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Mahalaya marks the beginning of the Devipaksha and the end of the Pitrupaksha according to Hindu calendar. This year, Mahalaya Amavasya will be observed on September 17, 2020. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Pitru Paksha is a 16-lunar day period when Hindus pay homage to their ancestors through shradh prayers and food offerings. In […]
Kerala Forest Department, becoming the first to institutionalise snake handling in the country has framed guidelines for rescuing snakes from human dominated places and releasing them in uninhabited areas. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The move to certify snake handlers comes amid allegations of unscientific approaches by snake catchers that tend to create stress
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has developed an indigenously built signalling technology for metro trains in line with the government’s flagship ‘Make in India’ initiative. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The i-ATS (Automatic Train Supervision) is a computer-based system that manages train operation. This system is indispensable for high-density operations such as the metro,
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Health and Family Welfare Ministry has extended the ‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package Insurance Scheme’ for health workers fighting COVID-19 for another 180 days. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The scheme was announced on March 30 for 90 days and was extended for 90 days (up to September 25). This Central sector scheme provides
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Reserve Bank of India has proposed allowing foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) to undertake exchange-traded rupee interest rate derivatives transactions subject to an overall ceiling of Rs 5,000 crore. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Interest Rate Derivatives (IRDs) are contracts whose value is derived from one or more interest rates, prices of interest rate instruments,
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International Equal Pay Day is observed for the first time this 18 September, 2020 under an initiative by the UN, aims at highlighting the importance of achieving equal pay for work of equal value. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points On November 15, 2019, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming September 18 as
The Central Government has told the Delhi High Court that marriage between same sex couples was “not permissible” as it is not recognised by “our laws, legal system, society and our values”. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, said the 2018 judgment of the Constitution Bench of the
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Neurologists, neurosurgeons and psychiatrists in India can map the brain structure of their patients and make an accurate assessment using Indian Brain Templates (IBT) and a brain atlas developed by a team of neuroscientists from NIMHANS. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The neuroscientists studied over 500 brain scans of Indian patients to develop five
To provide a more effective way for enforcing mediated settlements of corporate disputes involving businesses in India and other countries the Singapore Convention on Mediation came into force. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Also known as the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation, this is also the first UN treaty
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Lok Sabha passed the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020 which seeks to deregulate food items, including cereals, pulses and onion, a move aimed at transforming the farm sector and raising farmers’ income. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Bill seeks to amend the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 and empowers the central government in terms
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