India gets ready to participate in the Russian Kavkaz 2020 strategic command-post exercise. All the bilateral and multilateral military exercises had been put on hold due to the global pandemic of COVID-19 and now their resumption is starting gradually. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Kavkaz 2020 – also referred to as Caucasus-2020 – […]
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Recently, the US-based Rockefeller Foundation has selected Naandi Foundation as one of the top 10 visionaries in the world for the Food Vision 2050 Prize. The award carries a cash prize of $200,000. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Rockefeller Foundation award recognised the application of the Arakunomics model in the regions of Araku,
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According to a new study, published in the peer-reviewed Taylor & Francis journal Biofuels, the plastic from used personal protective equipment (PPE) can, and should, be transformed into renewable liquid fuels. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The research describes a strategy for converting billions of items of disposable PPE from its plastic state into
Prime Minister of India has launched a debt financing facility under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund with a budget of ₹ 1 lakh crore. Under this, Farmer Producer Organisation Schemes, self-help groups and agri-entrepreneurs can take loans to build infrastructure for post-harvest management and community farming assets, like cold storage, collection centres and processing units. Daily
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The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is observed on 9 August each year to raise awareness and protect the rights of the world’s indigenous population. This Day also recognizes the achievements and contributions that indigenous people make to improve world issues such as environmental protection. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The day
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The 78th anniversary of Quit India Movement is being observed on 8 August 2020. On 8 Aug 1942, Mahatma Gandhi gave a clarion call to end the British rule and launched the Quit India Movement at the session of the All-India Congress Committee in Mumbai. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points On August 8, 1942,
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Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa has been sworn in as the country’s prime minister for the fourth time after his party secured a landslide victory in parliamentary elections that cemented his family’s hold on power. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points He will be administered the oath by his younger brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Mahinda
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Teams of rescuers from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), in their orange uniforms, are now a familiar sight at most of the natural calamities or man-made disasters in India. The NDRF was raised in 2006, initially with eight battalions, and now has 12 spread across the country. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Parliament
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According to the EnviStats India 2020 report released by the National Statistical Office (NSO), the average number of heat wave days in 2019 rose by 82.6 per cent year-on-year to 157. The report showed that the highest number of heat wave days were recorded in Rajasthan with 20 days, followed by Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand
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The government of India has expanded its Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) to cover loans given to larger firms as well as to self-employed people and professionals who have taken loans for business purposes. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme was rolled out in May as part of
