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Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan addressed the 33rd Stop TB Partnership Board meet in New Delhi and stressed on the need to create a mass movement for elimination of TB with strategized advocacy, thought leadership, disruptive social entrepreneurship, powerful, societal and political commitment. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points India is committed to eliminating tuberculosis […]
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World Toilet Day is observed on 19 November each year to create awareness about sanitation and encourage people to use toilets. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The theme of this year’s World Toilet Day is sustainable sanitation and climate change. Severe effects of climate change like floods, drought and rising sea levels are threatening
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Over 27 lakh 33 thousand applications have been received under Pradhan Mantri Street Vendor’s Atma-Nirbhar Nidhi- PM- SVANidhi Scheme. Out of the total applications received, over 14 lakh and 34 thousand have been sanctioned and about 7.88 lakh loans disbursed. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched
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The first direct flight operations from Kalaburagi, Karnataka to Hindon Airport, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh were flagged off under the RCS-UDAN (Regional Connectivity Scheme – Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Commencement of the flight operations on the Kalaburagi – Delhi (Hindon) route is in line with the commitment and perseverance
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Arunachal Pradesh recorded the best sex ratio in the country with 1,084 females born per thousand males, followed by Nagaland at 965 females and Mizoram at 964. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The three northeastern states top the 2018 report on “Vital statistics of India based on the Civil Registration System (CRS)”. Manipur, on
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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison have signed a landmark defence deal in a bid to counter China’s growing influence in the South China Sea and over the Pacific island nations. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) comes weeks after foreign ministers of the Quad alliance,
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A Supreme Court Bench headed by Chief Justice of India S A Bobde observed that it is “trying to discourage” individuals from filing petitions under Article 32 of the Constitution. The observation came during the hearing of a petition seeking the release of journalist Siddique Kappan, who was arrested with three others while on their
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The five-nation grouping BRICS adopted a new counter-terrorism strategy to effectively deal with the menace, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that there is a need to ensure that countries supporting terrorists are held guilty, a call backed by Russian president Vladimir Putin, who dubbed such nations “black sheep of the family”. Daily Current Affairs
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President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed 28 Additional Judges as Judges of the Allahabad High Court. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Every Judge of a High Court shall be appointed by the President by warrant under his hand and seal after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, the Governor of the State, and,
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Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan addressed the Ministerial meeting of the Global Prevention Coalition (GPC) for HIV Prevention through video conference. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus that attacks cells that help the body fight infection, making a person more vulnerable to other infections and diseases. Indian model
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