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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will make cheque payments safer and reduce instances of frauds by the introducing of new ‘Positive Pay’ mechanism. Issuers will be able to send all details to their bank, thereby ensuring faster clearance of cheques above Rs 50,000. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points All cheques will be processed as […]
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Indian Railways has generated more than 5.5 lakhs mandays of work under Gareeb Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan in 6 States namely Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points On 20th June 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan to empower and provide livelihood
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Prime Minister has unveiled the ambitious National Digital Health Mission (NDHM), under which every Indian will get a health ID that will ease access to medical services has been rolled out on a pilot mode in six union territories. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The six Union Territories where the mission has been rolled
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The Union Territory of Puducherry celebrated its 59th anniversary of the “De-Jure”day. It was on August 16, 1962, the “De-Jure”(The Legal Merger of the UT with the Indian Union) was effected after the French parliament ratified the “Treaty of cession”. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points But the treaty of cession signed between the French
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The government of India has set up a committee to reconsider the minimum age for the marriage of girls, which is currently 18 years. During the times of the British colonial rule, the legal minimum age of marriage was set at 14 for girls and 18 for boys. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Currently,
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NTPC has developed an infrastructure at Rihand project in Uttar Pradesh to transport fly ash in bulk to cement plants, located at distance, at a cheaper cost. The development is in line with NTPC’s commitment towards 100 percent utilization of fly ash from power plants. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The effort marks the
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Indian Railways’ North East Frontier Railway zone has constructed the world’s tallest pier bridge in the North-Eastern state of Manipur. The bridge which is being constructed across river Ijai near Noney is an engineering marvel because the tallest pier height will be of 141 meter. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points It will surpass the
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) to Yale School of Public Health for its SalivaDirect COVID-19 diagnostic test, which uses a new method of processing saliva samples when testing for COVID-19 infection. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The inexpensive test, called SalivaDirect, developed by a team from the
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Centre has announced to assist the Union Territory Government of Jammu & Kashmir to establish Grievance Portal in each of the 20 districts of the UT. To implement this initiative, it has been decided that Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (ARPG), Government of India will further enhance the ongoing collaboration with the Jammu
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The 4th Session of the BRICS Anti-Drug Working Group comprising of Brazil, Russia, China, South Africa and India was held. This year’s session, held over video conference on August 12, 2020, was chaired by Russia. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Fruitful exchange of opinions concerning the drug situation in the BRICS states, the international
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