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UP to develop Vindhyavasini Temple Corridor in Vindhyachal

The Uttar Pradesh (UP) government has decided to develop the Vindhyavasini Mandir Corridor at Vindhyachal in Mirzapur district. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Vindhyavasini corridor is modelled on the lines of Kashi Vishwanath Corridor in Varanasi. It will have a 50-feet wide parikrama path, or circumambulation route, around the shrine of Goddess Vindhyavasini. […]

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US to rejoin Paris Agreement

The United States left the Paris Climate Agreement, three years after President Donald Trump announced his intention to undo what had been seen as a key achievement of his predecessor Barack Obama. Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden has announced that his administration would rejoin the landmark accord in 77 days. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020

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NASA’s Space-X Crew-1 Mission

SpaceX Crew-1 is the first crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. It is also the first crewed night launch by the United States since STS-130. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Crew Dragon spacecraft Resilience, launched on 16 November 2020 on a Falcon 9 from the Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A. The mission

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Americans disagree over granting statehood to Puerto Rico and Washington D.C.

The United States territory of Puerto Rico has voted in favour of statehood, and thus be treated at par with the current 50 states of the country. On November 3, the same day US voters chose Joe Biden over Donald Trump in the US election, a majority of Puerto Ricans voted yes in a non-binding

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Atlantic Ocean’s largest protected marine reserve

The isolated UK Overseas Territory of Tristan da Cunha, which is home to the world’s most remote human settlement, declared the largest fully protected marine reserves in the Atlantic Ocean at 687,000 square kilometres. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This will close over 90 percent of their waters to harmful activities such as bottom-trawling

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Labour ministry notifies draft rules under Code on Social Security 2020

The Union Ministry of Labour and Employment has notified the draft rules under the Code on Social Security, 2020, inviting objections and suggestions, if any, from the stakeholders. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The draft rules also provide for Aadhaar based registration including self-registration by unorganised workers, gig workers and platform workers on the

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What is Leonid meteor shower?

The Leonid meteor showers are currently making their yearly appearance, and will reach their peak in India on November 17 and 18. In 2020, these showers are active from November 6th to November 30th. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Leonids emerge from the comet Tempel-Tuttle, which requires 33 years to revolve once around

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Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha appointed new Chief Information Commissioner

Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha was appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC). Before the appointment, he has been serving as an Information Commissioner (IC) in the Central Information Commission since January 1, 2019. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The RTI Act 2005 provides for the constitution of a Central Information Commission and State Information Commissions

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Protests Abound as Uttarakhand Prepares to Slash 10,000 Trees

As 28-year-old filmmaker, Varchasva Dhunta, steered his camera through a vast crowd cheering “Jungle jyaada jaroori hai” (forest is more important), several demonstrators hugged the Thano forest trees along Dehradun’s Jolly Grant Airport Road, enacting the famous “Chipko Aandolan.” Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Many even tied the Raksha Sutra – a sacred thread

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Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee passed away

Legendary Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee passed away. Soumitra Chatterjee (1935 —2020) was an Indian film actor. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points He was best known for his collaborations with Oscar-winning film director Satyajit Ray, with whom he worked in fourteen films. In 1999 Soumitra Chattopadhyay became the first Indian film personality to be conferred

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