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The Economic Advisory Council of the Fifteenth Finance Commission will meet on 23-24 April, 2020. It will be an online meeting presided by Chairman of the 15th Finance Commission, Shri N. K. Singh and attended by all the Members and Senior Officials of the Finance Commission. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The meeting will […]
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The Border Roads Organisation has completed the construction of a key bridge in Arunachal Pradesh that will allow the speedier movement of men and logistics material towards the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Bridge on the Daporijo River is a strategic link towards the Line of Actual
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City Union Bank reappointed N Kamakodi as the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Bank. The appointment was approved by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 20 April. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Kamakodi’s reappointment is for a further period of three years with effect. The reappointment will be
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Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare has launched the COVID India Seva, which provided an interactive platform to establish a direct channel of communication with millions of Indians amid the pandemic. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The initiative is aimed at enabling transparent e-governance delivery in real-time and answering citizen queries swiftly, at
In order to effectively track the home-quarantines citizens and ensure they are actually staying in the home, a mobile application named Saiyam has been developed by the Pune Municipal Corporation under Smart Cities Mission (SCM). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The app has been developed to monitor home quarantined citizens. The city administration has
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Minister of Health and Family Welfare of India has participated in the video conference of the Health Ministers of G20 countries. During that conference, Forge cooperation and mutually respectful and useful collaborations to deal with COVID-19 disease. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The 19-member countries apart from European Union (EU) of G20 are Argentina,
Union Government has created an online data pool of doctors including AYUSH doctors, nurses and other health care professionals, volunteers from NYKs, NCC NSS, PMGKVY, ex Servicemen etc. for use by the ground level administration at state, district or municipal levels. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The information has been uploaded on a dashboard
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In an Order today, clause 14(v) of the consolidated revised guidelines, relating to E-commerce companies has been excluded. In this regard it is again clarified that while operations of e-commerce companies for non-essential goods stands prohibited, however they will continue to operate for essential goods as has been allowed earlier and continue to be allowed
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Researchers at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) have discovered hundreds of Li-rich giant stars indicating that Li is being produced in the stars and accounts for its abundance in the interstellar medium. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The researches have also associated such Li enhancement with central He-burning stars, also known as red
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Chinese Language Day is observed on 20 April to educate people about the history of the Chinese language. The day highlights the contribution of Chinese literature, poetry, and language in world culture. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The United Nations (UN) observes the Chinese Language Day to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity. The UN
