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Government E-Launches ‘National Portal for Transgender Persons’

Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment e-launched a ‘National Portal for Transgender Persons’ and e-inaugurated a ‘Garima Greh: A Shelter Home for Transgender Persons’ in Vadodara, Gujarat. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Under the Scheme of ‘Shelter Home for Transgender Persons’, the ministry has decided to set up shelter homes for transgender persons […]

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Transgender persons get portal for gender certificate

The government launched a portal through which transgender persons can apply for gender identity certificates online. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This National Portal for Transgender Persons has been developed within 2 months of Notification of Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Rules, 2020 on 29 September, 2020. This Portal would help a transgender person

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Constitution Day 2020

Constitution Day is celebrated across the country on 26th November each year to mark the adoption of the Indian Constitution by the Constituent Assembly. The day is also known as National Law Day and commemorates the adoption of the Constitution in India. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points On 26th November in 1949, the Constituent

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Maharashtra announced the setting up of a Desalination Plant

Maharashtra announced the setting up of a desalination plant in Mumbai, becoming the fourth state in the country to experiment with the idea. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points A desalination plant turns salt water into water that is fit to drink. The most commonly used technology used for the process is reverse osmosis where

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Tenth edition of National Science Film Festival kicks off in virtual mode

Tenth edition of prestigious science film festival got off in a virtual mode. VigyanPrasar, an autonomous agency under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, has been organizing the four-day long festival as a part of its science popularization endeavour. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points It offers a unique platform to showcase

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Govt approved 7 proposals of Food Processing Projects worth over Rs 234 cr

The government has approved seven proposals of Food Processing Projects worth over 234 crore rupees. It also includes grants-in-aid of 60.87 crores rupees in Meghalaya, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, and Maharashtra. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The scheme for Creation of Infrastructure for Agro-Processing Cluster was approved in 2017 under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan

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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2020

The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is celebrated on November 25 Each year. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The premise of the day is to raise awareness of the fact that women around the world are subject to rape, domestic violence and other forms of violence; furthermore, one of the

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Germany’s new boardroom quota for women

A working group of Germany’s ruling coalition parties headed by Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed to impose a mandatory quota for the number of women working in senior management positions in the country’s listed firms. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points A final decision on the key points of the legislation, called the Second Management Positions

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Govt unveiled Sahakar Pragya with 45 new training module for farmers

To strengthen farmers, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Rural Development, Panchayat Raj and Food Processing Industries, Narendra Singh Tomar unveiled Sahakar Pragya. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The 45 new training modules of Sahakar Pragya of the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) will impart training to primary cooperative societies in rural areas

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PM Narendra Modi inaugurated RE-Invest 2020 on November 26

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the virtual third Global Renewable Energy Investment Meeting and Expo (RE-Invest 2020), on November 26, 2020. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The summit is organised by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and will be held from 26 – 28 November 2020. The theme for RE-Invest 2020 is

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