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Recently, two farmers in South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal are betting on the pokkali number of rice from Kerala to tide over a crisis-like scenario created by extreme seawater incursion into paddy fields in huge areas of the Sundarbans after the cyclone Amphan hit West Bengal. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The […]
Pokkali rice seedlings travel from Kerala to the Sunderbans Read More »
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order barring federal agencies from hiring H-1B visa holders and other foreign workers in place of US citizens or green card holders. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows USA companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that
Trump signs executive order against hiring H1B visa holders for federal contracts Read More »
Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) reported that the rainfall during the season’s second half (August-September) will likely be 100% of LPA with a model error of +/-8%, and for the season as a whole 96% (+/-4%). The Monsoon precipitation intensified in July, allowing overall rainfall to be 104% of the benchmark Long Period Average (LPA) for
Rainfall during August and September is likely to be 104% of the LPA Read More »
Goa joined the MyGov Citizen Engagement Platform for enabling participative governance on 4th August 2020. “MyGov Goa portal will go a long way in strengthening public participation in the governance process and allow the state to connect to nationwide audience allowing citizens to participate in different forums and give their view/inputs on government policies/schemes. Daily
National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), Ministry of Home Affairs in collaboration with India Meteorological Department organised a webinar series on “Hydro-Meteorological Hazards Risk Reduction”from July 14 to August 4. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The webinar series include four webinars focusing on issues apropos of Thunderstorms and Lightning, Cloudburst and Floods, Cyclones and
NIDM concluded a webinar series on Hydro-Meteorological Hazard Risk Reduction Read More »
Recently, government of India has released Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHC) Knowledge Pack. This includes MoUs to be signed with States and Union Territories to provide ease of living to urban migrants in the country. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Union Cabinet had approved ARHC as a sub scheme under Pradhan Mantri Awas
Government released Affordable Rental Housing Complexes Knowledge Pack Read More »
Multiple explosions have occurred in the city of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon on 4 August 2020. The blasts occurred at the Port of Beirut and left at least 100 people dead more than 4,000 injured, and many more missing. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The explosion, according to the Lebanon government, was of
Health and Family Welfare Ministry has launched ‘Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan, 2020-21. This initiative is a national programme for popularizing science among school students of Class 6th to 11th. It was designed to identify the bright minds with a scientific aptitude among the student community. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan (VVM) is
Government launched Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan 2020-21 Read More »
Sashidhar Jagdishan has named as the new chief executive officer of HDFC Bank Ltd., India’s largest private lender. The Reserve Bank of India has approved Jagdishan’s candidature from a list of three potential chief executives suggested by the board of the private lender, according to the private lender’s press release on the stock exchange. Daily
Sashidhar Jagdishan appointed as the HDFC Bank’s New CEO Read More »
Recently, Government of India has blocked Baidu Search and Weibo, among the most influential apps of China and dubbed as the country’s answer to Google search and Twitter respectively in India. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Baidu, Inc. is a Chinese multinational technology company specializing in Internet-related services and products and artificial intelligence (AI),
