Current Affairs October 2020

E-Sanjeevani rapidly gaining popularity amongst patients & doctors

Health Ministry’s telemedicine initiative – E-Sanjeevani is rapidly gaining popularity amongst patients and doctors. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points It has recorded five lakh teleconsultations in a short span of time and the last one lakh consultations were completed in a record time of 17 days. As a digital modality of health care services […]

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RBI keeps rates unchanged at 4%

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India kept the repo rate unchanged at four per cent. The committee unanimously voted to keep rates unchanged, and decided to maintain its accommodative monetary policy stance to support growth amid the pandemic. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points RBI governor said India’s GDP would contract

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Politics behind Uddhav govt decision to move contentious shed out of Aarey

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray announced that the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government has decided to move the proposed car-shed for the underground Metro 3 rail out of Aarey. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This has long been a contentious issue between environmental activists and the government. The tussle has been ongoing since 2014. While the

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International day for disaster risk reduction 2020

International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction is observed on 13 October, 2020. The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction was started in 1989, after a call by the United Nations General Assembly. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Held every 13 October, the day celebrates how people and communities around the world are reducing their

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18-year-old Delhi girl is British high commissioner for a day

Delhi girl Chaitanya Venkateswaran recently became the British high commissioner to India for a day. The 18-year-old won the ‘High Commissioner for the Day’ contest organised by the mission in the run-up to the International Day of the Girl Child, which is on October 11. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The British High Commission

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India’s eight beaches got ‘Blue Flag’ certification

India received the prestigious ‘Blue Flag’ certification for all its eight beaches that it recommended. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The beaches that have been awarded the ‘BLUE FLAG” are Shivrajpur (Dwarka-Gujarat), Ghoghla (Diu), Kasarkod and Padubidri (Karnataka), Kappad (Kerala), Rushikonda (AP), Golden (Puri-Odisha) and Radhanagar (A&N Islands). India is also the first country

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PM Modi paid tributes to Lok Nayak JP Narayan

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has paid tributes to socialist leader and freedom fighter Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan on his birth anniversary. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Chandikadas Amritrao Deshmukh, affectionately called Nanaji Deshmukh (1916 – 2010) was a social activist and political leader. Nanaji Deshmukh was a long-time RSS member and a founding

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2921 km roads constructed under Bharatmala Pariyojana

The government has constructed 2,921 km of highways under the Bharatmala Pariyojna. The government envisages building 34,800 km of highways at a cost of about Rs 5.35 lakh crore under the ambitious Bharatmala Pariyojna. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has taken up detailed review of NHs network. It has given overall investment approval

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PM to release ₹100 commemorative coin in honour of Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia

Prime Minister Modi will release a commemorative coin of ₹100 in honour of Vijaya Raje Scindia today through a virtual ceremony. Vijaya Raje Scindia is popularly known as the Rajmata of Gwalior. The coin is being released in celebration of birth centenary of Vijaya Raje Scindia. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Vijaya Raje Scindia

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India test fired 1st indigenously developed anti-radiation missile Rudram-1

India has successfully test fired a new generation anti-radiation missile which will be part of the tactical weaponry of the Indian Air Force. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Anti-radiation missiles are designed to detect, track and neutralise the adversary’s radar, communication assets and other radio frequency sources, which are generally part of their air

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