The Jharkhand state government recently announced the launch of SAAMAR (Strategic Action for Alleviation of Malnutrition and Anemia Reduction) campaign to tackle malnutrition in the state. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The campaign aims to identify anaemic women and malnourished children and converge various departments to effectively deal with the problem in a state where […]
Current Affairs 20 March 2021 is the most important area from which a major share of questions come in SSC, Railway, state government recruitment exams, UPSC prelims and mains. ADR’s analysis of the balance sheets of the national parties According to a report released by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), over 54% of the
Chief Justice of India Sharad A. Bobde agreed with advocate Prashant Bhushan to urgently hear a plea by NGO Association for Democratic Reforms to stay the sale of a new set of electoral bonds on April 1, before Assembly elections in crucial States such as West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021
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Union road transport and highways Minister Nitin Gadkari told Lok Sabha that all toll booths across the NH network will be done away with and a complete GPS-based toll collection system will be rolled out within one year. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 It means that toll collection will happen via GPS. The money will
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The Rajya Sabha has passed the Insurance (Amendment) Bill, 2021. It seeks to amend the Insurance Act, 1938 which will increase the limit of foreign investment allowed in Indian insurance companies. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Bill amends the Insurance Act, 1938 to increase the maximum foreign investment allowed in an Indian insurance company.
The Lok Sabha passed the supplementary demand for grants (second batch for 2020-21) but not before significant concerns raised by Opposition leaders on the government’s disinvestment and asset monetisation plans, and rising fuel prices. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 During the year, if the government needs to spend any money which has not been approved
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The Azim Premji University in Karnataka has released a series named ‘Issues in Education’. This newly launched series aims to highlight the fundamental issues that play a significant role in India’s education system. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 With as many as nine million teachers in around 1.5 million schools in India, the quality of
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The Supreme Court stayed a Kerala High Court decision barring aided school teachers and non-teaching staff from contesting Assembly elections or engaging in political activities. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 It issued notice to the Kerala government while staying the High Court verdict in February. The High Court had declared Section 2 (IV) of the
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Social housing architects Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal, founders of French studio Lacaton & Vassal, have been named the 2021 winners of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 French architects Lacaton and Vassal were named the winners of the award for their body of work that “reflects architecture’s democratic spirit” and their
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Tanzania’s Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn in as the country’s first female president after the sudden death of John Magufuli from an illness shrouded in mystery. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 John Pombe Joseph Magufuli (1959 – 2021) was a Tanzanian politician who served as the fifth President of Tanzania from 2015 until his death
