John Hume, the visionary politician who won a Nobel Peace Prize for fashioning the agreement that ended violence in his native Northern Ireland, has died at 83. John Hume (1937 – 2020) was an Irish politician who served as the second Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) from 1979 to 2001. Daily […]
The Government of India has clarified that any foreign direct investment (FDI) in commercial coal mining from an entity of a country that shares land border with India will be allowed only after government approval. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Recently, the government modified its FDI policy according to which any entity of a
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The Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (eVIN) is an innovative technological solution aimed at strengthening immunization supply chain systems across the country. This is being implemented under National Health Mission (NHM) by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points eVIN aims to provide real-time information on vaccine stocks and flows, and
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Recently, Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $200 million financing package with Reliance Bangladesh LNG and Power Limited (RBLPL) to build and operate a 718MW gas-fired power plant in Bangladesh. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The plant is proposed to be located on land allotted by Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), in Meghnaghat,
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India’s infrastructure sector contracted at a slower pace in June compared to May aided by the relaxation in lockdown restrictions. However, barring fertilisers, other seven industries registered a decline in output, prompting independent economists to expect industrial production to again contract in June. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The output of eight core infrastructure
A trust named Indo Islamic Cultural Foundation’ and it will have 15 members have been constituted to build a mosque in Ayodhya, in line with Supreme Court verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Trust will be called the Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation. Nine trustees have been announced, while
World Sanskrit Day or Sanskrit Diwas is celebrated on Shraavana Poornima, which is the Poornima day that is on full moon day in the month of Shraavana in the Hindu calendar. This year Sanskrit Day falls on August 3rd. In 2019 it was celebrated on 15 August. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points World Sanskrit
Recently, China has convened a rare quadrilateral dialogue with the Foreign Ministers of their friendly countries – Afghanistan, Nepal and Pakistan, pledging to strengthen cooperation among the four nations in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic as well as boosting their economic recoveries, including through regional connectivity projects. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points China also
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Global models of tide, storm surge, and wave setup are used to obtain projections of episodic coastal flooding over the coming century. Recently, a study in journal Scientific reports made predictions that a large population and assets will be globally affected as a consequence of Sea Level Rise (SLR). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points
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