The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval to set up a National Technical Textiles Mission with a total outlay of Rs 1480 Crore, with a view to position the country as a global leader in Technical Textiles. The Mission would have a four year implementation period from FY 2020-21 to 2023-24. Daily […]
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Hrithik Roshan, who shed his ‘death by chocolate’ image to play a Bihar-based mathematician in Super 30, won Best Actor at Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival (DPIFF) Awards held in Mumbai. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 The actor was felicitated at the event for his performance in Super 30, in which he played math wizard
One in three Aadhaar-based payments for the Centre’s maternity benefit scheme, or Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), was credited to a wrong bank account, according to a progress report on Poshan Abhiyaan (Nutrition Mission) released by the NITI Aayog. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 The report says a telephone survey of 5,525 beneficiaries, conducted
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The Minister of State (IC) for Power, New & Renewable Energy has announced the successful installation of 10 lakh smart meters across India, under the Government of India’s Smart Meter National Programme (SMNP). These smart meters, operational in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana and Bihar, aim to bring efficiency in the distribution system leading to better
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The Malai Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary will be declared as a tiger reserve soon. A presentation of the final proposal was made before the NTCA early this month and the final notification will be made by the State government once the NTCA gives its formal approval. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Once notified, Karnataka will have
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A 4000-year-old urban settlement has been unearthed by a team of the Benaras Hindu University in Varanasi, which experts say is one of the craft villages mentioned in ancient texts. The Benaras Hindu University’s Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology which did a preliminary survey of the site in Babhaniyav village, 13 km
The International Judicial Conference 2020 was held from 21st-23rd February, 2020 in New Delhi. The Conference was organized by the Supreme Court of India. The theme of the Conference was ‘Judiciary and the Changing World’. The Indian judiciary was appreciated for its balance between development and environment, and continued guidance in it. Daily Current Affairs
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Cabinet Secretary chaired a high level meeting to review the status, actions taken and preparedness of States/UTs regarding management of Novel Coronavirus (COVID19). After a detailed review, in addition to the universal screening as per earlier advisories, universal screening at airports is now being planned for flights from Kathmandu, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia. Daily Current
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The Great Indian Bustard, Asian Elephant and Bengal Florican have been included in Appendix I of UN Convention on Migratory Species at the ongoing 13th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) in Gandhinagar (Gujarat). India’s proposal to include all the three species in the Appendix I was unanimously accepted
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The 23rd National Conference on e-Governance was organised by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG ) along with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in Mumbai. The theme for the conference was “India 2020: Digital Transformation”. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 e-Governance can be defined as the application of information
