Current Affairs February 2021

Skill Ministry Launched Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship Programme

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) launched Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship (MGNF) programme in partnership with nine Indian Institutes’ of Management (IIM) across India. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The fellows under MGNF will acquire academic expertise and technical competency in understanding the overall skill ecosystem along with being attached to District Skill […]

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“Mushaira” to be organised by Union Ministry of Minority Affairs

Union Ministry of Minority Affairs will organise “Mushaira” on the theme of “Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat” in New Delhi on 20th February 2021 where renowned poets of the country will present their couplet. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Mushaira is a poetic symposium. It is an event (called mehfil, mushairi) where poets gather to recite

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11th edition of ‘Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav’

The Governor of West Bengal, Jagdeep Dhankhar in the presence of Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Culture and Tourism, Prahlad Singh Patel inaugurated the 11th Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav 14 at Cooch Behar Palace at Cooch Behar in West Bengal. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav is the flagship festival of this Ministry

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Indian Astronomers Detect Huge Optical Flare from Super Massive Black Hole

Indian astronomers have reported one of the strongest flares from a feeding super massive black hole or blazar called BL Lacertae, analysis of which can help trace the mass of the black hole and the source of this emission. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Blazars or feeding supermassive black holes in the heart of distant

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Top 10 Current Affairs – 14 February 2021

Daily Current Affairs 14 February 2021 is the most important area from which a major share of questions come in SSC, Railway, state government recruitment exams, UPSC prelims and mains. We are trying our best to create daily national and international Current Affairs articles from various newspapers, journals, magazines, TV etc. A puppet master with

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A puppet master with a chip in the brain

When tradition meets modernity, the result can sometimes be amazing. A puppet with robotic movements may not sound very charming but in a melding of traditional art and cutting edge technology, a shadow leather puppet in Kerala’s famous temple art Tholpavakkoothu is being animated by a robot. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Tholpavakoothu is a

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Inter-caste marriages the way forward to reduce communal tensions

Educated youngsters are showing the way forward to reduce caste and community tensions in India by tying the knot in intermarriages, the Supreme Court said in a judgment. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Educated younger boys and girls are choosing their life partners, which, in turn, is a departure from the earlier norms of society

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Excess alcohol intake can irreversibly change DNA

It is common knowledge that excessive alcohol consumption is bad for health. But the assumption that all the damage can be set right after a person stops drinking is not true, according to researchers from NIMHANS. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Excessive alcohol consumption can cause irreversible changes to the DNA and these can persist

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Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill 2021

Lok Sabha gave its nod to Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill 2021. The Bill contains provisions to deal with domestic and international arbitration. It defines law for conducting conciliation proceedings. The Bill replaces an Ordinance with the same provisions promulgated on 4th November last year. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment)

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The Farakka ‘lock’ and hilsa

It has been reported that an old project to facilitate the movement of hilsa upstream along the Ganga to its spawning grounds of yore may come to fruition this year. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 In scientific parlance, the hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha) is an anadromous fish. That is, it lives most of its life in

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