National capital Delhi also sweltered under the stifling heat with the mercury crossing the 46 degrees Celsius-mark in some parts. Many parts of North India are reeling under heatwave-like condition for the past few days. The temperature in many cities is hovering above 42 degrees Celsius. ...

United States is mulling over restoring India’s beneficiary status under its trade preference programme Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) on receiving a counterbalancing proposal from New Delhi. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer reported US were ...

US President Donald Trump has signed into law a legislation that condemns the gross human rights violations of Uyghur minority groups in China’s restive Muslim-majority. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act, 2020 holds accountable the perpetrators ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronauts have launched from American soil in a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft on its way to the International Space Station. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying ...

The astronomers have detected a strange repeating rhythm of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) emanating from an unknown source outside our galaxy, 500 million light-years away. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Fast radio bursts are the short, intense flashes of radio waves that are ...

National Innovation Foundation-India (NIF) developed ten varieties of Anthurium, a flower with high market value, by cross-pollination. It was developed by D Vasini Bai, a women innovator from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. She had developed large and medium-size flowers with uncommon ...

World Book Day is observed on 23 April. The day is celebrated by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and other related organizations. The global celebration of books and reading material is observed in more than 100 ...

English Language Day is celebrated on 23 April. The day aims to create awareness to people about the culture, history, and achievements associated with the language.English Language Day:The origins of the English Language was found in medieval England. The ...

Scientists from Agharkar Research Institute (ARI) have developed a microreactor that can produce large quantities of uniform size of nanoparticles. Producing a uniform size of nanoparticles has been a problem faced by the biomedical field. This discovery will serve as a major ...

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) named Indian shuttler PV Sindhu as one of the ambassadors for its 'I am badminton' awareness campaign. I am badminton awareness campaign:♦ The "I am badminton campaign" provides a platform for the players to express their love and ...

Ministry of Tourism presented its 7th webinar of Dekho Apna Desh Webinar Series on "Photowalking at Varanasi: A Visual Treat," on 23 April 2020. Varanasi: A Visual Treat:♦ The Varanasi: A Visual Treat webinar was presented by the team of City Explorers Private ...

According to the satellite data published by US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) stated that the air pollution over northern India has dropped to a 20-year-low for this time of the year. he data were retrieved by the Moderate Resolution ...