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National Safety Day is observed on 4 March and a one week campaign is orgainsed from 4 March known as National Safety Week Campaign focusing on the safety measures that need to be taken to reduce any kind of mishaps and accidents. National Safety Day/Safety Week Campaign focuses on the importance of reduction of the […]
Om Birla has launched a national campaign from Kota, Rajasthan on March 1, 2020, to create malnutrition-free India. Om Birla launched “Suposhit Maa Abhiyan” will support adolescent girls and pregnant women in the country. The main objective of this campaign is to keep pregnant women and newborn health. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 In the
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North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan. The launches are Pyongyang’s first in 2020, coming after a three month break in missile testing that endured from late-November 2019. The two ballistic missiles were fired from near Wonsan, a city on North Korea’s east coast favored by leader Kim Jong Un
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The Minister of State of Culture and Tourism has informed Lok Sabha that India has submitted two nomination dossiers namely ‘Dholavira: A Harappan City’ and ‘Monuments and Forts of Deccan Sultanate’ for inclusion in the World Heritage List for the year 2020. It demonstrates a highly organised system of town planning with perfected proportions, street-pattern
The Minister of State for Defence gave information about the defence expenditure as a part of GDP in Rajya Sabha. The Defence Expenditure is increasing every year in absolute terms, implying higher spending. However, Defence Budget as a percentage of GDP may appear to be decreasing due to the increasing trend in the growth of
The Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) is on a name-changing spree in Jammu city has passed the resolutions to rename the Jammu Airport and the Jammu University after Hindu Dogra monarchs Maharaja Hari Singh and Maharaja Gulab Singh. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Maharaja Hari Singh was the last Dogra monarch, who acceded to India in
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India has won a deal worth USD 40 million to supply four indigenously-built weapon locating radar systems named “Swathi” to Armenia by beating Russian and Polish firms. The deal is for supplying four Swathi weapon locating radars developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and manufactured by the Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) to
The Minister of State (IC) for Tourism & Culture has launched the multilingual Incredible India website in New Delhi. The website is currently hosted in English and Hindi is now launched in Chinese, Arabic and Spanish to attract tourists from these regions. The objective of this website is to showcase various tourism products of India
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The Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Patanjali Bio Research Institute (PBRI), Haridwar at the National Agricultural Science Centre Complex. The MoU aims to foster the close interaction in research, capacity building, seed production, entrepreneurship and skill development. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 As per
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Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and IISC Bangalore recently unveiled a new explosive detection device named RaIDer-X on March 01, 2020. RaIDer-X can detect an explosive from a specific stand-off distance. It can also expand its capability to detect various explosives at a time in a pure form as well as with contaminated objects.
