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US Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, who is widely expected to be confirmed by Republican lawmakers before the November 3 election, has described “originalism” or interpreting the country’s Constitution as per the intentions of its 18th-century founding leaders as her legal philosophy. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Originalism means interpreting the country’s Constitution […]
World Statistics Day is celebrated on 20 October each year. Created by the United Nations Statistical Commission, it was first celebrated on 20 October 2010. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The celebration of World Statistics Day 2020 is a global collaborative endeavour, organized under the guidance of the United Nations Statistical Commission. The Statistics
India ranks 94 among 107 countries in Global Hunger Index 2020. According to the GHI report, with a score of 27.2, India has a level of hunger that is “serious”. According to the study, 14% of India’s population is undernourished. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Last year, India’s rank was 102 out of 117
BRAHMOS, the supersonic cruise missile was successfully test fired today from Indian Navy’s indigenously-built stealth destroyer INS Chennai, hitting a target in the Arabian Sea. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points BRAHMOS as a prime strike weapon will ensure the warship’s invincibility by engaging naval surface targets at long ranges, thus making the destroyer another
Nine States and Union Territories have been selected for upgradation to Khelo India State Centre of Excellence (KISCE). The States and UTs include Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry, Tripura and Jammu and Kashmir. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The States and UTs include Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh, Goa, Haryana, Himachal
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Israel and Bahrain have formally established diplomatic relations after signing the US brokered deal in Arab country’s capital Manama. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The two countries are now expected to open embassies. Bahrain is now the fourth Arab country in the Middle East – after the UAE, Egypt and Jordan – to recognise
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The Eighth Edition of annual Indian Navy (IN) – Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) bilateral maritime exercise SLINEX-20 is scheduled off Trincomalee, Sri Lanka from 19 to 21 October 2020. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The previous edition of SLINEX was conducted off Visakhapatnam in September 2019. SLINEX-20 aims to enhance inter-operability, improve mutual understanding
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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is going to conduct its first-ever Open Market Operation (OMO) purchase of State Developments Loans (SDLs) on 22nd October. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The OMOs worth ten thousand crore rupees will be conducted as a special case during the current financial year with an aim to improve liquidity
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Prime Minister of India has expressed grief over the demise of Dr Joseph Mar Thoma, the spiritual head of the Marthoma Christian community who passed away. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church is often shortened to Mar Thoma Church and is also known also as the Reformed Syrian Church
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Maharashtra’s ‘Buldhana Pattern’ of water conservation’ has won national recognition and the NITI Aayog is in the process of formulating National Policy on water conversation based on it. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Synchronisation of national highway construction and water conservation was achieved for the first time in Buldhana district, by using soil from
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