Current Affairs July 2020

Govt approves ₹107 crore for modern fire-fighting facilities at Haldia Dock

The government of India has approved ₹107 crore for modern fire-fighting facilities at Haldia Dock Complex of Kolkata Port to ensure safe cargo operations, especially petro-chemical goods. Kolkata Port is one of the top 12 major ports in the country. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The modern fire-fighting facility will enable Haldia Dock Complex […]

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Iranian government drops India from Chabahar rail project

India and Iran signed an agreement to construct a rail line from Chabahar port to Zahedan, along the border with Afghanistan four years ago. Now the Iranian government has decided to proceed with the construction on its own, citing delays from the Indian side in funding and starting the project. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020

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Indian Navy to get new carrier-based jet by 2032

Indian Navy will get the new twin-engine aircraft carrier-based fighter aircraft being developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) by 2032 and it will be a replacement for the Russian MiG-29K carrier jets in service. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Navy currently operates Russian-origin carrier INS Vikramaditya and expects to have

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NITI Aayog presents India’s second Voluntary National Review 2020

NITI Aayog presented India’s second Voluntary National Review (VNR) at the United Nations High-level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development, 2020. The HLPF is the foremost international platform for follow-up and review of progress on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Dr Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, presented the VNR. Daily Current Affairs Quiz

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White House campaign to encourage jobless people to find something new

US rejects the China’s claims in South China Sea

The White House has rejected China’s disputed claims to offshore resources in most of the South China Sea, a move that Beijing criticised as inciting tensions in the region and which highlighted an increasingly testy relationship. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points China has offered no coherent legal basis for its ambitions in the South

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UAE to become first Arab nation to launch of Mars probe

The United Arab Emirates plans to make history with the scheduled launch of the “Hope” mission, which will make it the first Arab nation to send a probe to Mars. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points A rocket carrying the unmanned spacecraft is due to take off from Japan’s remote Tanegashima Space Center at 5:51

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White House campaign to encourage jobless people to find something new

A new White House-backed ad campaign has opened with aims to encourage people who are unemployed or unhappy in their jobs or careers to go out and “find something new.” Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Trump administration has long emphasized skills-based job and vocational training as an alternative to two- or four-year college

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Antibody immunity to covid-19 may be short-lived

A new study in the UK has found that patients who recover from the Covid-19 may have an antibody response that makes them immune to the deadly virus only for a few months. Research, led by Dr Katie Doores of King’s College London, found levels of antibodies that can destroy the virus peaked about three

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China’s trade jumps up as economy recovers from coronavirus slump

The foreign trades China rises as economy recovers from coronavirus slump all over the world. China’s imports of U.S. goods rose 10.6% in June over a year ago and its global trade also increased in a fresh sign the world’s second-largest economy is gradually recovering from the coronavirus pandemic. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points

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Arunachal CM released book on state’s ethnic languages

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu has released a book titled Tangams: An Ethnolinguistic Study of The Critically Endangered Group of Arunachal Pradesh. The community has reportedly 253 speakers concentrated in one small hamlet of Arunachal Pradesh. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Tangams are a little-known community within the larger Adi tribe of

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