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Govt launches Tree Plantation Campaign 2020 of the Coal Ministry

Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah launched the Tree Plantation Campaign “Vriksharopan Abhiyan” of the Ministry of Coal in the presence of Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Pralhad Joshi. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points During the launch event at his residence, the Union Home Minister inaugurated and laid the Foundation […]

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India holds the first ever INDSAT exam under ‘Study in India’ Programme

The Ministry of HRD conducted the first ever Indian Scholastic Assessment (Ind-SAT) Test 2020 under its ‘Study in India’ programme. Nearly five thousand candidates from Nepal, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Sri-Lanka, Kenya, Zambia, Indonesia and Mauritius appeared for the exam conducted in the proctored internet mode by the National Testing Agency. Daily Current

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EU leaders reach recovery deal after marathon summit

EU leaders have struck a deal on a huge post-coronavirus recovery package following a fourth night of talks. It involves €750bn (£677bn; $859bn) in grants and loans to counter the impact of the pandemic in the 27-member bloc. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The EU’s GDP is set to contract by close to 8

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National Broadcasting Day 2020

National Broadcasting Day is celebrated on 23rd July of every year across the country to commemorate the first ever radio broadcast aired in India on 23rd July 1927 from the Bombay Station of a private company, the Indian Broadcasting Company. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points On this day in 1927, the first ever radio

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PM Modi addressed virtual India Ideas Summit 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered the keynote address at the two days long (July 21-22) virtual India Ideas Summit 2020 which was hosted by US-India Business Council (USIBC) under the theme “Building a Better Future”. The year 2020 marked the 45th anniversary of the formation of the Council. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The

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Govt warns against use of N-95 masks with valved respirator

The Union Health Ministry has warned against the use of N95 masks with valved respirators, which is basically the raised plastic disk that is embedded in the fibre. In May, the San Francisco Department of Public Health had warned of the inappropriate usage of N95 masks. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points N95 masks are

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China to launch Mars probe in space race with US

China is aiming to launch a rover to Mars on a journey coinciding with a similar US mission as the powers take their rivalry into deep space. The two countries are taking advantage of a period when Earth and Mars are closest to send their probes, with China’s mission due to lift off and the

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Polar bears might disappear by 2100 due to melting ice & climate change

The Scientists have predicted for the first time when, where and how polar bears are likely to disappear and warning that if greenhouse gas emissions stay on their current trajectory all but a few polar bear populations in the Arctic will probably disappeared by 2100. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points By as early as

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AIIMS & IITs develop wrist band to track, monitor covid-19 patients

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur in collaboration with IIT Jodhpur and Indian Institute of Information Technology, Nagpur has indigenously designed and developed a ‘smart wrist band’ for tracking & monitoring of Covid-19 positive and suspect patients. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The wearable tracker’s major objective is to enable remote detection of

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Foundation Stone for Manipur Water Supply Project

Prime Minister of India has laid the foundation Stone for Manipur Water Supply Project on 23rd July 2020 through video conferencing. The Governor, Chief Minister of Manipur and his cabinet colleagues, MPs and MLAs are expected to join the program from Imphal. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Government of India initiated the Jal Jeevan

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