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CGHS has declared the unmarried disabled sons of CGHS beneficiaries who have become disabled after attaining the age of 25 years, dependant and hence eligible for availing CGHS benefits subject to fulfilment of conditions laid down in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) Office Memorandum. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Ministry of […]
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The widely popular Khadi Face Masks are now available for online sale. This will benefit people in the remotest parts of the country particularly those who cannot afford to move out of their houses or visit Khadi India outlets due to constraints. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points KVIC is selling both Khadi Cotton and
The Union Cabinet has approved development of affordable rental housing complexes (AHRCs) for urban migrants or poor as a sub-scheme under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban. The scheme was announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as part of the Rs 20 lakh crore economic package to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Daily Current Affairs Quiz
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Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas for extension of time limit by three months w.e.f. 01.07.2020 for availing the benefits of “Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana” for Ujjwala beneficiaries. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Government had announced a relief package ” Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana”
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Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) is a welfare scheme announced by the Government of India. It was launched in March 2020 in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic in India by the Department of Food and Public Distribution under Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Under
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Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has launched BLUIS-Bhubaneswar Land Use Intelligence System. The system will help in preventing encroachments of government lands with the help of satellites. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Bhubaneswar Land Use Intelligence System is a geo-tagged repository of all the government lands in Bhubaneswar. The new technology is introduced because
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The World Bank and the Government of India signed the $750 million agreement for the MSME Emergency Response Programme. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The World Bank’s MSME Emergency Response Programme will address the immediate liquidity and credit needs of some 1.5 million viable MSMEs to help them withstand the impact of the current
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In its effort to improve the quality of roads, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to undertake performance assessment and ranking of the highways in the country. The assessment audit and ranking of the NHs is aimed to take corrective recourse, wherever needed, to improve the quality and provide higher level of
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Mylab Discovery Solutions has launched ‘Compact XL’ – India’s first machine to automate the manual processes of molecular diagnostic tests such as RT-PCR tests for Covid-19. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Compact XL is a compact bench-top machine that will automate lab processes from sample handling to preparing RT-PCR ready tubes. It is a
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When a person carrying a pathogen tests negative as reported several times during the Covid-19 pandemic. These results have come up during nasal swab testing of patients who have seemingly recovered from the disease but have later been found to be still carrying the virus. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Now, researchers have reported
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