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The World Hearing Day is observed with the aims to raise awareness on how to prevent deafness and hearing loss and promote ear and hearing care across the world. It is celebrated annually on March 3. The 2020 World Hearing Day theme is “Hearing for Life.” Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 The theme of 2020 […]
The World Wildlife Day is celebrated on 3rd March every year to promote the existence of wildlife on the planate Earth. The animals and plants that live in the wild have an intrinsic value and contribute to the ecological, genetic, social, economic, scientific, educational, cultural, recreational and aesthetic aspects of human well-being and to sustainable
The world economy is facing its worst performance since the financial crisis more than a decade ago as the spread of the corona virus increasingly dashes hopes of a swift rebound. Bank of America Corp. economists warned clients that they now expect 2.8% global growth this year, the weakest since 2009. Just weeks since most
Astronomers have discovered the biggest explosion seen since the begining of the universe, originating from a super-massive black hole. The blast is the biggest explosion seen since the Big Bang — the cosmologial model to describe a rapid expansion of matter and energy that created the observable universe. The explosion reportedly released five times more
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The retirement age of Punjab government employees will be reduced to 58 years from 60 years currently, a move intended to offer more employment opportunities to young people. The announcement in this regard was made by state Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal while presenting a Rs 1.54 lakh crore budget for 2020-21. Daily Current Affairs
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The Zero Discrimination Day is celebrated on 1 March. On this day People celebrate the right of everyone to live a full and productive life—and live it with dignity. Zero Discrimination Day highlights how people can become informed about and promotes inclusion, compassion, peace and, above all, a movement for change. Zero Discrimination Day is
The Forest Man of India, Padma Shri Jadav Payeng has conferred with the prestigious Swami Vivekananda Karmayogi Award on February 29 in New Delhi. The arward is instituted by My Home India for his consistent efforts in creating a real man-made forest through massive reforestation. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Padma Shri Jadav ‘Molai’ Payeng
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The Bihar Assembly unanimously passed a resolution requesting the Centre to hold the 2021 census on the basis of caste. This is the second time Bihar has passed this resolution in the recent past. On February 18, 2019, too, it had passed the same resolution. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Bihar Assembly passed a resolution
Bengaluru has accounted for the highest number of digital transactions in India in 2019, followed by Chennai, Mumbai and Pune, while United Payments Interface (UPI) was the most preferred mode of payment. Bengaluru was the leading city in digital transactions in 2018 as well. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 UPI was followed by debit cards,
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The Union Cabinet has approved the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2020, on 26 February. The Bill will allow widows and divorced women to be surrogate mothers. The Bill has incorporated all recommendations made by the Rajya Sabha Select Committee. The amended Bill is the reformed version of the draft legislation, which was passed by Lok Sabha
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