Defense Minister Rajnath Singh will commence DefExpo 2020 in Lucknow on 5th February 2020. The ministry claimed that exhibitors had booked 42,800 square metres of exhibition space this year, 60 per cent higher than the 26,774 square metres booked in Chennai. Defence ministers and military chiefs of 40 countries will attend the event this year. […]
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Union Cabinet approved amendments to the Banking Regulation Act to bring cooperative banks under the regulatory mechanism of Reserve Bank of India. The government has taken this move in the wake of the Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank crisis. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 The provisions would give Reserve Bank of India (RBI) the
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Indian Oil Corphas signed a deal with Russia’s Rosneft for the annual purchase of 2 million metric tonnes of crude oil. This is the first ever annual oil purchase deal between the two countries. This is yet another important milestone in our efforts to diversify sourcing of crude oil and in enhancing India’s energy security.
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The Department of Science & Technology (Ministry of Earth Sciences) has launched a unique scheme called Sophisticated Analytical & Technical Help Institutes (SATHI). The DST has already set up 3 such centres in the country, one each at IIT Kharagpur, IIT Delhi and BHU. It is planned to set up 5 SATHI Centres every year
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The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has released a study on missing persons (especially on women and children) in India. The analysis was directed by the Supreme Court of India in 2019 to identify the areas prone to child and women trafficking. The data for the study has been taken from the annual Crime in
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The Indian Institute of Veterinary Research (IVRI) of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) developed a new vaccine to control classical swine fever. This vaccine will help to protect rabbits as currently lapinized CSF (Classical Swine Fever) vaccines are manufactured from rabbits. This new vaccine will provide two years of immunization capacity, while the
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World Cancer Day, organized by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) and celebrated each year on 4 February, is an opportunity to rally the international community to end the injustice of preventable suffering from cancer. This year’s theme for world cancer day is – I am and I will. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by CSIR-CFTRI with APEDA to set up a Liaison Office in Guwahati, Assam to provide technical support to the food industries in the North East region. It will benefit the farmers, producers and entrepreneurs. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Capacity building is another such area where APEDA is
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