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NITI Aayog, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, and Invest India, is organizing a global virtual symposium ‘India PV EDGE 2020’, on 6 October 2020, from 5 pm to facilitate cutting-edge PV manufacturing in India. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points India has become the third-largest solar capacity country in the world and set an […]
Narendra Modi has paid tribute to revolutionary freedom fighter Shyamji Krishna Varma on his birth anniversary, and said he devoted himself towards India’s freedom and inspired many nationalists. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Shyamji Krishna Varma (1857 – 1930) was an Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and journalist. Indian Home Rule Society was an Indian
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Prime Minister Modi has inaugurated the Atal Tunnel at Rohtang at an altitude of above 3,000 metres in Himachal Pradesh. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The 9.02 Km long tunnel connects Manali to Lahaul-Spiti valley throughout the year. Earlier the valley was cut off for about 6 months each year owing to heavy snowfall.
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The Ministry of Defence had signed a contract with a Nagpur-based private entity for supply of 10 lakh of units indigenously designed and developed Multi-Mode Hand Grenades (MMHG) to the Indian Army at a cost of over Rs 400 crore. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points These grenades will be replacing the World War-II vintage
Prime Minister Modi participated in the Abhinandan program in Solang Valley, Himachal Pradesh. Earlier he dedicated to the nation the World’s longest Atal Tunnel at Rohtang and participated in the Abhar Samaroh at Sissu in Himachal Pradesh. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The project is proposed on the horse shoe curve of the Beas
Indraprastha Gas Limited, IGL, has announced a major cut in the selling prices of Compressed Natural Gas, CNG and Piped Natural Gas, PNG. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Indraprastha Gas Limited, is one of India’s leading natural gas distribution companies. IGL supplies natural gas as cooking and vehicular fuel. The company operates primarily in
The Centre has agreed in the Supreme Court to waive compound interest (interest on interest) charged on loans of up to Rs 2 crores for a six-month moratorium period announced due to the COVID-19 pandemic in a relief to individual borrowers and medium and small industries. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The government will
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Sports Authority of India (SAI) has released the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for high-performance athletes who had tested positive for Covid-19 and are currently training at different SAI centres. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points According to the new SOP, which has been defined as “Graduated Return to Play” (GRTP), all SAI officials and centres
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The Uttar Pradesh state government has started issuing significant press releases, especially the speeches of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, in Sanskrit language, besides English, Hindi and Urdu. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Sanskrit is an Old Indo-Aryan language of the ancient Indian subcontinent with a 3,500-year history. It is the primary sacred language of
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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressed an international webinar on textile traditions organized by ICCR. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and Uttar Pradesh Institute of Design organized the webinar on the theme “Weaving Relations: Textile Traditions.” The diversity in our textiles shows the richness of our culture.
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