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Jnanpith Award Presented To Renowned Malayalam Poet Akkitham

Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri, a renowned Malayalam poet was conferred the Jnanpith award, the country’s highest literary award at a special function held at his house at Kumaranallur, near Palakkad. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Jnanpith Award is given by Bharatiya Jnanpith, a literary and research organization based in Delhi. It is given annually to […]

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Daily Current Affairs Quiz 26 September 2020

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Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2020

Time 100 is an annual listicle of the 100 most influential people in the world, assembled by the American news magazine Time. Recently the Magazine listed 100 Most Influential People of 2020’ includes five Indians who have made waves in the last one year. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Prime Minister Narendra Modi has

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Nuclear scientist Sekhar Basu passed away

Veteran atomic scientist and former chairman of Atomic Energy Commission Dr Sekhar Basu succumbed to COVID-19 on 24 September early at a private hospital. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points A mechanical engineer, Dr Basu is revered for his contributions to the country’s atomic energy programme. He was awarded Padma Shri in 2014. He had

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Shivangi Singh set to become India’s first woman fighter pilot to fly Rafale

Flight Lieutenant Shivangi Singh is set to become the first woman fighter pilot of India to fly the Rafale combat aircraft. She hails from Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi and commissioned into the Indian Air Force (IAF) in the year 2017 as part of the second batch of women fighter pilots. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points

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Centre notified new standards for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles

The road transport and highways ministry has notified new standards for safety evaluation of environment friendly hydrogen fuel cell-based vehicles. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Standards were notified through an amendment to Central Motor Vehicles Rules 1989. This would facilitate the promotion of Hydrogen Fuel Cell based vehicles in the country which are

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Age-Appropriate Fitness Protocols; Calls for regular exercise to stay fit and healthy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given a new-Mantra-“Fitness Ki Dose, Aadha Ghanta Roz”. He has urged the people to apply this principle in letter an spirit to stay fit and healthy. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Youth Ministry and Health Ministry together released Fitness protocols. Age Appropriate Fitness Protocols have been envisaged for

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Historian-author Rana Safvi got Yamin Hazarika award

Historian-author Rana Safvi has been conferred an award instituted in memory of Yamin Hazarika, the first woman from the Northeast to join the central police service. She published several books on culture, history, and monuments of India, which was chosen for her “contribution to the syncretic culture of India”. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points

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Nobel winners to get $110,000 more as prize money increased

The prestigious Nobel prizes Winners will receive an extra 1 million crowns ($110,000) this year. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel left around 31 million crowns – about 1.8 billion crowns in today’s money according to the Foundation – to fund the prizes, which have been awarded since 1901. The prize

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Barbados wants to remove Queen Elizabeth II as head of state

Barbados decided to retain the British monarch as head of state even after achieving independence. Queen Elizabeth II is the head of state in the UK and 15 other Commonwealth realms, including Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Caribbean nation aims to complete the process of becoming a republic

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