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Central Vigilance Commission officers to be transferred every 3 years

The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has modified the guidelines pertaining to the transfer and posting of officials in the vigilance units of government organisations, restricting their tenure to three years at one place. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The tenure may be extended to three more years, albeit at a different place of posting. According […]

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President appoints NV Ramana as CJI with effect from April 24

President Ram Nath Kovind appointed Justice N.V. Ramana as Chief Justice of India with effect from April 24 in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 He was Additional Advocate General for Andhra Pradesh before being called to the State High Court Bench

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Russian President signed law that could keep him in power till 2036

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that could keep him in office in the Kremlin until 2036. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Putin, a former KGB officer who is now 68, completes his ongoing six-year tenure — his fourth as President — in 2024. He has already run the country either as President

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India emerging a leader in supercomputing

India is fast emerging a leader in high power computing with the National Super Computing Mission (NSM) boosting it to meet the increasing computational demands of academia, researchers, MSMEs, and startups in areas like oil exploration, flood prediction as well as genomics and drug discovery. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The National Supercomputing Mission was

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World Health Day 2021

The World Health Day is celebrated every year on 7 April, under the sponsorship of the World Health Organization, as well as other related organizations. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Each year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) selects a theme highlighting a particular priority area of public health. The theme for this year’s global health

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Bangladesh ferry accident in Shitalakhsya River

A Bangladesh ferry carrying around 50 passengers collided with a cargo vessel and sank in the Shitalakhsya River south of the capital Dhaka. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Shitalakshya River (also known as Lakhya River) is a distributary of the Brahmaputra. In its initial stages it flows in a southwest direction and then east of

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All India Trade Test for Craft Instructor Training Scheme (CITS) 2019-2020

The Directorate General of Training (DGT), under the aegis of Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) announced results of the All India Trade Test (AITT) for CITS Academic session 2019-2020. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 DGT offers Crafts Instructor Training programmes under Crafts Instructor Training Scheme (CITS) to ITI trainees who aspire to pursue

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CWC should double its storage capacity by the end of 2023

Central Warehouse Corporation (CWC) should double its warehouse storage capacity by end of year 2023 and achieve a turnover of Rs 10000 crore by the Financial Year 2024-25. At present, CWC warehouse storage capacity is 125 LMT. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Union Minister of Food & Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs, Railways and Commerce

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Chintan Vaishnav appointed as AIM mission director

Renowned socio technologist Dr. Chintan Vaishnav has been named Mission Director of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog’s flagship government initiative. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Vaishnav will take over from Ramanathan Ramanan later this month. Ramanan has been leading AIM as its first mission director since June 2017. Vaishnav is currently at the Massachusetts

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EVM transport and campaign bans in Assam

In the last Assembly elections in Assam saw the Election Commission at the centre of two controversies. In the first, an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) was found in a private vehicle belonging to a political party candidate’s spouse. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Commission’s transport protocol for polled and reserve EVMs dictates that the

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