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Stanford University has recently released a list that represents the top 2 per cent of the most-cited scientists in various disciplines. The exhaustive list has 1,59,683 persons with nearly 1,500 Indians in it. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This database includes the top 2 percent of scientists of the world from different fields on […]
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Government is changing the name of the Ministry of Shipping and it will be known as the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. To reduce the expenditure on logistics, India is fast developing multimodal connectivity. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points In most of the developed economies, the Shipping Ministry is also responsible for Ports
India successfully launched its latest earth observation satellite EOS-01 and nine customer satellites on board its Polar rocket from the spaceport in Sriharikota. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points PSLV-C49 is the 2nd flight of PSLV in ‘DL’ configuration (with 2 solid strap-on motors). EOS-01 is an earth observation satellite, intended for applications in agriculture,
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Suddenly Ethiopia appears on the brink of civil war, threatening the stability of one of the world’s most strategic regions, the Horn of Africa, and the fracturing of one of Africa’s most powerful and populous countries. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Tigray Region is the northernmost of the nine regions (kililat) of Ethiopia.
The 101st birth anniversary of Purushottam Laxman Deshpande, better known as Pu La Deshpande, has been marked with a Google Doodle designed by the noted Mumbai-based artist Sameer Kulavoor. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Purushottam Laxman Deshpande (1919 –2000), popularly known by his initials (“Pu. La.”) or as P. L. Deshpande, was a Marathi
The government aims to expand the ambit of the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme to include as many as ten more sectors such as food processing and textiles other than the already included mobile phones, allied equipment, pharmaceutical ingredients and medical devices. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points In order to boost domestic manufacturing and cut
Goa Police have registered a case against model Milind Soman for allegedly promoting obscenity, after he recently posted a picture of himself running nude on a beach in the state to mark his birthday. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points He is not the first celebrity in trouble with Goa Police for ‘obscenity’ this week
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and lay the foundation stone of various development projects in Varanasi via video conferencing. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Sarnath is a place located 10 kilometres north-east of Varanasi city near the confluence of the Ganges and the Varuna rivers in Uttar Pradesh, India. The Deer Park in Sarnath
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Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued a notification making FASTags mandatory for all four wheel vehicles from 1st January 2021. This will apply to old vehicles as well as M and N category of motor vehicles sold before 1st December, 2017. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points As per Central Motor Vehicles Rules,
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One Rank One Pension scheme for armed forces veterans was a historic step to ensure the well-being of our soldiers, as he greeted them on the fifth anniversary of his government’s decision to implement OROP. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Under the OROP scheme, uniform pension is paid to defence personnel who retire in
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