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Power Ministry to ask PGCIL to set up central transmission utility

Power Ministry to ask PGCIL to set up central transmission utility

The power ministry has asked state-owned Power Grid Corporation to set up a central transmission utility with separate accounting and board structure. PGCIL is engaged in power transmission business with the responsibility of planning, implementation, operation and maintenance of Inter-State Transmission System. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points PGCIL is engaged in power transmission business […]

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United States mulling over restoring GSP status for India

United States mulling over restoring GSP status for India

United States is mulling over restoring India’s beneficiary status under its trade preference programme Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) on receiving a counterbalancing proposal from New Delhi. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer reported US were in negotiations with India and took away the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) status of

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Trump signs into law bill to punish China over crackdown on Uyghur Muslims

Trump signs into law bill to punish China over crackdown on Uyghur Muslims

US President Donald Trump has signed into law a legislation that condemns the gross human rights violations of Uyghur minority groups in China’s restive Muslim-majority. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act, 2020 holds accountable the perpetrators of human rights violations and abuses such as the systematic use of indoctrination

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NASA Astronauts Launch from America in Historic Test Flight of SpaceX Crew Dragon

NASA Astronauts Launch from America in Historic Test Flight of SpaceX Crew Dragon

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronauts have launched from American soil in a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft on its way to the International Space Station. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley lifted off on the company’s Falcon 9

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NIF developed ten varieties of Anthurium

NIF developed ten varieties of Anthurium

National Innovation Foundation-India (NIF) developed ten varieties of Anthurium, a flower with high market value, by cross-pollination. It was developed by D Vasini Bai, a women innovator from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. She had developed large and medium-size flowers with uncommon color combinations of spathe and spadix. This institution has developed a new method for raising the seedlings in limited space using

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World Book Day is observed on 23 April

World Book Day is observed on 23 April

World Book Day is observed on 23 April. The day is celebrated by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and other related organizations. The global celebration of books and reading material is observed in more than 100 countries. This day is also known as World Copyright day.  Aim:The World Book is celebrated to recognize the scope of books as a

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