Current Affairs March 2020

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic, pointing to the over 118,000 cases of the corona virus illness in over 110 countries and territories around the world and the sustained risk of further global spread. In January, WHO declared the COVID-19 outbreak as a “global health emergency. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 An […]

Major Port Authorities Bill 2020 was introduced in the Loksabha by the minister of state for shipping (I/C) Shri Mansukh MANDAVIYA. The Bill seeks to provide for regulation, operation and planning of Major Ports in India and to vest the administration, control and management of such ports upon the Boards of Major Port Authorities and

India ranks as the second position with China as the most promising source of disruptive technology in the world, according to KPMG’s “2020 Global Technology Industry Innovation Survey” report. The report was topped by the United States as the most promising market for developing disruptive technologies. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 The report ranked countries

India could invoke a 123-year-old law to limit the spread of the outbreak as close on the heels of the novel coronavirus being declared a pandemic. The Central government has declared that all the states and Union Territories (UTs) should invoke provisions of Section 2 of the Epidemic Diseases Act 1897. The Law confers special

The UN Security Council has passed a resolution presented by the United States of America endorsing the US-Taliban agreement on bringing peace to Afghanistan. According to the resolution the developments endorsed by this resolution are the product of more than a year of unprecedented US diplomatic engagement with the Taliban, in coordination with our partners

As the country prepares for the summer months, Pune’s Department of Science and Technology (DST) institute brings news of grapes with increased juice production capacity.  Scientists from Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), an autonomous institute of the DST, have developed a hybrid variety of grapes which is resistant to fungal diseases, high yielding and has excellent

Infosys has joined the Qualcomm Smart Cities Accelerator Program to offer end-to-end solutions for smart stadiums, smart venues and smart event management. This program is designed to connect cities, municipalities, government agencies, and enterprises with Qualcomm Technologies’ ecosystem to help deliver greater efficiencies, cost savings, and broad access to solutions for smart cities’ problems. Daily

State Bank of India (SBI) has cut interest rates on fixed deposits (FD) for certain tenors for the second times. It has reduced a rate cut up to 50 basis points (bps) in some tenors, and for some tenors, it has announced a reduction of 10 bps. The new rates were made effective from 10

The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has stated that FDI inflows dropped by 15 percent due to Corona Virus outbreak. It warned that regardless of how quickly the COVID-19 outbreak lasted it would significantly drag down global FDI, which is a measure of cross-border private sector investment. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 The