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Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend the 12th BRICS Summit hosted by Russia, under the theme Global Stability, Shared Security and Innovative Growth. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points During the 12th Summit, held in the backdrop of the 75th Anniversary of UN and in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders would be discussing intra-BRICS […]
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Recently, the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan ended, as both sides decided to sign a ceasefire agreement. Unlike most wars in recent decades, this war has ended decisively in the sense that there is a victor, that is Azerbaijan, and there is a defeated side. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Back in the 1990s,
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The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has unveiled ‘Statue of Peace’ to mark the 151st Birth Anniversary celebrations of Jainacharya Shree Vijay Vallabh Surishwer Ji Maharaj. The Statue unveiled in the honour of the Jain acharya, has been named as ‘Statue of Peace’. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The 151 inch tall statue has been
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Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have granted conditional exemption to the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics(ICRISAT), Hyderabad, Telangana for the deployment of drones for agricultural research activities. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points ICRISAT is an international organization which conducts agricultural research for rural development.
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Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) signed an agreement with World Bank. Under the agreement, World Bank is to provide advisory services to DIPAM for asset monetization. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points DIPAM is mandated with facilitating monetization of non-core assets of government CPSEs under strategic disinvestment or closure and enemy property
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Information and Broadcasting Ministry has requested compliance of policy on FDI in digital media within a month. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Ministry issued a public notice to facilitate eligible entities involved in uploading and streaming of news and current affairs through digital media, to comply with the decision of Government, which had
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The Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT-G) researchers have formulated efficient ‘pincer’ catalytic systems that transform industrial/biomass wastes into valuable chemicals. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Tiny amounts of these “pincer catalysts” repeatedly convert large amounts of industrial waste such as glycerol into lactic acid and hydrogen. Such catalysts also efficiently convert bioethanol, a
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The International Day for Tolerance is celebrated on 16 November each year which was declared by UNESCO in 1995 to generate public awareness of the dangers of intolerance. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This action followed the adoption of a Declaration of Principles on Tolerance by UNESCO’s Member States on 16 November 1995. The
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National Press Day is celebrated each year on 16 November to commemorate the institution of the Press Council of India. November 16 is observed to acknowledge and honor the Press Council of India, a statutory and quasi-judicial establishment. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Press Council of India acts as a moral watchdog in ensuring
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Recently, Kabartal in Bihar’s Begusarai district was recognised as a wetland of international importance, the first such wetland in the State, under the Ramsar Convention. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points India has 41 wetlands, the highest in South Asia, with two more added to the list of recognised sites of international importance under the
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