The Indus and Ganges River dolphins are both classified as A. Vulnerable species B. Endangered species C. Critically Endangered species D. None of these Explanation: In a recent detailed analysis of South Asian river dolphins has revealed that the Indus and Ganges River dolphins are not one, but two separate species. Currently, Indus and Ganges […]
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Where the headquarters of National Environment Engineering and Research Institute is located? A. Delhi B. Karnataka C. Nagpur D. Bengaluru Explanation: The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has divested Rakesh Kumar, Director, National Environment Engineering and Research Institute (NEERI) in Nagpur of his post and transferred him to its headquarters in Delhi. NEERI
When Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) was founded? A. 1983 B. 1986 C. 1989 D. 1998 Explanation: The Supreme Court has said in a judgment that extortion money paid to a terrorist organisation to protect one’s business is not terror funding. The Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) has made
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Current Affairs 13 April 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. Paying extortion money is not terror funding The Supreme Court has said in a judgment that extortion money paid to a terrorist organisation to protect one’s
Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier also called the “Doomsday Glacier” is a matter of grave concern due to its enormous potential to raise the sea level which will be caused by its melting due to the warm water underneath which was overlooked in past. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Thwaites Glacier is 120 km wide at
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Egypt announced the discovery of what is being touted as the most important find since the unearthing of King Tutankhamun’s tomb almost 100 years ago. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 A three-millennia-old “lost golden city” from the era of 18th-dynasty king Amenhotep III, who ruled ancient Egypt from 1391 to 1353 B.C., was found in
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The United Arab Emirates named the next two astronauts in its space programme including the country’s first female astronaut. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Noura al-Matroushi has been identified as the UAE’s first woman astronaut, with her male counterpart as Mohammed al-Mulla. The two will undergo training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
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Union Minister of Education Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ presented the AICTE Lilavati Awards 2020 on women empowerment to the winners in New Delhi. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 With women empowerment as the theme, the objective of the award is to create awareness about issues like sanitation, hygiene, health, nutrition, literacy, employment, technology, credit, marketing,
Stiff resistance from at least 12 villages in Meghalaya has cast a cloud on a 210 MW hydroelectric project on Umngot, considered India’s clearest river. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The villages are near the border with Bangladesh in East Khasi Hills district but the dam is proposed upstream in the adjoining West Jaintia Hills
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The Supreme Court has asked the Centre and four states, including Maharashtra and Gujarat, to file their response within three weeks on a plea seeking a direction to repeal the provisions criminalising begging. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 A bench of justices Ashok Bhushan and R Subhash Reddy noted in its order that though a
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