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National Handloom Day is observed on 7 August each year to honour the handloom community and acknowledge their contribution to India’s socio-economic development. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Swadeshi movement was launched on the same day in 1905, and the date is now an occasion to pay tribute to handloom weavers and artisan communities […]
Global Forgiveness Day is observed on July 7 each year to forgive and be forgiven in order to lead a happy and peaceful life. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 This day reminds us that forgiving people helps to wash away all painful sins and begin a new journey. Global Forgiveness Day is observed to celebrate
The government of India took the first step towards doing away with the contentious retrospective tax law of 2012, which was used to raise large tax demands on foreign investors like Vodafone and Cairn Energy, and blamed for vitiating India’s investment climate. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister introduced the
The VOC Port Trust has become the first major port in the country to deploy e-cars. It has inducted three Tata Xpres-T electric vehicles in the first phase. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 These cars have been supplied by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a Joint venture of Public Sector Undertaking (PSU), under Ministry of
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Tunisia faces its biggest turmoil as President Kais Saied suspended Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and Parliament after ten years of democracy and multiple leaders struggling. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The President stated that the move was taken amidst the economic trouble the country has been facing for years and the government’s mishandling of the
Tribal Co-operative Marketing Federation of India (TRIFED) to set up Atmanirbhar Corner in Indian missions and embassies around the world. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The corner will be an exclusive space to promote GI tagged tribal art and craft products besides natural and organic products. India enacted the Geographical Indications (Registration and Protection Act),
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The Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, announced the results of the First MK Bhan Fellowship-Young Researcher Fellowship Programme (MKB-YRFP). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Department established the MK Bhan Fellowship-Young Researcher Fellowship Programme (MKB-YRFP) with an aim to encourage young bright researchers below 35 years of age
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Ministry of Road Transport & Highways informed that the share of natural gas in the primary energy mix is envisaged to increase to 15% by 2030 by boosting domestic production and procuring LNG. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 LNG imports are under Open General Licensing (OGL) category and establishment of LNG infrastructure, including LNG terminals,
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Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) recently secured Patent registration for its innovative plastic-mixed handmade paper developed to reduce plastic menace from nature. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The patent certificate was issued to KVIC’s Kumarappa National Handmade Paper Institute (KNHPI), Jaipur, on 2nd August 2021, by the Controller of Patent, Intellectual Property of India.
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The Swarnim Vijay Varsh Victory Flame was taken to Cellular Jail at Port Blair in Andaman & Nicobar Islands to mark the 50th anniversary celebrations of India’s victory in the 1971 war. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Cellular Jail proudly stands as a symbol of India’s freedom struggle. Also known as Kālā Pānī, the
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