FIFA postpones U-17 Women’s World Cup
FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup has postponed by the football’s world governing body due to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic. The women’s age group showpiece was to be held at five venues in India from November 2-21. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 The decision was taken by the FIFA-Confederations working group which was recently established by
MSME Technology Centres contributing in a big way in fight against COVID19
The country right now is fighting with novel corona virus at many levels. Eighteen operational Technology centres, autonomous bodies under Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), are also playing their role and contributing in the fight with COVID19. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Central Footwear Training Institute (CFTI) Chennai procured and installed hot
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Risk of massive Blackout on 5th April
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked citizens to turn the lights off in their homes for 9 minutes on Sunday (5 April) starting at 9pm. This is simple gesture for households to follow but the national electricity grid which meets India’s power needs has a lot of work to do maintain reliable power supply during
Smooth harvesting of Rabi Crop and sowing of summer crop
The Department of Agriculture Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Government of India is taking several measures for smooth harvesting of Rabi Crop and sowing of summer crop for ensuring that the farmers do not suffer from any adverse fall out during the lockdown period. The conference was conducted with all States and Insurance companies to review
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Indian Railways issues ‘restoration plan’ to prepare for resumption of services
Indian Railways has begun preparing to resume all its services from 15 April after a 21-day suspension of its passenger trains in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. They will begin operations only after a green signal from the government which had formed a Group of Ministers (GoM) on the issue. Meanwhile, the railways have
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India seeks $6 billion of loans from ADB, AIIB to fight coronavirus pandemic
India is seeking as much as $6 billion of loans from multilateral institutions such as the Asian Development Bank to bolster its efforts to fight the coronavirus outbreak. The World Bank has already committed $1 billion, while government is in talks with Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and ADB, the people said, asking not to be
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COVID-19 has little impact on global food supply chain
The World Food Programme (WFP) has notified that rapidly growing novel Coronavirus pandemic is so far having little impact on the global food supply chain, but that could change for the worse if major food importers remain anxious. The UN agency said global markets for basic cereals are well-supplied and prices are generally low. Daily
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Google has released COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports
Google has released ‘COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports’. These reports aim to provide insights into what has changed in response to policies aimed at combating COVID-19. The reports cover 131 countries and chart movement trends over time by geography, across different categories of places such as retail and recreation, groceries and pharmacies, parks, transit stations, workplaces,
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