The 8th session of the Governing Body of International Treaty of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) is being held in Rome, Italy from 11th to 16th November 2019. The Governing Body sessions are biennial. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 India highlighted the need for conservation of plant genetic resources and the uniqueness […]
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Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore signed a memorandum of understanding with Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie to stay contextually relevant, remain socially conscious and contribute to the society and nation as a whole. The MoU has been signed with a view to exchange faculty members for various training programmes, specially
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The Union Cabinet approved a bill to provide a legal framework to grant ownership rights to people living in unauthorised colonies in Delhi. The Bill will be presented in the winter session of Parliament. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 The proposal is applicable to 1,797 identified unauthorised colonies spread over 175 square-km of the national
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Assam government has released the new Land Policy 2019 which was prepared by the Revenue and Disaster Management Department. The Land Policy was approved by Cabinet on 21st October and it has been prepared by the Revenue and Disaster Management Department after 30 years. It was last prepared in 1989. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019
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Defence Research and Development Organisation has put its over 450 patents for free access to industries for commercial exploitation. The unprecedented move is intended to provide a boost to domestic industries, especially in the strategic sector through free access to patents held by the DRDO, which has a network of over 50 national laboratories, involved
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India has slipped 6 places to 59 ranks on a global annual list of 63 countries, due to low quality of life and expenditure on education, according to the latest edition of IMD World Talent Ranking, which was topped by Switzerland. The ranking, which is based on the performance in three main categories — investment
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Union Minister of State for Home Affairs said that during Census 2021, a mix mode approach is being adopted for data collection. Census will be conducted in two phases, viz., House-listing & Housing Census during April to September, 2020 and Population Enumeration during February 09-28, 2021. Certain changes have been made in the questionnaire on
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Indian Army conducts an exercise codenamed ‘Sindhu Sudarshan’ in the deserts of Rajasthan, from November 29 to December 4. The Army will be carrying out this exercise using its integrated battle groups which are the new formations being raised by the force for warfighting in future. Over 40,000 troops will participate in an all-arms battle
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Pakistan successfully tests a nuclear-capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile Shaheen-I, which can strike targets up to 650 kilometres, bringing many Indian cities under its range. The launch of Shaheen-I missile was held as part of a training exercise “aimed at testing the operational readiness of Army Strategic Forces Command”. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 The Shaheen-1
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Meghalaya-based insurgent group Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) has been banned by the central government of India for its increased activities of violence and other subversive acts. The HNLC along with all its factions, wings and frontal organisations has been openly declaring as its objective the secession of the state’s areas, which are largely inhabited
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