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US to impose an additional 10 percent tariff on Chinese goods

China shot back after President Donald Trump announced on Twitter that the U.S. would impose an additional 10 percent tariff on $300 billion in Chinese goods starting next month. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying called Trump’s move a “serious violation” and warned Beijing would have to take “necessary countermeasures” […]

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Current Affairs Quiz 2 August 2019

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Partial Dutch ban on face-covering clothing takes effect

Netherlands — A new Dutch law took effect banning face-covering clothing — including the burqa and niqab worn by conservative Muslim women — on public transportation, in government buildings and at health and education institutions. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 The Netherlands, long seen as a bastion of tolerance and religious freedom, is the latest

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Flipkart Samarth is launched by Flipkart

Flipkart Samarth is launched by Flipkart– an initiative aimed at bringing India’s artisans, weavers, and handicrafts producers onto e-commerce. This move will open up national market access for these underserved communities, giving them access to a constantly growing pan-India customer base of more than 150 million and empowering them to leverage the benefits of the

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Atish Dabholkar is appointed as the new director of Abdus Salam ICTP

Atish Dabholkar is appointed as the new director of Abdus Salam ICTP in Trieste Italy. He is currently the head of ICTP’s high energy, cosmology and astroparticle physics section. He joined the centre in 2014 on secondment from Sorbonne Université and the National Center for Scientific Research, where he has been a research director since

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PM’s interaction through PRAGATI

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, chaired his thirtieth interaction through PRAGATI – the ICT-based, multi-modal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 This was also the first PRAGATI meeting in the new term of the Union Government. The 29 PRAGATI meetings in the previous term, saw a cumulative review

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RBI relaxes the end-use stipulations under ECB Framework

Based on the feedback from stakeholders and with a view to further liberalise the ECB framework, it has been decided, in consultation with the Government of India, to relax the end-use stipulations relating to external commercial borrowings for Working Capital requirements, General Corporate purposes and Repayment of rupee loans. Accordingly, eligible borrowers will now be

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Mrutyunjay Mohapatra takes charge as IMD head

‘Cyclone man’ Mrutyunjay Mohapatra took over as the director general of meteorology of the country’s weather department. Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, 54, replaced K.J. Ramesh, who headed the India Meteorological Department (IMD) since 2016. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Ramesh’s time at the helm was marked by several extreme weather events, including Cyclone Fani, the most intense

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India to conduct 1st National Time Release Study

The Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, as part of its strategic commitment to improve global trade, is conducting India’s first national Time Release Study (TRS) between 1st – 7th August. The exercise will be institutionalized on an annual basis, during the same period every year hereafter. The Time Release Study is an internationally recognized

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Guruprasad Mohapatra Assumes charge as Secretary DPIIT

Dr. Guruprasad Mohapatra,an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Officer of 1986 batch, assumed charge of the office of Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) in New Delhi. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Prior to taking over as Secretary, DPIIT, he served as Chairman of Airports Authority of India (AAI). Dr. Mohapatra brought

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