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The Centre has issued a notification laying down safety requirements such as visual display, handrail and seat belt anchorages for construction equipment vehicles (CEVs). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This is to ensure safety while these vehicles are running on public roads along with other vehicles, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) […]
In the first funding for NTPC Ltd under Japan Bank for International Co-operation (JBIC)’s GREEN or Global Action for Reconciling Economic growth and Environment preservation initiative, India’s largest power producer entered into foreign currency loan agreement with Japanese financial institution for JPY 50 billion (approx $ 482 million/Rs 3,582 crore). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020
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The International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA), with an objective to develop the financial products and financial services in the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City International Financial Services Centre (GIFT IFSC) has prescribed the regulatory framework for listing of Depository Receipts (DRs). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The framework provides for listing of DRs by
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The Centre has streamlined the procedures to submit statements regarding the working of a patented invention on a commercial scale, giving additional flexibilities to the patentee. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2020, which came into effect on October 19, 2020, has further streamlined the requirements related to filing of Form
A six year old Bangladeshi boy Anzar Mustaeen Ali won a special prize of USD 1000 for his artwork in the global art competition organised by the Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The ICCR had launched a global painting competition named ‘United Against CORONA- Express through Art’ which
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The second meeting of the India-Central Asia Dialogue was held in the digital video-conference format under the chairmanship of the External Affairs Minister of India Dr S Jaishankar. Foreign Ministers of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan as well as First Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Foreign Ministers of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan as
Centre has set up the Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region to curb air pollution in Delhi and adjoining areas. In an ordinance approved by President Ram Nath Kovind last evening, the new central body will replace the over 2-decade old Environmental Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA), which was responsible for
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The Reserve Bank has asked all lending institutions, including non-banking financial companies, to ensure that the scheme of waiver of interest on interest for loans up to Rs 2 crore for the six-month moratorium period is implemented by November 5, as decided by the government. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The government announced the
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The 1.8 kilometre long Feni Bridge connecting Sabrum in India with Ramgarh in Bangladesh will be completed by December 2020. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The bridge is being built over the Feni River and will connect Tripura with Chittagong port of Bangladesh. The foundation of the bridge was laid in 2015 jointly by
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President Ram Nath Kovind has paid homage to former President K.R. Narayanan on his birth anniversary at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 27 October. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Kocheril Raman Narayanan (27 October 1920 – 9 November 2005) was an Indian diplomat, academic and politician who served as the 10th President of India (1997–2002) and
