India’s first nationwide online delivery-based gas trading platform, Indian Gas Exchange (IGX) has launched by the government in an e-ceremony. As there will be a market driven pricing mechanism, India Gas Exchange (IGX) will play a bigger role towards realizing a free market for gas. Daily ...

Recently India has joined the GPAI as a founding member to support the responsible and human-centric development and use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) is an international and multi-stakeholder initiative to guide the responsible development ...

NASA has described the Gateway as key to the new era of lunar explorations both in the orbit and on the surface of the Moon. It has recently finalized the contract for the initial crew module of the agency’s Gateway lunar orbiting outpost. The contract, which is worth $187 million has been awarded ...

US President Donald Trump has authorised sanctions against ICC officials involved in investigations into possible war crimes by US troops or those of its allies. The turbulent relationship between the US and the International Criminal Court (ICC) further exacerbated after this sanction. Daily ...

India has set up its first mobile testing laboratory in a bid to meet the growing demand to conduct coronavirus disease (Covid-19) tests. The mobile laboratory, with on-site Elisa, RtPCR & Bio-chem analysers, was created within eight days by a team from Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone Limited. ...

The World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is observed every year on 17 June to spread awareness among people about the cooperation required to combat desertification and the effects of drought. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The day is held to make the public aware ...

According to govt source, at least 20 Indian Army personnel were killed, including a colonel, in the violent face-off with Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh's Galwan Valley on 15 June, 2020. This unprecedented escalation at the border is the first between the two sides along the India- China border ...

United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order introducing several police reforms while rejecting calls to defund or dismantle the police on June 16, 2020. The order will seek to improve the treatment of African Americans and others by police officers by improving ...

The Maharashtra government has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs) with 12 global corporations from China, US, South Korea, Singapore and Indian companies with investment worth Rs 16,100 crore on June 15, 2020. Key-Points: The Magnetic Maharashtra 2.0 was launched on 15 June, 2020 in ...

India has received $51 billion in foreign investment in 2019 and was the world's 9th largest recipient of foreign direct investments (FDI) in 2019. The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) noticed a lower but positive economic growth in India in the post-Covid-19 pandemic period and ...

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of United States revoked the emergency use authorization (EUA) that allowed for chloroquine phosphate and hydroxychloroquine sulfate donated to the Strategic National Stockpile to be used to treat certain hospitalized patients with COVID-19 when a clinical trial ...

According to the Union Government the COVID-19 recovery rate has reached 52.46 per cent in the country and a total of one lakh 80 thousand 13 people affected with Coronavirus have been cured in the country. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points: During the last 24 hours, 10 thousand ...