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Gadkari laid Foundation Stones of 9 NH projects in Tripura

Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs Shri Nitin Gadkari virtually laid the foundation stones of nine National Highway projects with a total length of nearly 262 kms worth over Rs 2752 crore in Tripura. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Projects, on completion, will provide faster and hassle-free inter-state and international connectivity […]

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What’s next in Future-Reliance vs Amazon?

A tribunal in Singapore restrained Future Group and Reliance Industries Limited from proceeding with a Rs 24,713-crore deal signed in August for Future Retail to sell its retail, wholesale, logistics and warehousing units to Reliance Retail and Fashionstyle. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The emergency order by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) came

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A 100 million-year-old fish has been discovered in Kerala

A 100 million-year-old fish has been discovered in Kerala which is named after the dark and conflicted character of JRR Tolkien’s epic saga movie ‘Lord of the Rings’. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points ‘Aenigmachanna gollum’ belongs to an old family of fish, called dragon snakeheads, which retains its primitive characteristics after all these millennia.

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Suture zone in Ladakh is tectonically active, could alter earthquake study

The suture zone of the Himalayas or the Indus Suture Zone (ISZ) in the Ladakh region, where the Indian and Asian Plates are joined, has been found to be tectonically active, as against current understanding that it is a locked zone. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This could have major implications in terms of

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Arjun Munda launched two Centers of Excellence for Tribal Welfare

Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda launched two Centers of Excellence for Tribal Welfare. These centers were launched in collaboration between the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Art of Living through video conference. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The first initiative ‘Strengthening PRIs’ will be launched in 5 districts covering 30 Gram Panchayats

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AIM Launched India–Australia Circular Economy Hackathon (I-ACE)

AIM (Atal Innovation Mission), in association with CSIRO, is organizing a two-day hackathon on circular economy, ‘India–Australia Circular Economy Hackathon (I-ACE)’, on 7 and 8 December. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The idea of I-ACE was conceived during a virtual summit on 4 June, between the Indian and Australian prime ministers, exploring innovative ways

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Bundi: Architectural Heritage of a Forgotten Rajput Capital

The Ministry of Tourism’s Dekho Apna Desh Webinar series titled “Bundi: Architectural Heritage of a Forgotten Rajput Capital” on 24th October 2020 focused on Bundi, Rajasthan. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Bundi is a district in the Hadoti region of Rajasthan. Bundi was the erstwhile capital of Hada Rajput province known as Hadoti located

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Oaxaca – the khadi being woven in a Mexico village

Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked people to go vocal for local while shopping during the festival season, and particularly extolled the virtues of khadi – the handwoven cloth popularised by Mahatma Gandhi. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Khadi Oaxaca is a farm-to-garment collective which comprises around 400 families, which live and work on traditional

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The economic cost of being ‘filthy India’

US President Donald Trump referred to it as “filthy India” during the final presidential debate and India received a lot of unwanted attention. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points While he was talking with reference to the Paris Climate Accord, the attempt here is to look at the filth in terms of poor or inadequate

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World Polio Day 2020

World Polio Day is celebrated on October 24th. It was established by Rotary International to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk, who led the first team to develop a vaccine against poliomyelitis. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points As per the WHO, since 1980, the cases of wild poliovirus have decreased by over 99.9 per

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