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Trump Nominates Indian-American Manisha Singh as US Envoy To OECD

US President Donald Trump has nominated senior Indian-American diplomat Manisha Singh as his envoy to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Manisha Singh is currently serving as the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs at the State Department. Prior to that, she served as […]

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States seek GST compensation beyond 2022

Opposition-ruled states including Punjab, Kerala and Delhi pitched for extension of goods and services tax compensation to the states for two years beyond 2022 to tide over the crunch they may face in the post-Covid-19 scenario. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The State Ministers made this move due to the problems arising because of

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BRICS Foreign Ministers expected to brainstorm joint response to COVID-19

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will join his counterparts from Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa on Tuesday, as the BRICS grouping goes into a major brainstorming session to forge a joint response to counter the COVID-19 pandemic. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Ministerial video conference will be hosted by Russia, who is

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IIT Bhubabneswar developed multi-surface sanitizer

IIT Bhubaneswar has designed a safe and multi-surface sanatiser using UVC light for the disinfection of devices as India fights the threat posed by the coronavirus. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points When the infected object was placed into the chamber, it gets exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light. The object would be disinfected within 15

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Assam govt announced Rs.50 lakh insurance cover to journalists

The Assam Cabinet has approved insurance coverage to the tune of Rs 50 lakh for journalists, home guards and casual employees who succumb to COVID-19 while on duty. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Frontline journalists have been bravely covering COVID-19 against all odds by risking their lives. Earlier, the Assam state government had announced

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CSIR began anti-leprosy drug trial

Under this one particular formulation, called “Mycobacterium w (Mw)”, a heat-killed bacteria will be tried on different COVID-19 patients. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points CSIR has been granted approval to conduct the trial from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI). The trial has begun. CSIR is also trying phytopharmaceuticals and approaching the Drug

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Basava Jayanthi 2020

Basava Jayanthi was celebrated on 26 April annually in the honour of the birth of Vishwaguru Basaveshwara, the 12th-century philosopher and social reformer. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The day aims to spread Lord Basavanna’s works and his ideas around the world to make the world a better place. Basavanna was a 12th-century philosopher,

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IIT-Bombay student developed Ruhdaar

Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT)-Bombay, NIT Srinagar and Islamic University of Science & Technology (IUST), Awantipora, Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir have developed “Ruhdaar,” a low-cost ventilator using locally available materials. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This invention will solve the problem of the ventilator, which is the primary requirement to treat COVID-19 patients, as

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NAFED distributed about 6 lakh MT pulses to nearly 20 crore households for 3 months

A massive operation for transport and milling of pulses is underway in the country to distribute one kilogram of pulses to about twenty crore households for three months under the Prime Minister Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The massive operation includes the lifting of un-milled pulses from the godowns, getting

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COVID-19 may affect CNS causing loss of smell and taste

Scientists of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Jodhpur have explored the neuroinvasive nature of the COVID 19 virus SARS-CoV-2 highlighting that loss of smell and taste of infected patients makes their entire Central Nervous System (CNS) and the underlying structures in the brain more prone to viral infection with devastating effects. Daily Current Affairs Quiz

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