Scottish writer Douglas Stuart has won the 2020 Booker Prize for fiction with his debut novel Shuggie Bain, which described a boy growing up in Glasgow in the 1980s with a mother battling addiction. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Booker Prize for Fiction, formerly known as the Booker–McConnell Prize and the Man Booker […]
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Union Education Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ conferred with the Vatayan Lifetime Achievement Award at a virtual ceremony on 21st November, 2020. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Vatayan International Awards given by the Vatayan-UK organization in London, honours poets, writers and artists for their exemplary work in their respective fields. Earlier many eminent personalities
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Union Minister of Education Ramesh Pokhriyal virtually launched Lilavati Award-2020: AICTE’s Innovative education program to empower women. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points With women empowerment as the theme, the objective of the award is to create awareness about issues like sanitation, hygiene, health, nutrition, literacy, employment, technology, credit, marketing, innovation, skill development, natural resources
Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenationis organising the 2ndNational Water Awards (NWAs) 2019 Distribution Ceremony on 11th& 12th November, 2020 through virtual platform. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The awards are given to motivate the individuals/organizations who are doing commendable work in the field of water resources
The Union Minister of Science and Technology has given Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Awards to encourage technology students to move towards setting up biotechnology and other start-ups. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Gandhian Young Technological Innovation awards constitute two categories of awards: Students Innovations for Advancement of Research Explorations – Gandhian Young Technological
To recognize the significant contributions towards defining the survival tactics of Leishmania donovani, Society of Biological Chemists (India) has chosen Dr Susanta Kar, Senior Scientist, Molecular Parasitology and Immunology, CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow for this year’s Prof. A N Bhaduri Memorial Lecture Award. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Leishmania Donovani is a protozoan parasite that infects
The Orations & Awards Committee of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India), has selected Dr Satish Mishra, Principal Scientist, Division of Molecular Parasitology and Immunology, CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow for ‘Dr Tulsi Das Chugh Award’ for the year 2020 in recognition of his research work on malaria parasite’s life cycle which is a complex process involving
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A six year old Bangladeshi boy Anzar Mustaeen Ali won a special prize of USD 1000 for his artwork in the global art competition organised by the Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The ICCR had launched a global painting competition named ‘United Against CORONA- Express through Art’ which
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Mrs. Seema Gupta, Director (Operations), Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, has been named the winner of Gold Stevie Award in the Lifetime Achievement- Business category in the 17th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Stevie Awards for Women in Business honour women executives, entrepreneurs, employees, and
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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2020 to two American economists Paul R Milgrom and Robert B Wilson. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson were chosen for the Nobel Prize in Economics for improvements
