation, which was passed by Lok Sabha… Read More »
The Government of India (GoI) announced the mega event, RAISE 2020- ‘Responsible AI for Social Empowerment 2020,’ to be held from April 11-12 in New Delhi. RAISE 2020 is India’s first Artificial Intelligence summit to be organized by the Government in partnership with Industry & Academia. The summit will be a global meeting of minds… Read More »
The government on decided to lift the nearly six-month-old ban on export of onions in a bid to protect the interests of farmers as prices are likely to fall sharply due to bumper rabi crop. Since the price of onion has stabilised and there is bumper onion crop, government has decided to lift ban on… Read More »
The United States has surpassed China to become India’s top trading partner. It shows greater economic ties between the two countries. The trend is expected to continue in the coming years as India and the US are engaged in further deepening the economic ties. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 During April-December 2019-20, the bilateral trade… Read More »
The Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra government has made Marathi compulsory in schools affiliated with all boards with a fine of Rs 1 lakh for institutions that fail to comply with the directive. The Maharashtra Assembly unanimously approved a bill making Marathi a compulsory subject in all schools of the state. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 According… Read More »
First earth imaging satellite of India, GISAT-1 will be launched in a geostationary orbit, in the evening of March 5 from the Sriharikota launch centre. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced that its medium-lift GSLV launcher numbered F10 would orbit the 2,275-kg spacecraft. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Geo Imaging Satellite-1 will be sent off… Read More »
Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) has launched three new technological support/alert systems to significantly reduce damage and losses to fishermen, offshore oil exploration industries and coastal population during extreme weather and oceanic events. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 This system can predict ‘Kallakkadal’ (swell surge) that occurs along the Indian coast, particularly… Read More »