A joint committee has been appointed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Zone to look into allegations of unauthorised construction activity taking place in Mekedatu, where the Karnataka government had proposed to construct a dam across the Cauvery River. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Acting suo motu based on a media report, the NGT […]
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The Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code, simply known as the new rules for social media platforms and digital news outlets came into effect. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The guidelines had asked all social media platforms to set up a grievances redressal and compliance mechanism, which included appointing a resident grievance officer, chief
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The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) recently announced crossing the milestone of Rs 6 lakh crore (Rs 6 trillion) of Assets Under Management (AUM) under the National Pension System (NPS) and Atal Pension Yojana (APY), after 13 years. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The AUM growth of last Rs 1 trillion has been
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The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued guidelines that ensure service time of not more than 10 seconds per vehicle even during peak hours at the toll plazas on the National Highways to enhance smooth and quick passage of vehicles. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 NHAI has successfully transitioned to 100% cashless tolling
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US President Joe Biden will visit the city of Tulsa in Oklahoma state, in honour of the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre, known among the worst incidents of racial strife in American history. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 In 1921, from the evening of May 31 until the afternoon of June 1, a
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India’s largest statue of the Reclining Buddha was to have been installed at the Buddha International Welfare Mission temple in Bodh Gaya on the event of Buddha Jayanti. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The giant 100-foot fibreglass statue, built over three months by a team of 22 artisans in Kolkata, remains a fascinating work of
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The Indian youth too are being influenced by recent trends. Compared to a decade ago, youth are now marrying later in life. Lokniti-CSDS Youth Studies in 2016 and 2007 show the proportion of married youth decreased by eight percentage points from 55% in 2007 to 47% in 2016. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 As one
With tobacco smoking causing 7.7 million deaths, including 1 in 5 deaths in males worldwide it was reviled that the number of smokers worldwide has increased to 1.1 billion in 2019. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 China (26·5 million), India (19·8 million), and Indonesia (9·91 million) are among the top three countries with the largest
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Ayush Ministry recently launched the Ayush Clinical Case Repository (ACCR) portal and the third version of AyushSanjivani App. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 This portal aims to aggregate information about clinical outcomes achieved by Ayush practitioners on a large scale. It is expected to document the strengths of Ayush systems for treatment of various disease
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The Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) announced to set up One-Stop Centres (OSC) which aimed at supporting women affected by violence in public and private spaces, in foreign missions in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The first 10 OSCs will be introduced in Australia, Canada, Singapore,
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