Latest Current Affairs September 2020 and important News, articles, treaties, government schemes, awards, sports results etc. for competitive exams SSC, UPSC, Railways, Public Service Commission(PSC). These daily general awareness section provides detail study materials for preparations. Download pdfs are available here.
International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons is celebrated on 26 September every year by the UN General Assembly. This Day provides an occasion for the world community to reaffirm its commitment to global nuclear disarmament as a priority. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Day has been observed annually since 2014. […]
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United Nations World Tourism Organization has celebrated World Tourism Day as international observances on September 27. This date was chosen as on that day in 1970, the Statutes of the UNWTO were adopted. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This date was chosen as on that day in 1970, the Statutes of the UNWTO were
International Day for Universal Access to Information was proclaimed on 15 October 2019 at the 74th UN General Assembly to be held on 28 September. Initially the day was designated by the UNESCO General Conference. It was inaugurated in November 2015 and was first held on 28 September 2016. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points
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Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah inaugurated the “Destination North East -2020” through video conferencing. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Destination North East is a calendar event of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region. It has been conceptualized with the objective of taking the North East Region to other parts of the
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National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) has sanctioned as first instalment, funds amounting to Rs 19444 crores to the states of Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Telangana for Kharif paddy procurement under Minimum Support Price (MSP) operations. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) is the apex financing organization of Union Agriculture Ministry. It
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Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has reiterated the the Narendra Modi government’s commitment to increase the expenditure on public health to 2.5 per cent of India’s gross domestic product (GDP) by 2025. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points He added that the 15th Finance Commission’s high-level group on health has concurred that healthcare spending must
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The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released the report of a survey titled ‘Health in India’, whose main objective was to gather basic quantitative information on India’s health sector. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Around 7.5 % of Indians reported that they were suffering from ailments. While in rural India only 6.8
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has condoled the demise of former Union Minister Shri Jaswant Singh. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Major Jaswant Singh Jasol was an officer of the Indian Army and an Indian Cabinet Minister. He was one of the founding members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In 2009, he
India’s sandalwood trees, the country’s pride particularly of Karnataka are facing a serious threat with the return of the destructive Sandalwood Spike Disease (SSD). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The infection has resurfaced in the aromatic tree’s natural habitats in Karnataka and Kerala. The natural population of sandalwood in Marayoor of Kerala and various
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Clashes erupted between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the volatile Nagorno-Karabakh region, reigniting concern about instability in the South Caucasus, a corridor for pipelines transporting oil and gas to world markets. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway region that is inside Azerbaijan but is run by ethnic Armenians, declared martial law
