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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.
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
