Current Affairs September 2020

Arrested Delhi journalist Rajeev Sharma was passing info to the Chinese

Rajeev Sharma was arrested by Delhi Police under the British-era Official Secrets Act (OSA) for allegedly passing on “sensitive information” to Chinese intelligence. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Official Secrets Act has its roots in the British colonial era. The original version was The Indian Official Secrets Act (Act XIV), 1889. It was amended […]

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Country’s ‘biggest’ film city in Gautam Buddh Nagar

Uttar Pradesh government will establish the country’s ‘biggest’ film city in Gautam Buddh Nagar. With several films and web series now being shot in the state, the dedicated film city is likely to bring employment while providing a haven for filmmakers. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Though a proposal for the film city is

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International Day of Peace 2020

International Day of Peace is observed on 21 September annually and is also known as World Peace Day. This day strengthens the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The International Day of Peace was established in 1981 by the United Nations General Assembly. Two

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MoHFW informed Rajya Sabha about the status of HIV/AIDS Patients

Recently the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare informed Rajya Sabha about the status of HIV/AIDS Patients in India. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points As per the latest HIV estimates report (2019) of the Government, India is estimated to have around 23.49 lakh people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) in 2019. The HIV epidemic

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Election Commission of India organized International Webinar

The Election Commission of India organized an International Webinar on 21st September 2020, on the Theme ‘‘Issues, Challenges and Protocols for Conducting Elections during COVID-19 : Sharing Country Experiences’ on its completion of one year of Chairmanship of the Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Association of World

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AYUSH Ministry signed MoU with MoWCD for Controlling Malnutrition

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Ministry of AYUSH and Ministry of Women and Child Development in New Delhi for controlling Malnutrition as a part of POSHAN Abhiyaan. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The MoU will see some time-tested and scientifically proven Ayush-based solutions being adopted for controlling malnutrition in the country.

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Lok Sabha passed the Foreign Contribution Amendment Bill, 2020

The Lok Sabha passed the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2020 even as the Opposition raised concerns that the legislation may be used to target political opponents and religious minorities. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Bill seeks to streamline the provisions of the FCRA by strengthening the compliance mechanism, enhancing transparency and accountability

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Rajya Sabha passed two contentious agriculture bills

The Rajya Sabha descended into chaos as the House passed two contentious agriculture bills amid a prolonged outpouring of anger by the opposition parties. The two ordinances – Farmers’ and Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 and Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 – were

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India’s first CRISPR Covid-19 test approved for use in India

The Tata CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) test, powered by CSIR-IGIB (Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology) FELUDA, received regulatory approvals today from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for commercial launch, as per ICMR guidelines, meeting high quality benchmarks with 96% sensitivity and 98% specificity for detecting the novel coronavirus. Daily

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Bacterial outbreak in Lanzhou city in China

Thousands of people in northwest China’s Lanzhou city have tested positive for a bacterial infection. The outbreak was caused by a leak at a state-owned biopharmaceutical company making animal vaccines last year. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Brucellosis is a bacterial disease that mainly infects cattle, swine, goats, sheep and dogs. Humans can get

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