The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) recognised sex workers as informal workers in their advisory issued on October 7 on “Human Rights of Women in the context of COVID 19”. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The NHRC in an effort to secure the rights of all women who have been excluded and marginalised during […]
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World Osteoporosis Day is observed annually on October 20th, and launches a year-long campaign dedicated to raising global awareness of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Osteoporosis, or porous bone, is a disease of progressive bone loss and skeletal deterioration in which bones become
India is committed to the policy of zero tolerance against corruption and unaccounted money as he addressed the first-ever ministerial meeting of G-20 anti-corruption working group. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points In June 2010 at the Toronto Summit, the G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group’s (ACWG) was set up. Its primary goal is to prepare “comprehensive
Union Education Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ dedicated permanent campus of IIT Ropar to the nation. Minister of State for Education, Shri Sanjay Dhotre also graced the occasion. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Indian Institute of Technology Ropar is a higher education institute located on the river Satluj in Rupnagar, Punjab. It was founded
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Union Minister of State for Culture and Tourism Shri Prahlad Singh Patel virtually launched “Life in Miniature” project, a collaboration between the National Museum, New Delhi, Ministry of Culture, and Google Arts & Culture. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Several hundred miniature paintings from the National Museum, New Delhi can be viewed online on
AYUSH Minister Shripad Yesso Naik inaugurated the Regional Raw Drug Repository at All India Institute of Ayurveda in New Delhi through a virtual function. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This RRDR is the second in the series of repositories proposed by National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Ministry of AYUSH and will be dedicated to
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Government has released the new series of Consumer Price Index for Industrial Worker (CPI-IW) with base year 2016, being compiled and maintained by Labour Bureau, an attached office of Ministry of Labour& Employment. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The new series of CPI(IW) with base 2016=100 will replace theexisting series with base2001=100. The revision
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Researchers have found the evidence of a “lost” river that ran through the central Thar Desert, near Bikaner, as early as 172 thousand years ago, and may have been a life-line to human populations enabling them to inhabit the region. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The findings represent the oldest directly dated phase of
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Scientists have discovered a potential new organ in the human throat in the Netherlands that they stumbled upon while carrying out research on prostate cancer, Live science reported. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Researchers at the Netherlands Cancer Institute have identified a set of salivary glands deep in the upper part of the throat
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The first woman officer of the Indian Air Force (IAF), Wing Commander Vijayalakshmi Ramanan, passed away in Bengaluru at the age of 96. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Born in 1924, Vijayalakshmi, an obstetrician and gynaecologist by training, had originally joined the Indian Army in 1955 on what only meant to be a short-service
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