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The Rajya Sabha passed POCSO Bill 2019 on 24 July, Act by including death penalty for aggravated sexual assault on children, besides providing stringent punishments for other crimes against minors. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 The POCSO Bill will now be sent to the Lok Sabha for its approval. The Protection of Children from Sexual […]
A new India-UK bilateral scheme has been launched on pilot basis to support Britain’s universities to collaborate with Indian partners to facilitate United Kingdom (UK) students to visit India during their studies. UKERI stands for ‘UK-India Education Research Initiative’. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 About UKEIRI Mobility Programme It is an initiative of Universities UK
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National Payments Corporation of India or NPCI ties up with JCB for global RuPay card. Banks including State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Axis Bank, Union Bank of India, Central Bank of India, Andhra Bank, City Union Bank, and TJSB Bank will issue these cards, which will be accepted in India at all POS
Kumaraswamy resigns as Karnataka CM after the alliance lost a vote of confidence in the Assembly, setting the stage for the BJP’s return to power in the southern state. The political drama capped a 14-month long turbulent tenure in the state. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 After losing the trust vote and flouting a number
The Government had constituted an Inter-Ministerial Committee on Virtual Currencies on 2.11.2017 under the Chairmanship of Secy (EA), with Secy (MeiTY), Chairman (SEBI) and Dy. Governor, RBI as Members. The Group’s report, along with a Draft Bill has been received by the Government. This Report and Draft Bill will now be examined in consultation with
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Reserve Bank of India or RBI assigned BP Kanungo to run the monetary policy portfolio. The monetary policy department, including forecasting and modelling unit, was earlier looked after by Acharya, who ended his stint as the deputy governor after last month’s surprise resignation where the outspoken academic chose to cut short his time in office.
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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited or HAL delivers Chetak helicopter to Indian Navy. HAL entered into a contract with the Indian Navy in August 2017 for the supply of eight Chetak helicopters with the delivery schedule of first two in August 2019 and the balance in August 2020. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 HAL has been producing
Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Railways, PiyushGoyal, launchedthe Global Innovation Index (GII) 2019 in New Delhi. India Ranked 52nd in Global Innovation Index-2019. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Speaking on this occasion Commerce and Industry Minister first congratulated all those involved in the process and said that India has made a significant progress
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The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and all field offices will be observing and celebrating the 159th Income Tax Day i.e. Aaykar Diwas on 24th July, 2019. It was on 24th July, 1860 that Income Tax was introduced for the first time in India by Sir James Wilson to compensate for the losses incurred
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Shiva Thapa became India’s first gold medallist at the President’s Cup boxing tournament after getting a walkover in the finals in Astana, Kazakhstan. Making his international debut in the newly-introduced Olympic category of 63kg, Thapa was to fight Kazakhstan’s Zakir Safiullin in the summit clash but his opponent had to pull out due to injury.
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