According to data provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the Lok Sabha, there has been a 72% increase in the number of arrests made under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in 2019 in relation to those made in 2015. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 As many as 1,948 persons were […]
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development in its report submitted to the Lok Sabha said that the Centre must increase the “meagre” pensions provided for poor senior citizens, widows and disabled people. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The panel also slammed the government’s “laxity in raising the amount, pointing out that recommendations to increase
Google celebrated the 89th birthday of renowned Indian professor and scientist Udupi Ramachandra Rao, remembered by many as “India’s Satellite Man.” Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Udupi Ramachandra Rao (1932 – 2017) was an Indian space scientist and chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation. He supervised the 1975 launch of India’s first satellite –“Aryabhata”-one
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the India-Bangladesh Friendship Bridge (Maitri Setu) over the Feni river at Sabroom in south Tripura. He also inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for eight other infrastructure projects together worth ₹ 3,518 crore. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The bridge ‘Maitri Setu’ has been built over Feni river which
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The Supreme Courtroom requested the federal government to elucidate why it had not arrange an “impartial surroundings regulator” to supervise inexperienced clearances. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The top court had ordered the setting up of a national environment regulatory body to ensure independent oversight of green clearances way back in July 2011 in Lafarge
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Finance Minister Manish Sisodia presented a ₹69,000 crore ‘Deshbhakti Budget’ for the 2021-22 fiscal replete with provisions seeking to inspire patriotism in the run up to the 75th Independence Day, free COVID vaccination, and a vision for “India at 2047”. This was an e-budget which he presented from his tablet. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021
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In a rally in April 2019 ahead of the Lok Sabha election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent a warning to the Trinamool. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Agri-voltaic system of 105 KW capacity was developed by ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur. This technology can increase the income of farmers by generation of electricity and
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A contract for construction and delivery of 11 ammunition-cum-torpedo-cum missile (ACTCM) barges has been concluded by the Ministry of Defence with Suryadipta Projects, Thane, on 05 March 2021. The delivery of barges is scheduled to commence from 22 May 2021. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Ammunition Cum Torpedo Cum Missile Barges will be inducted
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Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has achieved an important milestone in the development of an air independent propulsion (AIP) system. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The system is being developed by Naval Materials Research Laboratory (NMRL) of DRDO. AIP has a force multiplier effect on lethality of a diesel electric submarine as it enhances
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NITI Aayog and Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) India released a new report called ‘Mobilising Electric Vehicle Financing in India’. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The new report highlights the role of finance in India’s transition to electric vehicles (EVs) and analyses that the transition will require a total capital investment of $266 billion (₹19.7 lakh
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