The West Bengal government decided to set up a Legislative Council (Vidhan Parishad), as per a decision taken up at the Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 West Bengal had a two-House or a bicameral system of legislature till it was abolished by the United Front government in […]
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Recently Cyclone Tauktae wreaked havoc in parts of Maharashtra and Gujarat when it traveled past the coast of Mumbai and made its landfall in Gujarat. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Indian Navy and the Coast Guard launched a rescue mission after four vessels went adrift off the Mumbai coast due to inclement weather and
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The All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and UP Sunni Central Waqf Board, alleged that the administration in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki pulled down a mosque and demanded a judicial probe be conducted. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board (or U.P. Sunni Waqf Board) is a body constituted under The
Cairn Energy has brought a lawsuit in a US court that potentially can lead to seizing of Air India’s overseas assets such as airplanes to recover USD 1.72 billion from the Indian government which an international arbitration tribunal had awarded after overturning levy of retrospective taxes. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The term retrospective means
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According to the latest estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) published in Environment International, long working hours led to 7.45 lakh deaths from stroke and ischemic heart disease in 2016, a 29% increase since 2000. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 In a first global analysis of the loss
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the Ministry of Culture (MoC), Government of India organised a series of panel discussions to reflect upon the reimagined priorities of the culture sector especially in the context of the worldwide Covid pandemic, and the role of museums therein. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 A museum is a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of
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A Chinese-funded tax-free enclave billed as Sri Lanka’s answer to Dubai and Singapore cleared the final legal hurdle as the Supreme Court in Colombo ruled it could go ahead with only minor tweaks. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The largest single foreign investment in Sri Lanka is one of several massive Asian infrastructure projects funded
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The Government of India brought changes in the existing Customs (Import of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty) Rules, IGCR 2017 to boost trade facilitation. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has introduced changes through the Customs (Import of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty) Amendment Rules, 2021.
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) is going to unveil a system of naming viruses that would be inspired by the way tropical storms are named. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The initiative, similar to how hurricanes are labelled, seeks to remove stigma. It will also be easier for the lay public to remember rather than
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Recently, European Medicines Agency’s human medicines committee (CHMP) has recommended a change to the approved storage conditions of Comirnaty, the COVID-19 vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer that will facilitate the handling of the vaccine in vaccination centers across the European Union (EU). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 With the new recommendations, an unopened thawed
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