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Election Commission of India organized International Webinar

The Election Commission of India organized an International Webinar on 21st September 2020, on the Theme ‘‘Issues, Challenges and Protocols for Conducting Elections during COVID-19 : Sharing Country Experiences’ on its completion of one year of Chairmanship of the Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Association of World […]

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AYUSH Ministry signed MoU with MoWCD for Controlling Malnutrition

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Ministry of AYUSH and Ministry of Women and Child Development in New Delhi for controlling Malnutrition as a part of POSHAN Abhiyaan. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The MoU will see some time-tested and scientifically proven Ayush-based solutions being adopted for controlling malnutrition in the country.

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Lok Sabha passed the Foreign Contribution Amendment Bill, 2020

The Lok Sabha passed the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2020 even as the Opposition raised concerns that the legislation may be used to target political opponents and religious minorities. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Bill seeks to streamline the provisions of the FCRA by strengthening the compliance mechanism, enhancing transparency and accountability

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Rajya Sabha passed two contentious agriculture bills

The Rajya Sabha descended into chaos as the House passed two contentious agriculture bills amid a prolonged outpouring of anger by the opposition parties. The two ordinances – Farmers’ and Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 and Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 – were

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Daily Free Mock Test – 1 August | Data interpretation & Data sufficiency Test – 6

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Daily Current Affairs Quiz 21 September 2020

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Daily Current Affairs Quiz 20 September 2020

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India’s first CRISPR Covid-19 test approved for use in India

The Tata CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) test, powered by CSIR-IGIB (Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology) FELUDA, received regulatory approvals today from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for commercial launch, as per ICMR guidelines, meeting high quality benchmarks with 96% sensitivity and 98% specificity for detecting the novel coronavirus. Daily

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Bacterial outbreak in Lanzhou city in China

Thousands of people in northwest China’s Lanzhou city have tested positive for a bacterial infection. The outbreak was caused by a leak at a state-owned biopharmaceutical company making animal vaccines last year. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Brucellosis is a bacterial disease that mainly infects cattle, swine, goats, sheep and dogs. Humans can get

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BAC holds meeting to discuss legislative business

The Business Advisory Committee (BAC) of Parliament held a meeting to discuss the legislative business and other issues related to the ongoing Monsoon Session. The BAC consists of 15 members including the Speaker who is the ex-officio Chairperson. The members are nominated by the Speaker. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points In practice, a new

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